Patent ID: 11952686
Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 14:
15. A method for producing a compression article on a knitting machine, comprising:
measuring a body part to be supported by the compression article at individual measuring points;
selecting a base pattern for the compression article from a catalogue of base patterns, the measurements of which best conform to the measured body part;
adjusting a stitch count of stitch rows and stitch wales of the base pattern in accordance with the measurements of the body part in a circumferential and longitudinal direction of the body part between the measuring points to define a revised base pattern, wherein the revised base pattern comprises a plurality of longitudinally extending segments, respectively separated from one another in the circumferential direction of the compression article by zones in which the adjustment of the stitch count is implemented;
knitting the revised base pattern on the knitting machine.