Patent ID: 8904829
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. A knitted fabric comprising, a first layer, a second layer, a plurality of pliable threads formed of a multi-filament yarn, each pliable thread having at least one portion of a predetermined length, opposing ends of each portion of the plurality of pliable threads being stitched respectively to the first and second layers thereby connecting the first and second layers, and a sacrificial yarn inlaying at least some of the plurality of pliable thread portions between their opposing ends with one or both of said first and second layers such that the first and second layers are separable a distance corresponding to a distance between a first inlay of a pliable thread portion and either an end of said pliable thread portion or a second inlay, wherein with the inlay by the sacrificial yarn removed, the first and second layers are separable from one another the predetermined lengths of said plurality of pliable thread portions.