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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING KNITTED BRASSIERE BLANKS AND BRASSIERES

  • US 3,789,098 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1971
  • Issued: 01/29/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1971
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of knitting and shaping breast receiving articles comprising the steps of:

  • integrally knitting a breast receiving blank from yarns, at least a portion of which are heat setting, said blank having a relatively flat body portion and two spaced apart relatively conical breast pockets, each of said breast pockets including a relatively flat apex area;

    knitting a second breast receiving blank;

    securing said second breast receiving blank to the originally knit blank along respective longitudinal selvages of each of said blanks to form a hollow chamber defined by said blanks;

    simultaneously re-orienting said portion of the yarns in the respective flat apex areas on both of said blanks to provide a relatively rounded apex configuration by exerting a shaping force internal of said hollow chamber; and

    heat setting said blank to retain said apex areas in shaped relatively rounded configuration.

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