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Method of manufacturing a knitted component

  • US 9,060,570 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2011
  • Issued: 06/23/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of knitting comprising:

  • providing a knitting machine having a first feeder that dispenses a yarn, a second feeder that dispenses a strand, and a needle bed that includes a plurality of needles;

    wherein a first portion of the plurality of needles being located on a first plane, and a second portion of the plurality of needles being located on a second plane, the plurality of needles being movable from a first position to a second position, the plurality of needles being spaced from an intersection of the first plane and the second plane when in the first position, and the plurality of needles passing through the intersection of the first plane and the second plane when in the second position;

    moving at least the first feeder along the needle bed to form a first course of a knit component from the yarn; and

    moving the first feeder and the second feeder along the needle bed to (a) form a second course of the knit component from the yarn and (b) inlay the strand into the knit component, the second feeder being located in front of the first feeder, and a dispensing tip of the second feeder being located below a dispensing tip of the first feeder; and

    wherein inlaying the strand into the knit component further comprises moving the dispensing tip of the second feeder from a retracted position that is located above the intersection of the first plane and the second plane to an extended position that is located below the intersection of the first plane and the second plane to inlay the strand.

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