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Reexamination Certificate
2003-11-05
2004-09-07
Worrell, Danny (Department: 3765)
Textiles: knitting
Fabrics or articles
Articles
C066S176000, C066S064000
Reexamination Certificate
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06786066
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to knitwear with collar, such as a sweater and a cardigan, integrally knitted around a neckline of the knitwear by using a flat knitting machine, and to a knitting method thereof.
BACKGROUND ART
Knitting methods of knitting knitwear with collar integrally knitted around a neckline of the knitwear by using a flat knitting machine are known from Japanese Laid-open (Unexamined) Patent Publications No. Hei 6-184886 and Hei 4-214448, for example.
Japanese Laid-open (Unexamined) Patent Publications No. Hei 6-184886 cited above discloses the knitting method wherein a front body is knitted starting at a hem toward a shoulder and a V-shaped or round neckline is formed around a shoulder area and, then, a back body is knitted from the shoulder to the hem continuously. In this knitting method, when the front body is knitted, it is forked into a right front body part and a left front body part at a neckline opening and a part of either of those front body parts on the neckline side is knitted as the collar. The collar is often knitted with a purl stitch structure of front stitches and back stitches being alternated with each other in every course. This knitting method is advantageous in that since the collar is integrally knitted with the body in the course of knitting, the need of the sewing process after knitting, such as linking, can be eliminated. It is disadvantageous, however, in that a wale at a lateral end of the front body appears at an end of the collar and that the stitches of the collar are oriented in the same direction as the stitches of the body.
Japanese Laid-open (Unexamined) Patent Publications No. Hei 4-214448 cited above discloses the knitting method wherein after the front body is forked into the right front body part and the left front body part at the neckline opening, one front body part to be knitted is shifted away from the neckline and also widening stitches are formed around a marginal end of the neckline, whereby a peripheral length of the neckline is increased and also a front drop of the collar is formed. In this knitting method, after the front body is knitted to form a square or round neckline in the front body, the collar is knitted continuously from the stitches in the neckline opening. Due to this, an increased number of times the widening stitches are formed is required for obtaining an increased depth of the neckline (collar drop), but this is not easy. In addition, in this knitting method, the cast-off end forms the front end of the collar.
On the other hand, in the knitwear finished by stitching up a collar to the neckline by a conventional sewing process, since a cast-off end of the collar separately knitted is stitched up to the neckline of the body, the cast-on end of the collar forms a front end of the collar, so that a well-shaped collar is obtained. Besides, since the collar is often knitted with a rib stitch structure of 1×1 rib or a tubular knit structure of plain, the collar obtained is different in texture and look-and-feel from that of the body of the knitwear having the purl stitch structure.
Further, Japanese Patent Publication No. Hei 3-75656 discloses a knitting method: using a so-called two-bed flat knitting machine having a pair of front and back needle beds arranged to be opposite to each other. In this knitting method, for example, odd needles on the needle beds are used for a front part of a knitted fabric and even needles are used for a back part of the knitted fabric. When the front part of the knitted fabric is knitted with alternate needles, the back part of the knitted fabric is retained on (associated with) the back needle bed, while on the other hand, when the back part of the knitted fabric is knitted, the front part of the knitted fabric is associated with the front needle bed, so as to knit the front and back parts in an overlapped condition. Thus, in this method using the two-bed flat knitting machine, the empty needles for transference can always be reserved for the respective parts of the knitted fabric on the opposed needle beds, thus enabling the knitting of the structure pattern of front stitches and back stitches being mixed, such as links, garter and rib, and also enabling the stitches to be shifted laterally. Additionally, the knitting method using a four-bed flat knitting machine is also known, wherein for example needles on a lower front needle bed and needles on an upper back needle bed are used for knitting a front part of the knitted fabric and needles on a lower back needle bed and needles on an upper front needle bed are used for knitting a back part of the knitted fabric. When the front part of the knitted fabric is knitted, the back part of the knitted fabric is associated with the lower back needle bed, while on the other hand, when the back part of the knitted fabric is knitted, the front part of the knitted fabric is associated with the lower front needle bed. This knitting method using the four-bed flat knitting machine does not have the limitation that the alternate needles are used for knitting the respective parts of the knitted fabric, differently from the knitting method using the two-bed flat knitting machine.
It is the object of the present invention to provide laborsaving in the post-process such as linking by joining the collar and the body to each other in the course of knitting and also provide a highly stylish knitwear with collar by making an arbitrary selection of the knitting structure of the collar including a rib stitch structure of 1×1 rib and a tubular knit structure.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides knitwear with a collar comprising a front body and a back body, one of which is parted into a right body portion and a left body portion, and further comprising a neckline,
wherein the neckline comprises at least three neckline portions comprising a first neckline portion formed at a lateral end of one of the right body portion and the left body portion which is formed earlier than the other, a second neckline portion formed at a lateral end of the other of the right body portion and the left body portion, and a third neckline portion formed in the body portion formed later,
wherein a knitted fabric of the collar has a knitting width enough to be joined to an entire circumference of the neckline and comprises:
a) a first collar portion joined to the first neckline portion,
b) a second collar portion joined to the second neckline portion, and
c) a third collar portion located at an outside of the first and/or the second collar portions and joined to the third neckline portion, and
wherein loops of the first neckline portion and loops of a final course of the first collar portion are joined to each other by forming double loops in the course of knitting of the body to form the first neckline portion; then loops of the second neckline portion and loops of a final course of the second collar portion are joined to each other by forming double loops in the course of knitting of the body to form the second neckline portion; and finally the third collar portion is moved to a neckline opening in such a condition that the loops of the third collar portion are arrayed in an opposite direction, so that the third neckline portion and the third collar portion are joined to each other by knitting a course of the body following the knitting of the loops of the final course of the third collar portion.
The knitted fabric of the collar may be a V-neck knitted fabric. Preferably, in the V-neck knitted fabric, whenever the knitted fabric is knitted by a predetermined number of courses, the collar portions are knitted to widen from a V-butt line of the V-neck as a center so that the knitted fabric of the collar can have a large number of wales in a cast-off portion thereof than in a cast-on portion thereof, and the neckline is knitted to decrease the knitting width of the body so as to correspond in shape to the V-neck form.
It is preferable that the neckline is a round or square neckline further including a fourth neckli
Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck P.C.
Shima Seiki Mfg. Ltd.
Worrell Danny
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