# US 10,501,874 B2 · Knitted part > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,874 B2 - Document ID: US10501874B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/492,183 - Filed: 2017-04-20 - Published: 2017-11-23 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-19 - Assignees: Medi GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: medi GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Stefan Kostian - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501874B2 ## CPC - D04B 1/265: {Surgical stockings (of unspecified knit construction and reinforced A41B11/02; of unspecified knit construction and elastic A61F13/08)} - D04B 1/102: {with stitch pattern (D04B1/06, D04B1/08 take precedence)} - D04B 1/123: {with laid-in unlooped yarn, e.g. fleece fabrics (with elastic weft yarn D04B1/18)} - D04B 1/18: elastic threads - D04B 1/243: {upper parts of panties; pants} - D04B 1/104: {Openwork fabric, e.g. pelerine fabrics} - D10B 2403/02: Cross-sectional features (for three-dimensional features D10B2403/033) - D10B 2509/028: Elastic support stockings or elastic bandages - D04B: KNITTING - D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES ## Abstract A knitted part flat-knitted from at least one knitting thread, said knitted part including a ground fabric portion having a plurality of ground fabric courses, and also at least one wave portion which extends across a plurality of wales, which include a plurality of wave portion courses and in which, in each case, a loop has been knitted in a first wale in a first wave portion course and every further wave portion course, whereas, in each case, in an adjacent second wale, a loop knitted in the first wave portion course extends across a plurality of wave portion courses, wherein at least one elastic weft thread runs through at least a portion of the ground fabric courses and the wave portion courses. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A knitted part flat-knitted from at least one knitting thread, said knitted part comprising a ground fabric portion comprising a plurality of ground fabric courses, and also at least one wave portion which extends across a plurality of wales, which comprises a plurality of wave portion courses and in which, in each case, a loop has been knitted in a first wale in a first wave portion course and at least one further wave portion course, whereas, in each case, in a second wale, a further loop knitted in the first wave portion course extends across a plurality of wave portion courses, wherein at least one elastic weft thread runs through at least a proportion of the ground fabric courses and the wave portion courses, wherein the weft thread runs at least through the first wave portion course and floats across the further loop, which extends across a plurality of wave portion courses, of the second wale, wherein a next elastic thread following the extended further loop, seen in a direction of the second wale, floats through a ground fabric loop. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein the weft thread in the wave portion course or courses floats in the second wale. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein the weft thread runs through one or more further wave portion courses and floats in the second wale. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein the weft thread runs through one or more further wave portion courses, wherein the weft thread of one or all further wave portion courses floats across the loop, which extends across a plurality of wave portion courses, of the second wale. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein the knitted thread of at least one or all further wave portion courses, in the particular second wale, likewise extending across one or more wale portion courses, floats across the loop, which extends across a plurality of wave portion courses, of the particular second wale. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of first and second wales knitted from the same wave portion courses are knitted in an alternating manner. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of wave portions are provided offset in the fabric longitudinal direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein, between, viewed in the direction of the wales, the ground fabric portion and the wave portion, a transition portion extending across a plurality of wales and courses is formed with a greater stitch density than the adjacent ground fabric portion. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The knitted part according to claim 8, wherein a transition portion has been formed not only before but also after the or every wave portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The knitted part according to claim 8, wherein the transition portion extends across the same number of wales as the wave portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The knitted part according to claim 8, wherein in the transition portion, every loop in every course is a knitted loop. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein in the ground fabric portion, every loop in a first course is a knitted loop, wherein every second loop extends all the way into the following second course, and in that every second loop in the second course is a knitted loop, wherein the first and second courses alternate in the direction of the wales. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein it is a stocking or a pantyhose, wherein the wave portion or portions are provided in a portion occupying the bottom of the foot in the donned position, or in that it is an arm stocking, an abdominal or upper part or a pant. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of first and/or a plurality of second wales are knitted side by side. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The knitted part according to claim 1, wherein sub-portions comprising at least one pair formed of one first and one second wale or comprising just first wales or just second wales are knitted with mutual offset in the direction of the wales. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The knitted part according to claim 15, wherein in the fabric transverse direction, the sub-portions adjoin each other directly or are separated from each other by one or more wales.