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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A41—WEARING APPAREL
  • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
  • A41B9/00—Undergarments
  • A41B9/004—Undergarments characterized by the crotch
• • 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
  • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
  • D04B1/22—Weft 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 goods of particular configuration
  • D04B1/24—Weft 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 goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04B—KNITTING
  • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
  • D04B1/22—Weft 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 goods of particular configuration
  • D04B1/24—Weft 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 goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
  • D04B1/243—Weft 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 goods of particular configuration wearing apparel upper parts of panties; pants
• • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
  • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
  • D04B—KNITTING
  • D04B35/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, knitting machines, not otherwise provided for
  • D04B35/34—Devices for cutting knitted fabrics

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a knitted lingerie article corresponding to what is currently marketed under the name "boxer” and which generally designates a knitted short underpants, intended both for men and women of all ages. It is understood here that the term boxer is not limited to short underpants but also extends to long underpants, for example of the type known under the name “long boxer”, “legging”. etc.
• the boxer is a relatively complex article because intended to cover both the bottom of the trunk and the upper thighs for a sufficient length. It comprises a portion of pants completed at its upper part by a belt positioned at the waist, and at its lower part by two lapel positions on the thighs separately. It is commonly made from a knitted tube corresponding to a diameter to dress the bottom of the trunk seamlessly, and is equipped during an operation of making a sewn bottom crotch to connect the two tubes dressing the thighs.
• 101 is in the form of a knitted tube, with an upper belt
• the knitted tube 101 comprises a front face 105 and a rear face 106 (in one piece since it is a circular knitting).
• the portion 104 for forming the front pocket of the boxer intended to hold the genital organs is shown in hatching on the front face 105.
• a cutting operation is performed (FIGS. 1 and 2) creating an incision 107 at the front 105 and an identical or different incision 108 at the rear 106 of the knitted tube, in the middle, at its lower part.
• the incision 107 has edges 110, 111 and the incision 108 has edges 112, 113. Then, as suggested by the arrows in FIGS.
• each incision 107, 108 is separated and stretched laterally so as to substantially in the extension of one another the edges 110, 111 on the one hand and 112, 113 on the other hand, and thus to form substantially rectilinear baselines that are sewn together via a substantially rectangular bottom crotch 115 (hereinafter referred to as "bottom lines") the lower edges of the front and the back of the tubular knit, intended to be sewn together, between the passages of thigh, directly or through additional crotch bottom pieces such as gusset).
• the document FR2805285 represented an improvement over conventional clothing by providing bottom lines of different lengths at the front and at the back and by producing the crotch bottom 115 with zones of elasticity different from the front and back.
• the object of the invention is achieved by a method of manufacturing a boxer comprising circular knitting of a main tube, the preparation of a crotch bottom, the cut in the lower part at the front and at the back. rear of the incision tube, the opening by lateral extension of the incisions to form first and second generally transverse bottom lines and the seam of the crotch bottom to the generally transverse bottom lines to form the crotch and the passage of the thighs and making the boxer, characterized in that cut, respectively at the front or rear, two incisions forming, by opening the incisions, a first generally transverse bottom line composed on the one hand of an edge transversely low and on the other hand a top transverse edge of bottom line rising above the lower transverse edge, in that at least one incision is cut, respectively at the rear or the front, forming, by opening of the inc ision, a second bottom line having at least one bottom transverse edge, in that the bottom crotch is prepared in the form of at least one crotch piece,
• the back can be satisfied with a single incision. It is indeed in the front that it is essential to improve the comfort of the garment.
• the incisions can be formed at the front and / or rear of the knitted tube by simple incisions symmetrical with respect to the vertical median axis of a front or rear face, vertical or slightly oblique with respect to the vertical.
• the incisions are preferably rectilinear, but can also be curved, formed of segments, etc.
• the two incisions formed on the front side (or rear) are in a preferred embodiment, two incisions substantially vertical and symmetrical with respect to the median axis of the boxer.
• the crotch bottom is prepared in the form of two separate crotch pieces; the lower edge of the front tongue is sewn, located in the middle of the first bottom line, in the middle of the second bottom line opposite and the two separate crotch pieces are sewn between the ends of the first bottom line and the ends opposite the second bottom line.
• this second bottom line after lateral extension of the incision is substantially a rectilinear or slightly arcuate transverse line.
• the length of the cutouts at the front and at the back is not the same: the length of the cutout at the back is in principle greater than that of the cuts at the front so as to form two lines of transverse bases which have a substantially equivalent transverse extension.
• a method of manufacturing a boxer comprising the circular knitting of a main tube, the preparation of a crotch bottom, the cut in the lower part at the front and back. rear of the incision tube, opening the incisions to form first and second baselines and sewing the crotch bottom to the bottom lines to form the crotch and the passage of the thighs and to make the boxer, characterized in that at the front two incisions are cut, forming, by opening the incisions, a first bottom line composed on the one hand of a low edge of the front tongue between the two incisions and on the other hand of two lateral ends bottom line extending higher than the tongue edge, in that an incision is cut at the rear forming, by opening the incision, a second bottom line, in that the bottom of the incision is prepared; crotch in the form of two separate crotch pieces, and that said tab edge is sewn front, located in the middle of the first bottom line, in the middle of the second bottom line and
• the second bottom line is, after making, the rear side of the boxer, so that the tongue portion attached thereto and which comes from the front, surrounds seamlessly and therefore without discomfort the genitals of the wearer.
• the two pieces of crotch are rejected on the edges of the tongue and participate in the formation of the thigh passages.
• the second bottom line is also formed by two substantially vertical and symmetrical incisions, in which case incisions are formed by extension of a central tongue provided with a low edge: the The bottom edge of the first tongue is stitched to the bottom edge of the second tongue and the separate crotch pieces are sewn between the ends facing the first and second baselines.
• the length of the two cutouts at the front and rear is advantageously the same, so as to form two transverse bottom lines which have a substantially equivalent transverse extension.
• the two incisions formed at the front and / or rear of the knitted tube are in the form of a double T-shaped incision, that is to say an incision comprising the foot of the Starting from the edge of the knit and the T bar arranged transversely to the foot.
• a double T-shaped incision that is to say an incision comprising the foot of the Starting from the edge of the knit and the T bar arranged transversely to the foot.
• the crotch bottom is prepared as a single central piece; the lateral double bottom edge is sewn at the ends of the first bottom line, at the opposite portions at the ends of the second bottom line, and the central crotch piece is sewn between the central portion extending further up the first line. bottom and the central part opposite the second bottom line.
• the shape of the two incisions forming a T can admit variations: for example the branches of the bar of the T can be curved and / or not be completely at right angles to the foot of T.
• this second bottom line after lateral extension of the incision is substantially a rectilinear or slightly arcuate transverse line.
• the length of the cutout at the rear is greater than that of the T at the front so as to form, at the rear and at the front, two transverse bottom lines which have a substantially equivalent transverse extension.
• the second bottom line is also formed by two incisions forming a T, in which case an extension substantially similar to the first bottom line is formed by extension. with a low edge on both sides of a higher central part.
• the bottom edges facing the two bottom lines are sewn to each other, and the separate crotch center piece is sewn between the lower central portions of the facing bottom lines.
• the length of the two cutouts at the front and rear is provided to form two transverse bottom lines which have a substantially equivalent transverse extension.
• At least one of the two bottom lines obtained by incisions and lateral stretching is not exclusively rectilinear transverse but on the contrary, although still generally transverse, they comprises on the one hand a transverse edge the bottom (in one part, for example central, or in several parts, for example lateral) and on the other hand a top edge of the bottom line going up higher than the transverse bottom edge (this upper edge possibly being in two parts, for example). example side, or in a part, for example central), so that when we place facing this non-rectilinear bottom line with the other bottom line, we can directly sew the bottom edge to the other line and place the crotch piece (s) between the top edge and the other line.
• the second bottom line is advantageously substantially straight or arcuate. It is understood that in this case, said bottom edge of the second bottom line extends over the entire length of the bottom line.
• the first bottom line is advantageously in the form of a broken line.
• the bottom edge of the first bottom line (for example that of the tongue in the first embodiment) may be formed by the lower edge of the circular knit itself, after unwinding of the lapel which has been formed during knitting the case. appropriate, or after a complementary transversal cut in the front, between the incisions, to remove the reverse.
• the crotch portion (s) are advantageously also obtained by knitting, the two pieces (when there are two) that can easily be formed from a common blank, which can be obtained from a transversely cut strip.
• the crotch portion (s) may also come from another knit fabric than the boxer knit itself, another jersey material. These two parts may, depending on their material, possibly provide an additional benefit to the product: aeration (material type "mesh”), anti-friction type material, anti-irritation treated material, etc.
• the invention also relates to a boxer obtained by the process above.
• This is a boxer formed in a main knitted tube, with a front and a back connected at the bottom by a crotch bottom separating two thigh passages, the lower parts of the front and back are terminating in a generally transverse first and second bottom line between which the crotch bottom is sewn, characterized by a generally transverse first bottom line consisting of a low transverse edge on the one hand and a lower transverse edge on the other.
• a second bottom line having at least one bottom transverse edge, in that said bottom transverse edge of the first bottom line is sewn to a portion opposite the edge transverse bottom of the second bottom line, and in that the crotch bottom is in the form of at least one separate crotch piece sewn between the top edge of the first bottom line and a portion opposite the second bottom line.
• it is a boxer formed in a main knitted tube, having a front and a back connected at the bottom by a crotch bottom separating two thigh passages, the lower parts of the front and rear ends with a first and a second bottom line between which is sewn the crotch bottom, characterized by a first bottom line composed on the one hand of a tongue edge before and another from two lateral ends of the bottom line rising higher than the tongue edge, in that the crotch bottom is in the form of two separate crotch pieces, and in that said front tongue edge, located in the middle of the first bottom line, is sewn in the middle of the second bottom line and in that the two separate crotch pieces are sewn between the ends of the first bottom line and the ends of the second bottom line.
• FIG. 1 schematically represents a front view of a knitted tube at the first stage of its manufacture, according to the prior art.
• FIG. 2 schematically shows a back view of a knitted tube at the first stage of its manufacture, according to the prior art.
• FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic view from below of a knitted tube of FIGS. 1 and 2, after sewing of the crotch bottom, according to the prior art.
• FIG. 4 schematically represents a front view of a knitted tube at the first stage of its manufacture, according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 schematically shows a back view of a knitted tube at the first stage of its manufacture, according to the invention.
• FIG. 6 is a view of a crotch blank according to the invention.
• FIG. 7 is a view of a crotch lateral piece according to the invention.
• FIG. 8 is a diagrammatic view from below of a knitted tube of FIGS. 4 and 5, after stitching of the two side pieces of the crotch bottom, according to the invention.
• FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a particular embodiment of a boxer according to the invention.
• FIGS. 10 to 13 show various embodiments of the incisions at the front and at the rear of the tubular knit
• FIGS. 10 'to 12' similar to FIGS. 3 and 8, illustrate the shape of the crotch obtained. according to the method of the invention. More precisely,
• FIG. 10A describes the first preferred embodiment of the invention, with two vertical symmetrical incisions in front of, a vertical incision behind, with in FIG. 10'A the illustration of the corresponding crotch.
• FIGS. 10B and 10C are two variants of this first embodiment, in which the symmetrical front incisions are oblique.
• FIG. 11A describes an alternative variant of the first preferred embodiment of the invention, two vertical symmetrical incisions in front, two vertical symmetrical incisions behind, with in FIG. 1 the illustration of the corresponding crotch.
• FIGS. 11B and 11C are two variants of this first embodiment, in which the symmetrical front incisions are oblique.
• FIG. 12A describes the second preferred embodiment of the invention, with two T-shaped incisions in front, a vertical incision behind, with in FIG. 12A the illustration of the corresponding crotch.
• FIGS. 12B and 12C are two variants of this second embodiment, in which the incision forming the bar of the T has a curved or oblique shape on the horizontal, with in FIG. 12C the illustration of the corresponding crotch in Figure 12C.
• FIG. 13A describes an alternative variant of the second preferred embodiment of the invention, with two T-shaped incisions in front and behind, with in FIG. 13A the illustration of the corresponding crotch.
• FIGS. 13B and 13C are two variants of this second embodiment, in which the incision forming the bar of the front tee has a curved or oblique shape on the horizontal, with in FIG. 13C the illustration of FIG. crotch corresponding to Figure 13C.
• Figures 4 to 8 attached show in detail the operation of making a boxer according to the invention according to a first preferred embodiment.
• the boxer 1 is made under form of a knitted tube, with an upper belt 2 and a lower edge 3 corresponding to future leg turns.
• the knitted tube comprises a front face 5 and a rear face 6. It is further shown in hatching on the front 5 part 4 intended to form the front pocket of the boxer for holding the genitals.
• On the knitted tube is defined a vertical direction ranging from the belt 2 at the top to the bottom edge 3 and a transverse direction, orthogonal to the vertical direction, and going from one side of a front face or back to the other.
• FIGS. 4 and 5 there is proceeded (FIGS. 4 and 5) to a cutting operation creating two vertical parallel incisions 7 and 7 'in front of boxer 1: these incisions have edges 10, 11 and 10', 11 ' and form a tongue 14 having a lower edge or lower edge 16.
• the lower edge 16 may be directly the edge of the knitted tube if the reverse is not yet formed, or be the edge of the tongue 14 after disassembling the lapel, or still - and preferably - be obtained by shortening the tongue 14 by means of an additional transverse cutout (not shown) between the two incisions 7, 7 '.
• the portion of the curve 4 may advantageously go down lower than that shown in FIGS. 4 and 8 (to avoid confusing the reading) and come into the tongue 14 between the two edges 11, 11 and almost to its low edge to provide more comfort to the genitals.
• the rear 6 of the knitted tube is made at a vertical central incision 8, creating two edges 12, 13.
• the piece 17 has on its two edges 23 23 'curbs corresponding to the corresponding parts 3 of the tubular knit 1 intended to form the thigh passage.
• An oblique cutout 18 makes it possible to form from the piece 17 two symmetrical pieces 15 and 15 'in right trapezes.
• the part 15, shown in FIG. 7, comprises, in addition to its reinforced edge 23, parallel edges 1510 and 1513 and an oblique edge 1511.
• each incision 7, 7 'so as to put the edges 10, 11 and 10', 11 ' substantially in the form shown in Figure 8, where they make an obtuse angle between them, always with the tab 14 between them and the edge 16 thereof at the bottom.
• These elements form a broken front bottom line 10, 11, 16, 1, 10 ', in which the edge 16 is a low edge and the portions 10, 11, 11', 10 'have a high edge (with respect to the low edge ).
• the incision 8 is spaced apart so as to bring the edges 12, 13 substantially in line with one another, as shown, so as to form a substantially rectilinear rear bottom line 12, 13.
• the bottom edge 16 is then sewn in the middle of the rear bottom line 12, 13, in the part facing the bottom edge 16, and the lateral crotch trapezes 15 and 15 'are connected and sewn between the lateral parts of the line. 10, 11 and 10 'front bottom, 11' constituting the high edge and the ends of the rear bottom line 12, 13.
• the lateral crotch trapezoids 15, 15 'therefore participate in the constitution of each thigh turn 19 by the reinforced edge 23, 23 '.
• the shape of the crotch side pieces 15, 15 ' is not limited to the trapezium. These pieces may also be triangular, or other shapes, and their edges are not necessarily straight, but may be curved. Similarly, the rear bottom line 12, 13 shown rectilinear in Figure 8 may be arched, curvilinear or broken.
• FIG. 9 shows an example of boxer obtained according to the invention. It shows the side crotch parts 15, 15 ', placed inwardly and the front of each thigh.
• the front edge 16 forms with the rear bottom line 12, 13 a seam 20 which extends more or less in an arc between the thighs; it starts from this seam 20 two stitching branches stitching the side pieces 15, 15 'at the edges 10, 11, 10', 11 '.
• the fact that the front edge 16 joins the rear bottom line 12, 13 located at the rear makes it possible to postpone the seam and the resulting discomfort in a less sensitive area, which contributes significantly to the improved comfort of the boxer of the 'invention.
• the invention combines particularly well with an embodiment of the curved front part in the form of a more or less oval zone 4 surrounded by a peripheral marginal zone 21 made in a mesh different from that of the zone 4, advantageously a more elastic mesh (module higher elasticity).
• the preferred embodiment of the invention is described in FIGS. 4 to 8, but it will be seen in FIGS. 10 to 13 that it is possible, without departing from the spirit of the invention, to make several modifications to this invention. which has been described, according to the exact way in which the two incisions are made on the face that receives them, and on the number of incisions on the other side.
• the figures are very schematic to easily understand the principle of modifications.
• the tube 1 is shown with its front faces 5 and rear 6, either in perspective or seen from below after assembly of the crotch.
• FIGS. 10A and 10A show the basic construction of FIGS. 4-5 and 8, with two symmetrical vertical incisions 7, 7 'at the front and 8 at the middle at the rear, which allow to obtain a generally transverse bottom line at the front formed of a central bottom edge 16 and a lateral double top edge 10, 10 '(the vertical part passing from one to the other is neglected).
• This front bottom line cooperates with a substantially rectilinear rear bottom line to which it is directly sewn at the bottom edge 16, and connected through the crotch parts 15, 15 'on the ends.
• FIGS. 10B and 10C are distinguished by the slightly oblique symmetrical position of the front incisions 7, 7 '.
• FIGS. 11A and 11 'A two symmetrical vertical incisions 7, 7' are provided at the front and 8, 8 'at the rear, which results in two fairly similar front and rear lines which are sewn to each other directly by their bottom edge 16 and to the sides via separate crotch parts 15, 15 '.
• FIGS. 11B and 11C are distinguished by the slightly oblique symmetrical position of the front incisions 7, 7 '.
• FIGS. 12A and 12'A there is provided a central vertical incision 8 at the rear, and two central T-shaped incisions, 7, 7 'in the front, which results in the bottom line.
• the back is still rectilinear and the front bottom line is characterized by a low edge 16 rejected on the sides while its top edge 10 directly formed by the incision 7 'is central.
• the low edge 10 at the ends is sewn directly to the part opposite the rear bottom line, while the central high edge 10 is stitched to the part opposite the rear bottom line through the central separate crotch piece 15.
• FIGS. 12B and 12C are distinguished by the curved or oblique shape of the branches of the T, that is to say of the second incision 7 ', which leads, as can be seen in FIG. modified high edge 10 and thus the separate crotch piece 15.
• FIGS. 13A and 13A there is provided at the front and at the rear a double T-shaped incision 7, 7 'and 8, 8', which leads to two identical shaped bottom lines which will be sewn edge-to-edge at their end portions forming the bottom edge 16 and through a crotch center piece 15 at their top edge 10.
• FIGS. 13B and 13C are distinguished again by the curved or oblique shape of the branches of the T, that is to say the second incision 7 ', 8' of the incisions of the front and rear face, which leads as it is seen in FIG. 13'C to a slightly modified shape of the top edge 10 and thus of the separate crotch piece 15.

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