Double knit fabric with patterned loop interlocking

Claim 1

A double knit fabric having a front surface comprising courses of plain knit stitches formed from a synthetic fiber yarn such as polyester and a rear surface comprising courses of plain knit stitches formed from a natural fiber yarn such as cotton, or a blended yarn wherein each of the front and rear surface courses are interlocked with one another by the engagement of a plurality of loops between a first pair of rear surface wales to a first series of loops of a front surface wale with this interlocking occurring for a first series of courses with a plurality of non interlocked rear wales occurring between adjacent first wale pairs and wherein said wale pairs are separated by an interlocking of the loops of a second rear wale pair to a second series of front surface loops in a second series of courses adjacent to said first course series.