Formable fabric
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1. A permanently formable knitted fabric comprising:
- a plurality of warps, soft permanently formable elements running substantially parallel to said warps, said warps comprising chain stitches engaging said soft permanently formable elements, and weft yarns interconnecting adjacent warps at connecting points defined by chain stitches at alternating intervals, and wherein said soft permanently formable elements are captured by at least two consecutive chain stitches of respective warps between said weft yarn interconnecting points at said alternating intervals, such that said fabric is formably stretchable in the weft direction with said formable elements being permanently deformed at and between the weft connecting points thereby permanently holding the fabric in a substantially deformed condition.
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A formable, laterally stretchable fabric which retains its shape includes a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinally extending soft, formable metallic wires comprising the warps and a weft pattern of yarns which act to connect adjacent warps at staggered intervals. The knitted fabric is stretchable in the weft direction and the soft wires are caused to bend at or near the weft connecting points, thus holding the fabric in its reformed and/or stretched condition.
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1. A permanently formable knitted fabric comprising:
- a plurality of warps, soft permanently formable elements running substantially parallel to said warps, said warps comprising chain stitches engaging said soft permanently formable elements, and weft yarns interconnecting adjacent warps at connecting points defined by chain stitches at alternating intervals, and wherein said soft permanently formable elements are captured by at least two consecutive chain stitches of respective warps between said weft yarn interconnecting points at said alternating intervals, such that said fabric is formably stretchable in the weft direction with said formable elements being permanently deformed at and between the weft connecting points thereby permanently holding the fabric in a substantially deformed condition.
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