Slipper sock and method of manufacture
OwnerFlorence Meltoninventor
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Abstract
An improved slipper sock which conforms to the foot of the wearer is formed as follows: the bottom of the foot portion of a stretchable knitted sock, which is in a stretched condition on a foot form, has temporarily attached to the exposed side thereof a thin and flexible bottom sole by use of dots of adhesive located at the extremities of the heel and toe portions thereof, the knitted sock is then removed from the foot form, and the periphery of the bottom sole is then stitched to the stretched bottom of the foot portion of the knitted sock, this stitching concurrently creating a taper in the thickness of the periphery of the bottom sole.
Claims6
A stretchable slipper sock which conforms to the shape of the wearer's foot and is washable, said sock comprising:
- a knitted stretchable sock which includes an upper portion and a foot portion, said foot portion having a unitary stretched bottom;
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- a thin, flexible bottom sole having a shape and size corresponding to the shape and size of the stretched bottom of said foot portion of said knitted sock, said bottom sole being stitched around its periphery to said stretched bottom of said sock foot portion, such that said bottom sole has a tapered periphery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.