Manufacture of a garment and such a garment

Abstract

There is described a method for making a clothing article ( 1 ) for persons with hernia, preferably an ostomy hernia. The produced clothing article may be mass produced, as it has a possibility of adaptation to different persons with different size and shape. This is effected by making the clothing article with a seamless knit, a tubular item intended for being placed around the user's lower body part. The tubular item is compressed in an area ( 6 ) for forming a clothing article with anatomical fit with a predefined size and shape wanted in the finished clothing article.

1 . Method for manufacturing a clothing article for use with persons that have developed a hernia or are in danger of developing a hernia, preferably an ostomy hernia, which clothing article is made for exerting compression on the user and intended for being disposed around the lower part of the body of the user and made with a predefined size and shape, characterized by knitting a seamless tubular item, which is made with anatomic fit for establishing a firm yet elastic structure for producing compression of between 15 to 50 mmHg within a previously selected area of the clothing article, and which provides an approximately constant compression within a certain range of users' sizes and shapes.  
   
   
       2 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized by a step for extending the material in the item or for selective fixation of the item while it is placed on a form with a predefined size and shape.  
   
   
       3 . Method according to claims  1  or  2   claim 1 , characterized by a step for sewing together the tubular item for forming a panty brief with a lower body part area, groin area and leg openings.  
   
   
       4 . Method according to  claim 3 , characterized in that the step for sewing together the tubular item for forming a panty brief with lower body part area, groin area and leg openings is performed optionally before or after the fixation step on the form.  
   
   
       5 . Method according to  claim 3 , characterized in that in the groin area in the panty brief there is provided an aperture so that the user can relieve himself without taking off the panty brief.  
   
   
       6 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the clothing article is made by circular knitting on a body size machine or a rectilinear knitting machine with two needle bars, the machines preferably being electronic controlled.  
   
   
       7 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that the extension or fixation is performed with varying intensity across the clothing article for establishing varied extension or elasticity and firmness in the article and thereby also varied compression when the clothing article is placed on a user.  
   
   
       8 . Method according to  claim 1 , characterized in that elastic yarns, preferably elasthane, are used in a part between 15 and 60%, preferably between 30 and 50%, of the areas of the clothing article, which are to exert compression on the user's body.  
   
   
       9 . Clothing article formed with a predefined size and shape for use with persons that have developed a hernia or are in danger of developing a hernia, preferably an ostomy hernia, characterized in that it is formed by a seamless, knitted, tubular item which is intended for being disposed around the lower body part of the user, and which is made with a firm yet elastic structure for forming a compression between 15 and 50 mmHg within a pre-selected area of the clothing article in order to provide an anatomical fit, and which provides an approximately constant compression within a certain range of users' sizes and shapes.  
   
   
       10 . Clothing article according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the tubular item is preferably extended or fixed in order to provide the anatomical fit.  
   
   
       11 . Clothing article according to  claim 9 , characterized in that the tubular item is sewn together at one end for forming a panty brief with lower body part, groin area and leg openings.  
   
   
       12 . Clothing article according to  claim 9 , characterized in that it includes elastic yarns, preferably elasthane, in a part of between 15 and 60%, preferably between 30 and 50%, in the areas which in use are to exert compression on the user's body.  
   
   
       13 . Clothing article according to  claim 9 , characterized in that in circumferential direction it has a material that display a force/elongation curve including a largely flat curve pattern.