Knitted quilt fabric and compression garments made therefrom
AssigneePure Medical, Inc.
InventorIsrael Hernandez
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Abstract
A knitted quilt fabric is made of a first layer of a first knit material and a second layer of a second knit material, with a filler material composed of a plurality of plaited lay-in fibers between the two layers. The first layer and second layer are joined at a plurality of locations with knits forming at least one linear quilt line. Each knit of the linear quilt line is formed around a plaited lay-in fiber by knitting a first fiber of the first material to the second material and returning to the first material and knitting a second fiber of the second material to the first material and returning to the second material. Each lay-in fiber is an elastic polyether-polyurea copolymer which is plaited with one or more natural or synthetic yarns.
Claims20
A knitted quilt fabric comprising:
- a first layer of a first knit material;
- a second layer of a second knit material;
- and
- a filler material between the first layer and the second layer, the filler material comprising
- a plurality of lay-in elements, each lay-in element including an elastic yarn, and
- one or more natural or synthetic fibers;
- wherein the first layer and the second layer are joined in a plurality of locations forming a first quilt line,
- wherein the first quilt line is formed from a plurality of seam knits arranged linearly with one another,
- wherein each seam knit includes
- a first stitch formed from a first fiber of the first layer that extends from the first layer, through the filler material, into the second layer such that the first fiber is knitted to the second layer, back through the filler material, and back into the first layer, and
- a second stitch formed from a second fiber of the second layer that extends from the second layer, through the filler material, into the first layer such that the second fiber is knitted to the first layer, back through the filler material, and back into the second layer,
- wherein a first one of the plurality of lay-in elements runs through each first stitch and each second stitch of the first quilt line.
A knitted quilt fabric comprising:
- a first knit layer formed of a first knit material;
- a second knit layer formed of a second knit material, the second knit layer being joined to the first knit layer at a plurality of locations forming a quilt line,
- the quilt line being formed of a plurality of seam knits arranged linearly with one another, each seam knit including
- a first stitch formed by knitting a first fiber of the first knit layer into the second knit layer, and
- a second stitch formed by knitting a second fiber of the second knit layer into the first knit layer;
- and
- a plurality of lay-in elements between the first knit layer and the second knit layer, wherein a first one of the plurality of lay-in elements runs through each first stitch and each second stitch of the quilt line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.