Patents by Inventor Gilles Garcon

Gilles Garcon 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).

  • Preform and knitted tubular item having a retaining edge of a single thickness and method of producing such an item
    Patent number: 9976235
    Abstract: The method of producing a tubular knitted item (10), in particular a leg for a pair of tights, involves preceding the normal basic knit with a start that involves knitting, on only a portion of the needles on p first courses (11, 12) and on all of the needles on q subsequent courses (13, 14), an elastane yarn (21) covered with a water-soluble yarn (22); then, once the item has been knitted, the item undergoes an aqueous treatment, for example combined with dyeing, so as to make the water-soluble yarn (22) covering disappear, whereby the p+q courses (11-14) of knitted elastane that precede the normal basic knit are kept on the edge of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Hanes Operations Europe SAS
    Inventors: Gilles Garcon, Laurent Massotte
  • PREFORM AND KNITTED TUBULAR ITEM HAVING A RETAINING EDGE OF A SINGLE THICKNESS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH AN ITEM
    Publication number: 20150275407
    Abstract: The method of producing a tubular knitted item (10), in particular a leg for a pair of tights, involves preceding the normal basic knit with a start that involves knitting, on only a portion of the needles on p first courses (11, 12) and on all of the needles on q subsequent courses (13, 14), an elastane yarn (21) covered with a water-soluble yarn (22); then, once the item has been knitted, the item undergoes an aqueous treatment, for example combined with dyeing, so as to make the water-soluble yarn (22) covering disappear, whereby the p+q courses (11-14) of knitted elastane that precede the normal basic knit are kept on the edge of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Gilles Garcon, Laurent Massotte