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US 10,791,771 B2Granted
Sock with elastic heel
AssigneeNo Slip Sox LLC
InventorAllan W. McFadyen
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for impeding a downward travel of a leg section of a sock by the use of a retainer provided about at least one of a heel of the sock and a heel opening, defined by a heel opening perimeter, of the sock, wherein the retainer impedes the downward travel of the leg section of the sock. A method is provided for the use of the retainer to impede the downward travel of the leg section of the sock.
Claims10
A sock positionable over a leg, a heel and a foot, the sock comprising:
- a leg section, an ankle section, and a foot section;
- the leg section connected with the ankle section at an ankle section first end;
- the foot section connected with the ankle section at an ankle section second end;
- the foot section having a toe section opposite the ankle section second end;
- the ankle section having a heel section positioned between the ankle section first end and the ankle section second end, wherein the heel section is configured to house at least one of the leg or the foot,
- wherein the leg section, foot section, and ankle section are made of the same material as the heel section;
- an elastic material in seamed communication with the sock at the heel section by stitching;
- the elastic material defining an annular perimeter about the heel section in close proximity to the heel;
- and
- wherein the elastic material provides for a compressive force about the annular perimeter and the compressive force impedes a downward travel of the leg section.
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A method of using a sock positionable over a leg, a heel and a foot, the sock having:
- a leg section, an ankle section, and a foot section;
- the leg section connected with the ankle section at an ankle section first end;
- the foot section connected with the ankle section at an ankle section second end;
- the ankle section having a heel section positioned between the ankle section first end and the ankle section second end;
- wherein the leg section, the foot section, and the ankle section are made of the same material as the heel section;
- an elastic material in seamed communication with the sock at the heel section by stitching;
- the method comprising:
- the elastic material defining an annular perimeter about the heel section in close proximity to the heel;
- the elastic material placing a compressive force about the annular perimeter;
- the leg section traveling in a direction of the heel section;
- and
- the elastic material impeding a downward travel of the leg section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.