Knit sock with targeted compression zone
AssigneeFlagship Brands, LLC
InventorHugh Gaither
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Abstract
A knit sock includes a foot portion having an upper instep area and a lower sole area integrally knit of a body yarn in circumferential courses and axial wales. The lower sole area defines inner and outer arch regions. The inner arch region incorporates a targeted compression zone adapted to reside generally adjacent an inner arch of a wearer's foot. The compression zone includes axially extending compression ridges of variable length spaced apart from a top of the compression zone to a bottom of the compression zone. When the sock is worn, a compression force applied by the foot portion within the targeted compression zone is greater than the compression force in directly adjacent areas of said foot portion.
Claims16
A knit sock, comprising:
- a foot portion having an upper instep area and a lower sole area integrally knit of a body yarn in circumferential courses and axial wales, said lower sole area defining inner and outer arch regions;
- a targeted compression zone formed with said sock and comprising axially extending compression ridges spaced-apart from each other and extending axially from a first end of said compression zone to a second end of said compression zone, and wherein said compression ridges extend axially outward from a heel of said sock at the first end of said compression zone and have different termination points at the second end said compression zone;
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- whereby a compression force applied by said sock within said targeted compression zone is greater than the compression force in directly adjacent areas of said sock.
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