US 12,419,364 B2
Knit bra
Jesse L. Burton, Portland, OR (US); Paul R. Montgomery, Portland, OR (US); Tara Pennington, Portland, OR (US); Amy X. Toth, Portland, OR (US); and Samantha Woodard, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/526,310.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/119,378, filed on Nov. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0192280 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01); D04B 1/24 (2006.01); D04B 7/30 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/0014 (2013.01) [A41C 5/00 (2013.01); D04B 1/246 (2013.01); D04B 7/30 (2013.01); D10B 2403/022 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bra comprising:
a double-knit front portion comprising a Y-shaped region and a first breast-contacting region, the Y-shaped region having an upper right portion extending into a right shoulder strap, an upper left portion extending into a left shoulder strap, and a lower central portion;
wherein the double-knit front portion comprises:
a first plurality of front courses formed by a first yarn;
a first plurality of back courses formed by a second yarn; and
a plurality of intermediate courses formed by a third yarn interlooping with the first plurality of front courses and the first plurality of back courses, one or more intermediate courses of the plurality of intermediate courses having a repeating pattern of a first set of four tuck stitches, a first two-needle float stitch, a second set of four tuck stitches, and a second two-needle float stitch,
wherein the one or more intermediate courses of the plurality of intermediate courses each has a first ratio of float stitches to tuck stitches within the Y-shaped region and a second ratio of float stitches to tuck stitches within the first breast-contacting region, the first ratio being greater than the second ratio.