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US 8,505,339 B2Granted
Knit sleeve with knit barrier extension having a barrier therein and method of construction
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
InventorsCassie Malloy, Zhong Haui Zhang
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Abstract
A knit sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The knit sleeve is constructed including a knit tubular wall and at least one knit tubular extension attached to the wall. Further, a barrier member is disposed in the at least one knit tubular extension. The at least one knit tubular extension and the barrier member are foldable at least partially about the knit tubular wall.
Claims28
A knit sleeve, comprising:
- a knit tubular wall;
- at least one knit tubular extension attached to said wall;
- and
- a barrier member disposed in said at least one tubular extension, said at least one knit tubular extension and said barrier member being foldable at least partially about said knit tubular wall, said barrier member includes an impervious, solid sheet of material.
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A knit sleeve, comprising:
- a knit tubular wall;
- at least one knit tubular extension attached to said wall;
- and
- a barrier member disposed in said at least one tubular extension, said at least one knit tubular extension and said barrier member being foldable at least partially about said knit tubular wall;
- and
- wherein said knit tubular wall extends along a first longitudinal axis and said at least one knit tubular extension extends along a second longitudinal axis spaced from said first longitudinal axis.
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A method of constructing a knit sleeve, comprising:
- knitting a tubular wall;
- knitting at least one tubular extension extending from the tubular wall while knitting the tubular wall;
- and
- disposing a barrier member including an impervious, solid sheet of material in the at least one tubular extension.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.