Preseamed and preformed knitted garments and method of making same

Claim 2

A knitted structure comprising two concentric tubes simultaneously knitted concentrically with said tubes interconnected by knitting at specified regions to define a plurality of garment configurations between said concentric tubes, each of said garment configurations having a first surface on one of said tubes and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of the other tube with said interconnected knitting forming the stitches connecting said concentric tubes into said garment configurations.

Claim 3

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein said garment configuration has a longitudinal axis and said axis is parallel to the axis of said tubes.

Claim 4

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein said concentric tubes are weft knitted.

Claim 5

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein the interior concentric tube is knitted in a non-ladder knit.

Claim 6

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein each course of each tube is produced from two feeds.

Claim 7

A knitted structure comprising a first and second concentric tube simultaneously knitted concentrically and interconnected by knitting at specific regions, said first tube being of a different material than the material of said second tube, said interconnected knitting being connecting stitches and defining a plurality of garment sections spaced along the circumference of the tubes with each garment section having a first surface on said first tube and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of said second tube with said connecting stitches also constituting guidelines for cutting said sections from said tubes.

Claim 8

A knitted structure comprising a first and second concentric tube simultaneously knitted concentrically and interconnected by knitting at specific regions, said first tube being of a different material than the material of said second tube, said interconnected knitting being connecting stitches and defining a plurality of garment sections spaced along the circumference of the tubes with each garment section having a first surface on said first tube and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of said second tube with said connecting stitches also constituting guidelines for cutting said sections from said tubes.

Claim 9

The knitted structure of claim 6 wherein said first tube is the exterior layer of a garment section and said second tube is the lining layer of said garment section.

Claim 10

The knitted structure of claim 6 wherein said first tube is the exterior layer of a garment section and said second tube is the interfacing layer of said garment section.

Claim 11

A process for forming a garment configuration defined by juxtaposed portions of two concentric tubes on a circular knitting machine having dial and cylinder sets of needles comprising the steps of: knitting a first tube on said dial needles only; simultaneously knitting a second tube on said cylinder needles only concentric to and encompassing said first tube; and interconnecting said first and second tubes by knitting using one of said sets of needles to form stitches connecting said concentric tubes into a plurality of garment configurations, each configuration having a first surface on one of said tubes and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of the other tube.

Claim 12

A process for forming a garment configuration defined by juxtaposed portions of two concentric tubes on a circular knitting machine having dial and cylinder sets of needles comprising the steps of: knitting a first tube on said dial needles only; simultaneously knitting a second tube on said cylinder needles only concentric to and encompassing said first tube; and interconnecting said first and second tubes by knitting using one of said sets of needles to form stitches connecting said concentric tubes into a plurality of garment configurations, each configuration having a first surface on one of said tubes and a second surface on a juxtaposed portion of the other tube.

Claim 13

The process of claim 9 wherein two feeds are used per course with said dial needles and two feeds are used per course with said cylinder needles.

Claim 14

The process of claim 9 wherein even knitting dial needles are at a different knitting butt height than odd knitting dial needles to produce a non-ladder knit.

Claim 15

The process of claim 9 wherein said two concentric tubes are formed of different material.

Claim 16

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein said two concentric tubes are of different material.

Claim 17

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein said garment configurations formed by said interconnected knitting is a nether garment.

Claim 18

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein said garment configuration formed by said interconnected knitting is a shirt with arms.

Claim 19

The knitted structure of claim 1 wherein said garment configuration formed by said interconnected knitting is a dress.