Textiles: knitting – Fabrics or articles – Materials
Patent
1998-12-14
1999-11-23
Calvert, John J.
Textiles: knitting
Fabrics or articles
Materials
2 67, 57226, 428229, A41D 500, D04B 716, D02G 336, D03D 300
Patent
active
059879335
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field Of The Invention
The invention relates to a garment fitting snugly to a body, in particular a bathing suit having a front section, a back section, a crotch section and at least one suspender section, the front section and the back section being circularly knitted in a substantially hose-like fashion from elastic yarn which over the extend of the garment is knitted at different tension and/or mesh size so that the garment follows the contour of the body, the elastic yarn in each row consisting of an elastic core yarn and at least one surface yarn covering
2. The Prior Art
As a rule, in garments, particularly in bathing suits which are to fit snugly to the body of their wearer, front and back sections are made of two parts which are sewn together at their side. Openings at least in the region of the upper thighs or hips and at shoulder sections are fabricated manually. Such a design suffers from the disadvantage of being very labor intensive because front and back sections have first to be cut and sewn together so as to conform to a body and before they are sewn together. The seems are bothersome and impede an optimal fit of the garment on the body. Finally, the desired snug fit of the garment to a body and its elasticity are not always ensure because of the hitherto used yarns and because the cloth is usually stretched on a frame and subjected to a heat-treatment whereby the memory of the cloth and of the garment made with it are reduced.
A garment of the kind mentioned in the introduction is also known from EP-A1-0,599,266, which may also be used as underwear and which is provided with long sleeves, the garment being provided with zones of different knits and stretch properties in its sleeves as well as in the waist and chest zones, in order to provide improved conformity to a body. Moreover, it is known from U.S. Pat. No. 3,425,246 to manufacture, for instance, of one-piece circularly knitted bathing suits, stockings, brassieres and the like with different mesh structures varying the size of the meshes in certain zones, using covered spandex yarns on circular knitting machines, for the accommodating body curves.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the invention to provide a garment of the kind referred to in the introduction which ensure while providing an impeccable snug fit on a body may be made in a simple and cost-efficient manner in a modern production operation and which may be provided with transparent zones.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The garment in accordance with the invention is characterized by the fact that it is opaque and that it has transparent zones, whereby the elastic core yarn, preferably a spandex yarn, is covered by a polyamide yarn of fine titer applied by twisting and that in the opaque zone only an additional surface yarn of polyamide, preferably nylon, is applied to the covered elastic core yarn.
The core yarn may be covered by the finely-titered polyamide yarn in Z or S twists and may be of nylon, preferably nylon 66. The additional yarn ensures that a garment used as a bathing suit will dry quickly, is abrasion resistant and may be uniformly dyed.
The garment in accordance with the invention may be made in a manner conforming to a body by substantially a single operating cycle, so that only the crotch section, the openings in the upper thigh or hip zone and the suspended section will have to be made manually. Any cutting and sewing of the front and back section is avoided.
In accordance with a further characteristic of the invention, the entire circularly knitted garment is penetration dyed as one piece in a conventional manner. Preferably, the garment also is exhaust processed to be UV-B absorbent.
The support or core yarns used in the context of the invention preferably are spandex (elasthan) yarns such as Lycra.RTM., which are resistant against salt water and chlorine and which are zinc-free. In the context of the invention, textured yarns, smooth yarns or highly stretched yarns such as micro fibers, multi-filament and standa
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Calvert John J.
Hormann Karl
Muromoto Jr. Robert H
Wolford Aktiengesellschaft
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