US2302788A

US2302788A - Hosiery

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Publication number: US2302788A
Application number: US436501A
Authority: US
Inventors: Louis H Mendelsohn
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1942-03-27
Filing date: 1942-03-27
Publication date: 1942-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 1959-11-24

Description

Patented Nov. 24, 1942 UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE nosmnr mais n. Mendelsohn, ram-mn. NJ.

Application March 27, 1942, Serial No. 436,501

13Claims.

My invention relates to hosiery'and it is an object of the same to provide an improved toe construction designed more particularly for improving the appearance, the wearing. qualities and the ventilation of the foot of a full-fashioned stocking or sock, though not necessarily limited to use in full-fashioned hose.

Another object is to provide a row of apertures along the sides of a panel, such as the diamond points that occur at opposite sides of the toe of a full-fashioned stocking or sock, and to continue these apertures all the way to the apex of the diamond point,

Another object is to provide such apertures without weakening the fabric, and in such manner that the cross yarns between the said apertures are-protected against wear or breakage.

Referring to the drawing, which ls made a part of this application and in which similar parts are indicated by similar reference characters:

Figs. 1 and la are diagrammatic iigures showing the stitch construction at the beginning of the parallel-sided sections of the toe panels of a stocking such as illustrated in Fig. 2,

Fig. 2, an elevation of the foot portion of a stocking embodying my improved construction,

and f Fig. 3, a fragmentary plan of the toe portion of a stocking In the drawing, reference character I indicates the foot portion of an article of hosiery having a conventional full-fashioned construc-- tion, including a panel at II, well-known to the trade as a diamond point. In Fig. 2 this is shown as having along its sidesy rows I2, I2' ofapertures that follow the outline of the panel all the way to the apex at I3.

Mechanism for making the toe construction herein disclosed and claimed is shown in my copending application for patent, Ser. No. 433,048, iiled March 2, 1942. Figs. 1 and 1a of this application show details of the stitch structure in greatly enlarged and-somewhat distorted form, as it would appear in a part of the parallel-sided portion of the panel II. 'I'his ilgureincludes stitch structure at and adjacent both rows of apertures bounding a panel II, and is broken at Il, where the wales forming the middle of the panel are omitted. The upper figure represents the construction at one side of the panel and the lower represents that at the other side of the same panel. In the hose shown there are like panels at each side of the toe, as'indicated in Fig. 3.

Reading in the direction in which knitting proceeds there is shown iirst a plain or Jersey course I5, one or more such courses being commonly interposed between narrowing courses in narrowing operations. This course is followed by a course I6, which has stitches transferred according to the method conventionally followed in narrowing the toe of a full-fashioned stocking with narrow and wide combs, whereby stitches are transferred over two needle spaces at the outer ends of the course, as at I1, but over only one needle space farther in, as at Il. f

According to the method of operation described in my copending application above identified. certain points are omitted from the combs of the narrowing apparatus, e g., counting from the inner end of each of the narrow combs, the second and third points are omitted, whereas In the wide combs, only the second point from the inner end is omitted. As a result of this, the loops I9, 20, 2l and 22, in Fig. 1, and at places in other courses similarly related to the wide combs, are not transferred. One result of this is that there are openings in the fabric at those points to which stitches I9 and 2l would have been transferred had the combs retained their full complements of points. Another result is that a ridge is formed along the outer side of the row of apertures so formed due to the piling up of the crowns of knitted loops. Finally, a second or inner ridge is formed at the inner side of said rw because of the double stitches occurring at the points at which stitches 2l and 22' were not transferred. In the completed article the transverse parts of the yarns between the apertures appear as cross bars twisted about one another and extending substantially at right angles across the row of holes. The ridges at the opposite sides of such a row serve to protect these cross bars, which would otherwise be liable to wear out very quickly due to their exposed position. 'I'he construction just described forms the row of holes I2' in Fig. 2. The course I6 is followed by a course I5 of plain b stitches, such as commonly interpolated between transfer courses in narrowing, yand this course isgsimlar to course I except that the legs of some of its stitches are not conilned by the crown of a preceding stitch in the Wale.

The section of the knitting immediately to the right of the left border portion in Fig. l, just described, forms the panel II and has been narrowed in the ligure by omission of a number of wales 'as a matter of convenience. At the right 55 of that portion there are indicated pairs of stitches 23 23. which are not transferred because of absence of two points in a narrow comb. .As a result of failure to transfer the right side one of each pair of stitches 23, apertures are formed that provide the row I2 in Fig. 2. By reason of failure to transfer the left one of each of said pairs a ridge is formed at the left of the two in Fig. 1 (or below the row l2 in Fig. 2). But since the comb retains its first point,

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24, 24 are superposed on the same needle with the stitches normally there, and are knitted oil. therewith, so forming a ridge at the right of the last-described row of apertures in Fig. 1, the two ridges protecting the cross threads of the apertures/as above described.

In Fig. 1a (at the concealed side of the stocking of Fig. 2) the apertures at 25 and 26 are, or may be, formed in the same manner as just described for the upper half of said gure, the relative position of parts occurring, of course, in reverse order, so that two-Wale widening is at the right f Fig. 1a, etc.

As set forth in my application above referred to, the series of apertures continues uniformly to the apex of the panel except that just beyond the angle in the upper row I2' there is one aperture missing at 21, but its absence can only be determined upon close inspection.

The fabric in 'the tapered portion of the panel near the apex will be similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 1a, except that now the wide comb moves inward two spaces at each narrowing operation, instead of two steps forward and one step back, thus changing the angle of the row I2 of apertures as shown at that part of the row next the toe end of the stocking.

Since the panel Il consists entirely of closely knitted stitches, and is connected to the closely knitted adjacent foot portions by threads extending across the space between the panel and the adjacent foot portions, the panel is so connected to the remainder of the stocking as to be able to float or to move relatively to the rest of the stocking so as to accommodate itself to the foot of the wearer to an extent determined by the length of the free cross portions of the cross threads, and somewhat also by the nature of the threads and by other factors.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications may be made in my invention without departing from the spirit thereof, and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawing and described in the specification but only as indicated in the appended claims. l

Having thus fully described my invention, wha I claim is:

1. A full fashioned Stocking having a toe portion including a diamond point gusset or panel of conventional shape and consisting of closely knitted stitches, said panel being tapered at its forward end, and a row of openings outside the panel, said openings extending along each side of the panel and along the tapered portion thereof. i

2. A stocking as in claim 1, said openings being formed by transferring all but selected stitches at the outer' ends of narrowing courses in the toe portion.

3. A full fashioned stocking knitted from top to toe, said stocking having a toe portionincluding a diamond point gusset or panel of conventional dimensions and consisting of closely knitted stitches. and a row of openings at each side of said panel, said openings being outside the panel and being formed by transferring all but selected stitches in course portions transferred during the narrowing of the toes.

4. A stocking having a toe portion including a diamond toe area or panel of conventional dimensions and made up of closely knitted stitches, there being at each side of said panel a row of openings beyond said area and a ridge at each side of each of said rows of openings.

5. A stocking as irl claim 4, said openings and said ridges being formed by transferring all but selected stitches at opposite sides of the row of openings.

6. A full-fashioned stocking having a diamond point at each side of the toe and having a row of apertures along each lateral side of the point, said rows converging at the forward end of the diamond point.

'7. A full-fashioned stocking as in claim 6, said stocking having a ridge at each side of each row of apertures.

8. A full-fashioned stocking having at each side of the toe a closely knitted diamond point, and having at each lateral side thereof outside the diamond point a rowy of apertures formed by transferring all but selected stitches in the transferred parts of narrowing courses.

9. A stocking as in claim 8, said stocking having a ridge at each side of each row of apertures.

10, A full fashioned stocking knitted from top to toe, said stocking having at each side of the toe portion a conventional diamond point area consisting of closely knitted stitches, and a row of openings outside the diamond point area alon each side of said area, said openingsbeing formed by transferring all but selected stitches of course portions transferred in the toe narrowing operation.

l1. A full fashioned stocking knitted from top to toe, said stocking having at each side of the toe portion a conventional diamond'point area consisting of closely knitted stitches, and a row of openings outside the diamond point area along each side of said area and continuous to the end of the diamond point, said openings being formed by transferring all but selected stitches of course portions transferred in the toe narrowing operation.

12. A stocking having a toe portion the body of which consists of closely knitted stitches, said toe portion including a floating panel at each side of the foot, there being a continuous series of openings at the top and bottom of each of said panels, said openings being formed by transferring all but selected stitches of course p0rtions transferred in narrowing the toe and the panel being connected to' the body of the toe by cross threads between said openings.

13. A stocking having at each side of the foot in the toe portion thereof a diamond shaped area of closely knitted stitches, a continuous line of open work parallel to each said area at the top and bottom thereof and adjacent thereto but outside said area, said lines of openwork making the said area into a section capable of shifting position to adapt itself to the outer contour of the foot of the wearer.

LOUIS H. MENDELSOHN.