Element of apparel and method of making the same

Claim 1

AN INTEGRALLY KNIT BREAST-RECEIVING ELEMENT OF APPAREL COMPRISING A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING STRIP HAVING CONTINUOUS WALES EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF AND AREAS ON EACH SIDE OF SAID STRIP, THE AREAS ON ONE SIDE COMPRISING A FIRST AREA IN WHICH THE COURSES OF SAID STRIP ARE PROGRESSIVELY WIDENED FROM ADJACENT ONE END OF SAID STRIP TOWARD A FIRST POINT, A SECOND AREA IN WHICH THE COURSES OF SAID STRIP ARE PROGRESSIVELY NARROWED FROM ADJACENT A SECOND POINT TOWARD THE OTHER END OF SAID STRIP, AND A THIRD AREA BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND AREAS, THE WALES OF SAID FIRST AREA CONTINUING THROUGH SAID THIRD AREA, WHERE THE INNERMOST OF SAID WALES FROM SAID FIRST AREA IS SPACED FROM SAID STRIP, TO BECOME THE WALES OF SAID SECOND AREA, THE COURSES OF SAID THIRD AREA PROGRESSIVELY WIDENING AND THEN NARROWING BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POINTS ON THE INSIDE OF SAID WALES FROM SAID FIRST AREA, THE AREAS ON THE OTHER SIDE COMPRISING CONNECTED FOURTH AND FIFTH AREAS IN WHICH THE COURSES OF SAID STRIP ARE RESPECTIVELY PROGRESSIVELY WIDENED AND THEN NARROWED FROM ADJACENT SAID ONE END OF SAID STRIP TOWARDS THE OTHER END THEREOF.