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US 6,782,720 B2Granted
Unilayer fabric with reinforcing parts
AssigneeLakeland Industries, Inc.
InventorsFrederick A. Vero, Fred Adams
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AssigneeLakeland Industries, Inc.
InventorsFrederick A. Vero, Fred Adams
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The present invention relates to a unilayer flexible performance fabric which may be fabricated into apparel and articles having high performance fibers, such as high tensile modulus fibers positioned within a base fabric in at least one preselected location only where required to import performance characteristics which are equal to or exceed the specifications for the garment. For example, if cut resistance is a requirement, performance fibers which provide such protection from this hazard would be used. Likewise, if abrasion resistance is intended for an apparel such as coveralls, only the knees and elbows would require the performance fiber. Thus, reducing the amount of expensive fibers normally used. The invented fabric is manufacturede in a method in which the placement of the fabric in preselected locations is computer controlled.
A unilayer flexible textile performance fabric comprising a base fabric having a predetermined design of a pattern continuously formed therein by a step of selectively manipulating and chain-stitching on a programmed knitting machine into said base fabric at least one dissimilar high performance fiber into said base fabric in the same layer with a preselected single needle wherein said step of manipulating is computer controlled and a unilayer fabric is formed.
A single layer protective fabric prepared on a programmed knitting machine comprising a base fabric formed by chain-stitching a first fiber, said base fabric having a design of a pattern formed continuously therein by the step of manipulating into said base fabric at the same layer at least one dissimilar high performance fiber with a preselected single needle, wherein said step of manipulating is controlled by an output signal from a programmed microprocessor so as to form at least one island of a high performance fiber as a unilayer.
A method of continuously manufacturing a unilayer flexible performance fabric on a programmed knitting machine comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.