Sock and a method for its manufacture

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10863777-B2
Application number	US-201816123862-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 6, 2018
Priority date	Dec 1, 2006
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

There is provided herein, a sock comprising a toe and/or a heel area, wherein said toe area is divided to at least two sub-areas, wherein a borderline between at least two adjacent sub-areas is essentially vertical. There is also provided, a method for manufacturing a sock comprising forming a toe and/or a heel area divided to at least two sub-areas, wherein a borderline between at least two adjacent sub-areas is essentially vertical.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of knitting a borderline between two adjacent regions in a knitted garment, the method comprising:
on a circular knitting machine having a series of consecutive needles grouped into a first sub-area of needles, a second sub-area of needles, and at least two separating needles positioned between the first sub-area of needles and the second sub-area of needles:
forming a first course of knitted stitches by feeding a first yarn from a first finger and moving the circular knitting machine in a first direction while knitting at consecutive needles in the first sub-area of needles, executing a miss at a first separating needle directly adjacent to the first sub-area of needles, knitting at a second separating needle directly adjacent the second sub-area of needles, and not knitting at consecutive needles in the second sub-area of needles;
moving the circular knitting machine in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction while the series of consecutive needles are in a miss position and while positioning a second finger to feed a second yarn;
forming a second course of knitted stitches with the second yarn by moving the circular knitting machine in the first direction and by knitting at the second separating needle and at the consecutive needles in the second sub-area of needles, wherein forming the second course of knitted stitches includes not knitting at the consecutive needles in the first sub-area of needles and not knitting at the first separating needle;
forming a third course of knitted stitches with the second yarn by moving the circular knitting machine in the second direction and by knitting at the consecutive needles in the second sub-area of needles and at the first separating needle, wherein forming the third course of knitted stitches includes not knitting at the consecutive needles in the first sub-area of needles and not knitting at the second separating needle;
moving the circular knitting machine in the first direction while the series of consecutive needles are in a miss position and while positioning the first finger to feed the first yarn;
forming a fourth course of knitted stitches with the first yarn by moving the circular knitting machine in the second direction and by knitting at the consecutive needles in the first sub-area of needles and at the first separating needle, wherein forming the fourth course of knitted stitches includes not knitting at the consecutive needles in the second sub-area of needles and not knitting at the second separating needle; and
repeating the forming of the first, second, third, and fourth courses at subsequent courses.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first yarn comprises a different yarn composition from the second yarn.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the consecutive needles in the first sub-area of needles are configured to knit a first stitch type, and wherein the consecutive needles in the second sub-area of needles are configured to knit a second stitch type that is different from the first stitch type.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first stitch type and the second stitch type comprises one or more of a terry stitch, a plain-mesh stitch, and a tuck stitch.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the first stitch type results in a first texture, and the second stitch type results in a second texture.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first texture is different from the second texture.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first yarn comprises a first thickness and the second yarn comprises a second thickness.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the first thickness of the first yarn is different from the second thickness of the second yarn.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the borderline is located at a toe portion of the knitted garment.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Craig Kenneth T
• Marchant Donna L
• Cohen Avi
• Malul David

Classifications

• A41B11/00 Primary

  Hosiery; Panti-hose (elastic stockings for curative purposes A61F13/08) · CPC title

• D04B1/108

  Gussets, e.g. pouches or heel or toe portions · CPC title

• A41B11/01 Primary

  Seams · CPC title

• D04B1/26

  stockings · CPC title

• A41B2500/10

  Knitted · CPC title