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Knitting method
Assignee: Akzo Nobel UK PLC
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Filing: 1977-04-13
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Granted: 1978-07-25
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Expires: 1997-04-13
Abstract
Abstract A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment includes the steps, in either order, of knitting a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment having front and rear body parts with wales extending in the direction from the waist to the neck of the garment, and knitting another piece of fabric comprising sleeves for the garment with courses extending in the length direction of the sleeves, and also comprising a shoulder region of the garment located between the two sleeves with courses continuous between the sleeves and the shoulder region, the latter being knitted as an extension of the body of the garment with wales continuous between the body and the shoulder region. Various methods of knitting the blank are described which result in the sleeves, in the finished garment, either being disposed at right angles to the body or being downwardly inclined from the shoulder region, and which give various styles of the border lines dividing the sleeves from the shoulder region.
Inventors
- 👤 Frank Robinson
- 👤 Nigel Stephen Whatmough
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 20:04
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04B; D04B1/00; D04B1/22; D04B1/24; D04B1/246; D10; D10B; D10B2403/00; D10B2403/03; D10B2403/032
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 27
Claim 1
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment, the method comprising the steps, in either order, of knitting a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment having front and rear body parts with wales extending in the direction from waist to neck of the garment blank, and knitting another piece of fabric comprising sleeves for the garment with courses extending in the length direction of the sleeves, and also comprising a shoulder region of the garment located between the two sleeves with courses continuous between the sleeves and said shoulder region, said shoulder region being knitted as an extension of the body of the garment with wales continuous between the body and said shoulder region.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
119 words
A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment, the method comprising the steps, in either order, of knitting a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment having front and rear body parts with wales extending in the direction from waist to neck of the garment blank, and knitting another piece of fabric comprising sleeves for the garment with courses extending in the length direction of the sleeves, and also comprising a shoulder region of the garment located between the two sleeves with courses continuous between the sleeves and said shoulder region, said shoulder region being knitted as an extension of the body of the garment with wales continuous between the body and said shoulder region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shoulder region comprises a number of courses equal to the maximum number of courses in the sleeve.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
75 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shoulder region comprises a smaller number of courses than the sleeves of the garment, the method including knitting a front or rear panel of the body of the garment having its wales continuous with said shoulder region, and knitting a panel or panels constituting the rear or front of the garment body and having an extension or extensions constituting a further shoulder region of the garment.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, including shaping said further shoulder region to correspond with shaped sleeves of the blank so that when joined to the sleeves in the finished garment, the joins lie along Raglan style lines.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, including shaping said further shoulder region to correspond with shaped sleeves of the blank so that when joined to the sleeves in the finished garment, the joins lie along style lines of a set-in style.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
75 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said shoulder region is knitted contemporaneously with part of the fabric constituting the sleeves so that the course of the shoulder region most remote from the garment body in the blank is continuous with sleeve courses lying along the upper edges of the sleeves in the finished garment and located centrally in the sleeves along a line about which the sleeves are folded to form the garment.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
66 words
A method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said shoulder region is knitted contemporaneously with part of the fabric constituting the sleeves so that the course of the shoulder region most remote from the body in the blank is continuous with sleeve courses lying along the upper edges of the sleeves in the finished garment but located along free edges of the sleeves in the blank.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
67 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said shoulder region has a number of courses greater than half the number of courses in the sleeves but less than the full number and the method includes shaping the shoulder region to correspond with shaped sleeves so that when joined to the sleeves in the finished garment, the joins lie along style lines of a saddle shoulder style.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including forming apertures on the border lines dividing the sleeves from said first mentioned shoulder region, said apertures extending into the fabric of the sleeves and/or shoulder region from edges thereof, whereby when the fabric constituting the sleeves and shoulder region is folded to close said apertures, the sleeves of the blank are caused to assume a downward inclination in relation to the body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
40 words
A method as claimed in claim 1, including shaping said fabric comprising sleeves and said first mentioned shoulder region so that it contains a pouch causing the sleeves to incline downwardly in relation to the body in the finished garment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein said pouch is formed by knitting courses of fabric of different length so that wales thereof in the control area of said shoulder region are longer than in areas of the fabric to each side of the central area, that is towards the ends of the sleeves.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
114 words
A blank for a sleeved garment, the blank comprising a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment and having front and rear body parts with wales extending in the direction from waist to neck of the garment blank, and another piece of fabric comprising sleeves for the garment with courses extending in the length direction of the sleeves, said other piece of fabric also comprising a shoulder region of the garment located between the two sleeves and with wales continuous between the sleeves and said shoulder region and said shoulder region constituting an extension of the body of the garment with wales which are continuous between the body and said shoulder region.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
114 words
A blank for a sleeved garment, the blank comprising a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment and having front and rear body parts with wales extending in the direction from waist to neck of the garment blank, and another piece of fabric comprising sleeves for the garment with courses extending in the length direction of the sleeves, said other piece of fabric also comprising a shoulder region of the garment located between the two sleeves and with wales continuous between the sleeves and said shoulder region and said shoulder region constituting an extension of the body of the garment with wales which are continuous between the body and said shoulder region.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
A blank as claimed in claim 12, wherein said shoulder region comprises a number of courses equal to the maximum number of courses in the sleeve.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
70 words
A blank as claimed in claim 12, wherein said shoulder region comprises a smaller number of courses than the sleeves of the garment, a front or rear panel of the body has its wales continuous with said shoulder region, and the blank includes a panel or panels constituting the rear or front of the garment body and having an extension or extensions constituting a further shoulder region of the garment.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
A blank as claimed in claim 14, wherein said further shoulder region is shaped to correspond with shaped sleeves of the blank so that when joined to the sleeves in the finished garment, the joins lie along Raglan style lines.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
43 words
A blank as claimed in claim 14, wherein said further shoulder region is shaped to correspond with shaped sleeves of the blank so that when joined to the sleeves in the finished garment the joins lie along style lines of a set-in style.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
60 words
A blank as claimed in claim 14, wherein the course of said shoulder region most remote from the garment body in the blank is continuous with sleeve courses which lie along the upper edges of the sleeves in the finished garment and located centrally in the sleeves along a line about which the sleeves are folded to form the garment.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
107 words
A blank as claimed in claim 14, wherein the course of said shoulder region most remote from the body in the blank is continuous with sleeve courses which lie along the upper edges of the sleeves but located along free edges of the sleeves in the blank. 19. A blank as claimed in claim 14, wherein said shoulder region has a number of courses greater than half the number of courses in the sleeves but less than the full number and the shoulder region is shaped to correspond with shaped sleeves so that when joined to the sleeves in the finished garment the joins lie along style
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
94 words
lines of a saddle shoulder style. 20. A blank as claimed in claim 12, having apertures in the fabric constituting the sleeves and said first mentioned shoulder region, said apertures being located on the border lines dividing the sleeves from said shoulder region and extending into the fabric of the sleeves and/or shoulder region from the edges thereof, whereby when the fabric constituting the sleeves and said first mentioned shoulder region is folded to close said apertures, the sleeves of the blank are caused to have a downward inclination in relation to the body.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
. A blank as claimed in claim 12, wherein the fabric constituting said sleeves and said first mentioned shoulder region is shaped so that it contains a pouch causing the sleeves to incline downwardly in relation to
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
55 words
the body in the finished garment. 22. A blank as claimed in claim 21, wherein wales of the pouch in the central area of the fabric constituting said shoulder region and the sleeves are longer than in areas of the fabric to each side of said central area, that is towards the ends of the
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
102 words
sleeves. 23. A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) knitting a piece of fabric constituting two sleeves for the garment and a shoulder region for the garment between the two sleeves, knitted courses extending along one sleeve, through said shoulder region and along the other sleeve. (b) continuing knitting from said shoulder region but forming knitted courses longer than said shoulder region to produce a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment and having front and rear body parts, said body fabric being separated from said sleeves and knitted wales
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
102 words
sleeves. 23. A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) knitting a piece of fabric constituting two sleeves for the garment and a shoulder region for the garment between the two sleeves, knitted courses extending along one sleeve, through said shoulder region and along the other sleeve. (b) continuing knitting from said shoulder region but forming knitted courses longer than said shoulder region to produce a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment and having front and rear body parts, said body fabric being separated from said sleeves and knitted wales
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
133 words
extending from said shoulder region into said body fabric. 24. A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) knitting in the direction from the waist towards the neck, a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment and having front and rear body parts, (b) continuing knitting to form a shoulder region of the garment continuous with said body so that wales extending between said body and said shoulder region (c) extending the length of the knitted courses whilst knitting said shoulder region to form on each side of said shoulder region a sleeve for said garment continuous with said shoulder region but separated from said garment body, courses of knitting extending along one sleeve, through said shoulder region and the other sleeve.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
133 words
extending from said shoulder region into said body fabric. 24. A method of knitting a blank for a sleeved garment, the method comprising the steps of: (a) knitting in the direction from the waist towards the neck, a piece of fabric constituting the body of the garment and having front and rear body parts, (b) continuing knitting to form a shoulder region of the garment continuous with said body so that wales extending between said body and said shoulder region (c) extending the length of the knitted courses whilst knitting said shoulder region to form on each side of said shoulder region a sleeve for said garment continuous with said shoulder region but separated from said garment body, courses of knitting extending along one sleeve, through said shoulder region and the other sleeve.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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