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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7640770 | Fabric knitting method and knitted product In one embodiment of the present application, a knitting method is disclosed for a knitting fabric capable of eliminating the need of stitch transfer during knitting and easily knitting even a thick and less stretchable knitting fabric. Three types of stitching incl... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7469563 | Insulating sleeve with wire mesh and wire cloth A tubular sound/heat insulating tubular structure which may serve as a muffler packing for internal combustion engine exhaust mufflers comprises in one embodiment an inner layer of solely stainless steel wire mesh formed into a continuous length tube. An intermediat... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7441418 | Remodeling underwear manufactured from graded knit fabric A remodeling undergarment and/or method of manufacturing a remodeling undergarment is described which includes a frontal abdominal portion configured to cover an abdominal region of a user, a lumbar portion configured to cover a lumbar region of a user, a ventral po... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7360378 | Knitted fabric with dual layer construction and method for making A knitted dual-layer fabric is disclosed, including an outer water-absorbent layer and an inner wicking layer having permanent wicking properties. The inner layer acts to draw moisture toward the outer layer and the outer layer acts to disperse the moisture therethr... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7316132 | Knitting method for wide rib texture by plating The present invention provides a knitting method that when a knitted fabric having a wide rib structure formed by the plating using a front knitting yarn and a back knitting yarn different in color from each other, in particular, using a flat knitting machine, can m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7119037 | Camouflage net A camouflage net, in particular for covering persons and articles in the desert against detection in a thermal image, has a knitted fabric with a hole structure. The knitted fabric in this case has condensed and/or sealed-off regions. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7024893 | Durable knitted net The present invention is directed to a net, and more specifically to a knitted net comprising a plurality of chain and fill yarns comprising mono-filaments that decreases the overall mass of the net, yet increases the durability of the net. In accordance with the pr... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6984596 | Wire-reinforced elastic webbing A wire-reinforced webbing material is disclosed for use in furniture, bedding and the like. The webbing includes a flat knitted fabric comprised of substantially elastic yarns such as polyester. A plurality of reinforcement wires are integrally knitted into the fabr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6923026 | Method for hand-crafting a rug A method for hand-crafting a rug includes obtaining a first sock loop and twisting the first sock loop to form one loop four strands thick. A second sock loop is pushed halfway through the one loop and a new sock loop is pushed through the two end loops of the secon... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915668 | Wearable electrode apparatus and manufacture thereof The invention provides a wearable electrode apparatus and manufacture thereof. The wearable electrode apparatus includes a garment and 2M terminals. The garment includes 2M electrically conductive portions. Each of the terminals is disposed on one of the 2M electric... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6871515 | Knitted lace construction A garment provides a weft knitted fabric having an open fabric effect that is sufficiently stable against run-back to enable the fabric to be used as a garment fabric. Also, the garment provides a weft knitted fabric that is stable against run-back and may be knit f... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6845638 | Insulated knitted fabric An insulated knitted fabric comprises a single layer or two or more layers, wherein at least the outer layer is composed of fibers having a single filament fineness of 0.2 to 3.0 dtex; at least one layer of the knitted fabric has a stitch density of 45 courses/2.54 ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6653250 | Low-shrinkage, stable print platform knitted fabric A low-shrinkage, stable print platform circular knitted, cotton/synthetic fabric. The fabric is a two end fleece fabric having a weight of between about 8 to 12 oz. per sq.yd., a stitch density of between about 800 to 1000; and a face yarn count of the fa... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6644070 | Three-dimensional fabric for seat A three-dimensional knit fabric having front and back knit layers and a monofilament yarn connecting the knit layers to each other, characterized in that the curvature of the monofilament yarn in the three-dimensional knit fabric is in a range from 0.01 t... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6630414 | Three-dimensional net, and composite structural material using the same Invention-wise three-dimensional net made by warp knitting has high shape retainability in three-dimensional cords defining three-dimensional mesh spaces, capability of suppressing direction dependency, superiority in structural stability and pressure res... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6434879 | Bi-directional, manufacturable, lift-generating mesh bar Mesh cells (30) for machine-made netting (51) use pairs of mesh bars (35) made from a continuous length of material and meet at a common coupler (34). Such mesh bars (35) have a lay with a common direction throughout the length of material. In a zig-zag p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6427493 | Synthetic knit fabric having superior wicking and moisture management properties A weft knit synthetic fabric having an irregular pique construction prepared on a double knit machine having four feeds, two of which are microfiber yarn and two of which are regular non-microfiber yarn. The fabric is formed with at least 40 weight percen... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6308538 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing individual wipers having finished edges A knitted web and a method for making the same includes a plurality of wipers, each having a wiper body with a length defined between finished leading and trailing edges and a width defined between opposed, selvaged side edges. The wipers are knitted with... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6250115 | Method for creating knitted garments and patterns therefor The present invention relates to a method for creating knitted garments comprising steps of forming an entirely deployed pattern having a deployed shape which can be obtained by flattening an entire predetermined three-dimensional design of a garment to b... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6189189 | Method of manufacturing low contaminant wiper A method of manufacturing a polyester textile fabric having a relatively low level of particulate contaminates and high absorbency is provided by heatsetting the fabric at a temperature of 300° F. or less.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6073468 | Low torque knit construction A jacquard cotton construction fabric, and garment made from the fabric, are produced by spinning and Z-twisting a first at least primarily cotton yarn, spinning and S-twisting a second at least primarily cotton yarn, dyeing the yarn a first color, dyeing... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6015618 | Composite yarn comprised of chain stitch yarn and inlay yarn A composite yarn comprised of a chain stitch yarn knitted from a yarn A and at least an inlay yarn of a yarn B inserted into the chain stitch yarn along a longitudinal direction thereof. Since the chain stitch yarn and the inlay yarn are surely interlaced... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6003344 | Knitted fabric with partially unraveled stitches A knitted fabric presents one or more passage courses formed by a removable support thread which, upon being removed, allows the partial unraveling of a zone of said knitted fabric, and increases the width of the mesh or stitch in said zone.... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5979193 | Method of knitting plating stitch and knit fabric A method of knitting a knit fabric which is knitted by a flat knitting machine with a plurality of yarn carriers having the following steps: (a) knitting the first half knitting portion of a course to a plating stitch with a first ground yarn and a platin... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5858054 | Knitted protective fabric and garments made therefrom A protective fabric, and garments made therefrom, having superior resistance to wear and abrasion, as well as good flexibility and stretchability enabling the fabric to be conformed to the structure intended to be protected. The knitted fabric and garment... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5823014 | Hosiery and process for producing the same An every course hose is produced by knitting substantially exclusively a covered elastic yarn into the leg portion knitting fabric thereof. A covering yarn is wound around an elastic yarn as the core yarn to form the covered elastic yarn. The covering yar... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5797282 | Method of utilizing a standard circular knitting machine to produce a fabric with a pattern A method of utilizing a standard circular knitting machine to produce a fabric with a pattern by the combination of selectively rendering specific needles of the standard circular knitting machine inoperative, removing pre-selected needles in a predetermi... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5787512 | Maternity garment, blanks and method for making same A garment having integrally knit underabdominal and back support panels is described. The garment desirably has a rear panel and a front panel which includes a substantially U-shaped support panel which is more resistant to stretch than the portion of the... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5720188 | Knitted cover having course-wise slit A double jersey weft knitted fabric cover having a course-wise slit formed therein and at least one edge of the slit extending into an overlapping portion, preferably of single jersey fabric, which overlaps the other edge, and a method of knitting the sam... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5682771 | Knitted cover A knitted fabric cover, especially for a vehicle seat having a vehicle air bag housed therein, in which the cover is adapted to provide minimal hindrance to inflation of the air bag by having at least one line of weakness knitted into the cover, in partic... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5605060 | Circularly knit bodysuit and a blank and method for making same This invention discloses a shirt, bodysuit and teddy having built-in breast cups and/or selected areas of varying cross-stretch in order to provide compressive support for a wearer's body, and methods and blanks for manufacturing such shirts, bodysuits an... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5553468 | Brassiere and method of making same This invention discloses methods of manufacturing brassiere blanks and brassieres, and the brassieres made therefrom. In particular, the methods and brassieres involve circular knitting operations in which a brassiere blank is produced on a circular knitt... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5479791 | Brassiere blank, brassiere and methods of making same This invention discloses methods of manufacturing brassiere blanks and brassieres, and the brassieres made therefrom. In particular, the methods and brassieres involve circular knitting operations in which a brassiere blank is produced on a circular knitt... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5458957 | Light reflecting screen A net is provided having a plurality of threads oriented in one direction and being essentially equal spaced from one another, and having wefts oriented in a second direction which is perpendicular to said one direction, the threads forming stitches which... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5445693 | Method of producing a formable composite material The invention provides a method of providing a formable composite material comprising providing a reinforcing material (9) having a plurality of superimposed layers (1-6), each layer consisting of a plurality of unidirectional non-woven yarns or threads (... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5419161 | Articular bandage having waxy structure inserts Described is a fabric produced from textile threads, more particularly a knitted fabric, for use within the flexion area of articulated bandages. The knitted fabric is incorporated into the articulated bandage (2) in the form of an insert (8). In order to... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5415007 | Fabric used in trousers and trouser legs to serve as saw guard inserts A fabric intended to serve as an insert in working trousers or trouser legs for power-saw operators. The fabric consists of two layers, viz. a carrier layer or passive layer, wherein the threads interconnect the threads of the active layer, i.e. the layer... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5382466 | Warp knitted fabric containing individual wales comprising loops formed solely of elastic yarns and loops formed solely of inelastic yarns within the same wale A warp knitted fabric is described in which each individual wale contains stitches formed from both elastic and inelastic yarn. The fabric is extensible in the direction of the wales and may be used as a substrate in an orthopaedic splinting bandage. Orth... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5339657 | Net having different size openings and method of making A warp knit net fabric is disclosed in which the number of stitches in each leg and in each join of a diamond pattern is varied to vary the size of the openings defined by the legs. An array of yarn ends are knit on a Raschel warp knitting machine and the... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5330818 | Reinforcement preform of knitted fibres Reinforcement preform of knitted fibers for a carbon or the like component such as an airfoil guide vane. A junction between adjacent sections of the finished article of the preform is formed with a buttonhole. In assembly, the reinforcement for one of th... | 07/19/1994 |
