US 11,787,065 B2
Garment band attachment systems and methods
Michael J. Baker, Acworth, GA (US); and Luther Lloyd, III, Dallas, GA (US)
Assigned to SOFTWEAR AUTOMATION, INC., Cumming, GA (US)
Filed by SoftWear Automation, Inc., Cumming, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,931.
Application 17/687,931 is a division of application No. 16/950,546, filed on Nov. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,267,134.
Prior Publication US 2022/0184817 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. A41H 43/02 (2006.01); A41H 43/04 (2006.01); D05B 21/00 (2006.01); D05B 27/10 (2006.01); D05B 35/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/00 (2013.01) [A41H 43/02 (2013.01); A41H 43/04 (2013.01); D05B 21/007 (2013.01); D05B 27/10 (2013.01); D05B 35/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for attaching a band to a garment by a robotic system, comprising:
loading, by a band control system, a band in a joining position, the band extending between rollers;
positioning, by a garment control system, an opening of a garment over the band, the opening extending between control surface mandrels and positioned over the band with the control surface mandrels aligned over the rollers; and
attaching, by a joining device, the band to the garment along an edge of the opening, where alignment of an edge of the band and the edge of the opening is controlled by independently controlling stretch of the band and stretch of the opening of the garment by the band control system.