Sock with concealed storage compartment

A sock of knitted construction having a foot portion and tubular leg portion stretchable laterally and extending to an upper extremity of mid-calf height, said sock further characterized in having interior and exterior surfaces and a construction enabling it to lie in flat form when not in use, said flat form defining inside and outside sides of the sock, said tubular portion comprising:

• a) an upper contractively tensioned encircling band adjacent said upper extremity,
• b) a lower contractively tensioned encircling band located adjacent said foot portion,
• c) a zone of vertical pleats extending between said upper and lower bands,
• d) an elongated opening disposed between two adjacent pleats within said vertical zone,
• e) a closure device associated with said elongated opening, and
• f) an internal tubular sleeve of laterally expandable knitted construction disposed in association with said interior surface within said vertical zone and sewn to said leg portion by upper and lower circumferential lines of a running stitch, and by a vertical sewn line diametrically opposite said elongated opening, whereby
• g) a pocket is created by the interaction of said sleeve with the interior surface of said leg portion.