Blister protection mohair sock
AssigneeNeuville Industries, Inc.
InventorRegina T. Penley
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Abstract
A sock for managing moisture and reducing friction includes a blend of natural mohair wool fibers and acrylic fibers. Hydrophobic mohair wool wicks moisture away, from the foot of a wearer, and hydrophilic acrylic yarn absorbs moisture wicked from the foot by mohair yarn and holds the moisture away from the skin. As a result, undesirable friction-promoting effects of moisture on a foot are decreased. Mohair wool yarn is disposed on the inner surface of a sock for contact with skin, while acrylic yarn is disposed on the outer surface of the sock away from the skin. A blend of mohair wool and acrylic is placed in areas of a sock likely to have the greatest moisture build-up and the most friction of a foot against the sock and shoe.
Claims24
A sock for managing moisture and friction on a wearer's foot, the sock including a foot portion having a top and a bottom, the sock foot comprising:
- a toe portion, a heel portion, and a sole portion extending between the toe and heel portions and around the bottom of the sock;
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- the toe, heel, and sole portions knit with mohair wool and acrylic fibers;
- wherein, when the sock is worm, moisture is wicked away from the wearer's foot by the mohair wool and is absorbed by the acrylic fibers, whereby friction associated with movement of the wearer's foot is decreased.
A sock for managing moisture and friction on a wearer's foot, the sock including a foot portion having a top and a bottom, the sock foot comprising:
- a toe portion, a heel portion, and a sole portion extending between the toe and heel portions and around the bottom of the sock, the toe portion further comprising a toe cap;
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- the toe, heel, and sole portions and the toe cap knit with mohair wool and acrylic fibers;
- wherein, when the sock is worm, moisture is wicked away from the wearer's foot:
- by the mohair wool and is absorbed by the acrylic fibers,
- whereby friction associated with movement of the wearer's foot is decreased.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.