Upper-torso garment with tubular-jacquard knit structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10604873-B2
Application number	US-201816166378-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2018
Priority date	May 2, 2017
Publication date	Mar 31, 2020
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020

Abstract

An upper-torso garment includes a first knit zone and a second knit zone. The first knit zone includes a first tubular-jacquard knit structure and having a first modulus of elasticity, and the second knit zone includes a second tubular-jacquard knit structure and having a second modulus of elasticity, which is greater than the first modulus of elasticity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An upper-torso garment comprising:
a breast-covering portion including a first tubular-jacquard knit zone; and
a wing portion including a wing tubular-jacquard knit zone;
the first tubular-jacquard knit zone comprising a first plurality of front-stitch courses and a first plurality of back-stitch courses constructed of a first non-stretch yarn strand and a second non-stretch yarn strand;
wherein each front-stitch course of the first plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the first plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of first interlocked courses; and
wherein each first interlocked course includes a first set of consecutive stitch locations having a quantity of stitches and includes three interlocking cross overs of the first non-stretch yarn strand and the second non-stretch yarn strand positioned among the first set of consecutive stitch locations, the three interlocking cross overs within the first set of consecutive stitch locations contributing to a first modulus of elasticity of the first tubular-jacquard knit zone; and

the wing tubular-jacquard knit zone comprising a second plurality of front-stitch courses and a second plurality of back-stitch courses constructed of a third non-stretch yarn strand and a fourth non-stretch yarn strand;
wherein each front-stitch course of the second plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the second plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of second interlocked courses; and
wherein each second interlocked course includes a second set of consecutive stitch locations having the quantity of stitches and includes fewer than three interlocking cross overs of the third non-stretch yarn strand and the fourth non-stretch yarn strand positioned among the second set of consecutive stitch locations, the fewer than three interlocking cross overs within the second set of consecutive stitch locations contributing to a second modulus of elasticity of the wing tubular-jacquard knit zone that is greater than the first modulus of elasticity.

2. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , wherein each of the first non-stretch yarn strand, the second non-stretch yarn strand, the third non-stretch yarn strand, and the fourth non-stretch yarn strand includes an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of less than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

3. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , wherein the first tubular-jacquard knit zone and the wing tubular-jacquard knit zone do not include any yarn strands including an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of more than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

4. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , wherein the first non-stretch yarn strand, the second non-stretch yarn strand, the third non-stretch yarn strand, and the fourth non-stretch yarn strand each includes a same yarn type having a same yarn composition and a same yarn size.

5. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 ,
wherein the breast-covering portion comprises a first breast-covering portion and a second breast-covering portion;
wherein the upper-torso garment further comprises a center bridge portion comprising a center bridge tubular-jacquard knit zone positioned between the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion.

6. The upper-torso garment of claim 5 , wherein the center bridge tubular-jacquard knit zone comprises a third plurality of front-stitch courses and a third plurality of back-stitch courses constructed of a fifth non-stretch yarn strand and a sixth non-stretch yarn strand.

7. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , further comprising an encapsulation region comprising an encapsulation tubular-jacquard knit zone that forms a perimeter around at least part of the breast-covering portion of the first tubular-jacquard knit zone.

8. The upper-torso garment of claim 7 , wherein the encapsulation tubular-jacquard knit zone comprise a first subset of knit tubular structures, a second subset of knit tubular structures, a third subset of knit tubular structures, and a fourth subset of knit tubular structures, wherein each subset of knit tubular structures extends orthogonal to a course direction.

9. An upper-torso garment comprising:
a breast-covering portion including a first tubular-jacquard knit zone; and
a wing portion including a wing tubular-jacquard knit zone;
the first tubular-jacquard knit zone comprising a first plurality of front-stitch courses and a first plurality of back-stitch courses constructed of a first non-stretch yarn strand and a second non-stretch yarn strand;
wherein each front-stitch course of the first plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the first plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of first interlocked courses; and
wherein each first interlocked course includes a first set of consecutive stitch locations having a quantity of stitches and includes three interlocking cross overs of the first non-stretch yarn strand and the second non-stretch yarn strand positioned among the first set of consecutive stitch locations, the three interlocking cross overs within the first set of consecutive stitch locations contributing to a first modulus of elasticity of the first tubular-jacquard knit zone; and

the wing tubular-jacquard knit zone comprising a second plurality of front-stitch courses and a second plurality of back-stitch courses constructed of a third non-stretch yarn strand and a fourth non-stretch yarn strand;
wherein each front-stitch course of the second plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the second plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of second interlocked courses; and
wherein each second interlocked course includes a second set of consecutive stitch locations having the quantity of stitches and includes fewer than three interlocking cross overs of the third non-stretch yarn strand and the fourth non-stretch yarn strand positioned among the second set of consecutive stitch locations, the fewer than three interlocking cross overs within the second set of consecutive stitch locations contributing to a second modulus of elasticity of the wing tubular-jacquard knit zone that is greater than the first modulus of elasticity,

wherein the first tubular-jacquard knit zone and the wing tubular-jacquard knit zone do not include any yarn strands with an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of more than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

10. The upper-torso garment of claim 9 , wherein the first non-stretch yarn strand, the second non-stretch yarn strand, the third non-stretch yarn strand, and the fourth non-stretch yarn strand each includes a same yarn type having a same yarn composition and a same yarn size.

11. The upper-torso garment of claim 9 further comprising an encapsulation region comprising an encapsulation tubular-jacquard knit zone that forms a perimeter around at least part of the breast-covering portion of the first tubular-jacquard knit zone.

12. The upper-torso garment of claim 11 , wherein the encapsulation tubular-jacquard knit zone comprises a first subset of knit tubular structures, a second subset of knit tubular structures, a third subset of knit tubular structures, and a fourth subset of knit tubular structures, wherein each subset of knit tubular structures extends orthogonal to a course direction.

13. The upper-torso garment of claim 12 , wherein the encapsulation tubular-jacquard knit zone does not include any y

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Diaz Josue
• Meckley Virginia
• Montgomery Paul R
• Rendone Nicole
• Staub Andrea J

Classifications

• D04B1/246 Primary

  Upper torso garments, e.g. sweaters, shirts, leotards · CPC title

• D10B2501/061

  Piped openings (pockets) · CPC title

• D10B2403/0211

  with corrugated plies · CPC title

• D10B2403/0212

  with baggy or puckered plies · CPC title

• A41C3/0014 Primary

  made from one piece with one or several layers · CPC title