US 11,939,714 B2
Garment sleeve attachment systems and methods
Michael J. Baker, Acworth, GA (US); Wael Saab, Atlanta, GA (US); Michael Patrick Small, Atlanta, GA (US); Santosh R. Yadav, Atlanta, GA (US); and David Otto Konrad Mikolajewski, Niagara On The Lake (CA)
Assigned to SoftWear Automation, Inc., Cumming, GA (US)
Filed by SoftWear Automation, Inc., Cumming, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,936.
Application 17/687,936 is a continuation of application No. 17/190,545, filed on Mar. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,268,223.
Prior Publication US 2022/0282414 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A41H 43/02 (2006.01); A41H 43/04 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); D05B 19/16 (2006.01); D05B 27/00 (2006.01); D05B 35/10 (2006.01)
CPC D05B 19/16 (2013.01) [A41H 43/02 (2013.01); A41H 43/04 (2013.01); B25J 11/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); D05B 27/00 (2013.01); D05B 35/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
supporting, by a garment holding system, a garment;
positioning, by the garment holding system, an opening of the garment over a band positioned on a band guide of a band positioning system, where edges of the opening of the garment and the band are controlled with ply aligners of the band positioning system; and
attaching the band to the garment along the edge of the opening using a joining device, where positions of the edge of the band and the edge of the opening are maintained by the ply aligners during attachment, comprising adjusting position of the edge of the band during the attachment of the band to the garment using a first ply aligner, wherein the adjustment by the first ply aligner is in response to an indication from an edge sensor monitoring the position of the edge of the band.