US 6,178,785 B2 · Socks and knitting method therefor

Abstract

Socks having a rib top part, a leg part, a heel part, a foot part and a toe part which are knitted in order wherein first gore lines extending obliquely downwardly from upper portions of the heel part to rear portions of the heel part are formed on the heel part next to the leg part from first and second trapezoidal knit fabrics whose top sides are common to each other, and a third trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side whose length is equal to the length of a bottom side of the second trapezoidal knit fabric at portions of the first gore lines rather near to the toe part is knitted next to the second trapezoidal knit fabric. Further, a fourth trapezoidal knit fabric is knitted continuously to the bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric, and second gore lines are formed between the bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric and inclined sides of the fourth trapezoidal knit fabric of the socks.

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Dependent claims

A sock having a rib top part, a leg part, a heel part, a foot part and a toe part which are knitted in order, including:

a tubular portion having first gore lines which extend obliquely downwardly from upper portions of the heel part to rear portion of the heel part and are formed on the heel part next to the leg part from first and second trapezoidal knit fabrics whose top sides are common to each other;
and
a swelling portion having second gore lines which are nearer to the foot part than said first gore lines, extend obliquely downwardly from upper front portions of the heel part to central portions of the heel part and are formed from a third trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side whose length is equal to the length of a bottom side of the second trapezoidal knit fabric and having inclined sides connected by knitting to the last course of the leg part and a fourth trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side contiguous to a mid portion of a bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric.

A knitting method for a sock having a rib top part, a leg part, a heel part, a foot part and a toe part which are knitted in order, comprising steps of:

connecting inclined sides of a first trapezoidal knit fabric having a bottom side knitted next to the leg part to a second trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side common to that of the first trapezoidal knit fabric by knitting to form a tubular portion having first gore lines extending obliquely downwardly from upper portions of the heel part to rear portions of the heel part;
and
connecting a third trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side whose length is equal to the length of a bottom side of the second trapezoidal knit fabric and which is knitted next to the second trapezoidal knit fabric such that inclined sides thereof are connected by knitting to the last course of the leg part, to a fourth trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side which is a mid portion of a bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric and being knitted contiguously to the third trapezoidal knit fabric such that inclined sides of the fourth trapezoidal knit fabric are connected by knitting to wales at end portions of a course of a bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric, to form a swelling portion having second gore lines extending obliquely downwardly from upper front portions of the heel part to central portions of the heel part between the bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric and the inclined sides of the fourth trapezoidal knit fabric.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Socks and knitting method therefor

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