(19)
(11) EP 0 463 715 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.03.1992 Bulletin 1992/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
02.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/01

(21) Application number: 91303244.7

(22) Date of filing: 11.04.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: D04B 1/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 18.06.1990 US 539835

(71) Applicant: LIQUINET, INC.
Pearl River, New York 10965 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Goldstein, Norman Alan
    Fort Lee, New Jersey 07024 (US)

(74) Representative: Dixon, Donald Cossar et al
Gee & Co. Chancery House Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1QU
London WC2A 1QU (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Sheer non-run hosiery


    (57) Sheer non-run hosiery (10) includes legs (14) each formed of a knit fabric (16) configured and dimensioned as a hosiery leg formed of 10-15 denier nylon yarn knit in a micromesh 1 X 1 stitch. The knit fabric may have a run resistance of at least 15psi, i.e. 1.05 kg/cm² , (Better Fabrics Testing Bureau Method), and a sheerness about 25% greater than that of a conventional fabric formed with 7 filament 20 denier yarn in a non-run 1 X 1 lock stitch.






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