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Knit bra and method of manufacture thereof

  • US 10,640,896 B2
  • Filed: 06/03/2016
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A knit bra having enhanced performance and comfort, the knit bra comprising:

  • a first knitted region having a double knit three-dimensional structure shaped to conform to a three-dimensional shape of a wearer and formed by using a dual bed v-bed knitting machine, where both front and back beds of the knitting machine are used to knit of the double knit three-dimensional structure, wherein at least part of the double knit three-dimensional structure comprises a spacer yarn knit in between two layers of the double knit three-dimensional structure to form a spacer; and

    a second knitted region, wherein the first knitted region and second knitted region are joined by a seamless transition, andwherein a knit fabric in each of the first knitted region and the second knitted region include one or more types of yarns having one or more types of strands, andwherein a structural property of each of the first knitted region and the second knitted region is defined and varied by varying;

    combinations of the one or more types of yarns fed into the front and back beds of the knitting machine,knitting constructions,yarn or yarns'"'"' tension, orthe type of strand or strands of the one or more types of yarns; and

    wherein a thickness of the spacer varies by location in the knit bra.

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