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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7043942 | Circular knit blank and a garment made therefrom A circular knit blank and a garment made therefrom. The circular knit blank and garment made therefrom has a first portion being formed from a first yarn having a first elasticity and a second portion integrally knit to the first portion. The second portion has a se... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043766 | Garment for cooling and insulating A garment has indentations forming air channels next to the body of the wearer, and includes: a first yarn preferably being a single monofilament of polyester; a second yarn preferably formed from staple or filament yarn, whether manmade or of natural fiber, such as... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7040124 | Cotton jersey fabric construction having improved stretch characteristics A knitted fabric constructed from cotton yarns and synthetic yarns of polyester. The fabric is knitted with courses of cotton yarns, with a polyester yarn knitted with at least every fourth course of cotton yarn. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
| 5873266 | Method of knitting tubular fabric having 2×1 rib stitch A method and apparatus for knitting a seamless tubular fabric of 2×1 rib stitch uses a flat knitting machine having at least one front needle bed and at least one back needle bed. The beds extend sideways and abut against each other in a front-back relat... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5687587 | Elastic double-knit fabric A process for making a double-knit fabric from elastic yarns and hard yarns and the double-knit fabric product. The double-knit fabric does not have to be heat-set prior to use.... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5636533 | Composite fabric with integral thermal layer A composite fabric includes inner and outer knitted layers which are joined by interlock stitches at predetermined intervals to form a composite fabric. The composite fabric 10 is make on a circular knitting machine having cylinder and dial needles by fee... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5540063 | Stocking A stocking has a top band composed of a 2×3 double rib band part knitted to the upper end of a single-ply 4×4 positive floater block pattern band part. The 2×3 feed is selected for feed 1 elastic yarns of the rib band part, and the 4×4 feed is selecte... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537843 | Rib knitting method that provides cross-over yarns The present invention relates to a rib knitting method for use with a flat knitting machine having at least one pair of front and back needle beds and a yarn feeder, and more particularly to improvements in the aesthetic appearance and durability of the s... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5438852 | Self-gripping textile gasket A tubular, thermally insulating gasket product is produced using as a mounting element a bulky knitted tape of glass fiber, ceramic or other heat resistant material. The tape has a main body portion knitted using a rib or interlocking stitch for firmness ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5397612 | Cotton bale within a circular knit cotton bale cover A high density cotton bale enclosed within a cotton bale cover comprising a fabric circular knitted from yarn consisting essentially of cotton fibers.... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5393596 | Decking suspension fabric and method A decking suspension material and method of application to a furniture frame is provided whereby in one embodiment a fabric is knitted from a plurality of polymeric yarns and at least one of the yarns has a relatively high gauge. More specifically, an ela... | 02/28/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5263342 | Method of forming a mock cable pattern in knitted fabric Forming a mock cable pattern in a knitted fabric includes preforming tuck stitches in the fabric, subsequently transferring and placing the tuck stitches on respective preselected needles in an array within which the mock cable pattern is being formed, an... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5127242 | Pocketed fabric with rib knitting and its knitting method A method and apparatus for knitting a pocket on a knit type of clothing such as a sweater. The apparatus includes a flat knitting machine having multiple front and back knitting needles operational in parallel. The pocket is knitted by the front and rear ... | 07/07/1992 |
| 4998419 | Process for knitting loop pile A contractible (elastic) and a non-contractible (non-elastic) yarn are knitted together with the contractible yarn floating over at least some needles in a course of knitting. The non-contractible yarn also floats over at least some of the needles where t... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4890462 | Knitted fabric In knitted fabric there is provided at least one area contained by a tension thread which is tied by means of tuck loops into individual stitches of the adjoining fabric in such a way that its two ends lie on the same edge side of the contained fabric are... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4797311 | Insulating fabric and method of manufacture thereof Insulating fabric having a knitted base fabric incorporating air-entrapping cells on one or both sides. The base fabric is knit from a bulk acrylic yarn, preferably high bulk acrylic yarn, and a combination polyester and cotton yarn, the yarns being knitt... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4793034 | Method of manufacturing knit body garments Knit sport shirts and the like characterized by having the body portion and the trim of exactly the same color shade are manufactured by circularly knitting the same type of yarn to form first and second tubular fabrics and then simultaneously dyeing both... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4771614 | Insulating fabric and method of manufacture thereof Insulating fabric having a knitted base fabric incorporating air-entrapping cells on one or both sides. The base fabric is knit from a bulk acrylic yarn, preferably high bulk acrylic yarn, and a combination polyester and cotton yarn, the yarns being knitt... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4691537 | Mock linking process and apparatus for joining two pieces of knitted fabric, and knitted edging trim for use therewith A mock-linking process and apparatus are disclosed for linking a specially knitted edging trim in the form of a ribbon of knitted yarn with an unfinished edge of a knitted garment, such as a V-neck opening, to obtain a finish which substantially simulates... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4514995 | Knit cover for beverage container A knit cover for receiving a beverage container is disclosed which is formed as a single piece seamless rib knit sleeve having an integrally knit outwardly bulging band encircling the upper medial portion of the sleeve for aiding in preventing slipping of... | 05/07/1985 |
| 3971234 | Double-knit elastic fabric with raised patterns An elastic double-knit fabric having alternating front and back wales knit from an elastic and inelastic yarn knit together in spaced patterns of adjacent stitches in adjacent front wales and in selected stitches in at least every fourth course in the bac... | 07/27/1976 |
| 3930387 | Knitted fabric with a laid in metal chain Knitted material having chains interlaid between double-knitted loops and knitted in any conventional fashion to form a pattern. Preferably the chainsupporting loops are knitted by rib stitches with wales formed in a series of 1 .times. 1 ribs alternative... | 01/06/1976 |