Vertical conductive textile traces and methods of knitting thereof

A knitted smart garment, the garment comprising:

• a) a sensing device for sensing an electrical vital signal;
• b) a tubular form having a first multiplicity of knitted lines, wherein each said line is knitted with at least one flexible, non-conductive yarn;
• and
• c) at least one conductive vertical trace adapted to transmit said signal vertically across said line segments to a target electric device, said at least one conductive vertical trace has a second multiplicity of vertically-aligned knitted line segments, wherein each said segment is knitted within said knitted lines with at least one flexible, non-conductive yarn and a conductive yarn, and wherein each said line segment has a third multiplicity of float loops, wherein said third multiplicity of float loops is configured to provide the conductivity needed to further transmit a received electrical signal from said sensing device.

A method for knitting a smart garment, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) knitting a tubular form having a first multiplicity of knitted lines, and wherein each said line is knitted with at least one non-conductive yarn;
• and
• b) knitting at least one conductive vertical trace for operatively connecting said sensing device with a processing unit, wherein said at least one conductive vertical trace has:
• i. a second multiplicity of vertically-aligned knitted line segments, wherein each said segment is knitted within said knitted lines with a non-conductive yarn and a conductive yarn;
• and
• ii. a third multiplicity of float loops, wherein said third multiplicity of float loops is configured to further transmit a received electrical signal from said sensing device.