US2009923A - Reenforced stocking and method of knitting same - Google Patents

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In Germany September 26, 1931 4 Claims.

My invention relates to reeniorced stockings and to a method of knitting same. More particularly, my invention relates to reenforced stockings which are knitted in a single operation.

In such stockings, a reenforcing or beginning line is formed by the reenforced heel portion in the region of the ankle which heretofore was knitted in one of the courses.

Knitting the beginning line in this manner is objectionable because, with low shoes, it shows in the region of the ankle which detracts from the appearance of the stocking. If it is placed so low that it does not show, that portion of the stocking which is subjected to the greatest stress by the friction of the shoe edge, is without reenforcement.

It is an object of my invention to improve a stocking so as to place its beginning or reeniorcing line in a more favorable position. To this end, I knit the line in such manner that it intersects several courses and is not parallel but inclined to the courses. If a stocking having such a line is worn, the line is aligned with the upper edge of the shoe.

A stocking according to my invention in addition to the usual narrowing lines in the heel portion, has the described beginning or reenforcing line. If the stocking is knitted with a high splice, the beginning of reenforcing line appears at the demarcation line between the reeniorced portion of the heel and the reenforced high splice heel.

In the drawings amxed to this specification and forming part thereof diagrams of loops and various types of stockings embodying my invention are illustrated diagrammatically by way of example.

In the drawings Figs. 1 to 4 illustrate a stocking in which the widening of the heel is efiected by widened beginning rows narrowed by loop transfer. More particularly,

Fig. 1 is a diagram of loops, and

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the heel portion, of a stocking without, and

Figs. 3 and 4 are, respectively, a diagram and an elevation of a stocking with,'a high splice heel in which the line appears as the demarcation between the high splice and the reenforced heel,

figs. 5 to 8 illustrate a stocking in which the heel is widened by widening edge loops adapted to be sewn, by casting on, or the like.

More particularly,

Fig.5 is a diagram.- of loops, and

portion, of

I in which the heel is reenforced by apparent split knitting in the usual manner, and widened by loop transfer in widened beginning courses.

i; Fig. 1, is a ground thread, and 2 is the reenforcing thread. The ground thread may be of silk and the reeniorcing thread of lisle, or they may be of any other suitable materials.

The leg is knitted in the usual manner from the ground thread I only and thereupon a widened heel side is begun with the reenforcing thread 2. Several transferring courses are knitted and from line 0-1: to line 22-1: the loops are transferred without narrowing. At the beginning of the reenforcing line .A--A, the reenforcing thread 2 is knitted into the first four wales of the leg or upper foot portion from the ground thread I, so that these four wales have double loops in the first or topmost course. In the second course, the reenforcing thread is knitted into double loops with the ground thread i in the same four wales. In the third course, the reenforcing and ground threads are knitted into double loops again in the same wales as in the two preceding courses. In this third course, the thread guide (not shown) of the reenforcing thread 2 is moved for two wales more toward the centre of the stocking and in the fourth course, the outward movement of the thread guide (not shown) for the ground thread i is interrupted for two wales earlier. This operation of the thread guides is repeated in the subsequent courses. In this manner, the points where the reenforcing thread 2 is connected to the ground thread i in the several courses are staggered so that the inclined line AA formed by the double loops is not in a single course but intersects several courses and is inclined to them.

From line b-b to line cc the fabric is narrowed in the usual manner and from line c--c to line dd the usual wedge-covering operation is performed.

It is understood that I am not limited to the operation described,.i. e., the double loops for the line A-A may be formed in any number of courses and in any number of wales, as required by the desired properties of the line AA. I

Referring now to Figs. 3 and 4, the heel portion of this stocking is knitted in the-usual manner- 55 l as far as the line A--A but beginning with the line :c-:r on the leg, a high splice heel H is formed by a plating thread 3, by which the fabric is reenforced at the high heel. In this stocking the reenforcing line A-A is in the same position as in the stocking described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2, but now appears as the demarcation line of the reenforced heel portion and the reemorced high splice H.

Referring now to Figs. 5 and 6, in this stocking the widening of the heel is effected by widening edge loops adapted to be sewn, or by casting on edge loops. The line A-A is formed and arranged in the manner described. The wedgecovering operation from line H to line e-e may be omitted, if desired. 1

Referring now to Figs. 7 and 8, this stocking is similar to the stocking described with reference to Figs. 5 and 6 but has the high splice heel H, beginning with line a::z: on the leg.

I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described for obvious modifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

Various changes may be made in the details disclosed in the foregoing specification without departing from the invention or sacrificing the advantages thereof.

Iclaimz- 1. A full-fashioned stocking knitted in a single operation on a flat knitting machine, comprising heel portions having besides the usual narrowing lines, reenforced beginning lines produced by double loops, each of said beginning lines intersecting several courses of the leg portion and extending downwardly from the rear of the stocking in an inclined relation thereto.

2. A full-fashioned stocking knitted in a single operation on a flat knitting machine, comprising heel portions produced by narrowing of widened beginning courses and having besides the usual narrowing lines, reenforced beginning lines produced by double loops, each of said beginning lines intersecting several courses of the leg portion and extending downwardly from the rear of the stocking in an inclined relation thereto.

3. A full fashioned stocking knitted in a. single operation on a fiat knitting machine, comprising heel portions produced by widening edge loops to be sewed in and having besides the usual narrowing lines, reenforced beginning lines produced by double loops, each of said beginning lines intersecting several courses of the leg portion and extending downwardly from the rear of the stocking in an inclined relation thereto.

4. A full-fashioned stocking knitted in a single operation on a fiat knitting machine, comprising heel portions produced by casting on loops and having besides the usual narrowing lines, reenforced beginning lines produced by double loops, each of said beginning lines intersecting several courses of the leg portion and extending downwardly from the rear of the stocking in an inclined relation thereto.

WOLDEMAR HEINITZ.

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