Rear panel for women's knitted garments and method of knitting same

Claim 1

A METHOD OF KNITTING A SEAMLESS THREE DIMENSIONAL REAR PANEL FOR A FORM FITTING GARMENT FOR WOMEN, WHICH COMPRISES STRAIGHT KNITTING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PANEL TO THE CENTER OF THE BUTTOCKS COVERING AREAS, SHIFTING INWARD A DISTANCE OF ONE NEEDLE SPACE BY MEANS OF NARROWING FINGERS ALL THE YARN LOOPS ON NEEDLES BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF THE BUTTOCKS COVERING AREAS AND THE CORRESPONDING SELVAGES, KNITTING SEVERAL COURSES FROM SELVAGE TO SELVAGE, SHIFTING INWARD A DISTANCE OF ONE NEEDLE SPACE ALL THE YARN LOOPS ON NEEDLES BETWEEN THE CENTERS OF THE BUTTOCKS COVERING AREAS AND THE CORRESPONDING SELVAGES, AGAIN KNITTING SEVERAL COURSES, AND CONTINUING ALTERNATELY SHIFTING LOOPS AND KNITTING NUMBERS OF SELVAGE-TO-SELVAGE COURSES TO FORM TWO TRANSFER LINES EXTENDING SEVERAL INCHES UP FROM THE BUTTOCKS COVERING AREAS, THE NUMBERS OF THE COURSES KNITTED BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE SHIFTS OF LOOPS BEING VARIED, SAID NARROWING FINGERS BEING RETURNED AFTER SOME OF THE LOOP SHIFTING OPERATIONS TO THE POSITION OCCUPIED THEREBY JUST BEFORE THE SHIFT AND BEING RETAINED IN POSITION AFTER EACH OF THE OTHER LOOP SHIFTING OPERATIONS, THE SEQUENCE OF KNITTING AND LOOP SHIFTING OPERATIONS EMPLOYED IN FORMING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF EACH SAID TRANSFER LINE COMPRISING SEVERAL REPETITIONS OF THE FOLLOWING CYCLE; LOOPS ARE SHIFTED ONE NEEDLE SPACE, SEVERAL COURSES ARE KNITTED DURING WHICH THE NARROWING FINGERS REMAIN STATIONARY, LOOPS ARE SHIFTED ONE NEEDLE SPACE, SEVERAL COURSES ARE KNITTED DURING WHICH THE NARROWING FINGERS RETURN ONE NEEDLE SPACE, LOOPS ARE SHIFTED ONE NEEDLE SPACE, SEVERAL COURSES ARE KNITTED DURING WHICH THE NARROWING FINGERS RETURN ONE NEEDLE SPACE, LOOPS ARE SHIFTED ONE NEEDLE SPACE, SEVERAL COURSES ARE KNITTED DURING WHICH THE NARROWING FINGERS RETURN ONE NEEDLE SPACE.