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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2004
Masao Okuno, Wakayama, JP;
Masao Okuno, Wakayama, JP;
Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a knitting method of a tubular knitted fabric with a projection part having stretch and a supporting performance and formed in an arbitrary shape and at an arbitrary location by using a flat knitting machine. The method comprises the step 1 of knitting a knitted fabric in a tubular form joined at both ends of a knitting width by a rib knitting, while inserting an elastic yarn in the tubular body by an inlay, and the step 2 of knitting only a part for the projection part to be formed on at least either of a front side of the tubular knitted fabric and a back side of the same by a flechage knitting, the step 1 and the step 2 being repeatedly carried out.