US20100132411A1

US20100132411A1 - Knitted product

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Publication number: US20100132411A1
Application number: US12/451,772
Authority: US
Inventors: Ján Ando
Original assignee: Golden Lady Co SpA
Current assignee: Golden Lady Co SpA
Priority date: 2007-10-16
Filing date: 2008-07-04
Publication date: 2010-06-03
Also published as: CZ18132U1; CN101680140A; WO2009049560A1; BRPI0809801A2; CA2691381A1; RU2009141736A; KR20100091884A; EP2173933A1; MX2009011114A

Abstract

Knitted product of the type of briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, including the body part and leg parts, closed in the crotch area by opposite extra courses, in which at least one of the extra courses (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4) is created in the direction of the top (V1, V2, V3, V4) at first by the extending part (7.1A, 7.2A, 7.3A, 7.4A) and then by the narrowing part (7.1B, 7.2B, 7.3B, 7.4B). The method of knitting of the knitted product of the type briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, closed in the crotch area by at least one pair of opposite extra courses, where the extra courses are knitted by reverse run while in case of extra courses on leg parts, their edge links of the extending part are knitted together with the links of the last continuous line of the leg part, while in case of the extra courses on the body part, the edge links in the extending parts are knitted together with the links of the first continuous line of the body part.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELDS

The invention concerns knitted products like briefs, panties and mainly pantie-stockings/tights, closed in the crotch area by opposite extra courses, extending to the crotch.

THE CONTEMPORARY STATE OF THE ART

According to the known state of the art, knitted products of given type, in concrete terms, tights are manufactured in such a way that two independent legs are knitted, that are lengthwise cut in the top part band then they are sewn and so the body part is created. This technology of production is excellently sophisticated for automatic and semi-automatic textile machines. The main advantage of tights manufactured in this way is the fact that at the place of connection of the two legs and the tights part there are in fact connected three hoses in one point that faces excessive loads during wearing and so the seam is frequently broken there. Another significant disadvantage is the fact that the seam in the tights part—mainly in case of ladies' tights is really non-aesthetic.
So as to eliminate the main disadvantage of classic manufacture of tights, there was developed the technology if applying a gore in the place of inter-connection of legs and the body part.
The application of the gore practically eliminated in full the main disadvantage. But this is a technology that was not successfully and sufficiently automated, and so it brings to the manufacturing cycle undesirable manual operations that make the manufacture more expensive. Also the problem with poor aesthetic appearance of the seam remained unsolved.
In the course of time there were developed small-diameter knitting machines that were adjusted to manufacture of tights from one piece, without necessity of seaming the tight part. There exist several categories of the knitting machines and practically also several categories of products. But a vast majority of the products found only short-term use in the market mainly due to their imperfect anatomic shape that did not provide equivalent compensation for tights manufactured by the classic technological procedure.
Based on the current state of the art, there is also known the knitted product—like trousers, briefs, knickers, but mainly tights—that is closed in the crotch section by at least two opposite extra courses extending to the crotch. As far as the anatomic shape is concerned, this product represents an adequate compensation of classically manufactured tights, but it also eliminates the problems of poor aesthetic value and disadvantages of a seam in the body part and crotch. But the disadvantage of the above stated knitted product is the fact that in case of the gore to be made of different material than the legs and the body part, the rectangular shape of the gore is not too much suitable due to aesthetic point of view.

BASE OF THE INVENTION

The aim of the invention is to produce such a knitted product like trousers, briefs, knickers, but mainly tights that will be shaped in the best possible way in the body part but it will have a seamless gore in the crotch area similar to classic shape layout.
Then, the aim is for the product to be possibly knitted on flat two-bed knitting machines as well as on special double-cylinder knitting machines. This can be reached to a significant extent by a knitted product closed in the crotch by opposite extra courses, extending to the crotch, according to this invention based mainly on the fact that at least one of the extra courses consists of a part that extends at first and then narrows in the direction of the top.
In consideration of tights shaping in the crotch it is favourable for the extra courses on the body part to consist of a part that extends at first and then narrows in the direction of the top.
Due to this reason it is advantageous if the extra courses on the leg parts consist of a part that extends at first and then narrows in the direction of the top.
In consideration of knitting simplicity it is favourable for the extra courses on the body part to be made in reflected (mirror) image.
Due to the same reason it is favourable for the extra courses on the leg parts to be made in reflected (mirror) image.
In consideration of the anatomic physique it is favourable if the extra courses on the body part are created asymmetrically, while extra courses on leg parts are made in reflected (mirror) image.
A simple way of knitting a knitted product of the type of briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, that is closed in the crotch area by at least one pair of opposite extra courses, extending to the crotch, includes mainly the fact that the extra courses are knitted reverse run, while in case of extra courses on leg parts—in the extending part—the edge links knit together with the links of the last continuous line of the leg part, while in case of extra courses on the body part, the edge links in the extending part knit together with the links of the first continuous line of the body part.
The main advantage of the knitted product according to the invention is the fact that if the extra course is created—in the direction of outcome from the body part respectively from leg parts—from the extending part at first and only then from the narrowing part, it is very easy to make the crotch in the elliptical prolonged shape, which is a natural shape in fact and its appearance corresponds with the sewn-in gore, created using the classic technology.

LIST OF DRAWING IN FIGURES

The invention will be based in detail using the drawing schematically displaying a view of the crotch of classic tights with sewn-in gore in

FIG. 1, view of the crotch of tights according to the current state of the art in

FIG. 2, where the crotch area is closed by four extra courses extending from the sitting part as well as from the legs part.

FIG. 3 shows a view of the crotch area of tights with extra courses extending from the sitting part and leg parts and created according to the invention.

FIG. 4 also shows the view of the crotch area of tights according to the invention, but—for better clearness—the individual extra courses extending from the sitting part and the leg part are mutually separated.

FIG. 5 shows the axonometric view of tights, where—for clearness improvement—there are separated the parts for legs with extending extra courses created according to the invention from the part for sitting, consisting of extending extra courses created according to the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLES IN FIGURES

For more schematic explanation of the invention novelty, FIGS. 1 and 2 show the state of the art. In concrete terms, FIG. 1 shows the plan view of the crotch area of classic tights with the gore 4, that is through the seam 5 inserted between part 1 for the right leg and part 2 for the left leg. There is also schematically displayed the hole 1.1 for the right leg 1, hole 2.1 for the left leg 2 and hole 3.1 for the waist.
FIG. 2 schematically shows the plan view of the crotch in case that the gore 6 is created using four extra courses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, while extra course 6.1 runs from part 1 for the right leg, extra course 6.2 from part 2 for the left leg and extra courses 6.3 and 6.4 run form the body part 3 and all the four extra courses 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 a 6.4 on parts 1 and 2 for legs and on the body part 3 they are inter-knitted.
FIG. 3 shows the plan view of the crotch area of the knitted products of the type of briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, where the crotch is closed through four extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 shaped according to the invention. As it can be seen, the gore 7, created by the four extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4 has a natural ellipse shape in fact. For better clearness and possibility of explanation of the invention base, the same product is shown even in FIG. 4 but with separated parts 1 and 2 for legs, the body part 3 and individual extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 creating the gore 7. As it can be seen from the figure, extra course 7.1, running from, the part 1 for the right leg consists at first of the extending part 7.1A, continued by the narrowing part 7.1B, finished by the top V1. Also the extra course 7.2 running from the part 2 for the left leg consists at first of the extending part 7.2A continued by the narrowing part 7.2B finished by the top V2. Tops V1 and V2 are oriented opposite to each other, while extra courses 7.1, 7.2 are made in mirror image. Similarly, there are also created the extra courses 7.3 and 7.4 running from the body part 3. Tops V3, V4 are oriented opposite to each other, while extra courses 7.3, 7.4 are made in mirror image as well. They start with the extending parts 7.3A, 7.4A followed by narrowing parts 7.3B and 7.4B finishing in tops V3 and V4. FIG. 5 shows the same product as FIG. 4, but in axonometric display. So it can be seen in FIG. 5 that if fore example extra course 7.1 running for the part 1 for the right leg starts with the extending part 7.1A, then the newly developed edge links H.1A and H.1B are gradually knitted into the last continuous line 1.2 of the part 1 for the right leg, which causes the fact that mutual connection of the extending part 7.1A of the extra course 7.1 and the part for the right leg 1 is not linear, but oval and convex. As the extra course 7.2, which runs from the part for the left leg 2 is created in a similar way, i.e. by the extending part 7.2A with its edge links H.2A and H.2B gradually knitted into the last continuous line 2.2 of the part 2 for the left again means that the inter-connection of the part for the left leg 2 and the extending part 7.2A is oval and convex. It is similar also in case of both of the extra courses 7.3 and 7.4 running from the body part 3. In this case, for extra course 7.3, 7.4 the edge links H.3A, H.3B and H.4A, H.4B are knitted into the first continuous line 3.2 of the body part 3. The result is the gore 7 created of extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, that are created at first by extending parts 7.1A, 7.2A, 7.3A, 7.4A and consequently by narrowing parts 7.1B, 7.2B, 7.3B, 7.4B—the shape is oval, in fact elliptical. It is clear that the quality level can be affected by the extent of extension of edge links H.1A, H.1B, H.2A, H.2B, H.3A, H.3B, H.4A and H.4B.
The sample version according to FIGS. 3 and 4 includes oppositely orientated pairs of extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, created in mirror image and the individual extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 are symmetrical. But it is not a condition. For example extra courses 7.1, 7.2, on parts 1, 2 for legs can be created asymmetrically—i.e. the left side of the extra course 7.1 for the left leg in a different way from the right part and extra course 7.2 of the part 2 for the right leg in mirror image to the extra course 7.1 of the part 1 for the left leg. Shaping of the gore 7 can be affected in such a way that some extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, for example extra courses 7.3, 7.4 on the body part 3 are with the extended part 7.3A, 7.4A, or there are used only three of the extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4. For example one extra course 7.1 on the body part 3 and extra courses 7.1 a 7.2 on parts 2, 3 for the legs. In case of the body parts it seems as follows: when the extra courses are created in an asymmetrical way, they differ from each other in dimension by the number of lines, and/or columns in the direction of tops V3, V4 in the extending part 7.3A, 7.4A, and/or narrowing part 7.3B, 7.4B. Using various combinations of shapes of extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and selection of their number, it is possible to adjust the shape of the gore 7 and to make it suitable even for people for whom a symmetrical product is not suitable.
The above stated product is knitted on a special two-roller knitting machine, analogically with the product with closed gore 6 of simple extra courses, while in given case the extra courses 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 are knitted by reverse run, while in case of extra courses 7.1, 7.2, on parts 1, 2 for legs, the edge links H.1A, H.1B, H.2A, H.2B in the extending part are knitted together with the links of the last continuous line 1.2, 2.2 of the part 1, 2 for legs, while in case of extra courses on the body part 3 there are knitted together the edge links H.3A, H.3B, H.4A, H.4B to the first continuous line 3.2 of the body part 3.
As it has already been pointed out, the main advantage of knitted products like of the type of briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, that is closed in the crotch area but at least one pair of opposite extra courses running to the crotch, is the fact that the gore created by extra courses shaped according to the invention is of natural shape and practically identical with classic sawn-in gore, but the knitted product is in the crotch area and the sitting area free of any seams.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The invention is designed for knitting of products of the type of briefs, knickers, trousers, but mainly tights.

Claims

1. Knitted product of the type of briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, including the body part and leg parts, closed in the crotch area by opposite extra courses characterised by the fact that at least one of the extra courses (7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4) is created in the direction of the top (V1, V2, V3, V4) at first by the extending part (7.1A, 7.2A, 7.3A, 7.4A) and then by the narrowing part (7.1B, 7.2B, 7.3B, 7.4B).

2. Knitted product according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that on the body part (3) the given extra courses (7.3, 7.4) are created in the direction to the top (V3, V4) at first by the extending part (7.3A, 7.4A) and then by the narrowing part (7.3B, 7.4B).

3. Knitted product according to claim 1, characterised by the fact that on parts (1, 2) for legs, the given extra courses are created in the direction of the top (V1, V2) at first by the extending part (7.1A, 7.2A) and then by the narrowing part (7.1B, 7.2B).

4. Knitted product according to claims 1 and 2, characterised by the fact that the extra courses (7.3, 7.4) on the body part (3) are created in mirror image.

5. Knitted product according to claims 1 and 3, characterised by the fact that extra courses (7.1, 7.2) on the parts (1, 2) for legs are created in mirror image.

6. Knitted product according to claims 1, 2 and 3, characterised by the fact that extra courses (7.1, 7.2) on the body part (3) are created asymmetrically, while extra courses on parts (1, 2) for legs are created in mirror image.

7. The method of knitting of the knitted product of the type briefs, knickers, but mainly tights, closed in the crotch area by at least one pair of opposite extra courses characterised by the fact that the extra courses are knitted by reverse run while in case of extra courses on leg parts, their edge links of the extending part are knitted together with the links of the last continuous line of the leg part, while in case of the extra courses on the body part, the edge links in the extending parts are knitted together with the links of the first continuous line of the body part.