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US 2020/0205484 A1Published application
Sock with lateral toe seam
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorRonen Yehuda
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Abstract
Concepts provided are directed to a sock having a toe seam that is primarily located on a lateral side of the sock. The sock may comprise a foot locating feature to ensure that the wearer dons a right footed sock on a right foot and a left footed sock on a left foot so that the toe seam is localized to the lateral side of the wearer's foot when the sock is worn by the wearer.
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A sock comprising:
- a tubular body having a textile wall, wherein a bisecting reference plane bisects the tubular body into a medial side and a lateral side on opposing sides of the bisecting reference plane, the medial side of the tubular body comprising a foot-locating feature, wherein the foot-locating feature is configured to engage an anatomical region of a medial portion of a foot of a wearer, when the sock is in an as-worn configuration;
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- wherein the lateral side of the tubular body comprises a toe seam having a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a toe-seam length extending between the first terminal end and the second terminal end, and wherein the bisecting reference plane extends through at least the first terminal end of the toe seam.
A sock comprising:
- a tubular body having a medial dorsal portion, a medial plantar portion, a lateral dorsal portion, and a lateral plantar portion, wherein the tubular body is bisected by a bisecting reference plane, wherein the medial dorsal portion and the medial plantar portion are located on a first side of the bisecting reference plane and the lateral dorsal portion and the lateral plantar portion are located on a second side of the bisecting reference plane, wherein the first side is opposite the second side;
- a foot-locating feature located in the medial dorsal portion, in the medial plantar portion, or any combination thereof, the foot-locating feature configured to engage an anatomical region of a medial portion of a foot of a wearer, when the sock is in an as-worn configuration;
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- a toe seam having a first terminal end, a second terminal end, and a toe-seam length extending between the first terminal end and the second terminal end, wherein the bisecting reference plane extends through at least the first terminal end of the toe seam, wherein more than 50% of the toe-seam length is located in the lateral dorsal portion, the lateral plantar portion, or any combination thereof.
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A method for forming a toe portion of a sock, the method comprising:
- reciprocally knitting a medial segment of the sock, the medial segment having a first side integrally knit with a tubular knit body of the sock;
- reciprocally knitting a first dorsal triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a first plantar triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a toe anchor segment of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a second dorsal triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a second plantar triangular panel of the toe portion;
- reciprocally knitting a lateral segment of the toe portion;
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- seaming one side of the lateral segment of the toe portion to the tubular knit body of the sock.
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