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US 2022/0087461 A1Published application
Sock Joining Device
OwnerGabriela Doyleinventor
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Abstract
The Sock Joining Device (200) provides for an efficient way to place sock-pairs (150) into a joined state that is pleasing to the eye, that remain in this joined state and specifically takes into account socks (100) with a heel section (110). The Sock Joining Device (200) comprises a volume (300), a pole (400). The Sock Joining Device (200) may further comprise a means for holding upright the pole (500).
Claims17
A sock joining device, the sock joining device comprising:
- (a) a volume, the volume comprising:
- (i) a central axis;
- (ii) a first end;
- (iii) a second end;
- (iv) where the volume tapers from the second end of the volume towards the first end of the volume;
- (b) a pole, the pole comprising of:
- (i) a first end;
- (ii) a second end;
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- (iii) a central axis;
- (c) where the second end of the volume is joined to the first end of the pole,
- (d) where the angle formed by the central axis of the volume and the central axis of the pole is between and inclusive of 90 and 270 degrees;
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A method for joining a first sock and a second sock, the method comprising the steps:
- (a) inserting a cuff of the first sock over a second end of a volume,
- (i) where a first end of the volume is joined to a pole,
- (ii) where the volume tapers from the second end of the volume towards the first end of the volume,
- (iii) where the pole is secured to a means for holding upright the pole;
- (b) moving the cuff of the first sock past the first end of the volume;
- (c) moving the cuff of the first sock over the pole;
- (d) inserting a cuff of the second sock over the second end of the volume and the first sock;
- (e) moving the cuff of the second sock past the first end of the volume and the first sock;
- (f) moving the cuff of the second sock over the pole and the first sock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.