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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigenobu Mitsumoto, Wakayama, JP;
Assignee:
Shima Seiki Mfg. Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66200 ; 6617 / ; 66201 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for knitting a pocket on a knit type of clothing such as a sweater. The apparatus includes a flat knitting machine having multiple front and back knitting needles operational in parallel. The pocket is knitted by the front and rear needles by knitting a portion of the pocket with some needles and then transferring the stitches to other needles for knitting other parts of the pocket.