Upper-torso garment with tubular-jacquard knit structure

1. An upper-torso garment comprising:

a first knit zone comprising a first tubular-jacquard knit structure and a second knit zone comprising a second tubular-jacquard knit structure;

the first tubular jacquard knit structure comprising a first plurality of front-stitch courses and a first plurality of back-stitch courses, the first plurality of front-stitch courses and the first plurality of back-stitch courses being constructed of a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand;

wherein each front-stitch course of the first plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the first plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of first interlocked courses; and

wherein each first interlocked course of the plurality of first interlocked courses includes a first set of consecutive stitch locations having a quantity of stitches and includes three interlocking cross overs of the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand positioned among the first set of consecutive stitch locations, the first set of consecutive stitch locations being consistent throughout the plurality of first interlocked courses; and

the second tubular jacquard knit structure comprising a second plurality of front-stitch courses and a second plurality of back-stitch courses, the second plurality of front-stitch courses and the second plurality of back-stitch courses being constructed of a third yarn strand and a fourth yarn strand;

wherein each front-stitch course of the second plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the second plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of second interlocked courses; and

wherein each second interlocked course of the plurality of second interlocked courses includes a second set of consecutive stitch locations having the quantity of stitches and includes fewer than three interlocking cross overs of the third yarn strand and the fourth yarn strand positioned among the second set of consecutive stitch locations.

2. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , wherein the first yarn strand, the second yarn strand, the third yarn strand, and the fourth yarn strand each includes an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of less than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

3. The upper-torso garment of claim 2 , wherein the first knit zone and the second knit zone do not include any yarn strands including an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of more than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

4. The upper-torso garment of claim 3 , wherein the first yarn strand, the second yarn strand, the third yarn strand, and the fourth yarn strand each includes a same yarn type having a same yarn composition and a same yarn size.

5. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , wherein the number of stitch locations is equal to or greater than eight and equal to or less than fourteen.

6. The upper-torso garment of claim 1 , wherein the first knit zone comprises a chest-contacting portion of the upper-torso garment.

7. The upper-torso garment of claim 6 , wherein the second knit zone comprises a wing panel of the upper-torso garment.

8. The upper-torso garment of claim 6 , wherein the second knit zone comprises one or more encapsulating panels that form a perimeter around at least part of the chest-contacting portion.

9. An upper-torso garment comprising:

a first knit zone and a second knit zone, the first knit zone comprising a first tubular-jacquard knit structure and having a first modulus of elasticity, the second knit zone comprising a second tubular-jacquard knit structure and having a second modulus of elasticity, which is greater than the first modulus of elasticity;

the first tubular-jacquard knit structure comprising a first set of forty front-stitch courses, a first set of forty back-stitch courses, and a first set of consecutively arranged stitch locations that is consistent among the first set of forty front-stitch and back-stitch courses and that includes a quantity of stitch locations, the first set of forty front-stitch and back-stitch courses and the first set of consecutively arranged stitch locations comprising a first quantity of stitches;

the second tubular-jacquard knit structure comprising a second set of forty front-stitch courses, a second set of forty back-stitch courses, and a second set of consecutively arranged stitch locations that is consistent among the second set of forty front-stitch and back-stitch courses and that includes the quantity of stitch locations, the second set of forty front-stitch and back-stitch courses and the second set of consecutively arranged stitch locations comprising a second quantity of stitches;

each front-stitch course of the first set of forty front-stitch courses and each back-stitch course of the first set of forty back-stitch courses comprising a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand, the first set of forty front-stitch courses being intermittently interlocked with the first set of forty back-stitch courses by a first quantity of interlocking cross overs of the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand, the first quantity of interlocking cross overs being dispersed intermittently among the first set of forty front-stitch courses and the first set of forty back-stitch courses and being positioned among the first set of consecutively arranged stitch locations, wherein a first ratio of the first quantity of interlocking cross overs to the first quantity of stitches is in a range of about 1:4 to about 1:13; and

each front-stitch course of the second set of forty front-stitch courses and each back-stitch course of the second set of forty back-stitch courses comprising a third yarn strand and a fourth yarn strand, the second set of forty front-stitch courses being intermittently interlocked with the second set of forty back-stitch courses by a second quantity of interlocking cross overs of the third yarn strand and the fourth yarn strand, the second quantity of interlocking cross overs being dispersed intermittently among the second set of forty front-stitch courses and the second set of forty back-stitch courses and being positioned among the second set of consecutively arranged stitch locations, wherein a second ratio of the second quantity of interlocking cross overs to the second quantity of stitches is less than the first ratio.

10. The upper-torso garment of claim 9 , wherein the first yarn strand, the second yarn strand, the third yarn strand, and the fourth yarn strand each includes an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of less than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

11. The upper-torso garment of claim 10 , wherein the first knit zone and the second knit zone do not include any yarn strands including an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of more than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

12. The upper-torso garment of claim 11 , wherein the first yarn strand, the second yarn strand, the third yarn strand, and the fourth yarn strand each includes a same yarn type having a same yarn composition and a same yarn size.

13. The upper-torso garment of claim 9 ,

wherein the first knit zone comprises a chest-covering portion of the upper-torso garment, and

wherein the second knit zone comprises a wing panel of the upper-torso garment, an encapsulating region forming a perimeter around at least part of the chest-covering portion, or a combination thereof.

14. The upper-torso garment of claim 13 , wherein the first tubular-jacquard knit structure comprises one hundred and fifty front-stitch courses including the first set of forty front-stitch courses, and one hundred and fifty back-stitch courses including the first set of forty back-stitch courses.

15. The upper-torso garment of claim 14 , wherein the second knit zone comprises the encapsulating region, which includes a midline region, and wherein the second knit zone comprises one hundred and fifty front-stitch courses, including the second set of forty front-stitch courses, and one hundred and fifty back-stitch courses, including the second set of forty back-stitch courses.

16. An upper-torso garment comprising:

a first knit zone comprising a first tubular-jacquard knit structure and a second knit zone comprising a second tubular-jacquard knit structure;

the first tubular jacquard knit structure comprising a first plurality of front-stitch courses and a first plurality of back-stitch courses, the first plurality of front-stitch courses and the first plurality of back-stitch courses being constructed of a first yarn strand and a second yarn strand;

wherein each front-stitch course of the first plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the first plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of first interlocked courses, each first interlocked course comprising a third yarn strand forming a course of interlock tuck stitches that binds a respective front-stitch course to a respective back-stitch course by interlooping with every other front stitch and every other back stitch; and

wherein each first interlocked course of the plurality of first interlocked courses includes a first set of consecutive stitch locations having a quantity of stitches and includes three interlocking cross overs of the first yarn strand and the second yarn strand positioned among the first set of consecutive stitch locations, the first set of consecutive stitch locations being consistent throughout the plurality of first interlocked courses; and

the second tubular jacquard knit structure comprising a second plurality of front-stitch courses and a second plurality of back-stitch courses, the second plurality of front-stitch courses and the second plurality of back-stitch courses being constructed of a fourth yarn strand and a fifth yarn strand;

wherein each front-stitch course of the second plurality of front-stitch courses intermittently interlocks with a back-stitch course of the second plurality of back-stitch courses to form a plurality of second interlocked courses, each second interlocked course comprising a sixth yarn strand forming a course of interlock tuck stitches that binds a respective front-stitch course to a respective back-stitch course by interlooping with every other front stitch and every other back stitch, and

wherein each second interlocked course of the plurality of second interlocked courses includes a second set of consecutive stitch locations having the quantity of stitches and includes fewer than three interlocking cross overs of the fourth yarn strand and the fifth yarn strand positioned among the second set of consecutive stitch locations.

17. The upper-torso garment of claim 16 , wherein the first knit zone and the second knit zone do not include any yarn strands including an amount of elasticity providing a maximum stretch of less than 200% prior to returning to a non-stretched state.

18. The upper-torso garment of claim 17 , wherein the first yarn strand, the second yarn strand, the third yarn strand, the fourth yarn strand, the fifth yarn strand, and the sixth yarn strand each includes a same yarn type having a same yarn composition and a same yarn size.

19. The upper-torso garment of claim 16 , wherein the first and second plurality of interlocked courses each includes a first interlocked course interloopedly coupled to a second interlocked course, and wherein a course of interlock tuck stitches in the first interlocked course is offset from a course of interlock tuck stitches in the second interlocked course.

20. The upper-torso garment of claim 16 , wherein the quantity of stitches is 14 stitches.