Seamless knit garments

Abstract

A garment having a body and one or more garment elements joined to the body is provided. The body has a first portion integrally knit to a second portion. The first portion has a first knit construction and the second portion has a second knit construction. The first knit construction include knits that have one stitch formed on each needle all of the time so that an intermeshing of stitches are formed in the same direction on the technical face of the fabric and a series of loops are formed on the technical back of the fabric. The second knit construction includes knits that use any combination of a plain knitted loop, a held loop with no stitch, and a tuck loop.

1 . A garment comprising: 
 a body having a first portion integrally knit to a second portion, said first portion having a first knit construction and said second portion having a second knit construction; and    one or more garment elements joined to said body.    
     
     
         2 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein the garment is a garment selected from the group consisting of an intimate apparel garment, an outerwear garment, and a sportswear garment.  
     
     
         3 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein the garment is a circularly knit garment.  
     
     
         4 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein the garment is a flat knit garment.  
     
     
         5 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein said first knit construction comprises knits selected from the group consisting of a plain double knit, a plain single jersey knit, and any combinations thereof.  
     
     
         6 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein said second knit construction comprises knits selected from the group consisting of a spacer knit, a rib knit, a pointelle knit, a mesh knit, a sheer knit, a quilted knit, an eyelet or open knit, and any combinations thereof.  
     
     
         7 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein said first and second portions are positioned to provide a seamless patterned effect to the garment.  
     
     
         8 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein said one or more garment elements are integrally knit to said body.  
     
     
         9 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein said one or more garment elements are secured to said body by a seam.  
     
     
         10 . The garment as in  claim 9 , wherein said seam is selected from the group consisting of a sewn seam, a welded seam, a glued seam, and any combinations thereof.  
     
     
         11 . The garment as in  claim 1 , wherein said body comprises a length and an inner diameter, said inner diameter varying along said length so that said body includes one or more shaped sections.  
     
     
         12 . A garment comprising: 
 a plurality of first portions each having a first knit construction, said first knit construction being selected from the group consisting of a plain double knit, and a plain single jersey knit; and    a plurality of second portions each having a second knit construction, said second knit construction being selected from the group consisting of a spacer knit, a rib knit, a pointelle knit, a mesh knit, a sheer knit, a quilted knit, and an eyelet or open knit, said plurality of first and second portions being integrally knit to one another.    
     
     
         13 . The garment as in  claim 12 , wherein the garment is a garment selected from the group consisting of an intimate apparel garment, an outerwear garment, and a sportswear garment.  
     
     
         14 . The garment as in  claim 12 , wherein the garment is a circularly knit garment or a flat knit garment.  
     
     
         15 . The garment as in  claim 12 , wherein said plurality of first and second portions are positioned to provide a seamless patterned effect to the garment.  
     
     
         16 . The garment as in  claim 12 , further comprising one or more garment elements.  
     
     
         17 . The garment as in  claim 16 , wherein said one or more garment elements are integrally knit to the garment.  
     
     
         18 . The garment as in  claim 16 , wherein said one or more garment elements are secured by a seam.  
     
     
         19 . The garment as in  claim 18 , wherein said seam is selected from the group consisting of a sewn seam, a welded seam, a glued seam, and any combinations thereof.  
     
     
         20 . The garment as in  claim 12 , further comprising a garment length and a garment inner dimension, said garment inner dimension varying along said garment length so that the garment includes one or more shaped sections.