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US 11,882,886 B2Granted
Athletic sock
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsTrina Z. Murrietta, Asli E. Whitham, Ronen Yehuda
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a knit sock having a leg portion and an integrally knit ankle welt extending around a circumference of the leg portion and positioned at a lower end of the leg portion. The knit sock further includes an integrally knit tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt.
Claims17
A knit sock comprising:
- a collar having a perimeter edge around an opening for receiving a wearer's foot;
- a leg portion extending from the collar;
- a foot portion extending from the leg portion and terminating at a toe end;
- an integrally knit ankle welt extending around a circumference of the knit sock and positioned at a lower end of the leg portion;
- and
- a tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt, the tab integrally knit with the ankle welt;
- wherein:
- the ankle welt has an upper edge and a lower edge, the lower edge integrally knit with the leg portion;
- and
- the upper edge of the ankle welt is separate and spaced apart from the leg portion.
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A knit sock comprising:
- a tubular knit body forming a leg portion and a foot portion extending from the leg portion and terminating at a toe end;
- an ankle welt extending around a circumference of the tubular knit body and positioned between the leg portion and the foot portion, the ankle welt integrally knit with the tubular knit body and having an upper edge that is separate and spaced apart from the leg portion;
- and
- a tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt, an inner-facing surface of the tab positioned adjacent to an outer-facing surface of the leg portion;
- wherein the tab is integrally knit with the upper edge of the ankle welt.
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A method of knitting a sock comprising:
- during a single knitting event:
- knitting a collar having a perimeter edge around an opening for receiving a wearer's foot;
- knitting a leg portion extending from the collar;
- knitting a foot portion extending from the leg portion and terminating at a toe end;
- knitting an ankle welt such that the ankle welt extends around a circumference of the sock and is positioned at a lower end of the leg portion;
- and
- knitting a tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt such that an inner-facing surface of the tab is positioned adjacent to an outer-facing surface of the leg portion;
- wherein:
- the ankle welt has an upper edge and a lower edge, the lower edge integrally knit with the leg portion;
- and
- the upper edge of the ankle welt is separate and spaced apart from the leg portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.