Vehicle seat cover
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsGary John Leeke, Debra Jean Tiensivu
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Abstract
A vehicle seat fabric cover (1) and a method of knitting the cover knitted from yarn (31-33) in generally a double jersey construction for covering a seat, the cover having an exposed front layer (12) and a rear layer (21) having formed integrally therewith a first coursewise extending single jersey tubular portion (22) with a second coursewise extending single jersey tubular portion (23) adjacent thereto, both tubular portions (22,23) being connected to the front layer (12) in the same course or adjacent courses.
Claims4
A method of knitting a fabric cover of a generally double jersey construction on a flat "V" bed knitting machine having a front needle bed for knitting the front layer of the fabric and a rear needle bed for knitting the rear layer of the fabric, the method including knitting a double jersey fabric on both needle beds, and at a predetermined course of knitting the front needle bed is held up, and knitting continues on selected needles on the rear needle bed for a plurality of courses, after said plurality of courses yarn is looped around selected needles on the front needle bed, knitting then continues on the rear needle bed for a further plurality of courses and after said further courses yarn is looped around selected needles on the front needle bed, thereafter knitting continues on both needle beds.
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