Flat knit bra

Abstract

The invention is directed to a flat knit bra comprising two cups ( 1 a, 1 b ), two wing zones ( 5 a, 5 b ) and wherein the bra further comprises a band ( 6 ) having a first and second end ( 6 a, 6 b ) and a centre region ( 16 ), wherein the centre region ( 16 ) of the band ( 6 ) comprises a thermal molded fiber.

1 . Flat knit bra comprising
 two cups,   two wing zones and   wherein the bra further comprises a band having a first and second end and a centre region, wherein:   the centre region of the band comprises a thermal molded fiber.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the band is comprised of more than one band zone and wherein each zone is comprised of the double layered knit material. 
     
     
         4 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 3 , wherein the more than one band zones branch out from a common centre region at the cups such that at least one band zone extends to each of the first and second ends of the band and wherein at least one other band zone extends into each of the wings. 
     
     
         5 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the bra further comprises two power slings comprised of a double layered knit material. 
     
     
         6 . Flat knit bra according  claim 1 , wherein each cup is provided with a neck line zone having a first and second end and wherein the first end of the neck line zone of each cup extends to the band such that one neck line zone partly overlaps the other neck line zone. 
     
     
         7 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 3 , wherein at least two parallel oriented band zones extend to each of the of the first and second ends of the band. 
     
     
         8 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 7 , wherein the at least two parallel oriented band zones are connected to each other by a single layered knit material. 
     
     
         9 . Flat bed knit bra according to  claim 3 , wherein at least two parallel extending band zones extend into each of the wings. 
     
     
         10 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 9 , wherein the at least two parallel oriented band zones are connected to each other by a single layered knit material. 
     
     
         11 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 3 , wherein one of the at least one band zones extending to each of the first and second ends of the band and one of the at least one band zones extending into each of the wings are connected by a single knit layered material. 
     
     
         12 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 8 , wherein the single knit material is comprised of a single bedded knit with transfer stitches to the back and front with two-sided racking combined with diametrical reversed transfer. 
     
     
         13 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the double layered knit material of the band or band zone zones has a three layered structural binding with a six row rapport consisting of a first and second row of repetitive staggered single front bedded knitted loops and floats, a third row of repetitive double bedded tucked loops, a fourth and fifth row of diapositive to the first and second row repetitive staggered back bedded knitted loops and floats and a sixth row of diapositive to the third row of repetitive double bedded tucked loops. 
     
     
         14 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 5 , wherein the power sling is comprised of double layered knit material which has a higher elasticity at a position near to the cup as compared to the elasticity of the material at a position further away from the cup. 
     
     
         15 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 6 , wherein the neck line zone is comprised of a single layer knit material obtained by an every other needle knitting method. 
     
     
         16 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 15 , wherein single layer knit material is a single bedded knit having four rows with transfer stitches to a back and front side of the material and with two-sided racking combined with diametrical reversed transfer and wherein the needle sequence is a combination of knitted loops and floats thus creating a pseudo every other needle knitted structure and wherein the first two rows of the four rows are a geometrical sequence of loops and extended floats and wherein the third and fourth row of the four rows are a geometrical sequence of transferred loops to the back side and reversed transferred in combination with diametrical reversed racking on the back bed of the flat bed knitting machine. 
     
     
         17 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the cups are shaped by means of short row knitting. 
     
     
         18 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 17 , wherein the cups are comprised two connected single layered knit materials. 
     
     
         19 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 18 , wherein the two connected single layered knit materials comprises a double bedded structure of a first and second row with a binding of a geometrical sequence of front and back bedded loops and floats, wherein the first row has an interconnected front and back bedded loop in a repetitive sequence with extended floats and wherein the second row has an interconnected front and back bedded loop in a repetitive sequence with extended floats in an obverse geometrical sequence towards the first row. 
     
     
         20 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 5 , wherein the double layered knit material of the power sling is comprised of a three layered structural binding with a six row rapport consisting of one row of repetitive staggered single front bedded knitted loops and floats, two rows of repetitive staggered single back bedded knitted loops and floats, two rows of repetitive double bedded tucked loops diapositive positioned towards each other and one row of repetitive staggered single front bedded knitted loops and floats. 
     
     
         21 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the thermal molded fibre is a thermoplastic polyurethane fiber. 
     
     
         22 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1  comprising between 5 and 15 wt % of the thermal molded fiber. 
     
     
         23 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the thermal molded fiber is obtained by steaming the double layered knit material. 
     
     
         24 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 1 , wherein the first and second ends of the band are provided with a fastener. 
     
     
         25 . Flat knit bra according to  claim 6 , wherein the second end of each neck line zone is connected to one of the wings by means of a strap.