Patent ID: 6055674
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: A41B,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
A panty pantyhose combination garment having a waist portion formed from a pair of partially lengthwise slit circularly knit tubes of yarn joined along the slits to form a panty section with a front panty portion extending generally downwardly from the waist portion to the joined slits in a rear panty portion extending downwardly from the waist portion to the joined slits, and two lateral portions each extending downwardly from the waist portion and between the front panty portion on one side and the rear portion at that side, the joined panty front and rear portions and the lateral portions having the same continuous courses of knitting, each course having knitted stitches of predetermined length, the knitted stitch lengths in the lateral portions being shorter than the knitted stitch lengths in the front and rear panty portions so that the panty section has an arculately shaped profile within the lateral portions.