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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878030 | Wearable article with band portion adapted to include textile-based electrodes and method of making such article A circular knit tubing adapted for making a wearable article has a first knitted single layer tubular portion and a second knitted single layer tubular portion separated by a junction portion. The second tubular portion is folded over the first tubular portion at a ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7607323 | Curl resistant shirt collar and method of fabricating same A knitted collar for a casual shirt is made resistive to a tendency to curl by forming the collar of a knitted fabric with pockets at opposite end edges to hold stays. Each pocket is formed of two fabric plys defining an internal channel extending alongside the coll... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7389657 | Method for producing open-knit fabric with machines for knitting hosiery or other articles, and open-knit article obtained with the method A method for producing open-knit fabric with machines for knitting hosiery or other articles and an open-knit article obtained with the method. The method consists in producing in succession rows of knitting (A,B,C) by means of a plurality of needles (1,2), w... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7058986 | Socks with snap fasteners A sock has a cuff with an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer folded over at least a portion of the inner fabric layer. A snap fastener is secured to the inner fabric layer. A slit or opening extends through the outer fabric layer to expose the snap fastene... | 06/13/2006 |
| RE39095 | Knitwear having no curl collars For a selected collar stay, i.e., 0.375 inches in width, for a shirt knitted with selectively sized wales, i.e., 0.10 inches in width, a pocket for the stay also knitted but with selectively narrower wales, i.e., 0.025 inches in width, so that predictably a number o... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017376 | Seamless torso controlling garment with a control area and method of making same A circular knit blank for use in the manufacture of undergarments, and the garments so manufactured have a circular knit body, and a reinforcement area or areas. The body has a graded stitch density. The reinforcement area or areas have increased stitch density with... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6871516 | Anti-slip garment There is provided a therapeutic medical compression garment with an integrally knit anti-slip portion. The anti-slip portion of the garment is located in the upper area thereof. In the embodiment wherein the garment is a stocking, the anti-slip portion is placed in ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6178784 | Knit criss-cross brassiere, blank and method for making same A brassiere having a minimal number of seams and allowing for independent breast support is described. The brassiere is produced from a circularly knit blank having a first tubular portion, and integrally knit cylindrical tubular welt portion, and an inte... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6167732 | Knitwear having no curl collars For a selected collar stay, i.e., 0.375 inches in width, for a shirt knitted with selectively sized wales, i.e., 0.10 inches in width, a pocket for the stay also knitted but with selectively narrower wales, i.e., 0.025 inches in width, so that predictably... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6089046 | Method for producing pockets on a knitted garment A method for producing one or more pockets (13) in a knitted ready-made garment. The method comprises knitting a piece of tricot (10) having a rectangular configuration with two long sides (11) and two short sides (12). The piece of tricot is folded in at... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6065311 | Method of producing a knitted article on a flat knitting machine A method of producing a knitting on a flat knitting machine with two opposite needle beds and a loop transferring device includes forming a knitting which has a base knitting and at least one parallel knitting partially overlapping the base knitting and f... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5802877 | Circular knitting machine for making a sock with a knitted toe pocket A circular knitting machine for knitting a sock having a pocket knitted integrally with the foot portion includes a needle cylinder carrying long and short butt needles, a drive train for oscillating the needle cylinder in a normal first mode and a second... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5361607 | Knitted fabric integrally knitted with an additional pocket and the method of integrally knitting them A method of forming a knitted body part of a knitted wear which includes knitting an integral pocket while knitting the body portion. A flat knitting machine with two pair of needle beds in a vertical direction is used. As soon as the body portion is knit... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5321959 | Method of knitting a pocketed fabric with rib knit portion Method of knitting a pocket on a knitted garment and reinforcing the upper portion of the pocket by rib knitting. Front and rear knitting needles are provided and the yarn is fed to the rear and front knitting needles as necessary and the stitches are tra... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5259209 | Knitting method for a buttonhole for a knit product A method for knitting a buttonhole in a knit product by using a knitting machine for forming the remainder of the knitted product employing the following steps: feeding a thread to a front knitting needle, transferring the loop held on the front knitting ... | 11/09/1993 |
| 4630455 | Triple roll, layer top, sock The top of the sock is formed of a welt and then three successive rolled stripe increments formed of stripe yarn of different colors and an elastic yarn which is laid in continuously throughout the length of the top. All three striped increments are conne... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4150554 | Panty hose with elastic waist band The outwardly turned two-ply waist band is integrally knit with the upper end of the single-ply panty portion of the panty hose to simulate the appearance of a sewn on elastic waist band of the type usually employed in panty hose and the like. The outer l... | 04/24/1979 |
| 4048818 | Therapeutic stocking and method A circular knit therapeutic stocking in which bare elastomeric yarn is knit in selected courses and wales with a non-elastomeric yarn in other selected courses and wales in the welt, boot and foot portions of a stocking to provide a retractive or compress... | 09/20/1977 |
| 4047400 | Moisture absorbent band The band is of the type commonly known as a "sweatband" adapted to be worn around the wrist or head when playing tennis and other sports. The band is knit with at least some moisture absorbent yarn and is completely formed on a circular knitting machine. ... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4038699 | Sock with integrally knit pocket and method The pocket is formed of first and second layers of knit fabric formed of partial courses to provide a looped fabric section integral with the leg of the stocking. The looped open sides of the pocket are stitched together after knitting to complete the poc... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4034580 | Boot sock with stay-up cuff and method This sock is characterized by a stayup cuff including an outwardly turned welt intergrally knit with the top of the leg of the sock and a single-ply edge portion having an upper edge integrally knit with the lower edge of the outwardly turned welt and wit... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4014186 | Method of forming a closed end on a knitted tubular fabric A method for forming a closed end on a tubular knitted fabric, such as a stocking, on a circular knitting machine, in which two annular tubular layers are formed as continuations of the tubular knitted fabric at separate stages by needles operating in the... | 03/29/1977 |
| 4005494 | Pocket sock and method of knitting same The present sock includes a pocket which is integrally knit with the leg portion of the sock. The pocket may be positioned down inside of the leg or it may be positioned on the outside of the leg and may be used to hold various articles or it may be used ... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3965702 | Hosiery support A stocking with a stiffening of a portion of its elasticated double welt effected by the insertion of a plastic strip through an opening produced during the knitting of the double welt, said insert being referred to as a hosiery stay, measuring 25% less t... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3946577 | Method of knitting an elasticised welt A method of knitting, on a circular knitting machine, a succession of tubular articles such as socks or stockings, each having an elasticized roll welt having an elastic yarn laid therein, wherein a leading end of the elastic yarn is temporarily anchored ... | 03/30/1976 |
