US Patent Issued to SHIMA SEIKI, TORAY INDUSTRIES on Aug. 25 for "Knitted article" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,150, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SHIMA SEIKI MFG. LTD (Wakayama, Japan) and TORAY INDUSTRIES Inc. (Tokyo).

"Knitted article" was invented by Tatsuya Kosui (Wakayama, Japan), Yusuke Shimizu (Wakayama, Japan), Kazunori Shibata (Otsu, Japan) and Hirotaka Hananouchi (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a knitted article which is excellent in abrasion resistance, is less prone to yarn breakage and weight loss due to abrasion, and is less liable to undergo discoloration or fading. The knitted article is a knitted article comprising a first filament and a second filament interknitted together. A fineness of the sec...