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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2023
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Stuart Wayne Dealey, Redmond, WA (US);
Gaige DeHaven, Redmond, WA (US);
Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Kirkland, WA (US);
Simon John Baines, Redmond, WA (US);
Christopher Bradford Doughty, Marysville, WA (US);
Priyanshu Agarwal, Kirkland, WA (US);
Leah Resneck, Redmond, WA (US);
Simge Uzun, Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
An example method of manufacturing a knitted fabric that includes a non-knitted structure occurs in accordance with a programmed knit sequence for a multi-dimensional knitting machine. The method includes, providing a non-knitted structure to the multi-dimensional knitting machine at a point in time when a fabric structure has a first knit portion, wherein the first knit portion is formed based on a first type of knit pattern. The method also includes, after the providing of the non-knitted structure, following the programmed knit sequence to automatically adjust the multi-dimensional knitting machine to use a second type of knit pattern, distinct from a first type of knit pattern, to accommodate the non-knitted structure within a second knit portion that is adjacent to the first knit portion within the fabric structure.