Patent ID: 6196031
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A44B,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
A knitted loop fabric comprising:a ground comprising wales of stitches, forming a network of wales parallel to one another, and weft yarns, said weft yarns being connected to the wales to form said ground, andloops knitted into the ground, each of said loops comprising two feet knitted into the ground and two strands starting respectively from said two feet and an apex connecting said two strands, whereinthe weft yarns and said wales are connected in at least a cycle and a subsequent cycle so that for the cycle, each of the weft yarns is first knitted into a first stitch of a first wale in a weft connection, then into a second stitch of a second wale in a stitch connection, then into a third stitch of a third wale in a weft connection, then into a fourth stitch of a fourth wale in a stitch connection and then into a first stitch of said subsequent cycle, in a weft connection,the second wale and fourth wale being disposed in the wale network between the first wale and the third wale and the two feet of one of the loops being knitted into the second and fourth stitches respectively.