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US 2019/0289922 A1Published application
Sock with elastic heel
AssigneeNo Slip Sox LLC
InventorALLAN W. MCFADYEN
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided for impeding a downward travel of a leg section of a sock by the use of a retainer provided about at least one of a heel of the sock and a heel opening, defined by a heel opening perimeter, of the sock, wherein the retainer impedes the downward travel of the leg section of the sock. A method is provided for the use of the retainer to impede the downward travel of the leg section of the sock.
Claims19
A sock comprising:
- a leg section, an ankle section, and a foot section in communication;
- the leg section in communication with the ankle section at an ankle section first end;
- the foot section in communication with the ankle section at an ankle section second end;
- the ankle section having a heel;
- an at least one retainer having a perimeter about the heel, wherein the at least one retainer provides a compressive force impeding a downward travel of the leg section.
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A sock comprising:
- a leg section, an ankle section, and a foot section in communication;
- the leg section in communication with the ankle section at an ankle section first end;
- the foot section in communication with the ankle section at an ankle section second end;
- the ankle section having a heel opening defined by a heel opening perimeter;
- an at least one retainer having a perimeter about the heel opening perimeter, wherein the at least one retainer provides a compressive force impeding a downward travel of the leg section.
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A method of using the sock comprising:
- a leg section, an ankle section, and a foot section in communication;
- the leg section in communication with the ankle section at an ankle section first end;
- the foot section in communication with the ankle section at an ankle section second end;
- the ankle section having at least one of a heel and a heel opening defined by a heel opening perimeter;
- an at least one retainer having a perimeter about at least one of the heel and the heel opening defined by the heel opening perimeter;
- the at least one retainer placing a compressive force on a body appendage;
- traveling a body appendage contained by the sock and a shoe;
- the leg section traveling in a direction of the shoe;
- the at least one retainer impeding a travel of the leg section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.