A compression garment that is easy to slip on/off comprising a compression knitted piece comprising at least one stitch ground yarn and at least one elastic yarn, in particular inlaid yarn, and at least one hairy yarn knitted into the knitted piece so that the knitted piece has, according to all or part of its inner face and of its outer face, hairs projecting from the latter, said hairs being configured so as to be oriented in the direction in which the knitted piece is slipped on and/or off.

A compression article and method for its production on a knitting machine, in particular a flat-bed knitting machine, wherein, in the compression article, respectively the number of stitches per stitch row is matched to the radial circumference of the body part to be treated by the compression article, and which compression article has a plurality of points which are distributed over its circumference and at which, in a stitch row, a stitch increase and/or a stitch reduction is realized, and wherein, moreover, the number of stitches in the wale direction varies over the circumference of the compression article and is matched, in the longitudinal direction of the body part, to the shape of the body part to be treated.

A leg garment, comprising a flat-knitted basic knitted fabric part forming at least one foot part, with at least one first functional zone which is knitted into the basic knitted fabric part and which is formed to accommodate a heel of a foot, wherein the flat-knitted basic knitted fabric part is sewn together by means of a longitudinal seam to form a tubular knitted fabric, wherein at least one first functional zone is knitted into the basic knitted fabric part in such a manner that in the worn state of the leg garment, the longitudinal seam connecting the basic knitted fabric part is arranged outside the sole of the foot at least in a heel area.

A knitted containment garment to be worn at least at part of a user's joint includes at least one stretch portion, having at least at part thereof, a containment portion as well, which extends at least at the portion of the containment manufactured article to be worn on the heel, kneecap, elbow, back of the wrist or shoulder of the user, in which one or more first stitches include at least one main yarn alternate with one or more second stitches including a containment yarn, so that a floating length of the containment yarn extends at the first stitches and a floating length of the main yarn extends at the second stitches.

A knitted containment garment to be worn at least at part of a user's joint includes at least one stretch portion, having at least at part thereof, a containment portion as well, which extends at least at the portion of the containment manufactured article to be worn on the heel, kneecap, elbow, back of the wrist or shoulder of the user, in which one or more first stitches include at least one main yarn alternate with one or more second stitches including a containment yarn, so that a floating length of the containment yarn extends at the first stitches and a floating length of the main yarn extends at the second stitches.

Active fabrics can be created by combining active and passive materials. Active materials with shape memory or other actuation characteristics can generate compression or dynamic fit, and the level of compression and/or change in fit can be determined by setting a knit index, wire diameter, and garment ease, or fit in relation to the body. Maximum compression can be set not only by varying physical properties of the knit structure but by built-in circuit breaking technologies, or by segmentation and control of the garment by a controller. In some embodiments, additive manufacturing can be combined with traditional textile equipment (e.g., circular knitting machine). Uniquely functional or active textiles can be made from additively manufactured, heterogeneous filaments. Yarn-like filament with varying properties (such as elasticity, stiffness, conductivity, activation, or surface properties) can be additively manufactured. This filament can be formed into a textile or garment with functional properties that are a results of emergent interactions between the heterogeneous filament components.

A leg garment, comprising a flat-knitted basic knitted fabric part forming at least one foot part, with at least one first functional zone knitted into the basic knitted fabric part and formed to accommodate a heel of a foot, wherein the flat-knitted basic knitted fabric part is sewn together with a longitudinal seam to form a tubular knitted fabric, with a first functional zone knitted into the basic knitted fabric part such that, when worn the longitudinal seam connecting the basic knitted fabric part is arranged outside the sole of the foot at least in a heel area.

A method for producing tubular compression knitted fabric includes: knitting a tubular first section of a basic knitted fabric forming stitches from at least one knitting yarn along a knitting direction, with a plurality of rows of stitches following one another in the knitting direction and an elastic weft yarn bound into the stitches via tuck stitches; and seamlessly knitting of a second section onto the first section along the knitting direction. In the second section viewed in the knitting direction, the number of stitches is successively reduced at least in some of the successive rows of stitches by transferring of stitches, thereby forming a closed dome-shaped end at the distal end of the second section by a reduction of stitches. The compression knitted fabric is usable to create prosthetic stockings for an amputated limb to apply compression pressure with a defined pressure profile without causing skin irritation.

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.