Patent ID: 6170089
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: A41B,A41D,D05B

Abstract:
A panty-hose article made from sheer knit fabric, the article comprising: seams for joining together, along a crotch, constituent pieces (L1, L2) of fabric, the seam including three series of stitches, namely:a) a first series of short stitches, formed with a needle thread (F2), which extend across a ""cut line"" (T), passing out of one of the two pieces (L1, L2) of fabric being joined together and entering the other at positions relatively near to the cut line (T);b) a second series of longer stitches, formed with a needle thread (F1), which stitches extend across the cut line (T), passing out of one of the two pieces of fabric being assembled and entering the other at a greater distance from the cut line (T) than the first series of stitches, so that the shorter stitches of the first series of stitches lie inside the longer stitches of the second series of stitches; andc) a third series of stitches, formed with ""slack"" stitches of a looper thread (F3), much longer and ""slacker"" than those of the first two series of stitches, which stitches of the third series form a ""chain"" seam, extending across the cut line (T) and forming chain stitches with the first two threads (F1, F2); when the pieces of fabric joined by said seam are tensioned and made coplanar, margins of the fabric connected by said seam are ""adjacent"" and ""juxtaposed"" so that the seam is thinner than the seam is wide.