Patents Assigned to Prenihan A.G.
  • One-piece panty and stockings
    Patent number: 3937039
    Abstract: An improved one-piece circular knit pantyhose having an intermediate panty portion and two integral leg portions formed from a single rotary knit tubular blank, whereof the crotch area of the panty portion is formed of more tightly knit stitches than the remainder of the panty portion to impart to the panty portion a continuous longitudinal curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1968
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1976
    Assignee: Prenihan A.G.
    Inventor: Ronald W. Anderson
  • Seamless knit lower body garment and method of making same
    Patent number: RE29034
    Abstract: The garment includes a panty portion .[.formed of fashioned gussets.]. and a pair of legs integrally knit with the panty portion. The legs may be short to provide a panty, panty girdle and the like or they may be long and provided with foot portions to form tights, leotards, panty hose and the like. .[.Fashioned front.]. .Iadd.Front .Iaddend.and rear .[.gussets.]. .Iadd.portions .Iaddend.of the panty portion are provided with knit selvage edges to form a waist opening in the garment during the knitting operation and to eliminate the need for slitting the garment in a subsequent operation to form the waist opening. Elastic yarns may be incorporated in the portion of the garment surrounding the waist opening to provide an integrally knit elastic band around the waist opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1976
    Assignee: Prenihan A.G.
    Inventor: Oscar Fregeolle