Warp-knitted open-mesh casing for meat and other food products

Claim 1

A TUBULAR WARP-KNITTED OPEN-MESH NETTING COMPRISING A PAIR OF IDENTICAL FLAT WARP-KNIT FABRICS EACH HAVING A PLURALITY OF LATERALLY SPACED PARALEL LINES OF WARP-KNITTED CHAIN STITCHES PROVIDING COURSES OF SAID CHAIN STITCHES EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE CHAIN STITCH LINES AND AT LEAST ONE ELASTIC WEFT YARN INTERLACES IN SINUOUSLY EXTENDING PATTERN THROUGH WARP-WISE SPACED COURSES OF SAID CHAIN STITCHES, SAID WEFT YARN BEING REVERSELY TURNED AT OPPOSITE SELVAGE EDGED OF THE FABRIC TO PROVIDE BIGHT PORTIONS WHICH EXTEND WARP-WISE ALONG LINES OF CHAIN STITCHES DEFINING SAID OPPOSITE SELVAGE EDGES OF THE FABRIC, SAID PAIR OF FABRICS BEING KNIT IN BACK-TO-BACK RELATION WITH THEIR CORRESPONDING SELVAGE EDGES JOINED TOGETHER BY SAID SELVAGE EDGEDEFINING LINES OF CHAIN STITCHES, THE BIGHT PORTIONS OF THE WEFT YARN IN ONE OF SAID PAIR OF FABRICS BEING DISPOSED IN ALTERNATING RELATION WITH THE BIGHT PORTIONS OF THE WEFT YARN IN THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF FABRICS ALONG EACH LINE OF CHAIN STITCHES WHICH JOIN TOGETHER THE CORRESPONDING SELVAGE EDGES OF THE FABRIC.