Inventors:
Catherine Shannon - Brooklyn NY, US
Assignee:
Maidenform, Inc. - Bayonne NJ
International Classification:
D03D 15/08
US Classification:
139422, 139421, 66172 E, 66182, 66178 A, 450131, 450118, 450115, 2 76, 2 783, 2221, 2401, 2237
Abstract:
An elastic material includes a plurality of zones. Each of the zones has a particular modulus of elasticity associated with it and the distribution of the zones throughout the elastic material causes the material to have a variation of modulus of elasticity along a particular direction in the material. The elastic material includes a weft, which includes a relatively inelastic component, and a warp, which includes the relatively inelastic component together with the relatively elastic component.