US 3,937,041 AGranted

High relief double knit fabric

AssigneePhillips Fibers Corporation

InventorBobby L. Balcombe

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A double knit fabric having a high relief of small puffs on the back of the fabric and a substantially smooth surface on the front of the fabric wherein said puffs are elliptical in shape and alternate in vertical rows with a depressed portion of the fabric that is double knitted and alternate in a checkerboard pattern with adjoining rows of puffs.

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A double knit fabric comprising a first set of alternating wales forming the face of said fabric, and a second set of alternating wales forming the reverse side of said fabric, each interior wale of said first set of alternating wales being positioned between two wales of said second set of alternating wales;

said fabric having a repeat pattern of at least one primary set of consecutive courses followed by at least one secondary set of consecutive courses and a first group of consecutive wales followed by a second group of consecutive wales, each said first group of consecutive wales containing at least four wales in said first set of alternating wales and at least four wales in said second set of alternating wales, each said second group of consecutive wales containing at least four wales in said first set of alternating wales and at least four wales in said second set of alternating wales;
each said primary set of consecutive courses comprising, consecutively, first, second, third and fourth courses;
the first course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in a first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in a second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, said wales of said second series generally alternating with said wales of said first series, knit stitches in an alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in a beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, said wales of said beta series generally alternating with the wales of said alpha series;
the second course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales;
the third course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and welt stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales;
the fourth course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales;
each said secondary set of consecutive courses comprising, consecutively, first, second, third and fourth courses;
the first course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales;
the second course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales;
the third course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales;
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the fourth course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales.

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said fabric having a repeat pattern of at least one primary set of consecutive courses followed by at least one secondary set of consecutive courses and a first group of consecutive wales followed by a second group of consecutive wales, each said first group of consecutive wales containing at least four wales in said first set of alternating wales and at least four wales in said second set of alternating wales, each said second group of consecutive wales containing at least four wales in said first set of alternating wales and at least four wales in said second set of alternating wales;
each said primary set of consecutive courses comprising, consecutively, first, second, third and fourth courses;
the first course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in a first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in a second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, said wales of said second series generally alternating with said wales of said first series, knit stitches in an alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in a beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, said wales of said beta series generally alternating with the wales of said alpha series;
the second course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales;
the third course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and welt stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales;
the fourth course of each said primary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales;
each said secondary set of consecutive courses comprising, consecutively, first, second, third and fourth courses;
the first course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales;
the second course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales;
the third course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales;
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the fourth course of each said secondary set of consecutive courses having knit stitches in said second series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, welt stitches in said first series of wales of said second set of alternating wales, knit stitches in said alpha series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales, and welt stitches in said beta series of wales of said first set of alternating wales in said second group of consecutive wales and in at least substantially all of the wales of said first set of alternating wales in said first group of consecutive wales.

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