SWEATBAND MATERIAL AND HEADWARE PIECE INCORPORATING THE SWEATBAND MATERIAL

摘要

An elongate sweatband material for incorporation into a headwear piece and having a length. Thread is knitted to define interengaged U-shaped loops that: a) have a width that is enlarged to permit elongation of the sweatband in a lengthwise direction a first amount under a tensile force of a first magnitude applied in a direction parallel to the length of the sweatband material; and b) cooperate to reinforce each other in a direction transversely to the lengthwise direction so that the sweatband stretches transversely to the lengthwise direction a second amount that is substantially less than the first amount under a tensile force of the first magnitude applied in a direction transversely to the length of the sweatband material.