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  • the toe construction is formed ideally at the outer end of the foot portion extension and extends around the toe at the edges of the foot portion extension and at the remaining edge of the end of the foot portion.
  • the run barrier provides maximum run stop protection and yet does not obliterate or interrupt the continuance of the sheer appearance from the foot portion into the foot portion extension.
  • the run barrier construction of the present invention is formed after the foot portion continuation is reciprocally knit at the end of the circularly knit foot portion with a progressive dropping of stitches to begin the shaping toward the tip of the demi-toe and to provide held loops at the sides for knitting to the run barrier.
  • the reciprocal knitting is continued with heavier yarn to form the toe, whereas in the present invention the reciprocal knitting is stopped at the end of the foot portion extension and the run barrier is knit around the foot portion and its extension, using circular knitting and picking up the loops along the sides of the foot portion extension.
  • the remainder of the toe construction is then knit outwardly of the run barrier, using reciprocal knitting to the tip of the toe and back to the run barrier under the foot portion extension.
  • gore lines formed by this construction and not protected by the run barrier are the relatively short gore lines formed by the knitting of the run barrier to the sides 3,173,2'Z8 Patented Mar lfi, 1965 of the foot portion extension. These gore lines are much shorter, and therefore less susceptible to developing runs, than the comparable gore lines of prior stockings, which extend the major lengthof the toe from the foot portion almost to the tip of the toe.
  • a toe construction is formed with the foot portion extending into the toe portion to provide a toe portion of relatively small size and appearance and yet having a run barrier extending around the toe construction and offset by the foot portion extension as so to provide the desired barrier against progression of runs from the toe into the foot portion but without obliterating the continuation appearance of the foot portion.
  • the run barrier is knit with both the relatively sheer yarn of the foot portion and with a coarser yarn in a run-resistant stitch to provide a strong barrier against progression of runs.
  • the remainder of the toe construction outwardly of the run barrier is knit with the coarser or heavier yarn of the run barrier to provide desired strength in the toe.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a stocking incorporating the toe construction of the preferred embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the foot and toe construction of the stocking of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of the foot and toe construction of the stocking of FIG. 1.
  • the preferred embodiment of the toe construction of the present invention is shown in the drawings incorporated in a circular knit stocking it) of conventional construction except for the toe.
  • This stocking is constructed with the conventional welt 12, afterwelt 14, leg portion 16, heel 18, foot portion 29, and the unique toe construction 22 of the present invention.
  • This toe construction 22 is formed at the outer end 24 of the foot portion 20 which is considered for clarity of description as having a top half 26 and a bottom half 28.
  • the stocking 10 with the toe construction 22 of the present invention may be knit on any conventional circular knitting machine with the welt 12, afterwelt 14, and leg portion 16 being knit with a circular motion, the heel 18 being knit with a reciprocating motion and the foot portion 20 being knit with a circular motion and terminating in the circular outer end 24.
  • the knitting machine When the foot portion 29 has been knit with sheer yarn to outer end 24 the knitting machine is clutched into a reciprocating motion without changing the yarn to reciprocally knit the top extension 30 on the needles corresponding to the top half 26 of the outer end 24 of the foot portion, using the same sheer yarn as in the foot portion to provide the appearance of a continuation thereof and with a progressive dropping of needles to form side edges 32 having held loops for subsequent knitting with the run barrier and to initiate the shaping of the demi-toe toward the tip of the stocking.
  • the knitting machine When the top extension 30 has been knit to an outer edge 34 the knitting machine is clutched back into circular motion to knit a plurality of courses around the toe to the side edges 32 and outer edge 34 of the top extension 36 and to the bottom half 28 of the outer end 24 of the foot portion, forming the relatively short gore lines 44 as the loops are picked up from the needles that were progressively dropped during knitting of the top extension 30.
  • These circularly knit courses are knit with the sheer yarn of the foot portion 20 and with a heavier toe yarn in a tuck or lock stitch to form the run-resistant barrier portion 36.
  • the run resistant barrier portion 36 may be of any conventional knit construction such as that disclosed in u) the US. patent to Bellman, No. 2,887,860, issued May 26, 1959. This invention is not limited to any particular type of knit construction for the run resistant barrier and any other convenient knit constructions may be used.
  • the knitting machine When the courses of the run-resistant barrier portion 36 have been knit the knitting machine is clutched into reciprocating motion for knitting on the needles corresponding to the top segment 38 of the run-resistant barrier portion 36 using a heavy yarn of the barrier portion without the lighter yarn of the top extension.
  • This reciprocating motion continues while needles are progressively dropped to hold loops and to form the top portion 46 with side edges 48 tapering toward the tip of the stocking.
  • the outer edge of the top portion 46 is not easily discernible, but is indicated by line 50 in FIG. 2.
  • the reciprocating motion continues while progressively picking up the loops that were held in the previous knitting to form the bottom portion 52 with side edges 54 knit to the side edges 48 of the top portion 46 and with the side segments 40 of the run-resistant barrier portion 36, thereby forming the gore lines 58, which are located outwardly of the run-resistant barrier 36 with the result that runs beginning in these gore lines 58 are prevented by the run-resistant barrier 36 from progressing into the foot portion 20 of the stocking 10.
  • looper line 60 is at the bottom of the stocking
  • reverse construction could be employed as well, wherein the bottom portion 52 would be knit with the bottom segment 42 of the run-resistant barrier 36 and the top portion 46 would be attached to the top segment 38 of the run-resistant barrier 36 by a similar looper line.
  • the welt and afterwelt portions are knit with 50 denier 17 filament nylon yarn .and the leg and foot portions are knit with denier monofilament nylon yarn.
  • the top extension is knit with the same 15 denier monofilament nylon yarn for 38 courses.
  • the run-resistant barrier 36 is knit with both the 15 denier monofilament nylon yarn and a denier 13 filament nylon yarn for an area of 12 courses with a run resist portion of 6 courses.
  • the top portion 46 and bottom portion 52 are knit with the 40 denier l3 filament nylon yarn for 136 courses, 38 courses for the top portion and 98 courses for the bottom portion.
  • an after toe portion of 12 courses of 40 denier l3 filament nylon yarn is knit at the rearward edge 56 of the bottom portion 52 and 24 courses of 100/2 cotton yarn are knit to the bottom segment 42 of the run-resistant barrier 36.
  • a method of knitting a toe construction on the outer end of the foot portion of a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising reciprocally knitting an integral continuation of the foot portion from the top of said outer end while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the continuation to hold loops thereat, circularly knitting a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches around said continuation and the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation while picking up said held loops from the prgressively dropped needles at the sides of the continuation, thereby forming relatively short gore lines along the sides of the continuation extending only to the runresistant courses at the end of the continuation, and reciprocally knitting a closed-end tip portion from said circularly knit stitches to form the tip of the toe, with the run-resistant courses preventing runs that develop in said tip portion from progressing into the foot portion.
  • a method of knitting a toe construction on the outer end of the foot portion of a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising reciprocally knitting an integral continuation of the foot portion from the top of said outer end while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the continuation to hold loops thereat, circularly knitting a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches around said continuation and the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation while picking up said held loops from the progressively dropped needles at the sides of the continuation, thereby forming relatively short gore lines along the sides of the continuation extending only to the runresistant courses at the end of the continuation; reciprocally knitting a top portion from the run-resistant stitches at the end of the continuation to the tip of the toe while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the top portion to hold loops thereat, and reciprocally knitting a bottom portion from the tip of the toe to the run-resistant stitches at the bottom of the foot portion while picking up the held loops at the sides of the top portion and the stitches of the run-resistant courses at the sides of said continuation, thereby forming gore lines
  • a toe construction for a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising an integral continuation of the sheer foot portion of the stocking extending from the top of the outer end of the foot portion into the toe and having sides tapering toward the tip of the toe with loops which were held thereat, a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches extending around the toe and connected to said foot portion continuation and to the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation, the run-resistant stitches being connected to the loops which were held to form relatively short gores lines extending only to the run-resistant courses at the end of the continuation, a top portion connected to the run-resistant stitches at the end of the foot portion continuation and tapering to the tip of the toe with loops which were held along the sides thereof, and a bottom portion connected to said top portion at the tip of the toe and extending rearwardly to the runresistant stitches at the end of the foot portion below the foot portion continuation and having sides connected to the loops which were held at the top portion sides and to the run-resistant stitches at the sides of the foot por- 5 tion

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March 16, 1965 J. w. KAYLOR 3,173,278
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United States Patent TOE CONSTRUCTION WITH RUN STOP AND METHOD FOR CIRCULARLY KNITTING SAME .Iuie W. Kaylor, Eilijay, Ga., assignor to Chadbou'rn Gotham, Inc., a corporation of North Carolina Filed Mar. 12, 1962, Ser. No. 179,008 4 Claims. (Cl. 66-172) This invention relates to the problem of preventing runs in ladies sheer nylon hose that originate in the toe of the stocking and more particularly to runs starting from snags or other damage in the toe.
Heretofore it has been proposed to incorporate at the juncture of the reinforced conventional size toe and the sheer foot of the nylon stocking a special stitch construction to prevent or stop runs originating in the toe from extending into the foot and leg portion of the stocking. This run stop construction is circularly knitted and may extend around the entire toe at the toe and foot junction or only across the top of the toe as desired.
In addition to the above mentioned full size reinforced toe section heretofore used in ladies nylon hose, there has also been proposed a construct-ion known in the trade as Derni-Toe wherein the sheer foot portion extends into the top of the toe section to provide a smaller size toe section knitted from the heavier reinforcing yarn for use with ladies shoes having a low cut toe or no toe. This type of stocking having the reduced size toe is just as susceptible to runs originating in the toe to extend into the sheer foot and leg portions of the stocking as the other above mentioned hose using the regular full size toe. However, due to the shape resulting from the extension of the more sheer foot portion into the top of the toe it has not heretofore been considered feasible to provide a run resistant barrier at the juncture between this reduced size toe and the sheer foot portion extension. To accomplish this purpose would involve a substantially different knitting procedure which had not previously been developed before the present invention.
In the present invention the toe construction is formed ideally at the outer end of the foot portion extension and extends around the toe at the edges of the foot portion extension and at the remaining edge of the end of the foot portion. Thus the run barrier provides maximum run stop protection and yet does not obliterate or interrupt the continuance of the sheer appearance from the foot portion into the foot portion extension.
The run barrier construction of the present invention is formed after the foot portion continuation is reciprocally knit at the end of the circularly knit foot portion with a progressive dropping of stitches to begin the shaping toward the tip of the demi-toe and to provide held loops at the sides for knitting to the run barrier. In prior stockings the reciprocal knitting is continued with heavier yarn to form the toe, whereas in the present invention the reciprocal knitting is stopped at the end of the foot portion extension and the run barrier is knit around the foot portion and its extension, using circular knitting and picking up the loops along the sides of the foot portion extension. The remainder of the toe construction is then knit outwardly of the run barrier, using reciprocal knitting to the tip of the toe and back to the run barrier under the foot portion extension.
As a result of this construction runs developing in the toe outwardly of the run barrier, and particularly those developing in the gore lines produced by the reciprocal knitting outwardly of the run barrier, are prevented from progressing into the foot and leg portions of the stocking.
The only gore lines formed by this construction and not protected by the run barrier are the relatively short gore lines formed by the knitting of the run barrier to the sides 3,173,2'Z8 Patented Mar lfi, 1965 of the foot portion extension. These gore lines are much shorter, and therefore less susceptible to developing runs, than the comparable gore lines of prior stockings, which extend the major lengthof the toe from the foot portion almost to the tip of the toe.
As a result of the above described knitting operation a toe construction is formed with the foot portion extending into the toe portion to provide a toe portion of relatively small size and appearance and yet having a run barrier extending around the toe construction and offset by the foot portion extension as so to provide the desired barrier against progression of runs from the toe into the foot portion but without obliterating the continuation appearance of the foot portion.
In the preferred embodiment the run barrier is knit with both the relatively sheer yarn of the foot portion and with a coarser yarn in a run-resistant stitch to provide a strong barrier against progression of runs. The remainder of the toe construction outwardly of the run barrier is knit with the coarser or heavier yarn of the run barrier to provide desired strength in the toe.
Other and further features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description and accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a stocking incorporating the toe construction of the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged side elevational view of the foot and toe construction of the stocking of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is an enlarged top plan view of the foot and toe construction of the stocking of FIG. 1.
The preferred embodiment of the toe construction of the present invention is shown in the drawings incorporated in a circular knit stocking it) of conventional construction except for the toe. This stocking is constructed with the conventional welt 12, afterwelt 14, leg portion 16, heel 18, foot portion 29, and the unique toe construction 22 of the present invention. This toe construction 22 is formed at the outer end 24 of the foot portion 20 which is considered for clarity of description as having a top half 26 and a bottom half 28.
The stocking 10 with the toe construction 22 of the present invention may be knit on any conventional circular knitting machine with the welt 12, afterwelt 14, and leg portion 16 being knit with a circular motion, the heel 18 being knit with a reciprocating motion and the foot portion 20 being knit with a circular motion and terminating in the circular outer end 24.
When the foot portion 29 has been knit with sheer yarn to outer end 24 the knitting machine is clutched into a reciprocating motion without changing the yarn to reciprocally knit the top extension 30 on the needles corresponding to the top half 26 of the outer end 24 of the foot portion, using the same sheer yarn as in the foot portion to provide the appearance of a continuation thereof and with a progressive dropping of needles to form side edges 32 having held loops for subsequent knitting with the run barrier and to initiate the shaping of the demi-toe toward the tip of the stocking. When the top extension 30 has been knit to an outer edge 34 the knitting machine is clutched back into circular motion to knit a plurality of courses around the toe to the side edges 32 and outer edge 34 of the top extension 36 and to the bottom half 28 of the outer end 24 of the foot portion, forming the relatively short gore lines 44 as the loops are picked up from the needles that were progressively dropped during knitting of the top extension 30. These circularly knit courses are knit with the sheer yarn of the foot portion 20 and with a heavier toe yarn in a tuck or lock stitch to form the run-resistant barrier portion 36.
The run resistant barrier portion 36 may be of any conventional knit construction such as that disclosed in u) the US. patent to Bellman, No. 2,887,860, issued May 26, 1959. This invention is not limited to any particular type of knit construction for the run resistant barrier and any other convenient knit constructions may be used.
When the courses of the run-resistant barrier portion 36 have been knit the knitting machine is clutched into reciprocating motion for knitting on the needles corresponding to the top segment 38 of the run-resistant barrier portion 36 using a heavy yarn of the barrier portion without the lighter yarn of the top extension. This reciprocating motion continues while needles are progressively dropped to hold loops and to form the top portion 46 with side edges 48 tapering toward the tip of the stocking. The outer edge of the top portion 46 is not easily discernible, but is indicated by line 50 in FIG. 2.
When the tip of the demi-toe is reached the reciprocating motion continues while progressively picking up the loops that were held in the previous knitting to form the bottom portion 52 with side edges 54 knit to the side edges 48 of the top portion 46 and with the side segments 40 of the run-resistant barrier portion 36, thereby forming the gore lines 58, which are located outwardly of the run-resistant barrier 36 with the result that runs beginning in these gore lines 58 are prevented by the run-resistant barrier 36 from progressing into the foot portion 20 of the stocking 10.
The reciprocating motion continues until the rearward edge 56 is knit, at which time the stocking is removed from the knitting machine and the toe closed in any conventional manner, such as on a looping machine, thereby completing the stocking construction.
It should be noted that, although in the embodiment illustrated the looper line 60 is at the bottom of the stocking, the reverse construction could be employed as well, wherein the bottom portion 52 would be knit with the bottom segment 42 of the run-resistant barrier 36 and the top portion 46 would be attached to the top segment 38 of the run-resistant barrier 36 by a similar looper line.
In one example of a stocking incorporating the toe construction of the present invention the welt and afterwelt portions are knit with 50 denier 17 filament nylon yarn .and the leg and foot portions are knit with denier monofilament nylon yarn. The top extension is knit with the same 15 denier monofilament nylon yarn for 38 courses. The run-resistant barrier 36 is knit with both the 15 denier monofilament nylon yarn and a denier 13 filament nylon yarn for an area of 12 courses with a run resist portion of 6 courses. The top portion 46 and bottom portion 52 are knit with the 40 denier l3 filament nylon yarn for 136 courses, 38 courses for the top portion and 98 courses for the bottom portion. To provide material for looping, an after toe portion of 12 courses of 40 denier l3 filament nylon yarn is knit at the rearward edge 56 of the bottom portion 52 and 24 courses of 100/2 cotton yarn are knit to the bottom segment 42 of the run-resistant barrier 36.
It should be understood that the above mentioned nylon after toe and cotton courses are provided merely to facilitate looping and, therefore, constitute part of the means of closing the toe, and, although these courses are not specified in the description of the preferred embodiment or in the claims, it is understood that the use of these courses is within the scope of the present invention and appended claims. The present invention has been described above for purposes of illustration only and is not intended to be limited by this description or otherwise except as defined in the appended claims.
I claim:
1. A method of knitting a toe construction on the outer end or the foot portion of a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising reciprocally knitting an integral continuation of the foot portion from the top of said outer end while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the continuation to hold loops thereat, circularly knitting a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches around said continuation and the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation while picking up said held loops from the progressively dropped needles at the sides of the continuation, and reciprocally knitting a closed-end tip portion from said circularly knit stitches to form the tip of the toe, with the run-resistant courses preventing runs that develop in said tip portion from progressing into the foot portion.
2. A method of knitting a toe construction on the outer end of the foot portion of a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising reciprocally knitting an integral continuation of the foot portion from the top of said outer end while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the continuation to hold loops thereat, circularly knitting a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches around said continuation and the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation while picking up said held loops from the prgressively dropped needles at the sides of the continuation, thereby forming relatively short gore lines along the sides of the continuation extending only to the runresistant courses at the end of the continuation, and reciprocally knitting a closed-end tip portion from said circularly knit stitches to form the tip of the toe, with the run-resistant courses preventing runs that develop in said tip portion from progressing into the foot portion.
3. A method of knitting a toe construction on the outer end of the foot portion of a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising reciprocally knitting an integral continuation of the foot portion from the top of said outer end while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the continuation to hold loops thereat, circularly knitting a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches around said continuation and the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation while picking up said held loops from the progressively dropped needles at the sides of the continuation, thereby forming relatively short gore lines along the sides of the continuation extending only to the runresistant courses at the end of the continuation; reciprocally knitting a top portion from the run-resistant stitches at the end of the continuation to the tip of the toe while progressively dropping needles at the sides of the top portion to hold loops thereat, and reciprocally knitting a bottom portion from the tip of the toe to the run-resistant stitches at the bottom of the foot portion while picking up the held loops at the sides of the top portion and the stitches of the run-resistant courses at the sides of said continuation, thereby forming gore lines at the juncture of the sides of the bottom portion with the run-resistant portions and with the sides of the top portion, said last mentioned gore lines being outwardly of the run-resistant courses with said run-resistant courses preventing runs that develop in the top and bottom portions and in said last mentioned gore lines from progressing into the foot portion of the stocking.
4. A toe construction for a circularly knit sheer stocking comprising an integral continuation of the sheer foot portion of the stocking extending from the top of the outer end of the foot portion into the toe and having sides tapering toward the tip of the toe with loops which were held thereat, a plurality of courses of run-resistant stitches extending around the toe and connected to said foot portion continuation and to the outer end of the foot portion below said continuation, the run-resistant stitches being connected to the loops which were held to form relatively short gores lines extending only to the run-resistant courses at the end of the continuation, a top portion connected to the run-resistant stitches at the end of the foot portion continuation and tapering to the tip of the toe with loops which were held along the sides thereof, and a bottom portion connected to said top portion at the tip of the toe and extending rearwardly to the runresistant stitches at the end of the foot portion below the foot portion continuation and having sides connected to the loops which were held at the top portion sides and to the run-resistant stitches at the sides of the foot por- 5 tion continuation, thereby forming gore lines extending outwardly from the run-resistant courses with said runresistant courses preventing runs that develop in said last mentioned gore lines from progressing into the foot portion of the stocking.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 976,555 11/10 Costello 66-172 1,981,315 11/34 Goodman 2241 2,033,647 3/36 Quinn 66-472 6 2,297,805 10/42 Smetana 66-172 2,629,995 3/53 Hamilton 66-172 X 2,887,860 5/59 Bellman 66-172 3,052,110 9/62 Heggie 66-472 5 FOREIGN PATENTS 730,830 6/55 Great Britain. 881,077 11/61 Great Britain.
10 RUSSELL C. MADER, Primary Examiner.

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1. A METHOD OF KNITTING A TOE CONSTRUCTION ON THE OUTER END OF THE FOOT PORTION OF A CIRCULARLY KNIT SHEER STOCKING COMPRISING RECIPROCALLY KNITTING AN INTEGRAL CONTINUATION OF THE FOOT PORTION FROM THE TOP OF SAID OUTER END WHILE PROGRESSIVELY DROPPING NEEDLES AT THE SIDES OF THE CONTINUATION TO HOLD LOOPS THEREAT, CIRCULARLY KNITTING A PLURALITY OF COURSES OF RUM-RESISTANT STITCHES AROUND SAID CONTINUATION AND THE OUTER END OF THE FOOT PORTION BELOW SAID CONTINUATION WHILE PICKING UP SAID HELD LOOPS FROM THE PROGRESSIVELY DROPPED NEEDLES AT THE SIDES OF THE CONTINUATION, AND RECIPROCALLY KNITTING A CLOSED-END TIP PORTION FROM SAID CIRCULARLY KNIT STITCHES TO FORM THE TIP OF THE TOE, WITH THE RUM-RESISTANT COURSES PREVENTING RUNS THAT DEVELOPE IN SAID TIP PORTION FROM PROGRESSING INTO THE FOOT PORTION.
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