Patents by Inventor Etienne Gebel

Etienne Gebel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method to produce a double-layer knitted fabric
    Patent number: 11959205
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a double-layer knitted fabric such as a compression article is provided. The method is performed on a knitting machine having at least two needle beds. The knitted fabric includes an outer layer made of a hydrophilic yarn on the first needle bed and an inner layer made of a hydrophobic yarn on the second needle bed. The method includes a. Forming of stitches with a hydrophilic yarn with all needles of the first needle bed and with selected needles of the second needle bed; b. transferring the stitches made of the hydrophilic yarn and formed on the selected needles of the second needle bed to needles of the first needle bed; c. immediately after transferring the stitches, forming of stitches with a hydrophobic yarn on the selected needles of the second needle bed as well as with all other needles of the second needle bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG
    Inventors: Sascha Platz, Verena Voss, Etienne Gebel
  • METHOD TO PRODUCE A DOUBLE-LAYER KNITTED FABRIC
    Publication number: 20220154372
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a double-layer knitted fabric such as a compression article is provided. The method is performed on a knitting machine having at least two needle beds. The knitted fabric includes an outer layer made of a hydrophilic yarn on the first needle bed and an inner layer made of a hydrophobic yarn on the second needle bed. The method includes a. Forming of stitches with a hydrophilic yarn with all needles of the first needle bed and with selected needles of the second needle bed; b. transferring the stitches made of the hydrophilic yarn and formed on the selected needles of the second needle bed to needles of the first needle bed; c. immediately after transferring the stitches, forming of stitches with a hydrophobic yarn on the selected needles of the second needle bed as well as with all other needles of the second needle bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Sascha Platz, Verena Voss, Etienne Gebel
  • Knitted garment for the support and/or compression and/or compression therapy of parts of the body
    Publication number: 20060021390
    Abstract: A knitted garment (10) for the support and/or compression of parts of the body and/or for compression therapy is knitted in the shape of a tube (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16) using at least one elastic knitting thread and at least one elastic weft thread, at least in sections, on a flat bed knitting machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Inventors: Etienne Gebel, Juergen Greve, Gerhard Krimmel