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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7481078 | Knitwear knitted by flat knitting machine and method for knitting the same An improved knitting method for joining together a front body part and a back body part of knitwear at the shoulder parts. In the knitting method in which groups of stitches comprising a plurality of wales of the body located at a widthwise lateral end portion there... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7383705 | Method of knitting tubular knitted fabric When knitting a tubular knitted fabric having a difference in the number of wales between a front knitted fabric and a back knitted fabric, knitted fabrics are knitted alternately while turning the tubular knitted fabric and jointing the front section having a large... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7363778 | Seamless three-dimensional toe section for prosthetic socks and prosthetic shrinkers A stretchable fabric sleeve is configured for use as a prosthetic shrinker or as a prosthetic sock and broadly comprises a unitary receptacle broadly including a tubular section and a rounded end section. In particular, the rounded end section includes opposite pane... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7269975 | Cam apparatus for knitting fabric On each of carriages are disposed a group of transfer cams and a group of receiving cams. A leftward movement of the carriages makes it possible to transfer a knitted loop from a front needle bed provided with one carnage to a rear needle bed provided with another c... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7225646 | Method of knitting knitwear with raglan sleeves and knitwear with raglan sleeves The present invention provides a knitting method for knitting knitwear having raglan sleeves and knitwear thus formed, wherein a beautiful silhouette is gained when being put on, which knitwear is knitted in a seamless manner by using a flat knitting machine. | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222504 | Method for joining knitted fabrics A knitted fabric joining method is provided wherein at least two tubular knitted fabrics are knitted and then those tubular knitted fabrics are overlapped with and joined to each other in such a manner that a joining region of a front knitted fabric part is differen... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7212881 | Knitting method for garment with asymmetrically joined sleeves, garment with asymmetrically joined sleeves, and knit design device Both sleeves and front and back bodies are joined using gores such that the gores between the front body and both front sleeves become larger than the gores between the back body and both back sleeves. The knitted fabric is rotated such that, for example, the border... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7181932 | Knitting method of forming drape around collar and knitwear having drape around collar The invention aims to knit knitwear in a substantially seamless manner, with the number of courses around the neck increased, so that when the knitwear is worn, a drape can be formed around the neck. In knitting zones extending from underarms to before should... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181309 | Method of knitting garments having line difference, garment having line difference, and knit design device A body and both sleeves are knitted into cylindrical shapes, respectively, up to the underarm positions. Then, sleeve caps for both sleeves are knitted by flechage knitting such that the front sleeve caps become narrower than the back sleeve caps. Both sleeves are c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7143613 | Knitwear garment and method of knitting knitwear Seamless knitwear of mixed set-in and raglan sleeves, and a method of knitting the same seamless knitwear. The knitwear of the present invention comprises a body and sleeves. A front body of the body has armhole parts and shoulder-line parts extending along o... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7107235 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The present invention teaches a method of conducting retail and Internet business including making and delivering a custom article of footwear. The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, st... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7051555 | Method of knitting knit-wear A method for seamlessly knitting knitwear having a broad neckline with a flat knitting machine includes forming a neckline by a first step in which a breast is knitted by branching off into right and left breasts from its front neckline forming portion. All knitted ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7040123 | Method of producing a three-dimensional knit and textile material produced thereby The present invention relates to a method of producing a three-dimensional knit, i.e. a knit whose area is shaped spatially. In accordance with the invention a homogeneously tough three-dimensional knit structure is achieved when loops in specific portions are widen... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7016867 | Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, stability, and running economy. Unlike the conventional foam materials presently being used by the footwear industry, a preferred spring element i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6983626 | Method of knitting tubular knitted fabric A tubular knitted fabric (11) having a first knitted fabric and a second knitted fabric joined together continuously at both ends thereof and a laminating part (4) formed in the first knitted fabric at which the knitted fabric is partly laminated in tw... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6840064 | Cylindrical knitting fabric sound with depth formed and method of knitting it Stitches of front and back knitted fabrics are overlapped with each other and bound off in the regions located on both the outermost right and left sides in a knitting width at the terminal end of the tubular knitted fabric in which the front and back knitted fabric... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6564588 | Method for producing tubular knitted articles on a flat knitting machine Disclosed is a method of producing tubular knitted articles for ready-to-wear clothes pieces, on a flat knitting machine with at least two oppositely located needle beds and a carriage with at least three knitting systems. In a first carriage passage narr... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6550284 | Knitted fabric having forked portion and knitting method thereof Knitting of a knitted fabric having a forked portion which is forked into a first knitting region and a second knitting region at a certain point of its knitting width by using a flat knitting machine including at least two yarn feeders arranged over need... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6308536 | Shaping/augmenting/diminishing knitted fabrics The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of t... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6286340 | Knitting method for knit clothing In a knitting method in which after a front body and a back body are knitted in a tube form, sleeves formed in a tube form and the both front and back bodies are joined on a flat knitting machine, knit clothing is knitted to form a good-looking armhole li... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6233976 | Shaping/augmenting/diminishing knitted fabrics The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of t... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6176105 | Widening method for a rib knitted fabric and a widened rib knitted fabric thereby For preventing holes from occurrence at an internally widened area of a rib knitted fabric, at the area, two needles, one on the front needle bed, the other on the back needle bed, are made empty. Then, a stitch held by an adjacent needle to one of the tw... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6147517 | Voltage comparator circuit Control circuit for providing the greater of a supply voltage VCC and a battery voltage VBATT. A comparator compares VCC and VBATT, and provides output signals to an inverting gain stage. A switch receives outpu... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6122937 | Process for producing three-dimensional knitted fabrics and textile material thus produced The present invention relates to a method of producing a three-dimensional knit, i.e. a knit whose area is shaped spatially. In accordance with the invention a homogeneously tough three-dimensional knit structure is achieved when loops in specific portion... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116057 | Shaping/augmenting/diminishing knitted fabrics The present invention relates to a method of producing three-dimensional knits. In accordance with the invention narrowing the loops is done by loops covering a partial area of the needle bed being transferred to needles arranged nearer to the middle of t... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6109068 | Method of producing spacial, single- and multi-layer knitted articles on flat knitting machine A method of producing of spacial, single or multi-layer knitting articles on a flat knitting machine having at least two needle beds and a loop transfer device, has the steps of knitting of knitting rows with a number and width a corresponding to a spacia... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6079232 | Widening method A widened loop is formed by using a flat knitting machine which has at least a pair of needle beds and one of the needle beds can be moved sideways. A widening needle is made to be empty, and yarn is fed from one end of the knitting range to a needle shor... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6021650 | Method of knitting tubular fabrics In a broadening course, a yarn feeder of which front and back agree with the front and back of a fabric is used as a preceding yarn feeder, and a yarn feeder of which front and back are reverse is used as the succeeding yarn feeder, (a) the preceding firs... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6006551 | Twin bed flat knitting machine method for widening a tubular fabric For mesh widening of a hose-shaped knitted piece on a double bed flat knitting machine knitting a mesh row is knitted in a carriage direction from left to right on a front needle bed and subsequently a mesh row is knitted in the carriage direction from ri... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5987930 | Method of joining fabrics on a flat knitting machine In joining fabrics on a flat knitting machine, more specifically joining sleeves to a body, stitch courses are formed on both of the body and the sleeves. A stitch of the edge portion of a sleeve is overlapped with a stitch of the edge portion of the body... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5943884 | Knitted suit having a double layer structure and knitting method therefor On needle beds, an outer fabric and an inner fabric are arranged to oppose each other. Each of the outer fabric and the inner fabric comprises a back body and a left half and a right half of the front body that are arranged on both sides of the back body.... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5826445 | Knitting method on a flat knitting machine and a knit fabric thus produced In a joining portion of a body and a sleeve of a pullover, only a front body is knitted, stitches of a front part of sleeve are transferred to the front body for joining the front body and the sleeve, and stitches of a back part of sleeve are shifted to t... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5701766 | Method for broadening a tubular knitted fabric by a flat knitting machine, a knit design apparatus and a memory therefor, and knitted tubular fabric A tubular knitted fabric is broadened while fully preventing generation of open gap. Yarn is hooked on a needle of a second needle bed and twisted to form a loop, and this loop is transferred onto a first needle bed to become a broadening loop. A subseque... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5692399 | Method of knitting fabric having three-dimensional silhouette shape The present invention provides a knitted fabric of three-dimensional silhouette shape which comprises a front half and a back half coupled at side edges to each other forming a tubular shape and in which the circumferential length of the tubular shape is ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5505062 | Method for increasing stitches at an intermediate position in a row of stitches of a rib knit fabric A method for increasing stitches at intermediate positions in a row of stitches of a rib knit fabric comprising the steps of: leaving a set of two target knitting needles on the front and rear beds, respectively, unoccupied, where increased stitches are t... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5379613 | Method of finishing edges of knitted fabric A method of finishing the edges of a knitted fabric which makes use of a flat knitting machine which has at least a pair of front and rear needle beds, one bed or both being arranged for lengthwise movement, transferring edge loops of the knitted fabric h... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5305619 | Stitch increasing method and cams for flat knitting machine having stitch increasing function A stitch increasing method and a needle operating cam for a flat knitting machine having stitch increasing function. The needle operating cam for operating needle bodies and sliders of compound needles separately from each other, in which in relation to a... | 04/26/1994 |
| 4729230 | Cam system for flat-bed knitting machine A cam system for flat-bed knitting machines has a needle cam unit which has at least one integrated knitting cam loop transferring cam for both knitting and loop transferring directions, of which the knitting cam has adjustable sinker elements on both sid... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4616488 | Single or multi-cam system for flat-bed knitting machines A single or multi-cam system (11) for flat-bed knitting machines having needle, jack and selector cam units (13, 14 and 16) arranged one beneath the other is described. The needle cam unit (13) features at least one knitting cam and an integrated transfer... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4555917 | Combined knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines with slider needles A combined knitting-transfer cam unit for V-bed flat knitting machines with electively choosable slider needles whose sliders are also designed for the transfer of stitches comprises stationary and movable cam elements for engagement with the needle butts ... | 12/03/1985 |
