US 6,786,066 B2Granted

Knit wear with collar knit by flat knitting machine and method of knitting it

AssigneeShima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.

InventorKazuyoshi Okamoto

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Abstract

Knitting for joining a body 3 including right and left body portions and a neckline 12 and a collar together. A neckline 12 comprises at least three neckline portions comprising a first neckline portion 12d formed in one body portion 13 of right and left body portions which is formed earlier than the other body portion, a second neckline portion 12b formed in the other body portion 15, and a third neckline portion 12a formed in the body 5 formed later. A knitted fabric of the collar 11 comprises three collar portions comprising a first collar portion 11d joined to the first neckline portion 12d, a second collar portion 11b joined to the second neckline portion 12b, and a third collar portion 11a located at an outside of the first and/or the second collar portions and joined to the third neckline portion 12a. Loops of the first neckline portion 12d and loops of the first collar portion 11d are joined to each other by transference of loops in the course of knitting of the one body portion 13 and, then, loops of the second neckline portion 12b and loops of the second collar portion 11b are joined to each other by transference of loops in the course of knitting of the other body portion 15. Finally, the third collar portion 11a is moved to a neckline opening 4 in such a condition that the loops of the third collar portion 11a are arrayed in an opposite direction, so that the third neckline portion 12a and the body 5 are joined to each other by knitting the body 5 following the knitting of the loops of the third collar portion 12a.

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Dependent claims

Knitwear with a collar knitted by a flat knitting machine, the knitwear comprising a front body and a back body, one of which is parted into a right body portion and a left body portion, and further comprising a neckline,

wherein the neckline comprises at least three neckline portions comprising a first neckline portion formed at a lateral end of one of the right body portion and the left body portion which is formed earlier than the other, a second neckline portion formed at a lateral end of the other of the right body portion and the left body portion, and a third neckline portion formed in the body portion formed later,
wherein a knitted fabric of the collar has a knitting width enough to be joined to an entire circumference of the neckline and comprises:
a) a first collar portion joined to the first neckline portion,
b) a second collar portion joined to the second neckline portion, and
c) a third collar portion located at an outside of the first and/or the second collar portions and joined to the third neckline portion, and
wherein loops of the first neckline portion and loops of a final course of the first collar portion are joined to each other by forming double loops in the course of knitting of the body to form the first neckline portion in the body;
then loops of the second neckline portion and loops of a final course of the second collar portion are joined to each other by forming double loops in the course of knitting of the body to form the second neckline portion in the body;
and finally the third collar portion is moved to a neckline opening in such a condition that the loops of the third collar portion are arrayed in an opposite direction, so that the third neckline portion and the third collar portion are joined to each other by knitting a course of the body following the knitting of the loops of the final course of the third collar portion.

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A method of knitting knitwear with collar by using a flat knitting machine, wherein a body comprising a front body and a back body, one of which is parted into a right body portion and a left body portion, and a knitted fabric of the collar knitted separately from the body are joined to each other in the course of knitting for forming a neckline in the body by using a flat knitting machine comprising at least a pair of first and second needle beds, which are extended laterally and confront each other in back and front and at least either of which can be racked laterally to transfer stitches between the needles beds,

the method comprising:
a) the step of knitting the body from its hem to a forked portion at which the forming of the neckline is started,
b) the step of knitting the knitted fabric of the collar separately from the body in parallel with or before or after the knitting of the body,
c) the step of joining the knitted fabric of the collar to the body along circumference of the neckline, the step comprising the following steps:
c-1) the step of joining the knitted fabric of the collar to one body portion of the right and left body portions by overlapping loops of a collar portion of the knitted fabric of the collar confronting the one body portion, which extends from near a center of a knitting width of the knitted fabric of the collar to one outer end of the same, with a loop at a lateral end of the one body portion one after another from a loop near the center of the knitted fabric in the course of knitting the one body parted into the right body portion and the left body portion, and
c-2) the step of joining the knitted fabric of the collar to the other body portion of the right and left body portions by overlapping loops of a collar portion of the knitted fabric of the collar confronting the other body portion, which extends from near a center of a knitting width of the knitted fabric of the collar to the other outer end of the same, with a loop at a lateral end of the other body portion one after another from a loop near the center of the knitted fabric in the course of knitting the other body.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.