Loop fabric with interlaced chain stitches

摘要

A loop fabric for use as part of a hook and loop fastening structure, comprising a number of individual wales (1, A1, A2) of chain stitches (5), each of the chain stitches (5) having a corresponding loop (4, 21, 22) which can serve as a loop (4, 21, 22) in the hook and loop fastening structure. The wales (1, A1, A2) of chain stitches are knitted on a supporting background (14, 15), and the loops (4, 21) on each wale (1, A1) are interlaced with the loops (4, 22) on each adjacent wale (1, A2). Interlacing the loops (4,21) of adjacent wales (1, A1, A2) increases the dimensional stability and produces a lightweight fabric which may be knitted on a simple supporting structure, such as plain weft yarns, and may be cut afterwards while keeping its shape. Furthermore, loops (4, 21) are kept together so that there is no risk of the loops of adjacent wales (1, A1, A2) bending in opposite directions away from each other, thus leaving a strip area of the fabric between the wales without loops.