Abstract

A knitting system includes a seamless circular knitting machine. It has a circular set of needles having a particular number of needles (M), in the range of 500 to 2,500 needles, arranged in a circular pattern; and a knit controller to selectively operate each one of the needles on a needle-by-needle basis. The system includes a digital computational design tool, to receive a bitmap image, having a pixel width resolution that is identical to the particular number of needles; and based on analysis of the bitmap image, to generate and to send knitting instructions to the knit controller of the seamless circular knitting machine, based on direct correlation between (I) a particular Nth pixel in a particular Rth row of the bitmap image, and (II) needle activity of a corresponding particular Nth needle needles when said Nth needle knits the Rth row of a knitted product.

IPC Classes  ?

• D04B 15/82 - Devices for determining or controlling patterns characterised by the needle cams used
• D04B 15/70 - Devices for determining or controlling patterns characterised by the knitting instruments used in flat-bed knitting machines
• D04B 9/38 - Circular weft knitting machines with independently-movable needles for producing patterned fabrics with stitch patterns

Abstract

A garment includes: a first garment-region, that is formed of cotton and/or polyester, wherein the first garment-region has a first level of drying capability; and a second garment-region, that is formed of fast-drying yarns that include at least 75% cotton, wherein the second garment-region has a second level of drying capability. The second level of drying capability is greater than the first level of drying capability. A squared-centimeter of the first garment-region, being wet by absorbing N milliliters of water, becomes dry within T1 seconds; whereas, a squared-centimeter of the second garment-region, being wet by absorbing N milliliters of water, becomes dry within T2 seconds; wherein N is a pre-defined positive number; wherein T2 is smaller than T1.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41D 31/102 - Waterproof and breathable
• A41B 17/00 - Selection of special materials for underwear

Abstract

A garment includes: a first garment-region, that is formed of a knitted material, and that is knitted in accordance with a first knitting pattern, wherein the first garment region has a first value of horizontal stretching capacity; and a second garment-region, that is formed of the same knitted material, and that is knitted in accordance with a second, different, knitting pattern; wherein the second garment region has a second value of unidirectional stretching capacity that is smaller than the first value of unidirectional stretching capacity of the first garment-region. The second garment-region is immediately adjacent to and is bordering with the first garment-region, and together they are a continuous and seamless garment zone.

IPC Classes  ?

• D04B 1/18 - Other fabrics or articles characterised primarily by the use of particular thread materials elastic threads
• D04B 1/10 - Patterned fabrics or articles
• D04B 1/24 - Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel

Abstract

Underwear or undergarment, particularly for a female wearer. A seamless knitted-yarn tubular blank is produced and is rotated; a front-side partial-cut is introduced, and a rear-side partial-cut is introduced; thereby forming two leg openings and one waist opening. Optionally, an elastic-free lace band is seamlessly glued or bonded or attached to the region that borders the waist opening. The underwear can be manufactured from a single, seamless, tubular knitted-yarn blank, without leaving or removing or discarding any fabric residues.

IPC Classes  ?

• D04B 1/24 - Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
• A41B 9/04 - Knickers for ladies, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
• A41B 9/14 - Waistbands forming part of the undergarments; Closures thereof

Abstract

Garment and clothes that are unravel-free and roll-free. A garment includes a particular garment-region made of knitted fabric. A majority of threads of the knitted fabric are yarns other than a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn, such as polyester, nylon, polypropylene, cellulose, polyurethane. At least one thread of the knitted fabric is a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn that is knitted integrally in the knitted fabric and is located within N millimeters from an edge or an opening of the garment, wherein N is in the range of 0 to 10 millimeters. The edge or the opening of the garment-region is unravel free and is roll-free, due to inclusion of, or proximity to, the thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn in the knitted fabric.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41D 31/04 - Materials specially adapted for outerwear characterised by special function or use
• D04B 1/24 - Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
• D04B 21/20 - Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration

Abstract

An underwear for men includes: a front-side pouch to accommodate therein genitalia of a human wearer; and a gusset element to cover at least an anus area of the human wearer; wherein the front-side pouch and the gusset element are implemented as a unified pouch-and-gusset member, which is a single, monolithic, seam-less, continuous fabric. The unified pouch-and-gusset member lacks any seams between the front-side pouch and the gusset element. The unified pouch-and-gusset member further includes an excess piece of fabric that holds together the front-side pouch and the gusset element; wherein (i) the excess piece of fabric and (ii) the front-side pouch and (iii) the gusset element are implemented as a unified, single, monolithic, seam-less, continuous fabric. The underwear conveniently prevents rubbing of a penis of the human wearer against the testicles or hips of the human wearer, or conveniently prevents other types of inter-organ rubbing.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41B 9/02 - Drawers or underpants for men, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts

Abstract

A garment for a human wearer includes: a terry garment-region having terry-knit cloth; and a non-terry garment-region having non-terry-knit cloth. The terry garment-region is directly bordering and adjacent to the non-terry garment-region. The terry garment-region and the non-terry garment-region are a seamless continuation of each other. Similarly, a continuous fabric for making clothes includes: a terry fabric-region having terry-knit cloth, and an adjacent and immediately bordering non-terry fabric-region having non-terry-knit cloth. Optionally, TPU or PVC elements or plastic elements are embedded within the terry garment-region, or within the non-terry garment-region; or such elements cover, or are covered by, the terry garment-region or the non-terry garment-region.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41C 3/14 - Stiffening or bust-forming inserts
• A41C 3/10 - Brassières with stiffening or bust-forming inserts
• A41D 27/13 - Under-arm shields
• A41D 27/26 - Shoulder-pads; Hip-pads; Bustles

Abstract

Clothing articles having one or more pre-defined encapsulation zones, as well as systems and methods of producing such clothing articles. A clothing article is made of a fabric intended to cover a region of a human body of a wearer. The fabric includes at least one encapsulation zone which is surrounded by a surrounding region. The encapsulation zone includes at least a first encapsulation region, which is surrounded by a second encapsulation region, which is surrounded by a third encapsulation region. The first encapsulation region has a first level of elasticity; the second encapsulation region has a second level of elasticity that is smaller than the first level of elasticity of the first encapsulation region; the third encapsulation region has a third level of elasticity that is smaller than the second level of elasticity of the second encapsulation region.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41B 17/00 - Selection of special materials for underwear
• D02G 3/32 - Elastic yarns or threads
• A41C 3/12 - Component parts
• A41B 9/00 - Undergarments
• A41C 3/00 - Brassières

Abstract

A bra, a garment, an article of clothing, and a fastener for such items. A bra includes: two cups located at a front-side of the bra; and a fastener located at a back-side of the bra. The back-side of the bra has a first region and a second region. The fastener enables (A) attachment of the first region to the second region, and (B) detachment of the first region from the second region. The fastener includes: (I) a male member located in the first region of the back-side of the bra, and (II) a female member located in the second region of the back-side of the bra. The male member includes a single wide hook. The female member includes a set of multiple spaced-apart wide bridges, each bridge protruding outwardly and generally-perpendicularly relative to the second region of the back-side of the bra. Each bridge is generally perpendicular to the longest dimension of the back-side of the bra.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41F 1/00 - Fastening devices specially adapted for garments
• A41C 3/00 - Brassières
• A44B 13/00 - Hook or eye fasteners
• A41C 3/02 - Brassières with front closures

Abstract

Short-sleeve shirt, long-sleeve shirt, sports shirt, athletic shirt, and other articles of clothing. A shirt includes one or more regions that de-couple the movement of arm-regions of the shirt (or sleeves of the shirt), from movement of the chest-area or trunk-area of the shirt. A sports shirt includes: a right-side short or long sleeve; a left-side short or long sleeve; a front area to cover a chest of a wearer; a back area to cover a back of the wearer; an optional collar; a right-side decoupling region to decouple movement of the right-side sleeve from movement of the front area and the back area; and a left-side decoupling region to decouple movement of the left-side sleeve from movement of the front area and the back area.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41B 15/00 - Handkerchiefs
• A41D 27/10 - Sleeves; Armholes
• A41D 31/00 - Materials specially adapted for outerwear
• A41D 13/00 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches

Abstract

Garment having seam-less elastic band or synthetic band, and system and method for producing such garment. A method of producing a seam-less elastic band (105) comprises: providing an un-folded elongated elastic strip (101); folding at the elongated elastic strip (101) at a folding point (102) to create a first strip portion (102-103) overlapping on top of a second strip portion (103-104) of the elongated elastic strip (101), wherein the first strip portion (102-103) and the second strip portion (103-104) meet at a meeting point (104); performing an ultrasonic operation at the meeting point (104) on said first and second strip portion to create the seam-less elastic band (105) detached from a remainder of the elongated elastic band (101). The ultrasonic operations comprise one or more operations, ultrasonic cutting, ultrasonic welding, ultrasonic bonding, or other suitable ultrasonic operations.

IPC Classes  ?

• B32B 3/10 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form characterised by a discontinuous layer, i.e. apertured or formed of separate pieces of material
• B29C 65/74 - Joining of preformed parts; Apparatus therefor by welding and severing
• B29C 65/08 - Joining of preformed parts; Apparatus therefor by heating, with or without pressure using ultrasonic vibrations
• A41H 43/00 - Other methods, machines, or appliances
• B29C 65/00 - Joining of preformed parts; Apparatus therefor
• A41D 27/24 - Hems; Seams

Abstract

A garment, bra, underwear, shaper, or other suitable articles of clothing, encircles a body part or a body organ of a human wearer. The back-side or back-region of the garment has three areas or five areas or other number of areas of differential elasticity and/or differential rigidness and/or differential support. In a demonstrative garment, a back-side region includes at least five areas: a central area having reduced elasticity; a right-side area having increased elasticity; a left side area having increased elasticity; a first intermediary area, located between the central area and the right-side area, wherein the first intermediary area has intermediate elasticity; and a second intermediary area, located between the central area and the left-side area, wherein the second intermediary area has intermediate elasticity.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41C 1/12 - Component parts
• A41C 3/12 - Component parts

Abstract

The present invention includes a garment, such as a bra or a shaper, having regions of differential elasticity. For example, a bra includes: two cups located at a front side of the bra; and a backwing comprising a plurality of regions having differential elasticity. Optionally, the plurality of regions comprise at least five areas which comprise: a central area having reduced elasticity; a right-side area having increased elasticity; a left side area having increased elasticity; a first intermediary area, located between the central area and the right-side area, wherein the first intermediary area has intermediate elasticity; and a second intermediary area, located between the central area and the left-side area, wherein the second intermediary area has intermediate elasticity.

IPC Classes  ?

• A41C 3/00 - Brassières
• A41C 1/00 - Corsets or girdles
• A41C 3/06 - Strapless brassières

Abstract

Provided is a fabric having improved moisture-management performance and being resilient to repeated washing, as well as a process for manufacturing the fabric. The process, employing consecutive steps of hydrophilization and hydrophobization, includes defatting cotton or cellulose fibers and their coating with silicone nanoparticles.

IPC Classes  ?

• D06M 23/12 - Processes in which the treating agent is incorporated in microcapsules
• D06M 11/79 - Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising with silicon or compounds thereof with silicon dioxide, silicic acids or their salts
• D06M 15/643 - Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing silicon in the main chain
• D06M 23/08 - Processes in which the treating agent is applied in powder or granular form