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US 7,159,621 B2Granted
Elastic material having variable modulus of elasticity
AssigneeMaidenform, Inc.
InventorCatherine Shannon
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Abstract
An elastic material includes a plurality of zones. Each of the zones has a particular modulus of elasticity associated with it and the distribution of the zones throughout the elastic material causes the material to have a variation of modulus of elasticity along a particular direction in the material. The elastic material includes a weft, which includes a relatively inelastic component, and a warp, which includes the relatively inelastic component together with the relatively elastic component.
Claims13
An elastic fabric, comprising:
- a relatively inelastic component;
- and
- a relatively elastic component, the relatively inelastic component and the relatively elastic component being interknit or interwoven in the elastic fabric so as to form a plurality of zones, each zone exhibiting a respective modulus of elasticity;
- and
- visible indicia which are visible to the human eye and are indicative of, but do not themselves contribute to, the variation in modulus between the zones.
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An elastic fabric, comprising:
- a relatively inelastic component interwoven or interknit with a relatively elastic component to create a fabric having variations in its modulus of elasticity;
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- visible indicia which are visible to the human eye and are indicative of, but do not themselves contribute to, the variation in modulus of the elasticity of the elastic fabric.
An elastic fabric, comprising:
- a relatively inelastic component interwoven or interknit with a relatively elastic component to form a fabric having variations in its modulus of elasticity;
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- visible indicia which are visible to the human eye and are indicative of the variations in modulus of the elasticity of the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.