Fixation panty brief

Details Fixation panty brief Fixation panty brief

1995-11-02

1997-09-30

Crowder, C. D.

Textiles: knitting

Fabrics or articles

Articles

2401, 2406, A41B 904

Patent

active

056716150

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a fixation panty brief comprising a tubular body portion and a crotch portion situated between two leg openings at one end of the tubular body portion, which comprises a waistband portion at its other end, wherein the body portion and the crotch portion are produced in one singular piece by circular knitting and wherein, in one or several areas of the brief, a more loose knitting is provided.
Fixation panty briefs are known which are produced by Raschel knitting and allow secure containment and fixation, e.g. of diapers, in the panty brief crotch portion. These Raschel-knitted panty briefs may be produced by machines, ready for Use without any other kind of afterfashioning but fixation.
Circular knitted panty briefs are known as well. The only circular knitted panty briefs know so far, however, have been for ordinary use, i.e. panty briefs which have not been suitable for fixation. In order to use circular knitted or partly circular knitted panty briefs for fixation, it has previously been suggested to use combined panty briefs.
Thus, from U.S. Pat. No. 3,312,981 a fixation panty brief is known which is produced from a tubular body portion which eliminates the need for side seams. This body portion is knitted together with a flat knitted member which makes up a crotch portion and, when secured to the body portion, forms the leg openings. This known panty brief further comprises a nonstretchable strap which extends downward from the waistband portion to the crotch portion in order to secure correct positioning of a sanitary napkin in the crotch portion.
The fixation panty brief described in the U.S. publication is disadvantageous in that it necessitates the manufacture of three separate members which are subsequently to be mutually secured in order to form the finished panty brief. This is both time-consuming and requires much exactness in the manufacture and securing of the different members. The panty brief will furthermore give the consumer a poor comfort due to the use of the nonstretchable strap and the two transverse seams between the body portion and the crotch portion. Furthermore, the disclosed panty brief is only applicable as a fixation panty brief for napkins,
From EP-A-0,407,100 a fixation panty brief is also known. This panty brief is produced from a tubular body. The panty brief disclosed comprise in half of the area a loose knitting in order to provide the necessary shaping to the front and the back side of a larger sized user. The panty brief could contain a pad or diaper which due to the elasticity of the brief would be held against the user. However, the fixation is not effective. Even though only a small seam is used in the crotch area then this seam would press against the pad and tends to displace it out of position as the wearer moves. Accordingly, the panty brief would not provide a secure fixation even though is is possible to make a necessary shaping for larger sized users.


Disclosure of the Invention

It is the object of the present invention to remedy the disadvantages described above by providing a panty brief of the type mentioned in the introduction which may be produced by circular knitting as separate units with a minimum of afterfashioning and which panty brief simultaneously gives a secure fixation of an item.


Background Art

This is achieved according to the present invention by a panty brief of the type mentioned in the introduction which is characterized in that the area(s) having a more loose knitting is (are) used for forming containment and fixation pockets the delimiting edge areas of which have an elastic and firm knitting for providing a snug fit to the user's body.
With such a panty brief it is made possible in a surprisingly simple manner to manufacture a panty brief with very high user comfort since only a single very short seam is required extending across the crotch portion between the leg openings as also disclosed in EP-A-0,407,100. Thus, it is possible to produce the panty briefs in circular knitting ma

REFERENCES:
patent: 3312981 (1967-04-01), McGuire et al.
patent: 3566624 (1971-03-01), Burleson
patent: 4695279 (1987-09-01), Steer

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