Patents by Inventor Serge Berard

Serge Berard 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).

  • Patent number: 5031425
    Abstract: This double knit fabric for sports garment, namely sweater and hockey includes a repeated pattern of predetermined courses containing wales of consecutive selected groups of tuck and welt stitches to form holes in and throughout the knitted fabric. The pattern is repeated to provide a fabric with a considerable number of holes aligned in a predetermined geometrical arrangement. The holes are formed in one to two adjacent wales on the cylinder by the combination of many tuck stitches in consecutive courses with welt and knit stitches associated thereto in the courses preceding and following same tuck stitches. The fabric can be of uniform color but may also be knitted to provide horizontal color bands of various widths and colors depending on the yarn color and the number of consecutive courses with a different color of yarn and the desired color arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Cournoyer, Serge Berard, Denis Cote
  • Patent number: 4941331
    Abstract: The method of production of a double knit fabric for sports garment, namely sweater and hockey includes repeating a pattern of predetermined courses containing wales of consecutive selected groups of tuck and welt stitches to form holes in and throughout the knitted fabric. The pattern is repeated to provide a fabric with a considerable number of holes aligned in a predetermined geometrical arrangement. The method making holes resides in knitting one to two adjacent wales on the cylinder by a combination of many tuck stitches in consecutive courses with welt and knit stitches associated thereto in the courses preceding and following same tuck stitches. The fabric can be knitted in uniform color but may also be knitted to provide horizontal color bands of various widths and colors depending on the yarn color and the number of consecutive courses with a different color of yarn and the desired color arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Cournoyer, Serge Berard, Denis Cote
  • Patent number: 4891958
    Abstract: This double knit fabric for sports garment, namely sweater and hockey includes a repeated pattern of predetermined courses containing wales of consecutive selected groups of tuck and welt stitches to form holes in and throughout the knitted fabric. The pattern is repeated to provide a fabric with a considerable number of holes aligned in a predetermined geometrical arrangement. The holes are formed in one to two adjacent wales on the cylinder by the combination of many tuck stitches in consecutive courses with welt and knit stitches associated thereto in the courses preceding and following same tuck stitches. The fabric can be of uniform color but may also be knitted to provide horizontal color bands of various widths and colors depending on the yarn color and the number of consecutive courses with a different color of yarn and the desired color arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1990
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Cournoyer, Serge Berard, Denis Cote
  • Patent number: 4838045
    Abstract: This double knit fabric for sports garment, namely sweater and hockey includes a repeated pattern of predetermined courses containing wales of consecutive selected groups of tuck and welt stitches to form holes in and throughout the knitted fabric. The pattern is repeated to provide a fabric with a considerable number of holes aligned in a predetermined geometrical arrangement. The holes are formed in one to two adjacent wales on the cylinder by the combination of many tuck stitches in consecutive courses with welt and knit stitches associated thereto in the courses preceding and following same tuck stitches. The fabric can be of uniform color but may also be knited to provide horizontal color bands of various widths and colors depending on the yarn color and the number of consecutive courses with a different color of yarn and the desired color arrangements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: Sport Maska Inc.
    Inventors: Andre Cournoyer, Serge Berard, Denis Cote