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US 2022/0322755 A1Published application
Sock with toe anchor
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorRonen Yehuda
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a sock having a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses that form a toe anchor that divides a toe-end opening of the sock into a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening by extending across the toe-end opening from a dorsal portion of the toe-end opening to a plantar portion of the toe-end opening. The toe-anchor knit courses are integrally knit with the sock body.
Claims20
A knit sock having a dorsal portion and a plantar portion, the knit sock comprising:
- a tubular body comprising a toe end opening, a collar forming a perimeter edge around a foot opening of the tubular body, and a plurality of circumferentially extending knit courses;
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- a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses integrally knit with the plurality of circumferentially extending knit courses, wherein the plurality of toe-anchor knit courses divide the toe-end opening into a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening, wherein the plurality of toe-anchor knit courses connects the dorsal portion to the plantar portion by extending across the toe-end opening.
A knit sock comprising:
- a tubular body with a collar and a heel area;
- a toe area integrally knit with the tubular body, the toe area having a medial segment, a lateral segment, a dorsal segment, and a plantar segment;
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- a toe-anchor integrally knit with the dorsal segment and the plantar segment and extending between the dorsal segment to the plantar segment to divide a toe-end opening into a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening.
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A method for knitting a sock comprising:
- on a circular knitting machine, knitting a plurality of circumferentially extending knit courses forming a tubular body with a first end and a second end;
- on the circular knitting machine, reciprocally knitting a medial segment extending from the second end of the tubular body;
- on the circular knitting machine, reciprocally knitting a dorsal segment and a plantar segment;
- on the circular knitting machine, reciprocally knitting a plurality of toe-anchor knit courses extending between the dorsal segment and the plantar segment, wherein the plurality of toe-anchor knit courses divide a toe-end opening into a first toe-end opening and a second toe-end opening;
- on the circular knitting machine, reciprocally knitting a lateral segment, wherein the lateral segment comprises a free edge;
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- seaming the free edge of the lateral segment to the tubular body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.