Preseamed and preformed knitted garments and method of making same
AssigneeJ. P. Stevens & Co., Inc.
InventorAlfred J. Reed
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Abstract
A knitted structure and method of making same which includes simultaneously knitting two concentric tubes and interconnecting the tubes by knitting to produce seams which define a garment of juxtaposed portions of the two tubes. Each concentric tube includes a plurality of feeds per course knitted separately on the dial and cylinder needles, respectively, of a circular knitting machine.
Claims16
A knitted structure comprising two concentric tubes simultaneously knitted concentrically with said tubes interconnected by knitting at specified regions to define a plurality of garment configurations between said concentric tubes, each of said garment configurations having a first surface on one of said tubes and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of the other tube with said interconnected knitting forming the stitches connecting said concentric tubes into said garment configurations.
A knitted structure comprising a first and second concentric tube simultaneously knitted concentrically and interconnected by knitting at specific regions, said first tube being of a different material than the material of said second tube, said interconnected knitting being connecting stitches and defining a plurality of garment sections spaced along the circumference of the tubes with each garment section having a first surface on said first tube and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of said second tube with said connecting stitches also constituting guidelines for cutting said sections from said tubes.
A process for forming a garment configuration defined by juxtaposed portions of two concentric tubes on a circular knitting machine having dial and cylinder sets of needles comprising the steps of:
- knitting a first tube on said dial needles only;
- simultaneously knitting a second tube on said cylinder needles only concentric to and encompassing said first tube;
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- interconnecting said first and second tubes by knitting using one of said sets of needles to form stitches connecting said concentric tubes into a plurality of garment configurations, each configuration having a first surface on one of said tubes and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of the other tube.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.