US 12,690,990 B2 · Socks and liners with shock absorbing properties

Abstract

A shock absorbing liner or sock that has an opening, a closed liner distal end, and sidewalls. The distal end further comprises a distal region that is knitted with spacer fabric to the same circumference as the liner or sock or is configured to conform to specific areas of a foot; preferably, (1) the toe region leaving out the big toe region, (2) the metatarsal head (MTH) 1 region leaving out the MTHs 2-3 region and the MTHs 4-5 region, (3) the medial mid-foot region, (4) the lateral mid-foot region, and (5) the lateral heel region leaving out the medial heel region. The spacer fabric is preferred as a 2×2 knit outer wall with a 1×3 inner wall made using a number of knitting steps described herein but may be a multitude of configurations allowing for a continuous seamless shape in three dimensions.

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Dependent claims

A shock absorbing prosthetic liner comprising:

a generally cylindrical body comprising an open proximal end, a closed distal end, and sidewalls, wherein the closed distal end further comprises a distal region;
a spacer fabric having outer layers comprising polyester, three ends of monofilament distance fibers having a thickness of 0.12 millimeters, and an inner support structure comprising 0.5 inch tufts further comprising spandex yarns having a denier of between 70 and 560 linking the outer layers;
wherein the shock absorbing prosthetic liner incorporates the spacer fabric into at least a portion of the distal region and remainder of the shock absorbing prosthetic liner comprises a textile having a thickness between 1 millimeter and 4 millimeters.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Socks and liners with shock absorbing properties

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Socks and liners with shock absorbing properties

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Abstract

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