Anti-slip hosiery article and method

An anti-embolism stocking for use primarily by bed patients and including an elastic leg portion adapted to apply compressive force to the leg of the wearer, an elastic foot portion knit of body yarn and also adapted to apply compressive force to the foot of the wearer, said foot portion including an upper instep portion and a lower sole portion, and anti-slip means on the outer surface of said sole portion and extending throughout a substantial portion thereof to provide a relatively high frictional surface on said sole portion to minimize slippage of the foot of the patient on the floor, said anti-slip means comprising friction yarn having a substantially higher coefficient of friction than said body yarn, said friction yarn being interknit with said body yarn in spaced-apart areas of said substantial portion of said sole portion and forming unknit portions on the outer surface of said sole portion, said unknit portions extending between said spaced-apart areas in which said friction yarn is interknit with said body yarn, said unknit portions of said friction yarn on the outer surface of said sole portion being adapted to engage the floor and minimize slippage of the foot of the patient.

A low-cut slipper type sock for use primarily by bed patients including a short leg portion with a supporting cuff adapted to engage the ankle of the wearer, an elastic foot portion knit of body yarn, said foot portion including an upper instep portion and a lower sole portion, and anti-slip means on the outer surface of said sole portion and extending throughout a substantial portion thereof to provide a relatively high frictional surface on said sole portion to minimize slippage of the foot of the patient on the floor, said anti-slip means comprising friction yarn having a substantially higher coefficient of friction than said body yarn, said friction yarn being interknit with said body yarn in spaced-apart areas of said substantial portion of said sole portion and forming unknit portions on the outer surface of said sole portion, said unknit portions extending between said spaced-apart areas in which said friction yarn is interknit with said body yarn, said unknit portions of said friction yarn on the outer surface of said sole portion being adapted to engage the floor and minimize slippage of the foot of the patient.

A method of producing a hosiery article for use primarily by bed patients including leg and foot portions with the foot portion including an upper instep portion and a lower sole portion, said method comprising the steps of knitting the leg portion with a body yarn while forming successive courses of stitch loops in adjacent wales, knitting the foot portion with the body yarn while interknitting a friction yarn having a substantially higher coefficient of friction than said body yarn in spaced-apart areas of a substantial portion of the sole portion and forming unknit portions on the inner surface of said sole portion, and everting the hosiery article to position the unknit portions of said friction yarn on the outer surface of said sole portion so that the unknit portions of the friction yarn are positioned to engage the floor and minimize slippage of the foot of the patient when the hosiery article is positioned on the foot.