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US 12,262,758 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.
Claims13
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;
- and
- a heel portion positioned between the leg portion and the foot portion, the heel portion having an Achilles section and a plantar section;
- wherein:
- at least the Achilles section comprises a knit structure having an alternating pattern comprising a first number of knit courses knit with terry loops and a second number of knit courses knit without terry loops;
- the plantar section includes a first plurality of integrally knit grip strips that extend from a lateral side to a medial side of the plantar section;
- and
- the first plurality of integrally knit grip strips comprises terry loops.
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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;
- and
- a heel portion positioned between the leg portion and the foot portion, the heel portion having an Achilles section and a plantar section;
- wherein:
- the Achilles section comprises a first knit structure having an alternating pattern comprising a first number of knit courses knit with terry loops and a second number of knit courses knit without terry loops;
- the plantar section comprises a second knit structure having an alternating pattern comprising a third number of knit courses knit with terry loops and a fourth number of knit courses knit without terry loops;
- the third set of knit courses comprises a first body yarn and a first plating yarn;
- the fourth set of knit courses comprises a second body yarn and a second plating yarn;
- and
- the first body yarn and the second body yarn are different types of yarn.
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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;
- and
- a heel portion positioned between the leg portion and the foot portion, the heel portion having an Achilles section and a plantar section;
- wherein:
- the Achilles section comprises a knit structure having an alternating pattern comprising a first number of knit courses knit with terry loops and a second number of knit courses knit without terry loops;
- the plantar section comprises a second knit structure having an alternating pattern comprising a third number of knit courses knit with terry loops and a fourth number of knit courses knit without terry loops;
- the first number of knit courses is knit with a first body yarn and a first plated yarn,
- the second number of knit courses is knit with a second body yarn and a second plated yarn;
- the third number of knit courses is knit with a third body yarn and a third plated yarn;
- the fourth number of knit courses is knit with a fourth body yarn and a fourth plated yarn;
- the first plating yarn, the second plating yarn, the third plating yarn and the fourth plating yarn comprise an elastic yarn;
- and
- the first body yarn is different than the second body yarn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.