Knit lower-body garment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsPaul R. Montgomery, Hemantha Manjula Wijesena
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a knit lower-body garment, methods of manufacturing and/or forming the knit lower-body garment using a flat knitting process, and knit blanks used to form the knit lower-body garment. In example aspects, the knit lower-body garment is formed from a one-piece knit textile blank that includes partial-length knit courses in select locations to provide three-dimensional shaping to the resulting lower-body garment.
Claims20
A lower-body garment comprising:
- a one-piece knit textile forming a front torso portion, a first back torso portion with a first back seam edge, a second back torso portion with a second back seam edge, and a crotch gusset, wherein the crotch gusset includes a first gusset back edge and a second gusset back edge;
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- a seam that affixes together:
- an upper part of the first back seam edge and an upper part of the second back seam edge,
- a lower part of the first back seam edge and the first gusset back edge, and
- a lower part of the second back seam edge and the second gusset back edge.
A lower-body garment formed from a one-piece knit textile, the lower-body garment comprising:
- a front torso portion and a back torso portion that together form a continuous waist opening edge, a first leg opening edge, a second leg opening edge, and a crotch gusset;
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- a seam having a first part that extends from the waist opening edge of the back torso portion to a junction point, a second part that extends from the junction point to the first leg opening edge, and a third part that extends from the junction point to the second leg opening edge.
A method of forming a lower-body garment from a one-piece knit blank comprising a first back torso portion having a first back seam edge, a second back torso portion having a second back seam edge, a front torso portion, and a crotch gusset having a first gusset back edge and a second gusset back edge, the method comprising:
- affixing together at a seam:
- an upper part of the first back seam edge and an upper part of the second back seam edge to form a first part of the seam,
- a lower part of the first back seam edge and the first gusset back edge to form a second part of the seam, and
- a lower part of the second back seam edge and the second gusset back edge to form a third part of the seam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.