Therapeutic compression and cushion sock and method of making

A sock comprising:

• a base layer comprising an elasticized yarn;
• a cushion layer integrally knit with the base layer in selected portions on an inside of the sock;
• a compressive pressure construction in a plurality of selected circumferential zones of the sock, each of the zones capable of exerting a predetermined amount of compressive pressure on a wearer;
• and
• a toe portion having a first toe seam and a second toe seam wider than and sewn over the first toe seam at a height less than a height of the cushion layer.

A sock, comprising:

• a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom, a top, and two sides;
• a base layer comprising an elasticized yarn;
• a terry knit cushion layer integrally knit with the base layer in selected portions on an inside of the sock;
• a compressive pressure construction in a plurality of selected circumferential zones of the sock, each of the zones capable of exerting a predetermined amount of compressive pressure on a wearer;
• each of at least two zones of compressive pressure construction comprising a different compressive pressure capability;
• the compressive pressure capability of each of the plurality of zones decreasing from a distal portion of the sock to a proximal portion of the sock;
• and
• a transition region between adjacent zones of compressive pressure construction,
• wherein in the transition region the elasticized yarn is knit at a gradually increasing rate of feed to provide a gradually decreasing compressive pressure capability in the transition region,
• wherein yarns of the cushion layer are cut and spliced near an interface of the bottom and the top on each side of the sock,
• wherein the heel portion comprises a “Y” design heel pouch,
• wherein the toe portion comprises a balloon style construction, the balloon style construction comprising an increased number of stitches or a decreased tension on the stitches, and
• wherein the toe portion comprises a first toe seam and a second toe seam wider than and sewn over the first toe seam at a height less than a height of the cushion layer.

A method of making a sock, comprising:

• knitting at least an elasticized yarn into a base layer;
• integrally knitting a terry knit cushion layer with the base layer in selected portions on an inside of the sock;
• knitting a plurality of zones of compressive pressure construction, each of which zones comprises a different compressive pressure capability capable of exerting a predetermined amount of compressive pressure on a wearer;
• knitting a decreasing compressive pressure capability of each of the plurality of zones from a distal portion of the sock to a proximal portion of the sock;
• and
• knitting a transition region between adjacent zones of compressive pressure construction by gadually increasing a rate of feed of the elasticized yarn to provide a gradually decreasing compressive pressure capability in the transition region.

A method of making a sock, comprising:

• knitting at least an elasticized yarn into a base layer;
• integrally knitting a terry knit cushion layer with the base layer in selected portions on an inside of the sock;
• and
• knitting in a plurality of selected circumferential zones in the sock a construction capable of exerting a predetermined amount of compressive pressure on a wearer,
• wherein knitting a compressive pressure construction further comprises
• knitting the elasticized yarn at a first constant feed rate in a first zone to provide a first compressive pressure capability;
• knitting the elasticized yarn at a gradually increasing feed rate until a second constant feed rate is achieved to provide a transition region between the first zone and an adjacent second zone, the transition region having a gradually decreasing compressive pressure capability;
• and
• knitting the elasticized yarn at the second constant feed rate greater than the first constant feed rate in the second zone to provide a second compressive pressure capability less than the first compressive pressure capability.

A method of making a sock, comprising:

• knitting at least an elasticized yarn into a base layer;
• integrally knitting a terry knit cushion layer with the base layer in selected portions on an inside of the sock;
• knitting in a plurality of selected circumferential zones in the sock a construction capable of exerting a predetermined amount of compressive pressure on a wearer;
• and
• sewing a first toe seam, and sewing a second toe seam wider than and overlying the first toe seam so that both the first and second toe seams have a height no greater than a height of the cushion layer.