An upper-torso garment includes a chest-covering portion. The chest-covering portion includes a knit textile region having a tubular-jacquard knit structure. The tubular-jacquard knit structure includes a number of interlocking cross overs in which a first yarn strand transfers from the front bed to the back bed and a second yarn strand transfers from the back bed to the front bed, and in which the yarn strands transfer back over.

There is provided herein, a sock comprising a toe and/or a heel area, wherein said toe area is divided to at least two sub-areas, wherein a borderline between at least two adjacent sub-areas is essentially vertical. There is also provided, a method for manufacturing a sock comprising forming a toe and/or a heel area divided to at least two sub-areas, wherein a borderline between at least two adjacent sub-areas is essentially vertical.

This item of male underwear, in the form of boxer shorts or underpants, has, at the front, a molded central portion (16) and elongate reinforcement elements (20, 20, 21, 21, 22, 22) made, for example, from silicone, provided in three areas (A, B, C) of the front face (11), i.e.A support area (A) located at the bottom of the central portion (16), the elongate elements (20, 20) being shaped substantially like a cradle in this area,A control area (B) located at the top of the central portion (16), the elongate elements (21, 21) being shaped substantially like an inverted cradle in this area,A reinforcement area (C) located to each side of the central portion, the elongate elements (22, 22) having, in this area, an inclined direction linking the edges (19) of the central portion (16) to the top of the front face (11) in such a way as to pull the support area (A) upwards and towards the sides.

A torso garment, such as a brassiere or brief, includes a body formed of inner and outer layers, the body including at least one torso band extending from a portion of the body, where the inner and outer layers overlap along a fold line of the torso garment. The torso garment includes an elastomeric band positioned between the inner and outer layers proximate the fold line.

A knitted quilt fabric is made of a first layer of a first knit material and a second layer of a second knit material, with a filler material composed of a plurality of plaited lay-in fibers between the two layers. The first layer and second layer are joined at a plurality of locations with knits forming at least one linear quilt line. Each knit of the linear quilt line is formed around a plaited lay-in fiber by knitting a first fiber of the first material to the second material and returning to the first material and knitting a second fiber of the second material to the first material and returning to the second material. Each lay-in fiber is an elastic polyether-polyurea copolymer which is plaited with one or more natural or synthetic yarns.

A double layer sock and a sock having a seam under the toes of a wearer are described. The sock includes a tubular outer layer and an inner layer. The tubular outer layer includes a foot portion and a leg portion. The foot portion defines a foot bottom portion and an upper instep portion. The inner layer includes a number of edges that define a perimeter and is substantially aligned with the foot bottom portion of the tubular outer layer. One of the yarns extends between the inner layer and the tubular outer layer to connect the inner layer and the tubular outer layer around the perimeter of the inner layer and at spaced apart wales and courses. A region of the double layer sock corresponding to the upper instep portion is single-layered while a region of the double layer sock corresponding to the foot bottom portion is double-layered.

The machine comprises in combination: at least one tubular boarding form (5) with a longitudinal axis (B-B); a heat treatment chamber (15), the tubular boarding form (5) being insertable in, and extractable from, the heat treatment chamber (15); a pick-up device (71) to take tubular knitted articles (M) and load them on the tubular boarding form (5).

An upper-torso garment includes a first knit zone and a second knit zone. The first knit zone includes a first tubular-jacquard knit structure and having a first modulus of elasticity, and the second knit zone includes a second tubular-jacquard knit structure and having a second modulus of elasticity, which is greater than the first modulus of elasticity.

An article may include a base structure with a strand and an adjustment member. The adjustment member may include a course with a plurality of loops, and the strand of the base structure may be inlaid within the course of the adjustment member adjacent to a first loop and a second loop of the plurality of loops. The adjustment member may be configured to slide along the base structure from a first state to a second state such that the first loop and the second loop define a first loop distance in the first state, and the first loop and the second loop define a second loop distance in the second state. The first loop distance may be greater than the second loop distance.

An upper-torso garment includes a chest-covering portion. The chest-covering portion includes a knit textile region having a tubular-jacquard knit structure. The tubular-jacquard knit structure includes a number of interlocking cross overs in which a first yarn strand transfers from the front bed to the back bed and a second yarn strand transfers from the back bed to the front bed, and in which the yarn strands transfer back over.