Patent ID: 9605365
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61F,D04B,D10B

Claim:
1. A compression article for use on a limb of a wearer, the compression article comprising: an elastic base structure; and at least one knitted insert arranged to cover a joint in a bending region of the limb of the wearer of the compression article, wherein said base structure and said at least one knitted insert are knitted with at least one elastic weft thread, wherein said at least one knitted insert is a knitted double-ply and double-faced insert, wherein said at least one knitted insert is configured to apply approximately a same compression pressure on the joint of the wearer of the compression article as does said base structure, and wherein said at least one elastic weft thread is routed continuously through said base structure and said at least one knitted insert.