Knitted garment

Abstract

The subject matter of this disclosure includes knit textiles, such as knitted components, that have one or more amounts of thermal resistance. In addition, this disclosure describes a knit textile panel having varied amounts of thermal properties among different zones or regions of the knit textile panel. Further the disclosure describes zoned garments comprising the knit textile described.

We claim: 
     
         1 . An upper body garment comprising:
 a garment panel having a plurality of zones positioned between a neck collar and a waist opening of the upper body garment;   a first zone of the plurality of zones comprising:
 a first knit course; 
 a second knit course, wherein a first set of intermediary knit courses is positioned between the first knit course and the second knit course; and 
 a first set of held stitches extending from the first knit course to the second knit course to form a first corrugated structure; 
   a second zone of the plurality of zones comprising:
 a third knit course; 
 a fourth knit course, wherein a second set of intermediary knit courses is positioned between the third knit course and the fourth knit course; and 
 a second set of held stitches extending from the third knit course to the fourth knit course to form a second corrugated structure, 
   wherein the first zone is integrally formed with the second zone.   
     
     
         2 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first zone is configured to align with a first region of a wearer's body, wherein the second zone is configured to align with a second region of the wearer's body, and wherein the first region of the wearer's body is prone to a higher degree of heat loss compared to the second region of the wearer's body. 
     
     
         3 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first corrugated structure and the second corrugated structure are formed with a single jersey knit structure. 
     
     
         4 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first set of intermediary knit courses includes a first quantity of knit courses, wherein the second set of intermediary knit courses includes a second quantity of knit courses, wherein the second quantity of knit courses is less than the first quantity of knit courses, and wherein the first corrugated structure of the first zone is larger than the second corrugated structure of the second zone. 
     
     
         5 . The upper body garment of  claim 4 , wherein the first quantity of knit courses and the second quantity of knit courses are both in a range of about 5 knit courses to about 25 knit courses. 
     
     
         6 . The upper body garment of  claim 5 , wherein the first quantity of knit courses and the second quantity of knit courses differ by a third quantity of knit courses equal to or less than three. 
     
     
         7 . The upper body garment of  claim 4 , wherein the first quantity of knit courses is in a range of about 13 knit courses to about 19 knit courses, and wherein the second quantity of knit courses is in a range of about 12 knit courses to about 18 knit courses. 
     
     
         8 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein each held stitch of the first set of held stitches includes stitch legs interlooped with a stitch in the first knit course and a stitch head interlooped with a stitch in the second knit course. 
     
     
         9 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein a thermal resistance of the first zone is at least 40 R ct  according to ISO 11092-2014. 
     
     
         10 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first zone of the plurality of zones comprises a first held stitch density in the first set of held stitches, and wherein the second zone of the plurality of zones comprises a second held stitch density in the second set of held stitches. 
     
     
         11 . The upper body garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first zone of the plurality of zones is located closer to the neck collar than the second zone of the plurality of zones. 
     
     
         12 . A lower body garment comprising:
 a garment panel having a plurality of zones positioned between a waistband and a leg opening of the lower body garment;   a first zone of the plurality of zones comprising:
 a first knit course; 
 a second knit course, wherein a first set of intermediary knit courses is positioned between the first knit course and the second knit course; and 
 a first set of held stitches extending from the first knit course to the second knit course to form a first corrugated structure; 
   a second zone of the plurality of zones comprising:
 a third knit course; 
 a fourth knit course, wherein a second set of intermediary knit courses is positioned between the third knit course and the fourth knit course; and 
 a second set of held stitches extending from the third knit course to the fourth knit course to form a second corrugated structure, 
   wherein the first zone is integrally formed with the second zone.   
     
     
         13 . The lower body garment of  claim 12 , wherein the first zone is configured to align with a first region of a wearer's body, wherein the second zone is configured to align with a second region of the wearer's body, and wherein the first region of the wearer's body is prone to a higher degree of heat loss compared to the second region of the wearer's body. 
     
     
         14 . The lower body garment of  claim 12 , wherein the first corrugated structure and the second corrugated structure are formed with a single jersey knit structure. 
     
     
         15 . The lower body garment of  claim 12 , wherein the first set of intermediary knit courses includes a first quantity of knit courses, wherein the second set of intermediary knit courses includes a second quantity of knit courses, wherein the second quantity of knit courses is less than the first quantity of knit courses, and wherein the first corrugated structure of the first zone is larger than the second corrugated structure of the second zone. 
     
     
         16 . The lower body garment of  claim 15 , wherein the first quantity of knit courses and the second quantity of knit courses are both in a range of about 5 knit courses to about 25 knit courses. 
     
     
         17 . The lower body garment of  claim 16 , wherein the first quantity of knit courses and the second quantity of knit courses differ by a third quantity of knit courses equal to or less than three. 
     
     
         18 . The lower body garment of  claim 15 , wherein the first quantity of knit courses is in a range of about 13 knit courses to about 19 knit courses, and wherein the second quantity of knit courses is in a range of about 12 knit courses to about 18 knit courses. 
     
     
         19 . The lower body garment of  claim 12 , wherein each held stitch of the first set of held stitches includes stitch legs interlooped with a stitch in the first knit course and a stitch head interlooped with a stitch in the second knit course. 
     
     
         20 . The lower body garment of  claim 12 , wherein the first zone of the plurality of zones comprises a first held stitch density in the first set of held stitches, and wherein the second zone of the plurality of zones comprises a second held stitch density in the second set of held stitches.