US PATENT SUBCLASS 112 / 427
.~.~.~ Pleated, tucked, or shirred

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400  DF  PRODUCTS {2}
402  DF  .~ Sewn web or sheet {19}
422  DF  .~.~ Non-planar uniform-thickness material {3}
427.~.~.~ Pleated, tucked, or shirred

DEFINITION

Classification: 112/427

(under subclass 422) Product wherein at least a portion of the web, sheet or component has been folded back upon itself substantially 180 deg.+ two or more times in series, each succeeding fold of such portion being made in a rotary directional sense opposite to that of the next preceding fold so as to provide a series of offset portions in substantially parallel relation; or wherein a longitudinally extending portion of the web, sheet, or component has been gathered in regular or irregular folds or crimps and is held in this condition by stitching.

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414, for a similar product including an elastic strand or component.

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428, Stock Material or Miscellaneous Articles,

181, for similar nonsewn stock material.