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US 10,750,794 B2Granted
Footlet
AssigneeSteps Holding B.V.
InventorsCornelius Hendrikus Nicolaas Van Tiel, Wilhelmus Jacobus Cornelius Van Tiel
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Abstract
A footlet (1) is provided with a heel portion (2), a toe portion (6) and a middle portion (4) interposed between the heel portion and the toe portion. The middle portion comprises lateral sides extending between the heel portion and the toe portion on either side. The footlet is completely manufactured by reciprocating knitting. The heel portion is provided with a thread comprising an anti-slip agent, which thread is incorporated in the heel portion by knitting.
Claims22
A footlet comprising:
- a heel portion, a toe portion, and a middle portion located between the heel portion and the toe portion, wherein the middle portion comprises:
- lateral sides that extend between the heel portion and the toe portion on either side, wherein said footlet being manufactured completely by means of reciprocating knitting, and wherein the heel portion comprises a total thread that comprises an anti-slip agent, the total thread that comprises the anti-slip agent further comprising a carrier thread having a first diameter and the total thread that comprises the anti-slip agent having a second diameter, the second diameter being larger than the first diameter which total thread is incorporated in the heel portion by reciprocating knitting, and a cross-section of the total thread has a first portion that is the carrier thread and a second portion that is the anti-slip agent.
A footlet comprising:
- a heel portion;
- a toe portion;
- and a middle portion located between the heel portion and the toe portion, which middle portion comprises lateral sides that extend between the heel portion and the toe portion on either side, wherein the footlet being manufactured completely by reciprocating knitting, wherein the heel portion consists essentially of knitted threads and the knitted threads comprise a total thread comprising an anti-slip agent, wherein the total thread comprising the anti-slip agent comprises the anti-slip agent when the total thread is incorporated in the heel portion by the reciprocating knitted, and a cross-section of the total thread has a first portion that is the carrier thread and a second portion that is the anti-slip agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.