US930180A - Knitted fabric. - Google Patents

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W. H. HORN, JR- KNITTED FABRIC. APPLICATION FILED DBO. 7, 1907. v 930, 1 80. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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KNITTED FABRIC.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Application filed December 7, 1907. Serial No. 405,546.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HORN, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing in Philadel hia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain mprovements in Knitted Fabrics, of

which the following is a specification.

One object of my invention is'to provide a knitted fabric which while having constant numbers of wales and courses shall nevertheless be of different dimensions at various parts of its width or length, as the case may be.

I further desire to provide an abdominal or other bandage for various parts of the body or limbs, composed of knitted fabric having constant numbers of wales and courses, but whose dimensions at its middle portion shall be different from those of its two ends.

' These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:"

Figure 1, is a plan, to a great extent diagrammatic, illlistrating the construction of an abdominal or knee cap bandage made according to my invention, and Fig. 2, is an enlarged diagrammatic view illustrating one of the many stitches which may be used in knitting this particular fabric.

In the above drawings, it .will be noted that the end portions a of the bandage are narrower than the middle portion a and that while there are constant numbers of wales and courses throughout the fabric comprising the bandage,-the 100 s are larger at the middle portion thereof, ecominggradually smaller as they approach the end sections of the bandage. In order to accomplish this end I make the central stitches of each course larger than those of the ends, employing for this purpose a machine of the construction described and claimed in an application for patent filed by me April 15, 1908, SerialNo. 427,265.

In order that the bandage may be more or less elastic I knit into it weft, threads a of rubber which in the present instance extend longitudinally of the bandage, these being held to or made part of the fabric by tying-in loops a As is obvious, any of-a number of stitches may be employed in making my improved bandage, it being, however, essential that while the number of its wales and courses remains constant, the relative looseness or tightness of the stitches and, therefore, their size, is varied to secure variations in the dimensions of thefabric.

.It is also obvious that-in some cases the rubber threads may be omitted without departing from the main features of my invention, although the use of such threads in a bandage-is advisable.

Though in the drawing I have illustrated a bandage in which the middle portion is composed of stitches made with large loo s while the stitches of the ends have smaller oops, it will be noted that the shape or contour of the bandage, as Well as the relative placing of loose and tightly knitted portions, may be varied as desired without departing from my invention.

I claim:

1. A bandage consisting of a knitted fabric having constant numbers of wales and the bandage.

3. A bandage consisting of a knitted fabric having constant numbers of Wales and courses andformed with its stitches gradually decreased in length from its middle toward its end portions, with rubber Weft threads extending longitudinally through the bandage and forming-a substantially straight selvage at each end thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of Witnesses.

ILLIAM H. HORN, JR. Witnesses:

O. A. HEIIILKER, OHAs. A. FoA.

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