Modular attachment system textile with integrally knit slits and manufacturing method thereof
A grid accessory attachment platform with a knitted textile that has a number of spaced slits integrally knit into the textile.
1 . A modular attachment system, comprising:
a load-bearing, integrally knit warp knitted textile produced by knitting a polymer yarn on a single needle bar warp knitting machine, the textile defining a plurality of spaced slits formed during the knitting process and integrally knit into the textile;
wherein the textile comprises a ground structure formed by a plurality of courses of an open pillar chain stitch and an inlay, the ground structure configured to hold, on a technical back of the textile, inlay pattern threads at each course;
wherein the plurality of spaced slits are defined by a series of spaced knitted pairs of overlapping right facing and left facing connectors formed using a plurality of guide bars of the knitting machine, the pairs of connectors defining the ends of the slits; and
wherein opposed spaced sides of the slits between the ends of the slits are defined by open chain stitching that interconnects both the right connectors of two spaced pairs of connectors that define the ends of the slit and the left connectors of the same two spaced pairs of connectors that define the ends of the slit.
2 . The modular attachment system of claim 1 , wherein the slits have a length and a width, wherein the slits have lengths greater than their widths such that the slits are elongated.
3 . The modular attachment system of claim 2 , wherein the lengths of the slits are seven times their width.
4 . The modular attachment system of claim 2 , wherein the slits are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns.
5 . The modular attachment system of claim 4 , wherein the slits of the rows and columns are regularly spaced.
6 . The modular attachment system of claim 2 , wherein the mesh is produced by pattern bars.
7 . The modular attachment system of claim 6 , wherein over and under laps of a front guide bar knitting the mesh are configured to hold, on the technical back of the fabric, an inlay pattern threads of guide bars behind it at each course.
8 . A method of creating a modular attachment system, comprising:
using a warp knitting machine with a single needle bar and a plurality of guide bars to knit a load bearing, integrally knit textile from a polymer yarn that is suitable for load-bearing applications, the knitting process comprising:
forming a ground structure using a plurality of courses of an open pillar chain stitch and an inlay, the ground structure configured to hold, on a technical back of the textile, inlay pattern threads at each course;
forming a plurality of spaced slits integrally knit into the textile by alternating at least two guide bars between the open pillar chain stitch and a succeeding inlay to form a series of spaced knitted pairs of overlapping right facing and left facing connectors, the pairs of connectors defining the ends of the slits;
wherein opposed spaced sides of the slits between the ends of the slits are defined by open chain stitching that interconnects both the right connectors of two spaced pairs of connectors that define the ends of the slit and the left connectors of the same two spaced pairs of connectors that define the ends of the slit; and then
after the knitting process, heat setting the knit textile to affix a machine state weft dimension of the textile.
9 . The modular attachment system of claim 1 wherein the polymer of the yarn is a polyamide.
10 . The modular attachment system of claim 9 wherein the polymer of the yarn is a nylon.
11 . The modular attachment system of claim 10 wherein the polymer of the yarn is nylon 6,6.
12 . The modular attachment system of claim 1 wherein the polymer of the yarn is a polyester.
13 . The modular attachment system of claim 1 further comprising an accessory comprising an attachment member that is configured to pass through a plurality of the slits to hold the accessory on the textile.
14 . The modular attachment system of claim 13 wherein the attachment member comprises a strap.
15 . The modular attachment system of claim 14 wherein the strap has two ends and is configured to be releasably coupled to the accessory at one end, to allow the strap to be threaded through the slits and then coupled to the accessory.
16 . The modular attachment system of claim 15 wherein the plurality of slits that the strap is threaded through are adjacent and are vertically aligned.
17 . The modular attachment system of claim 1 wherein the warp knitted textile further comprises an inorganic material.