Three-dimensional knitted cover
AssigneesStefan Achter, Viktor Nikolaus Achter
InventorFriedrich Roell
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Abstract
The invention relates to a knitted seat cover, in the knit of which a bead or tubular knit is joined integrated at least in part in the region of contour lines to simultaneously mask and protect the contour lines.
Claims14
A seat cover comprising:
- a knitted fabric seat element having an exterior surface and a contour line, and
- an elongate protective element extending along said contour line at the exterior surface of the knitted fabric seat element and joined to the knitted fabric seat element, said elongate protective element being a knit element that is integrated with the knit of the fabric seat element.
A method of making a seat cover that comprises a knitted fabric seat element having an exterior surface and a contour line, and an elongate protective element extending along said contour line at the exterior surface of the knitted fabric seat element and joined to the knitted fabric seat element, said elongate protective element being a knit element that is integrated with the knit of the fabric seat element, said method comprising knitting the seat element on first needle beds, knitting the elongate protective element on second needle beds, and transferring the elongate protective element from the second needle beds to the first needle beds.
A method of making a seat cover that comprises a knitted fabric seat element having an exterior surface and a contour line, and an elongate protective element extending along said contour line at the exterior surface of the knitted fabric seat element and joined to the knitted fabric seat element, said elongate protective element being an elongate tubular knit element that is integrated with the knit of the fabric seat element, said method comprising supplying the tubular knit element off-the-roll and cutting the tubular knit element to length during knitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.