Patent ID: 9358172
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A61H,D04B

Claim Text:
1. A therapeutic medical garment having a variable pressure profile along a length thereof, and comprising: (a) a knitted tubular body; (b) a knitted anti-slip portion formed proximate one end of the tubular body with an inner surface adapted for residing against a wearer's skin; (c) the knitted anti-slip portion including at least first and second high friction yarns simultaneously knitted to form a repeat having a raised surface texture on the inner surface of the anti-slip portion, wherein one of the first and second high friction yarns is a low-elasticity yarn, and further wherein at least one of the first and second high-friction yarns is knitted to reside on and form the raised surface texture on the inner face of the anti-slip portion such that the second yarn is covered by a third yarn at points where the third yarn locks the second yarn to the anti-slip portion.