Patents by Inventor Laurent Massotte

Laurent Massotte 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).

  • Publication number: 20220282411
    Abstract: A compression hosiery garment includes a knit fabric including a first yarn and a second yarn knit in an alternating knit construction and having at least one course of the second yarn for each course of the first yarn. The first yarn includes a covered yarn with an elastic core, such as a soft modulus elastic core, and the second yarn includes an inelastic yarn. The alternating knit construction includes an inverse course shift, where the first yarn is knit with a first course height that is greater than a second course height of the second yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Christophe Nury, Laurent Massotte, Florence Mathieu, Florent Moret, Pascal Forestier
  • Publication number: 20180263298
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a garment (10) for the lower body comprising at least an upper portion forming a belt (12) and a portion forming a body (14), wherein the belt (12) has a stepped annular curvilinear shape extending about a central axis (A) of the garment and comprises a first side portion (20a) and a second side portion (20b) positioned in an axially upper location about the central axis. The first side portion and the second side portion are configured to fit over the associated hip of the wearer. The belt also includes a frontal portion (22) positioned in an axially lower location about the central axis and configured to extend generally under the abdomen of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Nicolas Viau, Laurent Massotte, Pascal Forestier
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20170312166
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a knit massaging item of clothing to be worn by a person, comprising at least a raised knit active portion (14) to be pressed against the skin of the person wearing it so as to massage the skin, characterized in that the active portion (14) includes multiple protruding beads (22) designed to massage the person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: HANES OPERATIONS EUROPE SAS
    Inventors: Nicolas Viau, Laurent Massotte, Florent Moret
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130186150
    Abstract: This article of elastic knitted lingerie has a briefs part (12) intended to cover the abdomen and buttocks of a subject, said briefs part (12) being made of a base knit and having a silicone-based resin deposited on the base knit in the form of a network of lines (21, 22) and extending in one and/or the other of the two regions formed respectively by a first, approximately triangular zone at the front of the briefs (12), having its tip at the bottom and its base at the top, and a second zone at the rear of the briefs, formed by a substantially vertical region to the sides of the buttocks and a substantially horizontal region beneath the buttocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Gilles Roger Pilawa, Laurent Massotte