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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Malcolm Frederick Proctor, Nottingham, GB;
Giles Timothy Gregory, Nottingham, GB;
Stuart Thomas Smith, Port Huron, MI (US);
Gary John Leeke, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroi, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ; A41H / ; A42C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66 6 / ; 66 64 ; 33 1 / ;
Abstract
A continuously weft-knitted three-dimensional fabric cover having sutures to accommodate its three-dimensional format in which each suture defines a straight line or a series of straight lines joined end-to-end, each straight line lying at an angle of between 0.degree. and 50.degree. to the course-wise direction of the fabric.