Double layer sock and method for making same
AssigneeWigwam Mills, Inc.
InventorSteven K. Roe
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Abstract
A sock of double layer knit construction formed on a circular knitting machine, including a tubular inner layer and a tubular outer layer surrounding the inner layer. The inner layer and the outer layer are connected together during the knitting thereof at spaced locations by a yarn extending between the layers. The connecting yarn is knit predominately in one of the layers and is knit into the other layer for connecting purposes only. The connecting yam is knit into the other layer as tuck stitch loops.
Claims15
A double layer sock formed on a circular knitting machine from at least two yarns, comprising:
- (a) a tubular inner layer having a foot portion and a leg portion merging substantially at the ankle of a wearer knit of at least one yarn;
- (b) a tubular outer layer surrounding said inner layer knit of at least one other yarn, said outer layer having a foot portion and a leg portion merging substantially at the ankle of the wearer and aligning with said foot portion and said leg portion, respectively, of said inner layer;
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- (c) said inner and outer layers being connected together at spaced apart locations by one of said yarns extending between said layers.
A method of knitting a double layer sock on a circular knitting machine comprising:
- (a) knitting an inner layer of the sock from at least one knitting yarn,
- (b) knitting an outer layer of the sock from at least one other knitting yarn in surrounding relation to said inner layer, and
- (c) connecting said inner and outer layers together at spaced apart locations by causing one of said knitting yarns to extend between said inner and outer layers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.