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US 11,583,009 B2Granted
Sock with lateral toe seam
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorRonen Yehuda
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Abstract
Concepts provided are directed to a sock having a toe seam that is primarily located on a lateral side of the sock. The sock may comprise a foot locating feature to ensure that the wearer dons a right footed sock on a right foot and a left footed sock on a left foot so that the toe seam is localized to the lateral side of the wearer's foot when the sock is worn by the wearer.
Claims20
A knit sock comprising:
- a seamlessly knit tubular body having a textile wall;
- a toe portion including a reciprocally knit segment comprising a free edge, wherein a bisecting reference plane bisects the toe portion into a medial side and a lateral side on opposing sides of the bisecting reference plane, the medial side of the toe portion comprising an integrally knit toe anchor, wherein the integrally knit toe anchor is configured to engage an anatomical region of a medial portion of a foot of a wearer when the knit sock is in an as-worn configuration, and wherein the medial side of the toe portion is free of seams;
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- a toe seam located on the lateral side of the toe portion, the toe seam joining the free edge of the reciprocally knit segment to the seamlessly knit tubular body, the toe seam having a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a toe-seam length extending between the first terminal end and the second terminal end, wherein the bisecting reference plane extends through at least the first terminal end of the toe seam.
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A knit sock comprising:
- a seamlessly knit tubular body having a medial dorsal portion, a medial plantar portion, a lateral dorsal portion, and a lateral plantar portion, wherein the knit sock is bisected by a bisecting reference plane into a medial side and a lateral side, wherein the medial dorsal portion and the medial plantar portion are located on the medial side of the bisecting reference plane, and the lateral dorsal portion and the lateral plantar portion are located on the lateral side of the bisecting reference plane, wherein the medial side is opposite the lateral side;
- a toe portion including a reciprocally knit segment comprising a free edge, where in the bisecting reference plane further bisects the toe portion into a me dial toe portion and a lateral toe portion, and wherein the medial toe portion is free of seams;
- an integrally knit toe anchor located in the medial dorsal portion, in the medial plantar portion, or any combination thereof, the integrally knit toe anchor configured to engage an anatomical region of a medial portion of a foot of a wearer, when the knit sock is in an as-worn configuration;
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- a toe seam located at the lateral toe portion and joining the free edge of the reciprocally knit segment of the knit sock to the lateral dorsal portion and the lateral plantar portion of the seamlessly knit tubular body, the toe seam having a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a toe-seam length extending between the first terminal end and the second terminal end, wherein the bisecting reference plane extends through at least the first terminal end of the toe seam, wherein more than 50% of the toe-seam length is located in the lateral dorsal portion, the lateral plantar portion, or any combination thereof.
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A method for forming a knit sock, the method comprising:
- knitting a seamless tubular knit body of the knit sock;
- continuously knitting a toe portion of the knit sock, wherein the knitting the toe portion comprises:
- reciprocally knitting a medial segment of the knit sock, the medial segment having a first side integrally knit with the seamless tubular knit body of the knit sock;
- reciprocally knitting a first dorsal triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a first plantar triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a toe anchor segment of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a second dorsal triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a second plantar triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a lateral segment of the toe portion;
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- seaming a free edge of one side of the lateral segment of the toe portion to the seamless tubular knit body of the knit sock by forming a toe seam, wherein the toe seam extends between a first terminal end and a second terminal end,
- wherein the toe portion is bisected into a medial side and a lateral side on opposing sides by a bisecting reference plane, wherein the bisecting reference plane extends through at least the first terminal end of the toe seam, and wherein the medial side of the toe portion is free of seams.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.