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US 2026/0159999 A1Published application
Turned welt with moisture management
AssigneeDrymax Technologies, Inc.
InventorWilliam A. Blythe
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Abstract
A tubular body structure having moisture management functionality utilizing hydrophilic and hydrophobic knitted yarns, and a method of manufacturing such a cuff or collar are described. The tubular body is knit using a patterning mechanism to form the tubular body having one or more individual courses, each of which have adjacent wales the tubular body terminating in a turned welt having moisture management functionality where the hydrophobic/hydrophilic arrangement of individual courses of the tubular body is generally maintained in the turned welt.
Claims16
A tubular body comprising:
- an opening;
- and
- a turned welt being in surrounding relation to the opening, the turned welt integral with the tubular body;
- the turned welt having skin facing surface configured for engagement with skin of a wearer and an outside non-skin facing surface;
- wherein the tubular body is of a knitted construction comprising a hydrophobic yarn predominantly presented on an inside surface corresponding to the skin facing surface of the turned welt and an outer surface corresponding to the non-skin facing surface of the turned welt.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.