Knitted fabric
AssigneeSara Lee Corporation
InventorsClaire Cole, Michael Starbuck, Phillip Sharrocks, Andrew Ratcliffe
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Abstract
A knitted fabric comprising a plurality of knitted stitches which are interconnected to define a plurality of courses and wales, the knitted stitches being formed from a heat fusible yarn, with at least some of said stitches being formed from said heat fusible yarn plated with a ground yarn, the heat fusible yarn being fused together at adjacent points of contact on stitches in order to give the fabric a desired dimensional stability and shape.
Claims7
A knitted fabric comprising a plurality of knitted stitches, said plurality of knitted stitches being interconnected to define a plurality of courses and wales, said plurality of knitted stitches being formed from a heat fusible yarn, said heat fusible yarn being fused at adjacent points of contact on said plurality of knitted stitches thereby providing said knitted fabric a desired dimensional stability and shape, and
- wherein one or more of said plurality of knitted stitches is formed from said heat fusible yarn plated with a ground yarn.
A process for setting the coursewise and walewise dimensions and three dimensional shape of a fabric comprising:
- knitting a fabric having a plurality of knitted stitches, said plurality of knitted stitches being interconnected to define a plurality of courses and wales, wherein said knitted stitches are formed from a heat fusible yarn, and wherein some of said knitted stitches are formed from said heat fusible yarn plated with a ground yarn;
- stretching said fabric on a forming device to stretch said fabric to a desired coursewise and walewise dimension and three dimensional shape;
- heating said fabric while on said forming device to a fusing temperature in order to cause said fusible yarn to fuse together at points of contact between said plurality of knitted stitches;
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- cooling and removing said fabric from said forming device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.