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US 5,560,226 AGranted
Foot protector in combination with hosiery and method of knitting same
OwnerJames L. Throneburginventor
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A foot protector in combination with hosiery, such as high fashion women's hosiery, is provided to be worn on a foot of a wearer. The foot protector is designed and constructed to provide cushioning comfort to a ball portion, i.e., bottom or planar areas thereof, of a wearer's foot to concentrate cushioning to where most needed. The foot protector preferably is a knit footlet having integrally knit thickened cushion areas provided only in ball portion areas thereof, whereby other areas of the footlet are not thickened to such an amount as to make a shoe feel undersized and tight on a wearer's foot. The knit thickened cushion areas have terry loops integrally knit only in a ball portion of the footlet and are so constructed as to underlie only a corresponding ball portion of a wearer's foot. A method of forming a foot protector arranged to be positioned over a wearer's foot is also provided which includes knitting at least one body yarn to form at least heel, arch, ball and toe portions and define a footlet and integrally knitting terry loops with the one body yarn only in the ball portion of the footlet. A method of wearing a foot protector over a wearer's foot and underneath other hosiery is further provided and includes positioning knit thickened cushion areas of terry loops integrally knit only in ball portion areas of a footlet so as to underlie and intimately contact only a ball portion of a wearer's foot.
A combination of hosiery arranged to be worn on a foot to provide cushioning comfort to a ball portion of the foot, the combination of hosiery comprising:
A combination of hosiery arranged to be worn on a foot to provide cushioning comfort to a ball portion of the foot, the hosiery comprising:
A knit foot protector arranged to be worn on the foot in intimate contact therewith for providing cushion comfort to a ball portion of the foot, the foot protector being formed of a knit fabric and comprising a least one body yarn knit throughout at least heel, arch, ball, instep or outstep and toe portions so as to define a footlet, and terry loops integrally knit with said one body yarn only in said ball portion of said footlet, said terry loops being arranged to intimately contact and underlie at least part of the ball portion of the foot for providing cushioning comfort thereto.
A knit foot protector arranged to be worn on a foot in intimate contact therewith for providing cushion comfort to a ball portion of the foot, the foot protector being formed of a knit fabric and comprising a first body yarn knit to form heel, arch, ball, toe and instep portions so as to define a footlet, a second body yarn knit integral with said first body yarn only in said ball and toe portions of said foot, and at least two sets of terry loops integrally knit with said first and second body yarns only in said ball portion of said footlet, said two sets of terry loops being arranged to intimately contact and underlie at least a portion of the bottom areas of the ball portion of the foot for providing cushioning comfort thereto.
A method of forming a foot protector arranged to be positioned over a foot and underneath hosiery to thereby provide cushioning comfort to a ball portion of the foot, the method comprising:
A method of wearing a foot protector for encompassing the foot including an instep or outstep portion and ball portion thereof underneath hosiery to thereby provide cushioning comfort to the ball portion of the foot, the method comprising positioning knit thickened cushion areas of terry loops integrally knit only in at least an area of the ball portion of a footlet so as to underlie and intimately contact at least the ball portion of the foot.
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