Open toe sock with toe anchor
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAllison K. Giorgi, Trina Z. Murrietta, Ronen Yehuda
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a sock and methods for forming the sock on a circular knitting machine. The sock in accordance with aspects herein having a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses that form a toe anchor that divides a toe-end opening of the sock into a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening by extending across the toe-end opening from a dorsal portion of the toe-end opening to a plantar portion of the toe-end opening. The toe-anchor knit courses are integrally knit with the sock body.
Claims20
A method for knitting a sock comprising:
- on a circular knitting machine, knitting a plurality of circumferentially extending knit courses forming a tubular body with a first end and a second end;
- integrally knitting a dorsal triangular panel with the second end of the tubular body, the dorsal triangular panel comprising a dorsal base that forms a first portion of a free edge of a toe area of the sock;
- integrally knitting a plantar triangular panel with the second end of the tubular body, the plantar triangular panel comprising a plantar base that forms a second portion of the free edge of the toe area of the sock;
- knitting a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses extending between the dorsal base and the plantar base to form a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening separated by the plurality of toe-anchor knit courses;
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- joining the free edge of the toe area of the sock to the tubular body of the sock.
A method for knitting a sock comprising:
- on a circular knitting machine, knitting a plurality of circumferentially extending knit courses forming a tubular body with a first end and a second end;
- reciprocally knitting one or more knit portions with the second end of the tubular body, the one or more knit portions defining a first toe opening and a second toe opening separated by an integrally knit toe-anchor, the one or more knit portions comprising a free edge;
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- seaming the free edge of the one or more knit portions to the tubular body on a lateral side of the tubular body.
A method for knitting a sock comprising:
- on a circular knitting machine, knitting a plurality of circumferentially extending knit courses forming a sock body with a collar and a heel area;
- integrally knitting a toe area with the sock body, the toe area having a dorsal portion, a plantar portion, an integrally knit toe-anchor, a medial portion of a medial aspect, a lateral portion of a lateral aspect, and a free edge, wherein:
- the dorsal portion comprises a dorsal triangular panel having a dorsal vertex that extends toward the collar and a dorsal base that forms at least a first portion of a perimeter edge of the toe area,
- the plantar portion comprises a plantar triangular panel having a plantar vertex that extends toward the heel area and a plantar base that forms at least a second portion of the perimeter edge of the toe area, and the lateral portion comprises a lateral base forming the free edge,
- the integrally knit toe-anchor comprises a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses extending between the dorsal base and the plantar base of the toe area to form a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening separated by the plurality of toe-anchor knit courses;
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- joining the free edge of the toe area to the sock body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.