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US 2024/0108084 A1Published application
Knit lower-body garment
OwnerPaul R. Montgomery, Hemantha Manjula Wijesenainventors
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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 torso portion having an upper edge and a lower edge, the torso portion divisible into a front half and a back half;
- and
- a one-piece knit textile forming the torso portion, the one-piece knit textile including:
- a plurality of knit courses continuously extending from the upper edge to the lower edge of torso portion, and a plurality of partial-length knit courses partially extending between the upper edge and the lower edge of the torso portion,
- wherein the plurality of partial-length knit courses are intermittently positioned among the plurality of knit courses, and wherein a number of knit stitches forming the plurality of partial-length knit courses differ between the front half and the back half of the torso portion.
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A lower-body garment comprising:
- a torso portion having an upper edge, the torso portion comprising a back torso portion and a front torso portion, wherein the back torso portion and the front torso portion comprise a one-piece knit textile;
- the one-piece knit textile comprising a first surface area on the front torso portion and a second surface area on the back torso portion, wherein:
- the first surface area and the second surface area comprise a same size;
- the first surface area and the second surface area comprise knit courses that extend in a direction generally perpendicular to the upper edge of the torso portion;
- and
- the second surface area comprises a larger number of courses than the first surface area.
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A method of manufacturing a lower-body garment, the method comprising:
- knitting a torso portion having an upper edge, the torso portion comprising a back torso portion and a front torso portion, wherein the back torso portion and the front torso portion comprise a one-piece knit textile, the one-piece knit textile comprising a first surface area on the front torso portion and a second surface area on the back torso portion
- wherein:
- the first surface area and the second surface area comprise a same size;
- the first surface area and the second surface area comprise knit courses that extend in a direction generally perpendicular to the upper edge of the torso portion;
- and
- the second surface area comprises a larger number of courses than the first surface area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.