Upper-torso garment with tubular-jacquard knit structure

An upper-torso garment having a chest-covering portion, the upper-torso garment comprising:

• a tubular-jacquard knit region positioned in the chest-covering portion, the tubular-jacquard knit region comprising a plurality of front-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another and a plurality of back-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another;
• the plurality of front-stitch courses and the plurality of back-stitch courses each being constructed of a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand, wherein each front-stitch course of the plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of interlocked courses;
• each interlocked course of the plurality of interlocked courses comprising a plurality of interlocking cross overs, each of which comprises the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand crossing over one another to change positions between one front-stitch course from the plurality of front-stitch courses and one back-stitch course from the plurality of back-stitch courses;
• in the each interlocked course, the plurality of interlocking cross overs dividing the one front-stitch course and the one back-stitch course into a plurality of front-stitch subsets and a plurality of back-stitch subsets, wherein the each interlocked course includes a plurality of knit tubular structures, each of which is comprised of a pair of adjacent interlocking cross overs, a front-stitch subset, and a back-stitch subset, wherein the plurality of knit tubular structures are arranged side by side across the tubular-jacquard knit region;
• the tubular-jacquard knit region being divided into a first knit zone, a second knit zone, a third knit zone, a fourth knit zone, and a fifth knit zone, which are consecutively arranged in a side by side configuration, wherein the each interlocked course includes a first subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the first knit zone, a second subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the second knit zone, a third subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the third knit zone, a fourth subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the fourth knit zone, and a fifth subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the fifth knit zone;
• the second subset of knit tubular structures and the fourth subset of knit tubular structures each including two or more knit tubular structures each having at least two and fewer than seven front stitches and at least two and fewer than seven back stitches;
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• the first subset of knit tubular structures, the third subset of knit tubular structures, and the fifth subset of knit tubular structures each comprising one knit tubular structure that comprises at least seven front stitches and at least seven back stitches.

An upper-torso garment having a chest-covering portion, the upper-torso garment comprising:

• a tubular-jacquard knit region positioned in the chest-covering portion, the tubular-jacquard knit region comprising a plurality of front-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another and a plurality of back-stitch courses consecutively interlooped with one another;
• the plurality of front-stitch courses and the plurality of back-stitch courses each being constructed of a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand, wherein each front-stitch course of the plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of interlocked courses;
• each interlocked course of the plurality of interlocked courses comprising a plurality of interlocking cross overs, each of which comprises the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand crossing over one another to change positions between one front-stitch course within the plurality of front-stitch courses and one back-stitch course within the plurality of back-stitch courses;
• in the each interlocked course, the plurality of interlocking cross overs dividing the one front-stitch course and the one back-stitch course into a plurality of front-stitch subsets and a plurality of back-stitch subsets,
• wherein the each interlocked course includes a plurality of knit tubular structures, each of which is comprised of a pair of adjacent interlocking cross overs, a front-stitch subset, and a back-stitch subset,
• wherein the plurality of knit tubular structures are arranged side by side across the tubular-jacquard knit region, and
• wherein the each interlocked course comprises a course of interlock tuck stitches that binds a respective front-stitch course to a respective back-stitch course by interlooping with every other front stitch and every other back stitch;
• the tubular-jacquard knit region being divided into a first knit zone, a second knit zone, and a middle knit zone positioned between the first knit zone and the second knit zone, wherein the each interlocked course includes a first subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the first knit zone, a second subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the second knit zone, and a third subset of knit tubular structures corresponding with the middle knit zone;
• the first subset of knit tubular structures and the second subset of knit tubular structures each including two or more knit tubular structures each having at least two and fewer than seven front stitches and at least two and fewer than seven back stitches;
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• the third subset of knit tubular structures comprising a single knit tubular structure that comprises at least seven front stitches and at least seven back stitches and that separates the first subset of knit tubular structures from the second subset of knit tubular structures.