US 12,221,728 B2
Knitted textile structures formed by altering knit patterns to accommodate external mediums, and manufacturing processes associated therewith
Stuart Wayne Dealey, Redmond, WA (US); Gaige DeHaven, Redmond, WA (US); Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Kirkland, WA (US); Simon John Baines, Redmond, WA (US); Christopher Bradford Doughty, Marysville, WA (US); Priyanshu Agarwal, Kirkland, WA (US); Leah Resneck, Redmond, WA (US); and Simge Uzun, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,593.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/485,878, filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/485,875, filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/485,882, filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/485,880, filed on Feb. 17, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/314,199, filed on Feb. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0376112 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. D04B 1/12 (2006.01); D04B 1/10 (2006.01); D04B 1/28 (2006.01); D04B 37/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC D04B 1/102 (2013.01) [D04B 1/12 (2013.01); D04B 1/28 (2013.01); D04B 37/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a knitted fabric that includes a non-knitted structure, the method comprising:
while knitting a fabric structure in accordance with a programmed knit sequence for a multi-dimensional knitting machine:
providing a non-knitted structure to the multi-dimensional knitting machine at a point in time when the fabric structure has a first knit portion, wherein the first knit portion is formed based on a first type of knit pattern; and
after the providing of the non-knitted structure, following the programmed knit sequence to automatically adjust the multi-dimensional knitting machine to use a second type of knit pattern, distinct from the first type of knit pattern, to accommodate the non-knitted structure within a second knit portion that is adjacent to the first knit portion within the fabric structure,
wherein the fabric structure is configured to retain the non-knitted structure through contact with both the first knitted pattern and the second knitted pattern, and the non-knitted structure includes an electronic component.