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US 11,401,636 B2Granted
Sock with tab
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsHannah R. Amis, Ronen Yehuda
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a sock having an integrally knit, two-layered tab positioned interior to a collar of the sock, where the collar defines an opening for a wearer's foot. By positioning the tab interior to the collar, the tab can be used to assist the wearer in donning and/or doffing the sock by acting as the primary structure by which the wearer pulls an elastic collar around the wearer's foot when donning the sock.
Claims20
A sock comprising:
- a sock body;
- a collar integrally knit with the sock body, the collar having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the collar comprising a perimeter edge around an opening for receiving a wearer's foot;
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- a tab having a tab base positioned at an inferior margin of the collar, a tab body extending from the tab base, and a top edge extending above a superior margin of the collar and spaced apart from the tab base by the tab body, wherein the tab base is integrally knit with the sock body, and wherein the tab extends adjacent to the interior surface of the collar and through the opening.
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A sock comprising:
- a sock body;
- a collar integrally knit with the sock body, the collar having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the collar comprising a perimeter edge around an opening for receiving a wearer's foot;
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- a tab comprising:
- a tab base positioned at an inferior margin of the collar, a tab body extending from the tab base, and a top edge extending above a superior margin of the collar and spaced apart from the tab base by the tab body, the tab base coupled to the sock body, wherein the tab is an integrally knit two-layer knit construction such that a technical back of the tab is external facing toward the interior surface of the collar and toward the opening, and a technical face of the tab is internal facing.
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A method of knitting a sock using a circular knit machine, the method comprising:
- knitting a heel portion of the sock;
- integrally knitting a collar with the heel portion of the sock, the collar having an interior surface, an exterior surface, and a perimeter edge around an opening for receiving a wearer's foot;
- integrally knitting a tab with the heel portion of the sock, the tab comprising a tab base positioned at an inferior margin of the collar, a tab body extending from the tab base, and a top edge extending above a superior margin of the collar and spaced apart from the tab base by the tab body, wherein the tab extends adjacent to the interior surface of the collar and through the opening;
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- integrally knitting a sock body with the collar.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.