Method for manufacturing knit articles incorporating reflective yarn and knit articles
AssigneeReebok International Ltd.
InventorPatrick S. O'SULLIVAN
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a knit article having a reflective yarn. The method includes knitting an article using a first yarn, and knitting a reflective yarn into a first region of the article using a float plaiting stitch. The method further includes cutting the article incorporating the reflective yarn according to a predetermined pattern to form a cut knit article having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and joining the first edge of the cut knit article to the second edge of the cut knit article.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a knit article having a reflective yarn, comprising:
- knitting an article using a first yarn;
- knitting a reflective yarn into a first region of the article using a float plaiting stitch;
- cutting the article comprising the reflective yarn according to a predetermined pattern to form a cut knit article having a first edge and an opposing second edge;
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- joining the first edge of the cut knit article to the second edge of the cut knit article.
A method of manufacturing a knit article having a reflective yarn, comprising:
- knitting an article using a first yarn having a first modulus of elasticity, and a reflective yarn having a second modulus of elasticity that is less than the first modulus of elasticity, wherein the reflective yarn is knit into a first region of the article using a float plaiting stitch;
- cutting the article comprising the reflective yarn according to a predetermined pattern to form a cut knit article having a first edge and an opposing, second edge;
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- joining the first edge of the cut knit article to the second edge of the cut knit article.
A knit article, comprising:
- a knit layer comprising a first yarn and a second yarn, wherein the knit layer comprises a jacquard pattern;
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- a reflective yarn knit into a first region of the knit layer along a course of the knit layer by a float plaiting stitch;
- wherein the first yarn has a first modulus of elasticity and the reflective yarn has a second modulus of elasticity that is less than the first modulus of elasticity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.