Knit sock with targeted compression zone
AssigneeFlagship Brands, LLC
InventorHugh Gaither
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Abstract
A knit sock includes a foot portion having an upper instep area and a lower sole area integrally knit of a body yarn in circumferential courses and axial wales. The lower sole area defines inner and outer arch regions. The inner arch region incorporates a targeted compression zone adapted to reside generally adjacent an inner arch of a wearer's foot. The compression zone includes axially extending compression ridges of variable length spaced apart from a top of the compression zone to a bottom of the compression zone. When the sock is worn, a compression force applied by the foot portion within the targeted compression zone is greater than the compression force in directly adjacent areas of said foot portion.
Claims14
A knit sock, comprising:
- a sock portion integrally knit of a body yarn;
- a targeted compression zone formed within said sock portion and comprising a plurality of spaced-apart compression ridges, and wherein said compression ridges comprise at least one pattern yarn integrally knit with the body yarn of said sock portion in a manner using tuck and float stitches, such that said compression ridges create areas of increased density as compared to directly adjacent areas of said sock portion, and wherein said targeted compression zone occupies only a partial circumferential portion of said sock;
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- whereby the compression force applied by said sock within said targeted compression zone is greater than the compression force in directly adjacent areas of said sock.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.