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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2013
Hanes Operations Europe Sas, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Gilles Garcon, Saint Vallier, FR;
Laurent Massotte, Tavernay, FR;
Hanes Operations Europe SAS, Rueil-Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
The method of producing a tubular knitted item (), in particular a leg for a pair of tights, involves preceding the normal basic knit with a start that involves knitting, on only a portion of the needles on p first courses () and on all of the needles on q subsequent courses (), an elastane yarn () covered with a water-soluble yarn (); then, once the item has been knitted, the item undergoes an aqueous treatment, for example combined with dyeing, so as to make the water-soluble yarn () covering disappear, whereby the p+q courses (-) of knitted elastane that precede the normal basic knit are kept on the edge of the item.