Tubular seamless knitted brassiere and method of making same
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsJohn Mitchell, Heinz Altman
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Abstract
A seamless knitted brassiere includes a body encircling portion and at least one shoulder strap knit therein. The shoulder strap has a length and a first welt along the length. The shoulder strap also has a second welt along the length and adjacent the first double welt. The shoulder strap also has a novel run guard adjacent either of the two welts.
Claims13
A seamless knitted brassiere comprising:
- a body encircling portion;
- and
- at least one shoulder strap knit with the body encircling portion, the shoulder strap having a length,
- a first welt along the length, and
- a second welt along the length and adjacent the first welt.
A seamless knitted brassiere comprising:
- a body encircling knitted fabric having a front and a back;
- a knitted shoulder strap having a length, a first portion of the length knit with the back having at least one held stitch, and
- a run guard along the length of the knitted shoulder strap, the run guard comprising a plurality of courses having knit-miss alternating stitches, single jersey stitches, and held stitches over two or more of the plurality of courses.
A method of forming a seamless knitted brassiere on a circular knitting machine, the method comprising:
- knitting a shoulder strap with a length, the shoulder strap having
- a first welt along the length,
- a second welt along the length and adjacent the first welt;
- and
- knitting the body encircling portion with a front and a back, the shoulder strap being knit into a portion of the front and a portion of the back to form the seamless knitted brassiere.
The method of claim 12, wherein the portion of the shoulder strap knit into the back of the body encircling portion comprises at least one held stitch.
The method of claim 12, wherein the knitting shoulder strap further comprises knitting a run guard, the run guard comprising a plurality of courses having knit-miss alternating stitches, single-jersey stitches, and held stitches over two or more of the plurality of courses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.