Pantyhose construction

Claim 2

A pantyhose garment having a pair of leg portions, a waistband and a panty portion interconnecting said leg portions and said waistbanD, said garment including a pair of circularly knit seamless leg units and seam means joining said leg units, each of said leg units comprising a substantially sheer fabric in the leg portion and a heavier fabric knit of yarn of a higher denier than the yarn of said sheer fabric in said panty portion, said heavier fabric including at least a portion having a fabric structure of the terry type including a ground yarn and a terry loop yarn knit with said ground yarn and having free yarn portions adapted to extend in unstressed condition outward from the fabric of said ground yarn.

Claim 3

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 1 wherein all of said panty portion has said terry type fabric structure.

Claim 4

A pantyhose garment having a pair of leg portions, a crotch, a waistband and a panty interconnecting said leg portions and said waistband, said garment including a pair of circularly knit seamless leg units and seam means joining said leg units, said seam means at least extending from the first point on said waistband through the crotch between said leg units and to a second point on said waistband substantially diametrically opposite said first point, each of said leg units comprising a substantially sheer fabric from a first zone adjacent said crotch away and below said crotch from said waistband throughout the rest of said leg portions, each of said leg units being formed of heavier fabric being knit of yarn of a higher denier than the yarn of said sheer fabric from a second zone adjacent said crotch and toward and above said crotch toward said waistband, and the fabric between said first and second zones including a portion adjacent said crotch having a fabric structure of the terry type including a ground yarn and a terry loop yarn knit with said ground yarn and having free yarn portions adapted to extend in unstressed condition outward from the fabric of said ground yarn.

Claim 5

A pantyhose garment having a pair of leg portions, a crotch, a waistband and a panty interconnecting said leg portions and said waistband, said garment including a pair of circularly knit seamless leg units and seam means joining said leg units, said seam means at least extending from the first point on said waistband through the crotch between said leg units and to a second point on said waistband substantially diametrically opposite said first point, each of said leg units comprising a substantially sheer fabric from a first zone adjacent said crotch away and below said crotch from said waistband throughout the rest of said leg portions, each of said leg units being formed of heavier fabric being knit of yarn of a higher denier than the yarn of said sheer fabric from a second zone adjacent said crotch and toward and above said crotch toward said waistband, and the fabric between said first and second zones including a portion adjacent said crotch having a fabric structure of the terry type including a ground yarn and a terry loop yarn knit with said ground yarn and having free yarn portions adapted to extend in unstressed condition outward from the fabric of said ground yarn.

Claim 6

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 3 wherein the remainder of said panty portion is knit of a fabric structure other than the terry type.

Claim 7

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 3 wherein all the fabric between said first and second zones is of said terry type.

Claim 8

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 3 wherein all the fabric in said panty portion between said first zone and said waistband is of the terry type.

Claim 9

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 3 wherein said ground yarn and said terry loop yarn are nylon.

Claim 10

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 3 wherein said ground yarn is nylon and said terry loop yarn is of a material other than nylon.

Claim 11

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 3 wherein said leg units comprise all the fabric of the panty portion.

Claim 12

A pantyhose garment as set forth in claim 6 including a third piece of knit fabric insert along at least a portion of said seam between said leg units, said insert being knit of a terry type fabric structure.