Claims
- 1. A textile formed part that is manufactured by a method that comprises the concurrent steps of:(a) fusing a fusible polymer material comprising a plastic film to at least one layer of textile fabric material, wherein the melting point of said fusible polymer material is lower than the melting point of said textile fabric material, between forming tools to form a multilayered textile composite; and (b) thermally forming said multilayered textile composite in a three-dimensional shape corresponding to a desired profile.
- 2. The textile formed part of claim 1 wherein said polymer material fused to said textile fabric material comprises a film or fleece material.
- 3. The textile formed part of claim 1 wherein said multilayered textile composite comprises two layers of textile fabric material between which said polymer material is disposed.
- 4. The textile formed part of claim 1 which is a portion of an article of clothing.
- 5. An article of clothing which comprises the textile formed part of claim 1.
- 6. The article of claim 5 wherein said textile formed part comprises a shoulder section.
- 7. The textile formed part of claim 1, which is a portion of a container.
- 8. The textile formed part of claim 7 which is a portion of a bag.
- 9. The textile formed part of claim 7 which is a portion of a rucksack.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/723,260, filed Nov. 27, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,454,301 issued Sep. 24, 2002, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/043,378, filed Mar. 17, 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,183,009 issued Feb. 6, 2001, which is a Section 371 of PCT/EP96/04150, filed Sep. 23, 1996.
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