Patent ID: 8490436

Claim:
A circular knitted fabric for the manufacture of a garment, the fabric comprising: a first group of courses formed of a low melting point yarn and a first yarn; and a continuing second group of courses formed of the low melting point yarn and a second yarn, the second group of courses having an elastane content greater than that of the first group of courses, wherein: the low melting point yarn fuses with the first and second yarns after the fabric is heated to a temperature sufficient to melt the low melting point yarn only, and the fabric, after finishing, is adapted to be cut into a garment in such a way that the first group of courses becomes a body of the garment and the second group of courses becomes an integral elastic band like selvedge of the garment; and the second group of courses is folded along a fold line around the circular knitted fabric, and the folded courses are adhered together by an adhesive.