Tape for size adjusting component

• US 6,155,085 A
• Filed: 09/16/1998
• Issued: 12/05/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Morito Company Limited, Shindo SENI Kogyo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Morito Company Limited, Shindo SENI Kogyo Company Limited
• Inventors: Shindo, Tadashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Worrell, Danny
• Application Number:
  US09/154,085
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 66/169 R, 66/170, 66/190, 66/191, 66/192, 66/193, 66/194, 66/195, 24/442, 24/306, 24/445, 24/446
• US Class Current: 66/192
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/14 Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes pile fabrics D04B21/02; non-woven fabrics in general D04H
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 21/20 specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0241 enhancing mechanical properties
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/0311 Small thickness fabric, e.g. ribbons, tapes or straps

Abstract

There is provided a narrow tape used as a component for adjusting the size of the waste of slacks, a skirt and the like. The tape has a ground fabric in a tape shape knitted or woven and inlay yarn integrally held by threads composing the ground fabric. The inlay yarn is thicker than the threads composing the ground fabric. A part of the inlay yarn projects from one surface of the ground fabric to form a projection. The projection includes a plurality of parts extending along the width of the ground fabric, and the parts are arranged with predetermined spacing along the length of the ground fabric to define recesses thereamong.

Claims

1. A tape for a component for adjusting a counterpart size, comprising:

a ground fabric in a tape shape; and

projection forming inlay yarn held by the ground fabric and partially projecting from a surface of the ground fabric to form a projection, wherein

the projection forming inlay yarn is thicker than threads composing the ground fabric,

the projection includes a plurality of parts extending along the width of the ground fabric,

the parts of the projection extending along the width of the ground fabric are arranged with predetermined spacing along a length of the ground fabric to define recesses thereamong.

2. The tape according to claim 1, wherein

the projection forming inlay yarn includes a set of plurality of threads.

3. The tape according to claim 1, wherein

the projection forming inlay yarn comprises a plurality of first parts extending along the width of the ground fabric and a plurality of second parts extending along the length of the ground fabric,

the first and second parts of the projection forming inlay yarn being alternately connected in a zigzag.

4. The tape according to claim 3, wherein

the projection forming inlay yarn includes first and second projection forming inlay threads,

the first and second projection forming inlay threads are shifted from each other along the length of the ground fabric by a distance corresponding to the predetermined spacing,

the respective first parts of the first and second projection forming inlay threads are overlapped with each other, and

the respective second parts of the first and second projection forming inlay threads are inhibited from being overlapped with each other.

5. The tape according to claim 1, wherein

the ground fabric comprises a plurality of chain stitch threads forming wales extending along the length of the ground fabric and first and second racked inlay threads each got entangled in the plurality of chain stitch threads crossing one another upon being wound in a zigzag along the width of the ground fabric.

6. The tape according to claim 5, wherein

the projection forming inlay thread is interposed between the first and second racked inlay threads.

7. The tape according to claim 5, wherein

the first parts of the projection forming inlay yarn are inserted into a chain loop of each of the chain stitch threads in each of the wales.