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Compression article

US11952686B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG · SE

Inventors

Sascha Platz · Kleve, DE
Joachim Bauer · Hamburg, DE
Bernhard Frankenberg · Dingelstädt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD10B2509/028
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A compression article and method for its production on a flat-bed knitting machine are provided for providing an improved fit to a body part. In the compression article, respectively the number of stitches per stitch row is matched to the radial circumference of the body part to be treated by the compression article. The compression article has a plurality of points which are distributed over its circumference and at which, in a stitch row, at least one of a stitch increase and a stitch reduction is realized. The number of stitches in the wale direction varies over the circumference of the compression article and is matched, in the longitudinal direction of the body part, to the shape of the body part to be treated.

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