Knitted brassiere blank having integral seamless elasticated contours defining bra cup borders
AssigneeThe Russell Group, Ltd.
InventorDavid Albright
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Abstract
Narrow contoured portions of a circularly knitted textile fabric may be elasticated by the selective insertion of elastic yarn segments in selected wales and courses defining the contoured area to be elasticated, preferably utilizing a circular knitting machine equipped with a computerized electronic needle selection system. In one application, a brassiere blank may be formed with curved elasticated annular contours to define borders of brassiere cups whereby a sports-type brassiere garment may be fabricated without a laborious cutting and sewing operation.
Claims10
A knitted blank for manufacture of a brassiere comprising a frontal portion having a pair of arcuately curved elasticated annular contours knitted seamlessly in the frontal portion side by side one another for defining elasticated borders of breast cups, the blank being formed of a knitted textile fabric comprising a body yarn formed in stitch loops aligned with one another in transversely extending courses and longitudinally extending wales, the elasticated contours extending in an arcuate curvature longitudinally across a plurality of adjacent courses of the body yarn and transversely across a plurality of adjacent wales of the body yarn and comprising segments of an elastic yarn formed with the body yarn in selected stitch loops of the elasticated contours to elasticize the borders as an integral seamless element of the fabric.
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