Hosiery product
AssigneeIthaca Textiles, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Wehrmann, Charlie L. Williams
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Abstract
A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desired characteristics. A textured, relatively dull, nylon yarn is employed in knitting sheer leg and foot portions and then by yarn change a substantially non-textured, heavier, strand heat cured, relatively bright, nylon yarn is employed to knit the toe portion. An overall compatible yarn and fabric dye affinity is achieved which produces a sheer hosiery product having both a reinforced toe and an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness in the leg, foot and toe portions, as worn.
Claims13
A circular sheer nylon hosiery product having the appearance when worn of an overall substantial uniformity in color and sheerness in its leg, foot and toe portions together with reinforcement properties in the toe portion thereof, said hosiery product comprising:
- (a) a sheer leg and foot portion knitted from a textured relatively dull, nylon yarn of a selected weight;
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- (b) a sheer closed toe portion knitted from a strand heat cured, substantially non-textured relatively bright nylon yarn of a selected weight sufficiently heavier than the weight of said leg and foot yarn to provide corresponding reinforcement and dye properties in said toe portion and in the hosiery product as worn both a reinforced toe portion and an overall appearance when post-knit dyed of substantial uniformity in color and sheerness throughout said leg, foot and toe portions.
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