Seamless garment including method of and machine for knitting the same
US3992903A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 1975 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD04B1/106
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A one-piece seamless garment is knitted by a new method on an improved circular knitting machine. The garment includes a body portion with a pair of leg receiving opening, a pair of side panels and a front panel and a rear panel joined at a crotch between the leg openings. Each of the front and rear panels includes knitting courses formed during reciprocation of the machine that overlap the knitting courses of the other panel at the crotch. Other knitting courses are formed in the garment remote from the crotch and distributed among the courses that extend into the crotch to provide the garment with a contour matching that of the wearer. Integral leg portions may be provided to the garment by rotary knitting at each leg receiving opening of the body portion. A waist opening and waistband may also be provided as the garment is being knitted.
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