Patent ID: 8082762

Claim:
A circular knit tubing to make a wearable article, comprising: a first single layer tubular portion having first and second tubular portion ends, a tubular double welt or junction portion, said junction portion having first and second tubular portion ends, the first tubular end of the junction portion connected to the second tubular end of the first portion; a second single layer tubular portion having first and second tubular portion ends, the first tubular end of the second portion connected to the second end of the junction portion; a fold in the junction portion; and means for joining the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion together while the junction portion is folded to form a welt or band at the junction portion, wherein the second end of the second single layer tubular portion is folded back over the welt or band at a line formed where the first tubular portion and the junction portion or second tubular portion have been joined so that the second single layer tubular portion covers the band portion.