U.S. patent number 3,824,812 [Application Number 05/230,562] was granted by the patent office on 1974-07-23 for panty garment with high rises at the lateral portions of the panty.
This patent grant is currently assigned to Kellwood Company. Invention is credited to Robert M. Matthews, Albert W. Petty.
United States Patent |
3,824,812 |
Matthews , et al. |
July 23, 1974 |
PANTY GARMENT WITH HIGH RISES AT THE LATERAL PORTIONS OF THE
PANTY
Abstract
A panty, panty hose, panty shirt, or the like where the panty is
knitted with less courses at its lateral portions than at its front
and rear portions will cause the lateral portions to be drawn
together wale-wise so that the lower ends of the lateral portions
will be above the crotch of the garment.
Inventors: |
Matthews; Robert M. (Pittsboro,
NC), Petty; Albert W. (Siler City, NC) |
Assignee: |
Kellwood Company (St. Louis,
MO)
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Family
ID: |
22865681 |
Appl.
No.: |
05/230,562 |
Filed: |
March 1, 1972 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
66/177;
2/409 |
Current CPC
Class: |
D04B
1/243 (20130101); A41B 11/14 (20130101); A41B
9/08 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A41B
9/08 (20060101); A41B 9/00 (20060101); A41B
11/00 (20060101); A41B 11/14 (20060101); D04B
1/22 (20060101); D04B 1/26 (20060101); A41b
009/04 () |
Field of
Search: |
;66/177,176,175
;2/224R,240 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Other References
1,807,974 7-1970 German Application (Falke-Rohen) 66-177 .
1,958,569 8-1970 German Application Linder 66-177.
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Primary Examiner: Kee Chi; James
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Williams; Robert Irving
Claims
We claim:
1. A panty garment having a waist portion and comprising a pair of
circularly knit elements disposed side-by-side and slit at least
along part of their length and joined at pairs of the edges thus
formed to provide a panty having front portions extending
downwardly from the waist portion and extending laterally from one
pair of joined edges and rear portions extending downwardly from
the waist portion and extending laterally from the other pair of
joined edges, and lateral portions extending downwardly from the
waist portion and each extending between a front portion on one
side and a rear portion at that side, the panty part having a
multiplicity of courses of knitting in the front and rear thereof
and in the lateral portions thereof, and having an additional
course of knitting between each pair of the aforesaid
multiplicities of courses and alternating therewith in the front
and rear of the panty but not in lateral portions thereof, so that
when the garment is worn the lateral portions of the panty will be
drawn together vertically to provide an upwardly contoured effect
at the lateral portions of the lower edge of the panty.
2. A panty garment as in claim 1 wherein each of said circularly
knitted elements is similarly slit along an upper part of their
length, and certain of the edges thus provided joined to provide at
least one garment part in addition to said panty.
3. A panty garment as in claim 2 wherein said additional garment
part is a shirt.
4. A panty garment as in claim 3 wherein certain of the edges
provided by the slit are joined by fastener means.
5. A panty garment as in claim 1 which comprises also stockings
extending from lower portions of the panty to provide panty hose.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Both appearance and comfort dictate that the bottoms of the lateral
portions of a woman's panty rise above the crotch thereof when
worn, and this is particularly important when various garment
portions such as a pair of stockings, a shirt, or a jacket are
attached to the panty.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
With the foregoing and other considerations in view, the invention
contemplates the provision of more courses in the front and rear of
a knitted panty than the number of courses in the lateral portions
thereof. For example, an additional row of knitted yarn may be
introduced in the front and rear portions of the panty between the
knitting of the courses corresponding to the successive course of
the lateral portions of the panty so that only half the number of
rows will be present in the lateral portions; or an additional row
may be introduced every second or third row or more, or two or
three or more additional rows may be introduced between every row
that extends through the lateral portions.
The knitting of panty hose may involve the circular knitting of
each of two hosiery elements, the inside upper part of which is
slit longitudinally and the edges of the slits sewn together front
and back to provide panty portions with vertical seams in the front
and back parts thereof. In the formation of this type of garment,
extra yarn may be introduced from a second yarn feed in each
hosiery element between the courses knitted from one yarn feed all
around the machine, but only in the knitting of that panty portion
parts of which will appear, after slitting, on the front and rear
of the panty.
Similarly other garments, such as shirts, may be formed from
tubular knitting elements suitably knitted, slit, and joined with
operable closures being employed to unite certain parts of the
edges thus slit.
Suitable machine and operating variations may be made to vary the
knitting to provide instead of a single course, a plurality of
contiguous courses of knitting of one and/or the other type, as
above indicated.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a front view of a panty hose embodying the invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged diagrammatic detail view of the portion
thereof shown in the rectangle of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a side view of the garment;
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the garment;
FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of a panty shirt.
DETAILED DISCLOSURE
FIGS. 1-4 show one type of panty hose embodying the invention and
comprising two circularly knitted hosiery elements 12 and 13. The
upper part of the element 12 is slit downwardly to provide an edge
14 as shown in FIG. 1 and an edge 15 as shown in FIG. 3, and the
element 13 is slit to provide edges 16 and 17. The edges 14 and 16
are then united at a seam 18 at the front of the panty and the
edges 15 and 17 are united at a seam 19 at the rear of the panty. A
crotch portion 20 may be suitably provided if desired. At the top
of the garment there is secured an elastic band 21, and the lower
parts of the elements 12 and 13 provide respectively, leg portions
22 and 23 which are desirably formed of stretch yarn, and heel
portions 24 and 24, and toe portions 26 and 27.
The panty part of the element 12 comprises front and rear portions
A of loosely knitted yarn and a lateral portion B of tightly
knitted yarn; and the panty part of element 13 comprises front and
rear portions A' of loosely knitted yarn and a lateral portion B'
of tightly knitted yarn.
The manner of knitting the portions A' and B; are exemplified in
FIG. 2, it being understood that the portions A and B are similarly
formed.
As will be seen in FIG. 2, a continuous course 1 runs throughout
the fabric as does a continuous course 3 and in the portion A' an
additional course 2 of yarn is introduced therebetween; and a
course 4 between courses 3 and 5, a course 6 between continuous
courses 5 and 7 and a course 8 between continuous courses 7 and 9
are similarly introduced. Course 10 is shown following course 9 in
portion A'. It will thus be seen that the extra courses 2, 4, 6, 8
and 10 permits the knitting of the portion A' with less tension
wale-wise than is present in the knitting at B' where there are
less wale-wise loops and each loop has a greater tendency to draw
the fabric wale-wise. The resulting action enables the bottom of
portion B' to rise up the side of the leg portion to give the
effect shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, and brought out particularly clearly
in FIG. 3.
In FIG. 5 there is shown a panty shirt comprising panty portions A,
B, A' and B' similar to those shown in FIGS. 1-4, and depending
from shirt portions C and D. The shirt portion C is knitted
similarly to the knitting at A, being circularly knit and then
slit, and the shirt portion D is formed of knitting similarly to
portions A' being knit circularly and slit. As shown, one
continuous slit is provided with one side of both the panty and
shirt portions and one continuous slit is provided at the inner
side of both the panty and shirt portions; and there is provided a
rear seam 30, a front seam 31, a front zipper 32, and a crotch
portion 33.
As in the case of the stocking of panty-hose embodying the
invention, the yarn and the knitting in the shirt portions of the
tubular elements, from the upper part of which the shirt is formed,
may be entirely different from that employed in the panty; suitable
yarn-changers and needle-controls being provided for this
purpose.
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