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US 2025/0019872 A1Published application
Integrated knit loop closure
AssigneeRothy's, Inc.
InventorsShengquan Zhou, La Vion Gibson, William Roth Martin
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Abstract
A knit article having an integrated loop portion of a hook and loop fastener. The integrated loop portion is knitted and integrated into the knit article.
Claims17
A knit article with an integrated loop fastener portion that is configured to be attached to and detached from a hook fastener, the article comprising:
- a knit section forming a body of the article;
- and
- a loop section, wherein the loop section comprises dropped stitches of the knit section, and wherein the knit section and the loops of the integrated loop fastener portion are knit from a single, uninterrupted, textile.
A method of forming a knitted article with an integrated loop fastener portion that is configured to be attached to and detached from a hook fastener portion, the method comprising:
- knitting a knit section of the article via a first yarn feeder suppling a first yarn;
- knitting the integrated loop fastener portion by forming dropped loops of the first yarn supplied by the first yarn feeder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.