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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2004
Kei Oya, Kyoto, JP;
Kei Oya, Kyoto, JP;
Wacoal Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A garment that is made including a piece of a stretchable warp-knitted fabric, wherein at least a non-elastic yarn is arranged in a 1×1 tricot structure and an elastic yarn is arranged in a looping structure, that is cut at an angle of at least 3° and at most 177° with respect to the knitting direction, the piece having an edge that does not require hem finishing when left as cut, so that at least one of the edge portions of the garment is formed by an edge that does not require hem finishing when left as cut (an edge of the bottom lineor an edge of the waist line). Thus, a garment is provided, in which the portion of the edge does not become thick, the edge does not require hem finishing when the fabric is left as cut, this edge is used for the garment's edge portion, curling of the edge portion does not occur, and the edge portion fits the body.