Toe sock
AssigneeInjinji Footwear, Inc.
InventorJoaquin Romay
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Abstract
An anatomic dry athletic toe sock includes a sock shaft section with a shaft support section to encircle a lower part of a leg of a wearer and to maintain the sock in proper orientation upon a wearer's leg, and a closed foot section adapted to receive the foot of the wearer. The closed foot section includes a heel section adapted to receive a heel of the wearer therein, an arch section having an arch support section to encircle the foot of the wearer in the arch of the wearer's foot and to prevent the arch section from moving relative to the wearer's foot, and a plurality of separated, closed toe sections to receive toes of the foot of the wearer. The toe sections are joined by nested, overlapping material portions. The sock is also made at least partially of an air-permeable hydrophobic fiber material.
Claims41
An anatomic dry athletic toe sock shaped to fit either a right foot or a left foot of a wearer, said anatomic dry athletic toe sock comprising:
- a sock shaft section including an open end through which the foot of the wearer is inserted when the sock is put on, the sock shaft section including a shaft support section to encircle a lower part of a leg of a wearer and to maintain the sock in proper orientation upon the leg;
- a closed foot section adapted to receive the foot of the wearer, the closed foot section including a heel section adapted to receive a heel of the wearer
- therein,
- an arch section having an arch support section to encircle the foot of the wearer in an arch of the wearer's foot and to prevent the arch section of the sock from moving relative to the wearer's foot,
- a plurality of separated, closed toe sections to receive toes of the foot of the wearer, the toe sections being separated by trough regions that keep the toes separate to prevent the toes from rubbing and that each have an apex located where adjacent toe sections are joined, the toe sections joined by nested, overlapping material portions at the apex of each trough region,
- wherein said sock is made at least partially of an air-permeable, hydrophobic, wicking fiber material.
A sock comprising:
- a heel section adapted to receive a heel of a foot of a wearer therein;
- an arch section;
- and
- a plurality of separated, closed toe sections to receive toes of the foot of the wearer, the toe sections being separated by trough regions that keep the toes separate to prevent the toes from rubbing and that each have an apex located where adjacent toe sections are joined, the toe sections joined by nested, overlapping material portions at the apex of each trough region.
A method of making a sock, comprising the steps of:
- forming a heel section adapted to receive a heel of a foot of a wearer therein;
- forming an arch section;
- and
- forming a plurality of separated, closed toe sections to receive toes of the foot of the wearer, the toe sections being separated by trough regions that keep the toes separate to prevent the toes from rubbing and that each have an apex located where adjacent toe sections are joined, the toe sections joined by nested, overlapping material portions at the apex of each trough region.
A sock comprising:
- a sock shaft section including an open end through which a foot of a wearer is inserted when the sock is put on;
- and
- a closed foot section adapted to receive the foot of the wearer, the closed foot section including
- a heel section adapted to receive a heel of the wearer therein,
- an arch section,
- a plurality of separated, closed toe sections to receive toes of the foot of the wearer, the toe sections being separated by trough regions that keep the toes separate to prevent the toes from rubbing and that each have an apex located where adjacent toe sections are joined, the toe sections joined by nested, overlapping material portions at the apex of each trough region,
- wherein said sock is made at least partially of a air-permeable, hydrophobic fiber material.
A sock comprising:
- a sock shaft section including an open end through which a foot of a wearer is inserted when the sock is put on;
- and
- a closed foot section adapted to receive the foot of the wearer, the closed foot section including
- a heel section adapted to receive a heel of the wearer therein,
- an arch section,
- a plurality of separated, closed toe sections to receive toes of the foot of the wearer, the toe sections being separated by trough regions that keep the toes separate to prevent the toes from rubbing and that each have an apex located where adjacent toe sections are joined, the toe sections joined by nested, overlapping material portions at the apex of each trough region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.