Lower torso garment with integral panty and method of making same
US6550288B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 13, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 13, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD04B1/106
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
There is provided lower torso garments that have an integral panty or brief, circularly knit garment blanks for such lower torso garments, and methods of producing lower torso garments that have an integral panty or brief from circularly knit garment blanks. Lower torso garments according to the present invention have an outer layer and an inner layer. The inner layer has an integral panty. The garment is formed from a blank that is circularly knitted with a welt band seamlessly joined to a first fabric segment forming the outer layer and a second fabric segment forming the inner layer with the integral panty.
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