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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2012
Shima Seki Mfg., Ltd., Wakayama-shi, Wakayama, JP;
SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD., Wakayama-Shi, Wakayama, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a footwear that excels in productivity and shape retaining property. Footwear is knitted seamlessly with a flat knitting machine having at least a pair of a front and a back needle bed and includes a base knit fabric portion having a mixed section knitted using a first knitting yarn and a second knitting yarn interwoven along the first knitting yarn. The first knitting yarn configuring the mixed section of the footwear is a knitting yarn that is not a heat-fusible yarn, and the second knitting yarn is a heat-fusible yarn having thermal adhesiveness and heat-shrinkable properties. The second knitting yarn preferably has a configuration including a core made from a material that contracts by heat, and a sheath made from a material having a lower fusing point than the core.