EP0790783B1 - Slips-culottes a taille unique - Google Patents

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EP0790783B1
EP0790783B1 EP95935869A EP95935869A EP0790783B1 EP 0790783 B1 EP0790783 B1 EP 0790783B1 EP 95935869 A EP95935869 A EP 95935869A EP 95935869 A EP95935869 A EP 95935869A EP 0790783 B1 EP0790783 B1 EP 0790783B1
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briefs
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panty
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Johannes Kristensen
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Tytex AS
Essity Hygiene and Health AB
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SCA Molnlycke AB
Molnlycke Vafveri AB
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/001—Underpants or briefs
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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 extending 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 portions in which the base web is pressed in an outward direction for the formation of undulations.
  • 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 straightened out. This will cause increased elasticity to arise in the circumferential direction. However, there will only be a relatively small change in the elastic contractive stress.
  • 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 entire 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 maximum 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 contractive stresses on the wearer and which might also make the briefs aesthetically unattractive 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 determined in advance by the number of elastic threads, the briefs will be particularly suitable as diaper fixation briefs. It will be possible to manufacture the briefs by flat knitting on traditional dual track Raschel machines or by circular knitting on traditional circular 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 a substantially rectangular front piece 1 of briefs according to the invention 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 arranged 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 conventional 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 provide 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 interknitted with the base web along the extension of the thread in the circumferential direction 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 four meshes and extend freely across the subsequent four meshes formed in the base web.
  • the threads 11 are only shown on the front piece 1 but corresponding threads will be arranged on the rear piece 2.
  • the threads 11 will give the briefs undulations to be explained later with reference to figures 3 to 5.
  • the undulations will permit the briefs to be used with satisfactory elasticity on a small wearer and a large wearer.
  • 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.
  • the areas 13 and 17 extend across the entire height of the waist portion 1, i.e. also in the area of the waist-band 10. After knitting, the briefs will appear with undulations shown with an exaggeration in figure 3.
  • Figures 3 to 5 show schematically how the threads 11 and the base web 16 appear in different situations of use.
  • Figure 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 will be possible to vary the briefs of the invention.
  • the elastic threads 11 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.
  • 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 the lateral edges of a diaper is obtained but also elasticity in the circumferential direction of the briefs so that they fit firmly around the waist of the wearer.
  • the briefs will also be useful as diaper fixation briefs with elastic threads 11 extending in the circumferential direction in the manner illustrated in figure 1.

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Claims (10)

  1. Slip-culotte comprenant une partie de taille (5) pour envelopper une personne qui la porte, ladite portion de taille étant tricotée en même temps au niveau d'une région de bord (12) dans le bas de la culotte, de façon à former une partie d'entrejambe (4) séparant deux parties non réunies des régions de bord au bas de la culotte, de façon à former des ouvertures pour les jambes (3), ladite culotte étant fabriquée à partir d'un tissu de base avec des fils élastiques (11, 11') qui sont distribués en travers de la hauteur de la partie de taille (5) et qui s'étendent de façon générale dans la direction circonférentielle de la partie de taille, de façon à fournir une contraction élastique dans la direction circonférentielle de la culotte, caractérisée en ce qu'au moins une partie des fils élastiques (11) forme seulement des mailles (15) le long d'une partie (13) de l'étendue desdits fils dans la direction circonférentielle de la culotte, de façon à former des parties intermédiaires (17 dans lesquelles le tissu de base (16) est pressé dans une direction extérieure pour la formation d'ondulations (19).
  2. Slip-culotte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les fils élastiques sont fabriqués à partir de fils d'élastane lisses ou enroulés.
  3. Slip-culotte selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que les fils élastiques sont constitués de fils de caoutchouc.
  4. Slip-culotte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'entre 10 et 20 fils élastiques, de préférence entre 14 et 18 fils élastiques, sont utilisés en travers de la hauteur de la culotte.
  5. Slip-culotte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que les fils élastiques forment alternativement des mailles 4 fois et ensuite s'étendent librement en travers des 4 mailles suivantes du tissu de base de la culotte.
  6. Slip-culotte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle comprend des fils élastiques (11') qui forment des mailles avec le tissu de base de la culotte, selon toute la direction circonférentielle de la culotte.
  7. Slip-culotte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est fabriquée par tricotage rectiligne.
  8. Slip-culotte selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisée en ce qu'elle est fabriquée par tricotage circulaire.
  9. Slip-culotte selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que lesdits fils élastiques sont des fils enroulés très élastiques, de préférence en Lycra®.
  10. Utilisation de slips-culottes selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes en tant que culottes pour la fixation de couches.
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DK126994 1994-11-02
DK126994A DK171093B1 (da) 1994-11-02 1994-11-02 One-size trusse og dennes anvendelse som blefikseringstrusse
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PCT/DK1995/000434 WO1996013989A1 (fr) 1994-11-02 1995-11-02 Slips-culottes a taille unique

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