WO1996013989A1 - One-size panty briefs - Google Patents
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- WO1996013989A1 WO1996013989A1 PCT/DK1995/000434 DK9500434W WO9613989A1 WO 1996013989 A1 WO1996013989 A1 WO 1996013989A1 DK 9500434 W DK9500434 W DK 9500434W WO 9613989 A1 WO9613989 A1 WO 9613989A1
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04B—KNITTING
- D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
- D04B21/14—Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes
- D04B21/18—Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes incorporating elastic threads
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B9/00—Undergarments
- A41B9/001—Underpants or briefs
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04B—KNITTING
- D04B21/00—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
- D04B21/20—Warp knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting articles of particular configuration
- D04B21/207—Wearing apparel or garment blanks
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B2500/00—Materials for shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- A41B2500/10—Knitted
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
- D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
- D10B2501/00—Wearing apparel
- D10B2501/02—Underwear
- D10B2501/021—Hosiery; Panti-hose
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- the present invention relates to panty briefs comprising a waist portion for enveloping a wearer, said waist portion being knitted together at an edge area in the bottom of the briefs in order to form a crutch area separating two non-united sections of the edge areas at the bottom of the briefs in order to form leg openings, said briefs being produced from a base web with elastic threads, which are distributed across the height of the waist portion, and which extend generally in the circumferential direction of the waist portion in order to provide an elastic contraction in the circumferential direction of the briefs.
- panty briefs by knitting with different patterns in order to obtain the best possible fit without the need of a finishing treatment of the briefs.
- the present invention relates to such panty briefs wherein elastic threads are used, and to a lesser extent the mesh type, for providing the fit.
- a tack extend ⁇ ing partially into the briefs is formed at varying distances across the height of the waist portion and at the lateral seams of the briefs.
- This tack in the waist portion at certain points at intervals across the height of the waist portion may be broken. Breaking a smaller or larger part of the tack makes it possible to produce briefs that fit a large or a small wearer.
- the briefs will comprise a relatively large amount of material being concentrated at the lateral seams. This will naturally cause small wearers to feel uncomfortable due to the elastic forces in the circumferential direction, which will press the folded amount of material against the wearer with high local contractive stress.
- briefs being characterised in that at least part of the elastic threads only form meshes along a portion of the extension of said threads in the circumferential direction of the briefs so as to form intermediate por- tions in which the base web is pressed in an outward direction for the formation of un ⁇ dulations.
- the undulations will provide sufficient elasticity for safe maintenance of the briefs when placing the briefs on a small wearer. If the briefs are worn by a large wearer, the undulations will, in popular terms, be straight- ened out. This will cause increased elasticity to arise in the circumferential direction.
- the contractive stress will not be positioned in single spots. Instead there will be an even distribution of the elastic contractive stress on the wearer across the en- tire circumferential direction of the briefs.
- the briefs may be used by a small wearer, in which case the undulations give rise to the required elasticity, and by a larger wearer, in which case increased elasticity will occur due to the stretching of the elastic threads by the straightening of the undulations.
- the briefs are easy to use as they require no preceding preparation.
- the briefs will always be suited for use by a large or small wearer no matter if they have previously been expanded to their maxi ⁇ mum extension.
- the briefs according to this invention will not cause a large amount of material to occur at certain areas such as at the lateral seams, which might give rise to irritating contrac- tive stresses on the wearer and which might also make the briefs aesthetically unattrac ⁇ tive due to the bulges occurring at these large amounts of material.
- the briefs will in any use give a largely uniform elastic tension that may be deter ⁇ mined in advance by the number of elastic threads, the briefs will be particularly suit ⁇ able as diaper fixation briefs. It will be possible to manufacture the briefs by flat knit- ting on traditional dual track Raschel machines or by circular knitting on traditional cir ⁇ cular knitting machines.
- waist portion refers to those parts being designed to envelop the wearer and extending all the way down to the crutch area between the two leg openings.
- the elastic threads may thus be placed across the entire height of the briefs, including areas for a waist-band for surrounding the waist of the wearer and an elastic edge area adjacent the leg openings.
- waist-bands and leg cuffs will appear with the undulations and be adaptable to wearers of different sizes.
- figure 1 shows an embodiment of briefs according to the invention
- figure 2 shows a partial knitting diagram of the briefs shown in figure 1
- figures 3 to 5 show a partial view to illustrate the undulations of briefs according to the present invention.
- Figure 1 shows a substantially rectangular front piece 1 of briefs according to the inven ⁇ tion manufactured by flat knitting.
- the rectangular front piece 1 is provided overlaying a largely corresponding rear piece 2 being only visibly at leg openings 3, which are ar ⁇ ranged on either side of an interknitted crutch area 4 at the bottom of the briefs.
- the briefs 1 comprise a waist portion 5 designed to envelop the wearer.
- the front piece 1 and the rear piece 2 are interknitted along lateral edge areas 6 to form a lateral seam 7.
- the interknitting of the edge areas 6 corresponds to the interknitting made in the crutch area 4.
- the front piece 1 and the rear piece 2 are manufactured in endless lengths on a conven ⁇ tional knitting machine, e.g. a Raschel knitting machine in which one of the needle tracks is used for manufacturing the front piece 1 and the other needle track is used for manufacturing the rear piece 2.
- the endless lengths are cut across to form separate briefs. This cut is performed in meshproof cutting lines (not shown) at either lateral edge.
- a waist-band 8 is formed enveloping a waist opening 9.
- the waist-band 8 is produced in a matter known per se by means of a large number of elastic threads 10.
- the briefs are manufactured with a number of elastic threads 11 generally extending in the circumferential direction of the waist portion. In the embodiment shown this means that the elastic threads 11 extend between the edge areas 6 of the front piece 1 and the rear piece 2, respectively.
- the elastic threads are able in a manner known per se to pro ⁇ vide elastic contraction in the circumferential direction of the briefs. This ensures that the briefs fit firmly to the wearer.
- Elastic threads will normally as a whole or in part constitute part of the base web of the front piece 1 and the rear piece 2, which are formed with a net-like open mesh structure. This mesh structure is well-known to a person skilled in the art and. therefore, will not be described in detail. It is also well known to use elastic threads interknitted with the base web throughout the circumferential direction of the waist portion. These known elastic threads are designated by 11'.
- part of the elastic threads 11 are only partially inter- knitted with the base web along the extension of the thread in the circumferential direc ⁇ tion of the waist portion.
- the threads 11 are formed by yarn in the form of highly elastic elastan interknitted with the base web to alternately form fou meshes and extend freely across the subsequent four meshes formed in the base web.
- Th threads 11 are only shown on the front piece 1 but corresponding threads will be ar ranged on the rear piece 2.
- the threads 11 will give the briefs undulations to be ex plained later with reference to figures 3 to 5.
- the undulations will permit the briefs to b used with satisfactory elasticity on a small wearer and a large wearer.
- the brief according to the present invention differ from the briefs of the prior art.
- the actual in terknitting of the elastic threads is shown in the knitting diagram in figure 2. It is un derstood that the knitting diagram of figure 2 is only partial and that it is possible t vary the extension of individual areas.
- the waist-band 10 may be wider or smaller and the edge area 12 located in immediate vicinity of the leg openings 3 may also hav different extensions.
- the elastic threads 11 in the area 13 extending in the vertical direction 14 of the briefs 1 form meshes 15 with the remaining, base web 16, and then follow an area 17 likewise oriented in the vertical direction 14 of the briefs where the threads 11 are not interknitted with the base web 16.
- the base web is formed with a net-like knitting of textured yarns, e.g. produced from nylon or polyester or elastan yarns.
- elastic yarns 18 are used in large numbers in order to form in a manner known per se a very elastic waist-band.
- FIG. 3 shows a situation in which the briefs are finished and have been submitted to a fixation process known per se. In this situation the briefs are ready for use.
- Figure 4 illustrates a situation in which the briefs are partially stretched, i.e. a situation in which the briefs are put on a small wearer.
- Figure 5 shows a situation in which the briefs are widely stretched, i.e. a situation in which the briefs are put on a large wearer.
- Figure 5 shows a situation in which the base web is stretched and extends substantially parallel with the elastic threads 11. In this situation stretching occurs both in the elastic threads 11 and in the base web 16.
- this base web 16 will have a certain elastic force.
- the briefs of the invention it will be possible to place the elastic threads 11 so that they extend obliquely from the crutch area in an upward and outward direction in a meandering pattern. In this manner the elastic threads may have a position corresponding to the lateral edges of a diaper.
- This will make the briefs particularly useful as diaper fixation briefs. Because not only a pressure effect along th lateral edges of a diaper is obtained but also elasticity in the circumferential direction o the briefs so that they fit firmly around the waist of the wearer.
- the briefs wil also be useful as diaper fixation briefs with elastic threads 11 extending in the circum ferential direction in the manner illustrated in figure 1.
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Priority Applications (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU38020/95A AU3802095A (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1995-11-02 | One-size panty briefs |
EP95935869A EP0790783B1 (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1995-11-02 | One-size panty briefs |
DE69507324T DE69507324T2 (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1995-11-02 | PANTS IN ONE SIZE |
PL95320008A PL178408B1 (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1995-11-02 | Unisize slips |
JP8514961A JP2000505153A (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1995-11-02 | One Size Panty Brief |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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DK126994A DK171093B1 (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1994-11-02 | One-size panty and its use as a diaper brief |
DK1269/94 | 1994-11-02 |
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WO1996013989A1 true WO1996013989A1 (en) | 1996-05-17 |
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PCT/DK1995/000434 WO1996013989A1 (en) | 1994-11-02 | 1995-11-02 | One-size panty briefs |
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EP (1) | EP0790783B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2000505153A (en) |
AU (1) | AU3802095A (en) |
DE (1) | DE69507324T2 (en) |
DK (1) | DK171093B1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2128089T3 (en) |
PL (1) | PL178408B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1996013989A1 (en) |
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WO2001087212A1 (en) * | 2000-05-15 | 2001-11-22 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | A disposable garment having an apparent elastic band |
US7771406B2 (en) | 2001-07-26 | 2010-08-10 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Articles with elasticated topsheets |
US7794440B2 (en) | 2002-11-08 | 2010-09-14 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Disposable absorbent articles with masking topsheet having one or more openings providing a passageway to a void space |
US7905871B2 (en) * | 2003-10-02 | 2011-03-15 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Elasticated materials having bonding patterns used with low load force elastics and stiff carrier materials |
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Citations (5)
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DE933561C (en) * | 1952-09-06 | 1955-11-03 | Louis Bahner Elbeo Werke G M B | Hosiery with cuff and process for their manufacture |
US3016726A (en) * | 1956-12-06 | 1962-01-16 | Lawson Products Inc | Knit fabric incorporating elastic thread and garments formed thereof |
DE1920791A1 (en) * | 1968-05-15 | 1969-12-11 | Hanes Corp | Tights made up of three parts |
US4527403A (en) * | 1984-08-06 | 1985-07-09 | Hosiery Maufacturing Corp. Of Morganton | Circular knit panty and method |
US5280652A (en) * | 1992-02-14 | 1994-01-25 | Sara Lee Corporation | Garment waistband construction |
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- 1994-11-02 DK DK126994A patent/DK171093B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 1995-11-02 WO PCT/DK1995/000434 patent/WO1996013989A1/en active IP Right Grant
- 1995-11-02 ES ES95935869T patent/ES2128089T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-11-02 EP EP95935869A patent/EP0790783B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1995-11-02 JP JP8514961A patent/JP2000505153A/en not_active Ceased
- 1995-11-02 AU AU38020/95A patent/AU3802095A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1995-11-02 DE DE69507324T patent/DE69507324T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1995-11-02 PL PL95320008A patent/PL178408B1/en unknown
Patent Citations (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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DE933561C (en) * | 1952-09-06 | 1955-11-03 | Louis Bahner Elbeo Werke G M B | Hosiery with cuff and process for their manufacture |
US3016726A (en) * | 1956-12-06 | 1962-01-16 | Lawson Products Inc | Knit fabric incorporating elastic thread and garments formed thereof |
DE1920791A1 (en) * | 1968-05-15 | 1969-12-11 | Hanes Corp | Tights made up of three parts |
US4527403A (en) * | 1984-08-06 | 1985-07-09 | Hosiery Maufacturing Corp. Of Morganton | Circular knit panty and method |
US5280652A (en) * | 1992-02-14 | 1994-01-25 | Sara Lee Corporation | Garment waistband construction |
Cited By (5)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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WO2001087212A1 (en) * | 2000-05-15 | 2001-11-22 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | A disposable garment having an apparent elastic band |
US7771406B2 (en) | 2001-07-26 | 2010-08-10 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Articles with elasticated topsheets |
US7794440B2 (en) | 2002-11-08 | 2010-09-14 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Disposable absorbent articles with masking topsheet having one or more openings providing a passageway to a void space |
US8414553B2 (en) | 2002-11-08 | 2013-04-09 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Disposable absorbent article with masking topsheet having one or more openings providing a passageway to a void space |
US7905871B2 (en) * | 2003-10-02 | 2011-03-15 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Elasticated materials having bonding patterns used with low load force elastics and stiff carrier materials |
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PL320008A1 (en) | 1997-09-01 |
DK126994A (en) | 1996-05-03 |
EP0790783B1 (en) | 1999-01-13 |
JP2000505153A (en) | 2000-04-25 |
DE69507324T2 (en) | 1999-08-26 |
EP0790783A1 (en) | 1997-08-27 |
DK171093B1 (en) | 1996-06-03 |
PL178408B1 (en) | 2000-04-28 |
AU3802095A (en) | 1996-05-31 |
DE69507324D1 (en) | 1999-02-25 |
ES2128089T3 (en) | 1999-05-01 |
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