Elastic multi-layered knitted article
First Claim
1. A method of making a knit employing a flat bed machine having front and rear needle beds with active needles, the method including forming a basic knit of at least one ply by knitting a succession of courses including floats, wherein each float has a spacing length of at least two active needles, the floats in an earlier course are staggered with respect to the floats in a later course, and the spacing length of the floats varies within the knit.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a—more particularly multi-ply—knit having definably variable transverse stability and transverse elasticity including a basic weave in at least one ply of the knit, the basic weave comprising a succession of
first courses in which most of the active needles are used in forming a loop and
second courses predominantly comprising floats having a spacing length of at least two active needles,
successive sequences of first and second courses being selected in keeping with the requirements as to the transverse elasticity and transverse stability of the knit, whereby the proportion of the first courses in the more elastic knit portions is higher than in the transverse stable portions of the knit.
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- 1. A method of making a knit employing a flat bed machine having front and rear needle beds with active needles, the method including forming a basic knit of at least one ply by knitting a succession of courses including floats, wherein each float has a spacing length of at least two active needles, the floats in an earlier course are staggered with respect to the floats in a later course, and the spacing length of the floats varies within the knit.
- 9. A method of making a knit employing a flat bed machine having front and rear needle beds with active needles, the method including forming a basic knit of at least one ply by knitting a succession of first courses in which a majority of the active needles are used in forming loops and a succession of second courses including floats, wherein each float has a spacing length of at least two active needles, and wherein there is a greater proportion of first courses in a first area of the knit than in a second area of the knit.
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