US3882697A
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Knitting of garments
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1972-12-06
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Granted: 1975-05-13
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Expires: 1992-12-06
Abstract
Abstract A method of knitting a blank for making up into a garment wherein a body in the form of non-tubular flat fabric and sleeves formed integrally with one another and are joined together during knitting by progressively taking needles out of action whilst still holding knitted loops located along sleeve-body join lines and progressively reintroducing those needles so that the sleeves lie at an angle to the body in the finished garment.
Inventors
- 👤 Max William Betts
- 👤 Frank Robinson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 14:25
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04B; D04B1/00; D04B1/22; D04B1/24; D04B1/246; A; A41; A41D; A41D1/00; A41D1/04; D04B15/00; D04B15/38; D04B15/54; D04B15/56; D10; D10B; D10B2403/00; D10B2403/03; D10B2403/032; D10B2403/033; D10B2403/0333
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 26
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
A method of knitting a blank for production of a garment having sleeves and a body portion with a waist and a neck, comprising the steps, carried out in either order, of a. knitting a piece of non-tubular fabric comprising substantially all parts of the front and rear of the body portions, so that the wales in said fabric piece run in a direction between the waist and the neck of the garment and b. forming both sleeves for the garment substantially contemporaneously by knitting non-tubular sleeve fabric having knitted wales extending in the longitudinal direction of the sleeves, said sleeve fabric including pieces of fabric each of which comprises substantially the whole fabric for a sleeve, said method being further characterized by taking needles out of action, during knitting, progressively along one sleeve-body join line whilst maintaining knitted loops on said needles and then progressively reintroducing said needles to knitting action, whereby wales of the sleeve fabric are joined at an angle to wales of the body fabric in the finished blank and the sleeve fabric is knit integrally with the body fabric.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
184 words
A method of knitting a blank for production of a garment having sleeves and a body portion with a waist and a neck, comprising the steps, carried out in either order, of a. knitting a piece of non-tubular fabric comprising substantially all parts of the front and rear of the body portions, so that the wales in said fabric piece run in a direction between the waist and the neck of the garment and b. forming both sleeves for the garment substantially contemporaneously by knitting non-tubular sleeve fabric having knitted wales extending in the longitudinal direction of the sleeves, said sleeve fabric including pieces of fabric each of which comprises substantially the whole fabric for a sleeve, said method being further characterized by taking needles out of action, during knitting, progressively along one sleeve-body join line whilst maintaining knitted loops on said needles and then progressively reintroducing said needles to knitting action, whereby wales of the sleeve fabric are joined at an angle to wales of the body fabric in the finished blank and the sleeve fabric is knit integrally with the body fabric.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein at least the body fabric is knitted in rib knitting.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1 including the step of knitting two pieces of flat sleeve fabric, each piece being adapted to form a complete sleeve for the garment.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein some only of the sleeve-body joins required in the finished garment are formed on the knitting machine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
115 words
A method according to claim 4 including the steps of knitting said body fabric in the form of a unitary body portion and two further body portions attached to opposite side edges thereof, and joining each of said further body portions to a separate one of said pieces of sleeve fabric during knitting along a line extending from the underarm position to the neck in the garment and shaping each piece of sleeve fabric and said unitary body portion to provide adjacent corresponding edges for formation of furthEr sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck of the garment when the said further body portions are folded under said unitary body portion.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
118 words
A method according to claim 4 including the steps of knitting said body fabric in the form of a front body portion and a rear body portion for the garment, joining each of said separate pieces of sleeve fabric during knitting to a separate one of said body portions along a line extending from the underarm position to the neck in the garment, and shaping each piece of sleeve fabric and said two body portions to provide adjacent corresponding edges for the formation of further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck of the garment when said body fabric is folded so that the said body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
194 words
A method according to claim 1 including the steps of knitting two separate pieces of sleeve fabric prior to knitting the body fabric and each adapted to form a complete sleeve for the garment, said pieces of sleeve fabric being knitted on separate needle beds which can be moved relative to one another, causing relative movement of said needle beds to locate the pieces of sleeve fabric so that on continued knitting to form said body fabric the two pieces of sleeve fabric will both be joined to a single body portion of said body fabric, continuing the knitting to form the body fabric comprising the said body portion and a further body portion and so as to join the pieces of sleeve fabric to said first mentioned body portion along lines extending from underarm positions to the neck of the garment and shaping said further body portion and the pieces of sleeve fabric to form adjacent corresponding edges for further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck of the garment when the said body fabric is folded so that the body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method of making a garment comprising producing a blank by the method of claim 1, folding said blank so that body portions thereof lie one on top of the other and said pieces of sleeve fabric are folded to form sleeves, and seaming along at least one edge of each sleeve and along any other unjoined seam lines in said garment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
130 words
A knitted blank for making up into a garment having sleeves and a body section with a waist and a neck, the blank comprising a. a piece of non-tubular flat fabric constituted by portions for the front and rear of the body of the garment, the wales of said fabric extending in the direction between waist and neck; and b. one or more pieces of non-tubular flat fabric to form sleeves for the garment with wales extending longitudinally of the sleeves; the body and sleeve fabrics being integral with one another and the sleeve fabric being angularly joined to the body fabric along fashioned join lines, said lines being the locus of knitted junctions between the wales of the body fabric and the angularly disposed wales of the sleeve fabric.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
130 words
A knitted blank for making up into a garment having sleeves and a body section with a waist and a neck, the blank comprising a. a piece of non-tubular flat fabric constituted by portions for the front and rear of the body of the garment, the wales of said fabric extending in the direction between waist and neck; and b. one or more pieces of non-tubular flat fabric to form sleeves for the garment with wales extending longitudinally of the sleeves; the body and sleeve fabrics being integral with one another and the sleeve fabric being angularly joined to the body fabric along fashioned join lines, said lines being the locus of knitted junctions between the wales of the body fabric and the angularly disposed wales of the sleeve fabric.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
A knitted blank according to claim 9 comprising two pieces of flat sleeve fabric, each piece being adapted to form a complete sleeve for the garment.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
111 words
A knitted blank according to claim 10, wherein said body fabric comprises a unitary body portion and two further body portions attached to opposite side edges thereof, and wherein each piece of sleeve fabric is joined to a different one of said two further body portions along a line extending from an underarm position to the neck in the garment and each piece of sleeve fabric and said unitary body portion are shaped to provide adjacent corresponding edges for formation of further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck when the body fabric is folded so that the body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
86 words
A knitted blank according to claim 10 wherein said body fabric comprises front and rear body portions and each piece of sleeve fabric is joined to a different body portion along a line extending from an undeRarm position to the neck of the garment and wherein each piece of sleeve fabric and said body portions are shaped to provide adjacent corresponding edges for formation of further sleeve-body joins when said body fabric is folded so that said body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
90 words
A knitted blank according to claim 10 wherein said body fabric comprises front and rear body portions and the pieces of sleeve fabric are joined to the same body portion along lines extending from underarm positions to the neck, and wherein the other of said body portions and the sleeve fabrics are shaped to provide adjacent corresponding edges for further sleeve-body joins along lines extending from underarm positions to the neck when the body fabric is folded to cause said body portions to lie one on top of the other.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
235 words
A method of making a blank for production of a garment having sleeves and a body portion with a waist and a neck, the method comprising the steps, in either order, of machine knitting a piece of non-tubular flat fabric to serve as a body for the garment, said piece of fabric comprising substantially all parts of the front and rear of the body, and knitting said piece of fabric so that knitted wales extend therein in the direction between the waist and the neck of the garment, forming sleeves for the garment by knitting two pieces of tubular fabric substantially contemporaneously on opposed needle beds of the machine, said pieces of tubular fabric having wales extending longitudinally of the sleeves, each of said pieces of tubular fabric comprising substantially the whole fabric for a sleeve, knitting said body fabric and said sleeves so that they are integral with one another by knitting a part of each sleeve and an associated part of the body so that wales are continuous between each of the sleeve parts and its associated body part, and during knitting taking needles out of action progressively along at least one sleeve-body join line whilst maintaining knitted loops on those needles and then progressively re-introducing the needles to knitting action whereby wales of the sleeves joined to wales of the body lie at an angle to those wales in the finished blank.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
235 words
A method of making a blank for production of a garment having sleeves and a body portion with a waist and a neck, the method comprising the steps, in either order, of machine knitting a piece of non-tubular flat fabric to serve as a body for the garment, said piece of fabric comprising substantially all parts of the front and rear of the body, and knitting said piece of fabric so that knitted wales extend therein in the direction between the waist and the neck of the garment, forming sleeves for the garment by knitting two pieces of tubular fabric substantially contemporaneously on opposed needle beds of the machine, said pieces of tubular fabric having wales extending longitudinally of the sleeves, each of said pieces of tubular fabric comprising substantially the whole fabric for a sleeve, knitting said body fabric and said sleeves so that they are integral with one another by knitting a part of each sleeve and an associated part of the body so that wales are continuous between each of the sleeve parts and its associated body part, and during knitting taking needles out of action progressively along at least one sleeve-body join line whilst maintaining knitted loops on those needles and then progressively re-introducing the needles to knitting action whereby wales of the sleeves joined to wales of the body lie at an angle to those wales in the finished blank.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the body fabric is knitted in rib knitting and the stitches of the body fabric are transferred to needles of one needle bed before knitting the sleeves.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
133 words
A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the body fabric comprises a unitary front or rear body portion having attached to each of its opposite side edges a further body portion, the two further body portions together constituting the rear or front of the garment, and wherein each sleeve is joined during knitting to a separate one of the said two further body portions along a line extending from the underarm position to the neck in the garment, each sleeve and the said unitary body portion being shaped to provide corresponding edges for formation of further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck of the garment, the corresponding edges being located adjacent one another when the said further body portions are folded under the said unitary body portion.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
109 words
A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the body fabric comprises a front body portion and a rear body portion, and each sleeve is joined during knitting to a separate one of the body portions along a line extending from the underarm position to the neck in the garment, each sleeve and the two body portions being shaped to provide corresponding edges for the formation of further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck of the garment, the corresponding edges being located adjacent one another when the body fabric is folded so that the said body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
111 words
A method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the body fabric comprises a front body portion and a rear body portion and the sleeves are joined during knitting to the same one of the said body portions along lines extEnding from underarm positions to the neck in the garment, each sleeve and the other of the said body portions being shaped during knitting to form corresponding edges thereon for formation of further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck of the garment, the corresponding edges being located adjacent one another when the body fabric is folded so that the body portions lie on top of one another.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
126 words
A knitted blank for making up into a garment having sleeves and a body section with a neck and a waist, the blank comprising a. a piece of non-tubular flat fabric constituted by portions for the front and rear of the body of the garment, the wales of said fabric extending in the direction between waist and neck, and b. two pieces of tubular fabric to form sleeves for garment with wales extending longitudinally of the sleeves; the body and sleeve fabrics being integral with one another and the sleeve fabric being angularly joined to the body fabric along fashioned join lines, said lines being the locus of knitted junctions between the wales of the body fabric and the angularly disposed wales of the sleeve fabric.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
126 words
A knitted blank for making up into a garment having sleeves and a body section with a neck and a waist, the blank comprising a. a piece of non-tubular flat fabric constituted by portions for the front and rear of the body of the garment, the wales of said fabric extending in the direction between waist and neck, and b. two pieces of tubular fabric to form sleeves for garment with wales extending longitudinally of the sleeves; the body and sleeve fabrics being integral with one another and the sleeve fabric being angularly joined to the body fabric along fashioned join lines, said lines being the locus of knitted junctions between the wales of the body fabric and the angularly disposed wales of the sleeve fabric.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
112 words
A knitted blank according to claim 19, wherein said body fabric comprises a unitary body portion and two further body portions attached to opposite side edges thereof, and wherein each piece of sleeve fabric is joined to a different one of said two further body portions along a line extending from an underarm position to the neck in the garment and each piece of sleeve fabric and said unitary body portion are shaped to provide adjacent corresponding edges for formation of further sleeve-body joins along lines from the underarm positions to the neck when the body fabric is folded so that the said body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
86 words
A knitted blank according to claim 19, wherein said body fabric comprises front and rear body portions and each piece of sleeve fabric is joined to a different body portion along a line extending from an underarm position to the neck of the garment and wherein each piece of sleeve fabric and said body portions are shaped to provide adjacent corresponding edges for formation of further sleeve-body joins when said body fabric is folded so that said body portions lie one on top of the other.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
90 words
A knitted blank according to claim 19, wherein said body fabric comprises front and rear body portions and the pieces of sleeve fabric are joined to the same body portion along lines extending from underarm positions to the neck, and wherein the other of said body portions and the sleeve fabrics are shaped to provide adjacent corresponding edges for further sleeve-body joins along lines extending from underarm positions to the neck when the body fabric is folded to cause said body portions to lie one on top of the other.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
CH452770A
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