Clothing articles having ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene

Abstract

A clothing article is disclosed herein, comprising: at least one base knit region, each base knit region being formed of a base knit comprising an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber and at least one base stretch fiber being knit together in a plated configuration to form a jersey knit; and at least one reinforcing knit region, each reinforcing knit region being formed of a reinforcing knit comprising the UHMWPE fiber and the at least one base stretch fiber being knit together in a plated configuration to form a jersey knit. The reinforcing knit region further comprising a reinforcing stretch fiber being alternatingly knit with the jersey knit of the reinforcing knit in which within each given course of the jersey knit of the reinforcing knit, for every sequence of m +n consecutive loops of the course, the reinforcing stretch fiber is looped with m consecutive loops of the jersey knit of the reinforcing knit and n consecutive loops of the jersey knit of the reinforcing knit are free of looping with the reinforcing stretch fiber.

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