Textile article having electrically conductive portions and method for producing the same

Abstract

A textile garment in the form of a bra or ladies top is produced from a knitted component (11) formed using a circular knitting technique, with the component (11) formed as one piece comprising a first part (11a) and a second part (11b), the shape of the second part (11b) being generally a mirror image of the shape of first part (11a) when viewed with respect to a dividing line (12) disposed half way along the tubular construction. The knitted construction is produced from yarns which are electrically insulative. However, two regions of the knitted construction (11) include electrically conductive yarns to form electrodes (15). Conductive yarn is also used to produce conductive tracking (16) leading from each electrode (15). The second part (11b) is lifted up to fold the knitted construction at dividing line (12) such that the second part (11b) forms an outer layer while the first part (11a) forms an inner layer. Thus the conductive electrode forming regions (15) become part of the inner layer, where they are electrically insulated by the outer layer.

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