Patent ID: 11946176
Assignee: APLIX
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. Knitted device, comprising a knitting fabric having a first area from which loops project and at least one second selvedge area the at least one second selvedge area not comprising loops and being designed to allow the knitted device to be attached to a cover designed to cover a moulded object while the first area with loops is designed to cooperate with hooks that project from the moulded object, the knitted fabric comprising a back formed of interweaving loop wale threads, or columns of stitches, and connecting threads in the weft direction, and, in the first area, of loop threads knitted in the back, each loop being formed by two knitted legs in the back, two strands leaving the two legs and a top connecting the two strands, wherein means are provided to prevent or combat fraying of the threads of the knitted device forming the at least one second selvedge area; and
wherein the connecting threads in the weft direction of the back extend in a back-and-forth movement in a transverse direction so as to at least circumvent, block or form a zigzag around, in the machine direction, a number N of rows of columns of stitches where N is between 2 and 5, and this applies across the entire transverse extent of the back of each of the at least one second selvedge area, with the exception of a number N-1 of successive end rows of columns of stitches.