CA1258552A - Panty brief and a method of making same - Google Patents
Panty brief and a method of making sameInfo
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- CA1258552A CA1258552A CA000496488A CA496488A CA1258552A CA 1258552 A CA1258552 A CA 1258552A CA 000496488 A CA000496488 A CA 000496488A CA 496488 A CA496488 A CA 496488A CA 1258552 A CA1258552 A CA 1258552A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B9/00—Undergarments
- A41B9/02—Drawers or underpants for men, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04B—KNITTING
- D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
- D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
- D04B1/24—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
- D04B1/243—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel upper parts of panties; pants
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D10—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
- D10B—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES
- D10B2509/00—Medical; Hygiene
Abstract
A panty brief and a method of making same.
ABSTRACT.
A panty brief consists wholly or partly of elastic textile material, preferably made by knitting or crocheting, and is formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag which is closed along three mar-ginal zones. The bag is open in the whole extension of one longitudi-nal edge to provide a waist opening at the non-connected marginal zones, and is provided with two leg openings.
To produce such a panty brief, having inclined leg openings and a good fit, without any form of after-fashioning, inexpensively and by automatic machines, the leg openings are located opposite one another in the two sides of the bag in a position between the marginal zone and the opposite marginal zone so that two of the interconnected marginal zones are placed in the front and the back of the panty brief, while the third is located in the crotch region of the panty brief between the leg openings.
(Figs. 1 and 2 are considered suitable for publication with the ab-stract.).
ABSTRACT.
A panty brief consists wholly or partly of elastic textile material, preferably made by knitting or crocheting, and is formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag which is closed along three mar-ginal zones. The bag is open in the whole extension of one longitudi-nal edge to provide a waist opening at the non-connected marginal zones, and is provided with two leg openings.
To produce such a panty brief, having inclined leg openings and a good fit, without any form of after-fashioning, inexpensively and by automatic machines, the leg openings are located opposite one another in the two sides of the bag in a position between the marginal zone and the opposite marginal zone so that two of the interconnected marginal zones are placed in the front and the back of the panty brief, while the third is located in the crotch region of the panty brief between the leg openings.
(Figs. 1 and 2 are considered suitable for publication with the ab-stract.).
Description
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This invention relates to a panty brief consisting wholly or partly of elastic material, preferably made by knitting or crocheting, formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag, which is closed along three marginal zones and is open in the whole extension of one longitudinal edge to form a waist opening, the bag being provided with two leg portions.
It is known to produce panty briefs, e.g. by knitting, with varying tightness of the stitches in larger or smaller areas, and with knitted-in elastic yarn materials. It is also known to produce panty briefs w1th waist and leg openings in one and the same operation. Furthermore it is known to produce such panty briefs as tubular units in endless lengths, wh~ch are subsequently severed to obtain the final product in the form of a panty brief which does not require any finishing steps in the form of cutting, edging, seaming, etc..
These panty briefs are very cheap to manufacture as compared to the conventional factory-tailored panty briefs which are cut, edged and seamed, but they have several drawbacks.
One substantial drawback of these products is that the leg openings are not made in a bias-cut fashion corresponding to that of factory-tailored products. These products are made in the form of a front and a back piece which are inter-knitted along the sides and in the crotch region of the panty brief.
Owing to this procedure, the crotch region will take an inconvenient fashion with a transversely extending seam or selvage. As a consequence of the straight leg opening, the outer portions of the panty brief will extend a considerable distance down along the outer side of the thighs of the wearer and will so to speak form short legs of the panty brief. These panty legs tend to restrain the freedom of movement of the hip ~oints, because they do not follow the natural shape of the legs. It has been attempted to remedy this drawback by cutting and edge-seaming of the leg openings after the panty briefs have been a4~.
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severed from the endless leng-th. Hereby the bias-cut fashion is obtained, but the additional operation referred to result in a substantial increase of the production costs.
It is the object of the invention to remedy the above mentioned drawbacks and to provide a panty brief, which can be produced in end 1~585S~
less lengths by automatlc machlnes, and whlch Is cheap to manu-facture and has InclIned leg openlngs and a good fIt wlthout any after-fashlonlng.
Accordlng to the present Inventlon there Is provlded a panty brlef comprlsed at least In part of elastlc materlal, made by at least one of knIttlng and crochetlng formed as a flat, sub-stantlally rectangular bag composed of two superposed webs whlch provlde slde pleces of sald panty brlef, sald bag belng closed along three marglnal edge zones and belng open In the whole extenslon of one longitudlnal edge to form a walst openlng, the bag belng provlded wlth two elongated leg openlngs, whereln sald leg openlngs are located opposlte one another In sald two slde pleces of the bag In a posltlon between and paraliel to a longl-tudlnal marglnal zone adJolnlng sald wa!st openlng and an oppo-slte longltudlnal marglnal zone formlng a crotch reglon of the panty brlef.
Hereby It becomes posslble In a surprlslngly slmple ZO manner to make a panty brlef havlng a body flt up to the standard of tallorlng.
Another Important advantage of the panty brlef accord-lng to the Inventlon Is that by dlsplaclng the leg openlngs rela-tlvely to the vertlcal mlddle axls of the slde of the bag thefront and back pleces can be made non-symmetrIcal so as to pre-sent a satisfactory fashlon matchlng the front and back areas of the body.
An Important fleld oF use oF panty brlefs made wholly or partly from elastlc materlals Is for the holdlng of dlapers.
The panty brlefs are used both for chlIdren and for adults who are Incontlnent. Especlally for adults It Is of great Importance that the dlaper should be held In a secure manner so that there Is no rlsk of leakage. Panty brlefs of the above descrlbed type are known, In whlch areas of dlfferent elastlclty are dlstrlbuted 1;~5855f~
In such a manner as to obtain a hlyher pressure agaInst the marglnal area of the dlaper than agalnst Its central area. In these panty brlefs the problem of the stralght cut leg openlngs has not been solved. They therefore do not offer full wearlng comfort to the user. Moreover, these panty brlefs have an Incon-venlent transverse seam or selvage In the crotch reglon, as explained above. Thls transverse seam or selvage, whlch extends across the crotch reglon of the panty brlef, wlll also extend across the central area of the dlaper and wlll therefore counter-act the Intended dlstrlbutlon of pressure on the dlaper, so thatthere wlll be a rlsk of leakage at the polnts of Junctlon of the seam or selvage and the leg openlngs. Thls rlsk Is partlcularly great when the sald polnts are present Immedlately adJacent the lowermost area of the dlaper, whlch wlll preclsely be present In the crotch reglon of the panty brlef when the wearer Is In uprlght posltlon.
It Is a further advantage of the Inventlon that It becomes - 3a -1~585s~
possible to provide a panty brief of the type reFerred to having an adaptation of fashion such that i-t can be used for the holding of diapers, sanitary towels and the like.
To take the panty brief into use, all the user has to do is 5 to grip each side of the bag in the middle of the marginal zone adjoin-ing the waist opening and to spread out the two sides of the bag, which in the product as delivered by the machine are superposed in a substantially plane configuration. Hereby the panty brief is caused to assume its spatial configura-tion, the two sides of the bag forming a 10 virtually tubular structure which is closed at one end by the intercon-nection of the marginal zones oF the sides of the bag remote from the waist opening. This interconnection extends longitudinally through the crotch region, and the interconnec-tions of the other two interconnected marginal zones extend upwards substantially in the middle of the 15 front and back pieces of the panty brief. When the two sides of the bag are spread out in the manner described, the upper contour line of each leg opening will be puiled out to a greater distançe from the middle than the lower contour line of the leg opening, because the movement of the latter contour line is restrained by the 20 interconnection of the two sides of the bag extending longitudinally through the crotch region. Thereby the leg openings of the panty brief are caused to assume an inclined configuration, as viewed from in front or from behind.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the leg openings 25 are displaced relatively to the vertical middle axis of the sides of the bag, thereby to provide an adaptation to the front and back areas of the body. By a displacement of suitable size of the leg openings, a panty brief is ob-tained, the front piece of which is smaller than its back piece, so that a fashion is obtained, that matches well with the 30 front and back areas of -the body and is substantially improved in comparison with -the known panty briefs which are rnade with symmetri-cal front and back pieces.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the panty brie~
comprises knitted-in elastic yarns so placed as to create an inherent 35 contraction, particularly a-t the ends of the sides of -the bag adjacent to the connection be-tween the marginal zones remote from the waist opening. Hereby a panty brief is obtained, in which the inter-knitted corners, which are located in fron-t of and behind the crotch region, 12585s;~
are converted to an approximatively arcua-le transition between the adjoining marginal zones, whereby only a very slight bulging oF the panty brief material, if any at all, will occur when the panty brief is stretched on a user. ~wing to the contraction of the material at the 5 ends of the sides of the bag, the panty brief will assume an approxi-matively boa-t-shaped or banana-shaped configuration in the portion comprising the crotch region and extending somewhat upwards in both the front and back areas of the panty brief. The structural design of the panty brief, with the interconnection of the sides of the bag 10 extending longitudinally through the crotch region, will have the effect that a corner zone is produced where a reduced pressure is exerted against the user, even if no bulging occurs. This makes the panty brief particularly suitable as a mens' panty brief, because the genitalia will not be pressed against the body. This form of panty 15 brief will also be suitable for woman to hold a sanitary towel in place, because such a towel will not be pressed unnecessarily hard against the body of the user. The boat shape of the crotch region will support the sanitary towel in a soft arcuate shape along the crotch of the user, and moreover the towel can be held at a greater pressure along 20 the marginal zones by the provision of elastic threads in the marginal zones of the leg openings.
A further advantageous feature is characterized in that the leg openings are provided at a suitable mutual distance to form a re-latively wide crotch region, that the central portion of the crotch 25 region has a looser structure, and that elastic threads running substan-tially parallel to the waist opening are incorporated in several positions at suitably selected distances from -the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening.
A panty brief made in this way will further the advantages 30 obtained by the panty brief described immediately above, and also makes it possible to Form -the crotch region in a size such as to make the panty brief particularly suitable for the holding of diapers for in-continent adults, seeing that the boat shape of the crotch region, the orientation of the interconnection of the two sides of the bag 35 longitudinally of the crotch, in combination with the incorporated elastic threads, provide a particularly efficient support of a diaper where the risk of leakage along the marginal zones is minimized. Since the interconnection of the two sides of the bag extending longitudinally ~25855;~
of the diaper will, owing to contraction in the corner zone, assume a boat shape, the interconnection will exert a smaller pressure against the central por-tion of the diaper, which will therefore be downwardly directed, so that -the diaper will have a substantially V-shaped cross 5 section, as viewed from in front or from behind. Body fluicls will therefore tend to collect at the bottom of the V. This, in combination with the incorporated elastic threads supporting the marginal zone of the diaper, will afford an optimum security against leakage from the marginal zone.
In accordance with a further Feature the panty brief is cha-racterized in that it comprises zones of different knitting type both in the longitudinal and the transverse direc-tion of the sides of the bag.
Hereby a panty brief is provided which has a particularly good fit, and which can be produced on conventional knitting machines at the 15 same speed and with the same production costs as known panty brie-fs made with straight leg openings.
According to a further feature, the panty brief is characte-rized in that the leg opening is elongated and extends substantially parallel to the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening. Hereby a 20 panty brief is obtained having a leg opening that lends itself particu-larly well to production by automatic machines.
According to a further -feature, the panty brief is characte-rized in that it is provided with a fly opening which is preferably placed asymmetrically with respect to a ver-tical middle plane through 25 the front and back pieces of the panty brief. Hereby the panty brief, for use as a mens' panty brief, will also satisfy the users who tradi-tionally want a panty brief with this facility.
The invention also relates to a method of making panty briefs consisting wholly or partly of elastic textile material, preferably 30 by knitting or crocheting, each panty brief being formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag, which is closed along three marginal zones and is open in the whole extension of one longitudinal edge to form a waist opening, the bag being provided with two leg openings.
This method is characterized in that the two superposed si-35 des of the bag are interconnected along three marginal zones, andthat a leg opening is produced in each side of the bag opposite one another, in a position between the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening and the opposite marginal zone forming the crotch region of ~2S855~
the panty brief. Hereby a panty brief is obtained which can be manufac-tured by automatic machines, and which at the same time has a good fit without any after-fashioning steps.
The panty brief may in accordance with a preferred method 5 be produced in endless lengths of two superposed continuous elastic webs, which at mutually spaced intervals are interconnected in the transverse direction of the webs, and are interconnected, e.g. by in-ter-knitting, along one marginal zone forming -the crotch region of the panty brief, thereby to form a series of successive tubular units ex-10 tending transversely of the webs and being closed at one end andopen at the other, a leg opening being formed in each section between the transversely extending interconnections, and the webs being severed in the transversely extending interconnections to produce separate panty briefs. The continuous webs provide the side pieces of 15 the panty brief, as contrasted to previous methods where the webs provided the front and back pieces of the panty brief. Hereby a surprisingly good fit of the panty brief is obtained.
The superposed webs may be produced in a width correspon-ding to a multiple of the height of the panty brief from the waist 20 opening to the crotch portion. In that case the webs are interconnected in the longitudinal direction to form an interconnection substantially corresponding to that provided in the transverse direction so that the multiple web may subsequently be subdivided into webs having a width corresponding to the height of the panty brief. Alternatively, 25 the webs may from the start be produced in a width corresponding to the height of the panty brief. In either case, the superposed webs, when leaving the machine, are interconnected along one of their marginal zones and open along the opposite marginal zone, at which the waist opening is formed, so that the individual panty briefs are 30 formed by subsequent cutting along the transverse interconnections.
Since the panty brief as above described can be used for both adults and children, it is advantageous to provide the panty brief with a colour code indicative of the size. It then becomes easier to select a panty brief of suitable size, which may particularly be 35 useful in institutions where the panty briefs are held in s-tock in many different sizes. It is observed, however, -tha-t the panty brief can also be made as a one-size article having an elasticity such that it can be expanded to several times its as-made size by stretching ~2S~5SX
without loosing i-ts charac-teristics and fit, so tha-t it can fit persons of rather different individual sizes.
A panty brief according to the invention can also be made in the form of a tanga brief with elongated leg openings longitudinally 5 extending substantially parallel to the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening and with the intermediate portion between the leg openings and the waist opening mainly in the form of a band constitut-ing the border of the panty brief.
The two sides of the bag forming the panty brief can be 10 formed either from a textile material sheet made in one piece, from two textile material sheets each forming a side of the bag, or from any number of individually produced textile material sheets, which are interconnected so as to form a bag. The only requirement is that a bag having two sides is produced, and that a leg opening is formed 15 in each side of this bag.
Thus, the two sides of the bag may be formed by the fold-ing of a textile material sheet made in one piece and provided with leg openings on each side of the folding line, the area of the textile material located between the leg openings and extending around the 20 folding line forming the crotch region. In this case interconnection of the sides of the bag will be formed by the continuity of the textile material, and there will be no seam or selvage in the crotch region.
The bag can also be made by the interconnection of three individually produced textile material sheets, of which one, forming 25 the lower portion of both sides of the bag, is interconnected with -the upper portion of each side of the bag only along part of the length of the bag, thereby to produce the leg openings in the non-interconnect-ed zones. In this panty brief, the interconnection of the sides o-f the bag will be constitu-ted by a folding line in the textile material sheet 30 forming the lower portion o-F both sides of the bag, and thus there will be no seam or selvage in the crotch region in this case either.
A material which is frequently used for the production of panty briefs is cotton, and though not expressly specified in the above description, it is to be unders-tood that the panty brief according 35 to the invention can be made predominantly from a ma-terial, such as cotton which is knitted or woven in a manner well known in the art such as to provide an inherent elastic effect, and can be provided with suitably incorporated elastic threads for creating an enhanced ~25855'~
elastlc effect along the walst and leg openlngs such as Is well known In the art. Thls Just means that It Is necessary to pro-duce the panty br~ef In dlfferent s~zes to match w~th the Indl-vldual slzes of dlfferent persons.
The Inventlon wlll now be further explalned wlth refer-ence to the accompanylng draw~ng ~n whlch:-Flg. 1 Is a dlagrammatlc Illustratlon of a slde of a bag formlng a panty brlef accordlng to the Inventlon;
Flg. 2 Is a dlagrammatlc Illustratlon of a panty brlefmade from a bag havlng sldes as Illustrated In Flg. 1 as seen from In front In an unfolded state;
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Flg. 3 Is a d~agrammatlc l~lustratlon of a slde of a bag formlng a panty brlef accordlng to the Inventlon for Illu-stratlng the varlous knlttlng types from top to bottom;
Flg. 4 Is a dlagrammatlc Illustratlon of a slde of a bag such as shown In Flg. 3 but for Illustratlng the varlous ~nlttlng types In the longltudlnal dlrectlon of the slde of the bag; and
This invention relates to a panty brief consisting wholly or partly of elastic material, preferably made by knitting or crocheting, formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag, which is closed along three marginal zones and is open in the whole extension of one longitudinal edge to form a waist opening, the bag being provided with two leg portions.
It is known to produce panty briefs, e.g. by knitting, with varying tightness of the stitches in larger or smaller areas, and with knitted-in elastic yarn materials. It is also known to produce panty briefs w1th waist and leg openings in one and the same operation. Furthermore it is known to produce such panty briefs as tubular units in endless lengths, wh~ch are subsequently severed to obtain the final product in the form of a panty brief which does not require any finishing steps in the form of cutting, edging, seaming, etc..
These panty briefs are very cheap to manufacture as compared to the conventional factory-tailored panty briefs which are cut, edged and seamed, but they have several drawbacks.
One substantial drawback of these products is that the leg openings are not made in a bias-cut fashion corresponding to that of factory-tailored products. These products are made in the form of a front and a back piece which are inter-knitted along the sides and in the crotch region of the panty brief.
Owing to this procedure, the crotch region will take an inconvenient fashion with a transversely extending seam or selvage. As a consequence of the straight leg opening, the outer portions of the panty brief will extend a considerable distance down along the outer side of the thighs of the wearer and will so to speak form short legs of the panty brief. These panty legs tend to restrain the freedom of movement of the hip ~oints, because they do not follow the natural shape of the legs. It has been attempted to remedy this drawback by cutting and edge-seaming of the leg openings after the panty briefs have been a4~.
~S8S5;~
severed from the endless leng-th. Hereby the bias-cut fashion is obtained, but the additional operation referred to result in a substantial increase of the production costs.
It is the object of the invention to remedy the above mentioned drawbacks and to provide a panty brief, which can be produced in end 1~585S~
less lengths by automatlc machlnes, and whlch Is cheap to manu-facture and has InclIned leg openlngs and a good fIt wlthout any after-fashlonlng.
Accordlng to the present Inventlon there Is provlded a panty brlef comprlsed at least In part of elastlc materlal, made by at least one of knIttlng and crochetlng formed as a flat, sub-stantlally rectangular bag composed of two superposed webs whlch provlde slde pleces of sald panty brlef, sald bag belng closed along three marglnal edge zones and belng open In the whole extenslon of one longitudlnal edge to form a walst openlng, the bag belng provlded wlth two elongated leg openlngs, whereln sald leg openlngs are located opposlte one another In sald two slde pleces of the bag In a posltlon between and paraliel to a longl-tudlnal marglnal zone adJolnlng sald wa!st openlng and an oppo-slte longltudlnal marglnal zone formlng a crotch reglon of the panty brlef.
Hereby It becomes posslble In a surprlslngly slmple ZO manner to make a panty brlef havlng a body flt up to the standard of tallorlng.
Another Important advantage of the panty brlef accord-lng to the Inventlon Is that by dlsplaclng the leg openlngs rela-tlvely to the vertlcal mlddle axls of the slde of the bag thefront and back pleces can be made non-symmetrIcal so as to pre-sent a satisfactory fashlon matchlng the front and back areas of the body.
An Important fleld oF use oF panty brlefs made wholly or partly from elastlc materlals Is for the holdlng of dlapers.
The panty brlefs are used both for chlIdren and for adults who are Incontlnent. Especlally for adults It Is of great Importance that the dlaper should be held In a secure manner so that there Is no rlsk of leakage. Panty brlefs of the above descrlbed type are known, In whlch areas of dlfferent elastlclty are dlstrlbuted 1;~5855f~
In such a manner as to obtain a hlyher pressure agaInst the marglnal area of the dlaper than agalnst Its central area. In these panty brlefs the problem of the stralght cut leg openlngs has not been solved. They therefore do not offer full wearlng comfort to the user. Moreover, these panty brlefs have an Incon-venlent transverse seam or selvage In the crotch reglon, as explained above. Thls transverse seam or selvage, whlch extends across the crotch reglon of the panty brlef, wlll also extend across the central area of the dlaper and wlll therefore counter-act the Intended dlstrlbutlon of pressure on the dlaper, so thatthere wlll be a rlsk of leakage at the polnts of Junctlon of the seam or selvage and the leg openlngs. Thls rlsk Is partlcularly great when the sald polnts are present Immedlately adJacent the lowermost area of the dlaper, whlch wlll preclsely be present In the crotch reglon of the panty brlef when the wearer Is In uprlght posltlon.
It Is a further advantage of the Inventlon that It becomes - 3a -1~585s~
possible to provide a panty brief of the type reFerred to having an adaptation of fashion such that i-t can be used for the holding of diapers, sanitary towels and the like.
To take the panty brief into use, all the user has to do is 5 to grip each side of the bag in the middle of the marginal zone adjoin-ing the waist opening and to spread out the two sides of the bag, which in the product as delivered by the machine are superposed in a substantially plane configuration. Hereby the panty brief is caused to assume its spatial configura-tion, the two sides of the bag forming a 10 virtually tubular structure which is closed at one end by the intercon-nection of the marginal zones oF the sides of the bag remote from the waist opening. This interconnection extends longitudinally through the crotch region, and the interconnec-tions of the other two interconnected marginal zones extend upwards substantially in the middle of the 15 front and back pieces of the panty brief. When the two sides of the bag are spread out in the manner described, the upper contour line of each leg opening will be puiled out to a greater distançe from the middle than the lower contour line of the leg opening, because the movement of the latter contour line is restrained by the 20 interconnection of the two sides of the bag extending longitudinally through the crotch region. Thereby the leg openings of the panty brief are caused to assume an inclined configuration, as viewed from in front or from behind.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the leg openings 25 are displaced relatively to the vertical middle axis of the sides of the bag, thereby to provide an adaptation to the front and back areas of the body. By a displacement of suitable size of the leg openings, a panty brief is ob-tained, the front piece of which is smaller than its back piece, so that a fashion is obtained, that matches well with the 30 front and back areas of -the body and is substantially improved in comparison with -the known panty briefs which are rnade with symmetri-cal front and back pieces.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the panty brie~
comprises knitted-in elastic yarns so placed as to create an inherent 35 contraction, particularly a-t the ends of the sides of -the bag adjacent to the connection be-tween the marginal zones remote from the waist opening. Hereby a panty brief is obtained, in which the inter-knitted corners, which are located in fron-t of and behind the crotch region, 12585s;~
are converted to an approximatively arcua-le transition between the adjoining marginal zones, whereby only a very slight bulging oF the panty brief material, if any at all, will occur when the panty brief is stretched on a user. ~wing to the contraction of the material at the 5 ends of the sides of the bag, the panty brief will assume an approxi-matively boa-t-shaped or banana-shaped configuration in the portion comprising the crotch region and extending somewhat upwards in both the front and back areas of the panty brief. The structural design of the panty brief, with the interconnection of the sides of the bag 10 extending longitudinally through the crotch region, will have the effect that a corner zone is produced where a reduced pressure is exerted against the user, even if no bulging occurs. This makes the panty brief particularly suitable as a mens' panty brief, because the genitalia will not be pressed against the body. This form of panty 15 brief will also be suitable for woman to hold a sanitary towel in place, because such a towel will not be pressed unnecessarily hard against the body of the user. The boat shape of the crotch region will support the sanitary towel in a soft arcuate shape along the crotch of the user, and moreover the towel can be held at a greater pressure along 20 the marginal zones by the provision of elastic threads in the marginal zones of the leg openings.
A further advantageous feature is characterized in that the leg openings are provided at a suitable mutual distance to form a re-latively wide crotch region, that the central portion of the crotch 25 region has a looser structure, and that elastic threads running substan-tially parallel to the waist opening are incorporated in several positions at suitably selected distances from -the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening.
A panty brief made in this way will further the advantages 30 obtained by the panty brief described immediately above, and also makes it possible to Form -the crotch region in a size such as to make the panty brief particularly suitable for the holding of diapers for in-continent adults, seeing that the boat shape of the crotch region, the orientation of the interconnection of the two sides of the bag 35 longitudinally of the crotch, in combination with the incorporated elastic threads, provide a particularly efficient support of a diaper where the risk of leakage along the marginal zones is minimized. Since the interconnection of the two sides of the bag extending longitudinally ~25855;~
of the diaper will, owing to contraction in the corner zone, assume a boat shape, the interconnection will exert a smaller pressure against the central por-tion of the diaper, which will therefore be downwardly directed, so that -the diaper will have a substantially V-shaped cross 5 section, as viewed from in front or from behind. Body fluicls will therefore tend to collect at the bottom of the V. This, in combination with the incorporated elastic threads supporting the marginal zone of the diaper, will afford an optimum security against leakage from the marginal zone.
In accordance with a further Feature the panty brief is cha-racterized in that it comprises zones of different knitting type both in the longitudinal and the transverse direc-tion of the sides of the bag.
Hereby a panty brief is provided which has a particularly good fit, and which can be produced on conventional knitting machines at the 15 same speed and with the same production costs as known panty brie-fs made with straight leg openings.
According to a further feature, the panty brief is characte-rized in that the leg opening is elongated and extends substantially parallel to the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening. Hereby a 20 panty brief is obtained having a leg opening that lends itself particu-larly well to production by automatic machines.
According to a further -feature, the panty brief is characte-rized in that it is provided with a fly opening which is preferably placed asymmetrically with respect to a ver-tical middle plane through 25 the front and back pieces of the panty brief. Hereby the panty brief, for use as a mens' panty brief, will also satisfy the users who tradi-tionally want a panty brief with this facility.
The invention also relates to a method of making panty briefs consisting wholly or partly of elastic textile material, preferably 30 by knitting or crocheting, each panty brief being formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag, which is closed along three marginal zones and is open in the whole extension of one longitudinal edge to form a waist opening, the bag being provided with two leg openings.
This method is characterized in that the two superposed si-35 des of the bag are interconnected along three marginal zones, andthat a leg opening is produced in each side of the bag opposite one another, in a position between the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening and the opposite marginal zone forming the crotch region of ~2S855~
the panty brief. Hereby a panty brief is obtained which can be manufac-tured by automatic machines, and which at the same time has a good fit without any after-fashioning steps.
The panty brief may in accordance with a preferred method 5 be produced in endless lengths of two superposed continuous elastic webs, which at mutually spaced intervals are interconnected in the transverse direction of the webs, and are interconnected, e.g. by in-ter-knitting, along one marginal zone forming -the crotch region of the panty brief, thereby to form a series of successive tubular units ex-10 tending transversely of the webs and being closed at one end andopen at the other, a leg opening being formed in each section between the transversely extending interconnections, and the webs being severed in the transversely extending interconnections to produce separate panty briefs. The continuous webs provide the side pieces of 15 the panty brief, as contrasted to previous methods where the webs provided the front and back pieces of the panty brief. Hereby a surprisingly good fit of the panty brief is obtained.
The superposed webs may be produced in a width correspon-ding to a multiple of the height of the panty brief from the waist 20 opening to the crotch portion. In that case the webs are interconnected in the longitudinal direction to form an interconnection substantially corresponding to that provided in the transverse direction so that the multiple web may subsequently be subdivided into webs having a width corresponding to the height of the panty brief. Alternatively, 25 the webs may from the start be produced in a width corresponding to the height of the panty brief. In either case, the superposed webs, when leaving the machine, are interconnected along one of their marginal zones and open along the opposite marginal zone, at which the waist opening is formed, so that the individual panty briefs are 30 formed by subsequent cutting along the transverse interconnections.
Since the panty brief as above described can be used for both adults and children, it is advantageous to provide the panty brief with a colour code indicative of the size. It then becomes easier to select a panty brief of suitable size, which may particularly be 35 useful in institutions where the panty briefs are held in s-tock in many different sizes. It is observed, however, -tha-t the panty brief can also be made as a one-size article having an elasticity such that it can be expanded to several times its as-made size by stretching ~2S~5SX
without loosing i-ts charac-teristics and fit, so tha-t it can fit persons of rather different individual sizes.
A panty brief according to the invention can also be made in the form of a tanga brief with elongated leg openings longitudinally 5 extending substantially parallel to the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening and with the intermediate portion between the leg openings and the waist opening mainly in the form of a band constitut-ing the border of the panty brief.
The two sides of the bag forming the panty brief can be 10 formed either from a textile material sheet made in one piece, from two textile material sheets each forming a side of the bag, or from any number of individually produced textile material sheets, which are interconnected so as to form a bag. The only requirement is that a bag having two sides is produced, and that a leg opening is formed 15 in each side of this bag.
Thus, the two sides of the bag may be formed by the fold-ing of a textile material sheet made in one piece and provided with leg openings on each side of the folding line, the area of the textile material located between the leg openings and extending around the 20 folding line forming the crotch region. In this case interconnection of the sides of the bag will be formed by the continuity of the textile material, and there will be no seam or selvage in the crotch region.
The bag can also be made by the interconnection of three individually produced textile material sheets, of which one, forming 25 the lower portion of both sides of the bag, is interconnected with -the upper portion of each side of the bag only along part of the length of the bag, thereby to produce the leg openings in the non-interconnect-ed zones. In this panty brief, the interconnection of the sides o-f the bag will be constitu-ted by a folding line in the textile material sheet 30 forming the lower portion o-F both sides of the bag, and thus there will be no seam or selvage in the crotch region in this case either.
A material which is frequently used for the production of panty briefs is cotton, and though not expressly specified in the above description, it is to be unders-tood that the panty brief according 35 to the invention can be made predominantly from a ma-terial, such as cotton which is knitted or woven in a manner well known in the art such as to provide an inherent elastic effect, and can be provided with suitably incorporated elastic threads for creating an enhanced ~25855'~
elastlc effect along the walst and leg openlngs such as Is well known In the art. Thls Just means that It Is necessary to pro-duce the panty br~ef In dlfferent s~zes to match w~th the Indl-vldual slzes of dlfferent persons.
The Inventlon wlll now be further explalned wlth refer-ence to the accompanylng draw~ng ~n whlch:-Flg. 1 Is a dlagrammatlc Illustratlon of a slde of a bag formlng a panty brlef accordlng to the Inventlon;
Flg. 2 Is a dlagrammatlc Illustratlon of a panty brlefmade from a bag havlng sldes as Illustrated In Flg. 1 as seen from In front In an unfolded state;
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Flg. 3 Is a d~agrammatlc l~lustratlon of a slde of a bag formlng a panty brlef accordlng to the Inventlon for Illu-stratlng the varlous knlttlng types from top to bottom;
Flg. 4 Is a dlagrammatlc Illustratlon of a slde of a bag such as shown In Flg. 3 but for Illustratlng the varlous ~nlttlng types In the longltudlnal dlrectlon of the slde of the bag; and
2~ Flg. 5 Is a modlflcatlon of the embodlment of Flg. 1 showlng a dlsplacement o~ the leg openlngs longltudlnally rela-tlve to the transverse mlddle axls of the bag.
Flg. 1 shows a substantlally rectangular slde 1 of a bag formlng a panty brlef accordlng to the Inventlon whlch In marglnal zones 2 3 Is Interconnected wlth a superposed substan-tlally Identlcal slde of a bag (not shown). The slde of a bag shown has been produced on a conventlonal knlttlng machlne. The sldes of the bag are moreover Interconnected along a marglnal zone 4 provlded In the crotch reglon 5 of the panty brlef. The walst openlng 7 of the panty brlef Is formed between the non-~;~5855~
Interconnected marglnal zones 6, whlch are provlded wlth sultablyselected elastlc threa~s 8,9 whlch create an elastlc band 10 well known In the art. The slde of the bag shown has an elongated leg openlng 11 extendlng substantlally parallel to the ~arglnal zone 6 adJolnlng the walst openlng, such as seen In the plane conflgu-ratlon of Flg. 1. The openlng Is shown as belng placed In the mlddle of the slde 1 of the bag, but wlll preferably be dlsplaced In a dlrectlon parallel to the walst openlng so as to obtaln an adaptatlon to the front area and the back area respectlvely of the body of the user, seelng that a dlsplacement of the leg open-lngs wlll change ~he slze relatlon between the front plece and the back plece of the panty brlef, as shown In Flg. 5.
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In order to form elas-tic leg openings, upper and lower ela-stic threads 12, 13 are knit-ted-in, which are interconnected in zones 14 extending from the marginal zones 2, 3 to the leg openings 11, which owing to the different knitting types take the form of an elastic 5 and wear-proof comfortable border. By varying the number, type and size of stitches and the dimension and type of yarn in the upper and lower threads 12, 13, a remarkable possibility of fashioning the leg openings 11 in the finished product is obtained. It thereby becomes possible to obtain a good match with the shape of the body. E.g. the 10 upper border or contour line can be knitted with one or more pre-ten-sioned elastic threads, seeing that the pre-tension will yield a contour line with greater height of curvature, whereby a larger leg opening is obtained. The lower border or contour line of the leg opening 11 can be similarly fashioned.
By varying the width of the crotch region 5 between the leg openings of the panty brief, see Fig. 2, a further individual adaptation to the body can be obtained. Moreover, the panty brief is provided, in a substantially tubular portion 15 serving to surround the human torso, with additional elastic knitted-in bands 16 in order 20 to produce a good fit. The basic material of the panty brief itself consists prefer-ably cf stretchable material with different degrees of stretchability in order to adapt itself to the shape of the body.
The panty brief can e.g. be provided in the border 10 with a knitted-in colour code indicative of size. The panty brief can also 25 be a one-size article without colour code.
As is apparent -From Fig. 1, the marginal zone 4 is slightly arcuate. This arcuate shape has been obtained by knitting the panty brief more tightly at the outer ends and more loosely in the middle zone and with use of elastic yarns placed in such a manner that an 30 inherent contraction is produced at the outer ends 17 oF the side o-F
the bag adjacent the lower corners, such as seen in Fig. 1. The arcuate shape contributes to the achievement of an improved adaptation to the body. In the marginal zone 4, elastic threads 18, 19 are knitted in.
When the panty brief is to be taken into use, it is unfolded as above described, the user gripping the border 10 approximately in the middle between the marginal zones 2, 3 and spreading out the bor-der 10 in order to form the waist opening 7. Hereby the panty brief as-3S5~
sumes the shape of a spatlal obJect, In whlch the Intercon-nected marglnal zones 2 of the sldes of the bag are located In front and the Interconnected marglnal zones 3 are located In the back of the panty brlef. By thls unfoldlng the leg openlngs 1t automatlcally assume an Incllned shape as prevlously explalned.
In Flg. 2, the panty brief 1 Is seen In Its unfolded state, where the InclIned fashlon of the leg openlngs 11 Is clearly apparent. Thls ~ashlon has been obtalned wlthout any form of after-fashlonlng by the mere act of unfoldlng the panty brlef as produced In one operatlon.
Flgs. 3 and 4 show the piaclng and dlstrlbutlon of zones of dlfferent structure (type, slze and number of stltches and type and dlmenslon of yarn) In a slde of a bag formlng a panty brlef for holdlng a dlaper In place. It wlll be seen that dlfferent knlttlng types and yarn materlals are used for the sldes of the bag formlng the panty brlef, as Illustrated In Flgs. 3 and 4.
Polyamlde, polyester and cotton threads may be used for knlt or crocheted zones and for nettlng, whlle spandex (e.g., sold under the reglstered trademark "Lycra") may be used as ela-stlc threads. The knlttlng may be done on a double needle bar, warp knlttlng machlne, of the Raschel type, to produce knlt structures of the type dlsclosed In Unlted States Patent
Flg. 1 shows a substantlally rectangular slde 1 of a bag formlng a panty brlef accordlng to the Inventlon whlch In marglnal zones 2 3 Is Interconnected wlth a superposed substan-tlally Identlcal slde of a bag (not shown). The slde of a bag shown has been produced on a conventlonal knlttlng machlne. The sldes of the bag are moreover Interconnected along a marglnal zone 4 provlded In the crotch reglon 5 of the panty brlef. The walst openlng 7 of the panty brlef Is formed between the non-~;~5855~
Interconnected marglnal zones 6, whlch are provlded wlth sultablyselected elastlc threa~s 8,9 whlch create an elastlc band 10 well known In the art. The slde of the bag shown has an elongated leg openlng 11 extendlng substantlally parallel to the ~arglnal zone 6 adJolnlng the walst openlng, such as seen In the plane conflgu-ratlon of Flg. 1. The openlng Is shown as belng placed In the mlddle of the slde 1 of the bag, but wlll preferably be dlsplaced In a dlrectlon parallel to the walst openlng so as to obtaln an adaptatlon to the front area and the back area respectlvely of the body of the user, seelng that a dlsplacement of the leg open-lngs wlll change ~he slze relatlon between the front plece and the back plece of the panty brlef, as shown In Flg. 5.
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In order to form elas-tic leg openings, upper and lower ela-stic threads 12, 13 are knit-ted-in, which are interconnected in zones 14 extending from the marginal zones 2, 3 to the leg openings 11, which owing to the different knitting types take the form of an elastic 5 and wear-proof comfortable border. By varying the number, type and size of stitches and the dimension and type of yarn in the upper and lower threads 12, 13, a remarkable possibility of fashioning the leg openings 11 in the finished product is obtained. It thereby becomes possible to obtain a good match with the shape of the body. E.g. the 10 upper border or contour line can be knitted with one or more pre-ten-sioned elastic threads, seeing that the pre-tension will yield a contour line with greater height of curvature, whereby a larger leg opening is obtained. The lower border or contour line of the leg opening 11 can be similarly fashioned.
By varying the width of the crotch region 5 between the leg openings of the panty brief, see Fig. 2, a further individual adaptation to the body can be obtained. Moreover, the panty brief is provided, in a substantially tubular portion 15 serving to surround the human torso, with additional elastic knitted-in bands 16 in order 20 to produce a good fit. The basic material of the panty brief itself consists prefer-ably cf stretchable material with different degrees of stretchability in order to adapt itself to the shape of the body.
The panty brief can e.g. be provided in the border 10 with a knitted-in colour code indicative of size. The panty brief can also 25 be a one-size article without colour code.
As is apparent -From Fig. 1, the marginal zone 4 is slightly arcuate. This arcuate shape has been obtained by knitting the panty brief more tightly at the outer ends and more loosely in the middle zone and with use of elastic yarns placed in such a manner that an 30 inherent contraction is produced at the outer ends 17 oF the side o-F
the bag adjacent the lower corners, such as seen in Fig. 1. The arcuate shape contributes to the achievement of an improved adaptation to the body. In the marginal zone 4, elastic threads 18, 19 are knitted in.
When the panty brief is to be taken into use, it is unfolded as above described, the user gripping the border 10 approximately in the middle between the marginal zones 2, 3 and spreading out the bor-der 10 in order to form the waist opening 7. Hereby the panty brief as-3S5~
sumes the shape of a spatlal obJect, In whlch the Intercon-nected marglnal zones 2 of the sldes of the bag are located In front and the Interconnected marglnal zones 3 are located In the back of the panty brlef. By thls unfoldlng the leg openlngs 1t automatlcally assume an Incllned shape as prevlously explalned.
In Flg. 2, the panty brief 1 Is seen In Its unfolded state, where the InclIned fashlon of the leg openlngs 11 Is clearly apparent. Thls ~ashlon has been obtalned wlthout any form of after-fashlonlng by the mere act of unfoldlng the panty brlef as produced In one operatlon.
Flgs. 3 and 4 show the piaclng and dlstrlbutlon of zones of dlfferent structure (type, slze and number of stltches and type and dlmenslon of yarn) In a slde of a bag formlng a panty brlef for holdlng a dlaper In place. It wlll be seen that dlfferent knlttlng types and yarn materlals are used for the sldes of the bag formlng the panty brlef, as Illustrated In Flgs. 3 and 4.
Polyamlde, polyester and cotton threads may be used for knlt or crocheted zones and for nettlng, whlle spandex (e.g., sold under the reglstered trademark "Lycra") may be used as ela-stlc threads. The knlttlng may be done on a double needle bar, warp knlttlng machlne, of the Raschel type, to produce knlt structures of the type dlsclosed In Unlted States Patent
3,899,900 Issued August 19, 1975 to G.E. Jackson. As IndIcated above the yarn materlals and knlt structures are known In the art and can be readlly adapted for use In the present Inventlon by those skllled In the art.
The slde of the bag comprlses: a zone 20 whlch Is knltted to prevent rolllng-up of the edge and comprlslng elastlc threads and, If deslred, a colour code Indlcatlve of the slze of the panty brlef, a zone 21 wlth a knlttlng type substantlally correspondlng to that of the zone 20 and formlng an elastlc band ç
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or border, a zone 22 of normal run-proof and alry nettlng made from the materlal whlch Is most sultable for the Intended use of the garment, a zone 23 wlth elastlc threads prlmarily servlng to support the panty ~rlef and a dlaper placed thereln, a zone 24 whlch may be Identlcal to the zone 22, a zone 25 comprlslng ela-stlc threads and servlng to hold a dlapçr In place, a zone 26 wlth the same functlon as the zone 25, but wlth elastlc threads i~nltted In on the rear slde to contrlbute to the contractlon of the marglnal zone, a zone 27 conslstlng of upper and lower ela-stlc threads whlch can be knltted wlth varylng stltch tlghtnessand selectlon of thread in order to modlfy the flt of the leg openlng provlded thereln, a zone 28 comprlslng elastlc threads and contrlbutlng to Improve the flt of the leg openlng by the use of tlghter or looser knlttlng, - 11a --- ~.
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a zone 29 where elastic threads are arranged alternately on the rear side and the front side to produce the contrac-tion ot the lower corner areas 17, and a zone 30 comprising an interknitting with slight overlap of 5 the two sides of the bag so that only a marking of the joint is produc-ed .
In Fig. 4, the vertical zones are marked. These comprise:
a zone 31, which is part of an in-terknitting intended for severi ng, a zone 32, which is tightly knitted and relatively non-ela-stic and contributes to reinforce the middle zone on the front and back. This zone 32 is less elastic than the adjoining zone 33 and therefore contributes to form the boat shape.
A zone 33 with tight and relatively stiff knitting, a zone 34 constituting the lower portion of the zone 33 and showing a tight knitting, which furthers the contraction and makes the tip of the corner as small as possible. This zone 341 can also ex-tend into a zone 35, a zone 35 with a knitting such as mentioned for the zone 20 22, and a zone 36 which substantially corresponds to the zone 35, but contains the leg openings.
The position of the zone 36 in the zone 35 can be displaced in order to produce different front and back sides of the panty brief.
The zones indicated by a prime are zones, which are sub-stantially identical to zones having the same reference characters without a prime.
The slde of the bag comprlses: a zone 20 whlch Is knltted to prevent rolllng-up of the edge and comprlslng elastlc threads and, If deslred, a colour code Indlcatlve of the slze of the panty brlef, a zone 21 wlth a knlttlng type substantlally correspondlng to that of the zone 20 and formlng an elastlc band ç
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or border, a zone 22 of normal run-proof and alry nettlng made from the materlal whlch Is most sultable for the Intended use of the garment, a zone 23 wlth elastlc threads prlmarily servlng to support the panty ~rlef and a dlaper placed thereln, a zone 24 whlch may be Identlcal to the zone 22, a zone 25 comprlslng ela-stlc threads and servlng to hold a dlapçr In place, a zone 26 wlth the same functlon as the zone 25, but wlth elastlc threads i~nltted In on the rear slde to contrlbute to the contractlon of the marglnal zone, a zone 27 conslstlng of upper and lower ela-stlc threads whlch can be knltted wlth varylng stltch tlghtnessand selectlon of thread in order to modlfy the flt of the leg openlng provlded thereln, a zone 28 comprlslng elastlc threads and contrlbutlng to Improve the flt of the leg openlng by the use of tlghter or looser knlttlng, - 11a --- ~.
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a zone 29 where elastic threads are arranged alternately on the rear side and the front side to produce the contrac-tion ot the lower corner areas 17, and a zone 30 comprising an interknitting with slight overlap of 5 the two sides of the bag so that only a marking of the joint is produc-ed .
In Fig. 4, the vertical zones are marked. These comprise:
a zone 31, which is part of an in-terknitting intended for severi ng, a zone 32, which is tightly knitted and relatively non-ela-stic and contributes to reinforce the middle zone on the front and back. This zone 32 is less elastic than the adjoining zone 33 and therefore contributes to form the boat shape.
A zone 33 with tight and relatively stiff knitting, a zone 34 constituting the lower portion of the zone 33 and showing a tight knitting, which furthers the contraction and makes the tip of the corner as small as possible. This zone 341 can also ex-tend into a zone 35, a zone 35 with a knitting such as mentioned for the zone 20 22, and a zone 36 which substantially corresponds to the zone 35, but contains the leg openings.
The position of the zone 36 in the zone 35 can be displaced in order to produce different front and back sides of the panty brief.
The zones indicated by a prime are zones, which are sub-stantially identical to zones having the same reference characters without a prime.
Claims (9)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A panty brief comprised at least in part of elastic material, made by at least one of knitting and crocheting formed as a flat, substantially rectangular bag composed of two super-posed webs which provide side pieces of said panty brief, said bag being closed along three marginal edge zones and being open in the whole extension of one longitudinal edge to form a waist opening, the bag being provided with two elongated leg openings, wherein said leg openings are located opposite one another in said two side pieces of the bag in a position between and paral-lel to a longitudinal marginal zone adjoining said waist opening and an opposite longitudinal marginal zone forming a crotch region of the panty brief.
2. A panty brief according to claim 1, wherein each of said leg openings is displaced longitudinally relatively to the transverse middle axis of the side of the leg, thereby to provide an adaptation to the front and back areas of the body.
3. A panty brief according to claim 1, wherein it com-prises knitted-in elastic yarns so placed as to create an inher-ent contraction, particularly at the ends of the sides of the bag adjacent to the connection between said opposite longitudinal marginal zone and a transverse zone remote from the waist opening.
4. A panty brief according to claim 1, wherein the leg openings are provided at a suitable mutual distance from said opposite longitudinal marginal zone to form a relatively wide crotch region, the central crotch region has a looser structure than that of the outer ends thereof, and elastic threads running substantially parallel to the waist opening are incorporated in several positions at suitably selected distances from the marginal zone adjoining the waist opening.
5. A panty brief according to claim 1, further com-prising zones of different knitting type both in the longitudinal and the transverse direction of the side of the bag.
6. A panty brief according to claim 1, provided with a fly opening placed asymmetrically with respect to a vertical mid-dle plane through the front and back pieces of the panty brief.
7. A method of making panty briefs comprised at least in part of elastic material by at least one of knitting and cro-cheting, comprising the steps of: forming two substantially rectangular sheets each of which is provided with an opening intended to form a leg opening positioned between a marginal edge zone intended to form a waist opening and an opposite marginal zone forming a crotch region; superposing said two sheets so that said openings are positioned opposite one another; and closing said two sheets along three marginal edge zones at two sides of said sheets and at said crotch region so as to form a flat sub-stantially rectangular bag which Is open at the remaining marginal edge to form said waist opening.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein said panty briefs are produced in endless lengths of two superposed webs which are interconnected at mutually spaced intervals in the transverse direction along said marginal zone forming said crotch region of each panty brief, wherein said leg opening is formed in each web between each transverse interconnection and substantially paral-lel thereto, and wherein said webs are severed along each said transverse interconnection to produce separate panty briefs.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein said panty briefs are knitted with elastic yarns which are so positioned as to pro-duce inherent contractions at the ends of said sides remote from said waist opening.
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