Textiles: knitting – Fabrics or articles – Articles
Reexamination Certificate
1998-09-23
2001-03-06
Worrell, Danny (Department: 3741)
Textiles: knitting
Fabrics or articles
Articles
C066S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06196030
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Three-dimensional knit products with comparatively expensive structure, such as stockings, are currently made from several knit or cut segments that are combined with each other by sewing or stitching at their edges. Various other working steps continuously follow the process of sewing or stitching the individual segments together, which consequently cause additional costs.
Summary of the Invention
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved knit article or article of clothing that reduces the undesirable effects of the above-described disadvantages.
According to the invention the knit article has several spatially overlapping structures and is made in a continuous knitting process on a knitting machine with at least two opposing needle beds as a seamless tubular manufactured product. Scarcely any additional working steps are necessary with this knit product. The knit product can, for example, be a hosiery product, or stockings, but it can also be a medical or orthopedic device, such as support hose or a kneecap. Also knit engineering products, such as tubular T-joint elements and protective clothing made from aramide thread material, are within the scope of the present invention. The knit product can be adjusted to the desired spatial geometry by a uniform distribution of loop rows of different width and/or take-up operations, such as narrowing or covering, and/or by a variation in loop size. Nearly any predetermined spatial structure may be formed by this method, without forming a seam or weak place in the knit article. The knit article can have at least one region with a definite cross elasticity, which is formed by binding weft thread in the knit article. The manufacture of the knit article with reinforced regions is possible by knitting a reinforcing thread into it. The knit article can also have at least one stiffened region, which is formed by knitting a pile structure into it. Furthermore the knit article can be provided with at least one opening in its surface, for example for a zipper or fasteners, or also at least one pocket-like structure. Individual regions of the knit article can also be made from a thread material of high absorptivity or other specific properties. The knit pattern and the interweaving type may be of any arbitrary type.
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Rempp Wolfgang
Schwarz Hansmartin
Stoll Thomas
H. Stoll GmbH & Co.
Striker Michael J.
Worrell Danny
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