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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2006
Applicant:
Michael Starbuck, Earl Shilton, GB;
Inventor:
Michael Starbuck, Earl Shilton, GB;
Assignee:
HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A knitting needle for knitted sueded fabric is provided. The needle includes a shank, a hook, a latch, and an abrasive surface. The abrasive surface is defined on the shank, the hook, the latch, and any combinations thereof. A method of knitting a sueded fabric is also provided. The method includes forming an abrasive surface on a knitting needle, moving the knitting needle through a knitting cycle, and moving a yarn across the abrasive surface to form fibrils on the yarn as the knitting needle is moving through the knitting cycle.