Double-knit elastic fabric with raised patterns
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorHarold J. Taylor
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Abstract
An elastic double-knit fabric having alternating front and back wales knit from an elastic and inelastic yarn knit together in spaced patterns of adjacent stitches in adjacent front wales and in selected stitches in at least every fourth course in the back wales, all the remaining stitches in the fabric containing only inelastic yarn.
Claims11
A fabric having courses knit with front and back wales, said courses comprising an elastic and an inelastic yarn knit together as a pair as one component and an inelastic yarn alone as the other component, said one component appearing in spaced groups of uninterrupted walewise series of stitches in adjacent front wales and in selected stitches in at least every fourth course in the back wales, all the remaining stitches in the fabric being the other component.
An elastic double-knit fabric comprising:
- courses knit with front and back wales, said courses comprising an elastic and an inelastic yarn knit together as one component with an inelastic yarn alone as the other component, said fabric having a recurring pattern of groups of stitches in well-defined areas of the fabric, each front wale stitch within each said area being formed of the one component, each front wale stitch outside each said area being formed of the other component, the stitches in selected courses in the back wales being formed of the one component, all the remaining stitches in the back wales being formed of the other component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.