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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156768 | System and method of forming a toe seam An article of hosiery having a toe seam has been developed. The hosiery includes a foot portion and a first circumferential toe portion having a first stitch length. A second circumferential toe portion can be adjacent the first toe portion. The second circumferenti... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7346935 | Stretchable high friction socks A woven sock body having a multitude of high friction dots defining friction buttons arrayed around the bottom thereof. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7314457 | Orthopedic cast or splint An orthopedic stockinette includes a preformed sleeve of elastic fabric material. At least a portion of the sleeve is drawn together to form secondary sleeves for receiving digits of a wearer and serving as a divider between the received digits. An orthopedic cast o... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7103922 | Hosiery having a toe notch and bubble for accommodating a sandal strap A hosiery item includes an upper part for covering the foot and at least a portion of the ankle of the wearer, and a lower part for covering the toes of the wearer. A toe notch is formed in the lower part to separate the lower part into a big toe accommodating pocke... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7069600 | Toe sock 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 th... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7047767 | Method for manufacturing socks with a circular knitting machine having at least two feeds or drops A method for manufacturing socks with a circular knitting machine having at least two feeds or drops, consisting in producing the sock starting from its opposite end with respect to the toe. The toe is produced by using at least two feeds simultaneously and by actua... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040124 | Cotton jersey fabric construction having improved stretch characteristics A knitted fabric constructed from cotton yarns and synthetic yarns of polyester. The fabric is knitted with courses of cotton yarns, with a polyester yarn knitted with at least every fourth course of cotton yarn. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7007309 | Dance tight stocking An improved dance tight and dance tight stocking. In accordance with one embodiment, the dance tight includes a leg portion in the form of a tubular fabric member terminating in a foot portion. The foot portion includes an open forefoot collar bordered by an elastic... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6966073 | Sock A sock having a foot portion, a leg portion, and a heel portion between the leg portion and the foot portion. The heel portion has a double gore line configured so that the foot portion is at an angle of substantially 90° to the leg portion. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6935141 | Socks and method of manufacturing the socks Asymmetrical hosiery (10) knitted by a hosiery knitting machine, wherein a tip position (G) of a tip top part (14) is positioned nearer to a big toe side (16), characterized in that a first gusset part (22) is knitted nearer to the big to... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6722163 | Method for forming a pouch in a tubular knitted article with a circular knitting machine The method comprises using a set of contiguous needles of the needle cylinder; actuating the needle cylinder with an alternating rotary motion about its own axis, through a rotation angle making the knitting needles to pass in front of n feeds or drops of the machin... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6341505 | Moisture management sock An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control are all managed by the sock construction. The moisture management sock has a toe portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; a heel portion knit of pre... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6324703 | Strong, soft, tear resistant insulating compositions and composites for extreme cold weather use Novel gels and gel composites for direct contact with the body and capable of substantially preventing the generation moisture from said body in extreme cold weather use.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6209363 | Process for facilitating closure of a tubular knit article A method for facilitating in seaming closed an open end of a generally tubular structure is described. The method involves providing first and second handles extending from opposite sides of an open end of the tubular structure, extending the first and se... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6178781 | Process of rotary knitting a tubular blank with knitted pocket on multi-feed circular knitting machine A process of rotary knitting a tubular blank with a knitted pocket or pockets such as a heel or toe portion on a multi-feed circular knitting machine and products made by the process. The blank is preferably first knit with continuous courses of stitches ... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6178785 | Socks and knitting method therefor Socks having a rib top part, a leg part, a heel part, a foot part and a toe part which are knitted in order wherein first gore lines extending obliquely downwardly from upper portions of the heel part to rear portions of the heel part are formed on the he... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6082146 | Moisture management sock An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control are all managed by the sock construction. The moisture management sock has a toe portion knit of predominantly of hydrophilic yarn; a heel portion knit of pre... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6003345 | Knit garment and orientation method A method of manipulating a garment on a knitting machine includes the steps of orienting the garment with an opening disposed relative to one end on the knitting machine; and knitting a bridge across the opening of the garment. The bridge is affixed to th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6000247 | Hosiery toe portion and method of manufacturing the same A hosiery, whose shape is quite similar to that of a foot of a man and which never presses the big toe, the hosiery includes a cylindrical section; a toe section being forwardly extended from a front end of the cylindrical section, wherein a front tip poi... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5907960 | Closed toe method on a single-cylinder knitting machine Method for manufacturing a tubular hosiery item with a closed end, with a single-cylinder circular knitting machine having a pivoting semicircular plate having radially sliding hooks, including alternately rotating the needle cylinder for moving the needl... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5816075 | Single-cylinder circular hosiery machine with pivotable dial sections A single-cylinder circular hosiery-making or knitting machine particularly for manufacturing tubular items closed at one of their axial ends, having a needle cylinder and a circular plate which coaxially faces the needle cylinder in an upward region. The ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791163 | Knit foot protector having integral padding and method of knitting same A foot protector for providing cushioning comfort and support to the foot of a wearer is described. The foot protector has a toe portion, a ball portion and an instep portion, and a pad positioned on the ball portion. The pad has an arcuate front edge, an... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5771495 | Snowboarding sock A forward lean sock, that is particularly suited to snowboarding is provided. The snowboarding sock includes a woven sock body having a leg section and a foot section joined by a heel and front arch. The heel includes a Y-heel construction that provide an... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5211035 | Method of manufacturing split-heel sock A method of making a sock especially adapted for use as a ski sock. The sock is designed to avoid sock pull down or drag down problems by utilizing a stabilizing band of elastic yarn knit in plated relationship with the body yarn and extending around the ... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5170646 | Method for forming pocket using reciprocating motion in tubular knit hosiery manufacturing and product made thereby The tubular knit product with a pocket and a method for forming the pocket using reciprocating motion in tubular knit hosiery manufacturing. The method uses a circular knitting machine fed by a plurality of yarn feeds which all participate in the formatio... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5095548 | Moisture control sock Moisture control characteristics are imparted to the sock of the present invention by body yarn knit in successive courses throughout the leg and foot. A hydrophobic yarn is knit in plated relationship with the body yarn in partial courses extending throu... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4898007 | Moisture management sock An improved sock wherein moisture distribution, wicking, evaporation and other phases of control, as well as stretch and cushioning, are all managed by the sock construction. The toe and heel portions are knit predominately, or entirely, of hydrophilic ya... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4689971 | Process and circular knitting machine for manufacturing pantyhose articles and the like Several pairs of tubular articles are formed on two circular fixed fronts of needles using threads reciprocating transfer mechanism. The articles are alternatively formed by the two fronts by using sets of needles whose number may also vary. By using adja... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4589267 | Method and apparatus for producing hosiery article A hosiery knitting method and apparatus wherein contoured terry-type heel and toe areas are circularly knit on a four station hosiery machine by arranging one station to knit complete terry courses on all needles and sinkers and arranging the other three ... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4341097 | Hosiery article with a reinforced toe with varying density A reinforced toe with varying density is provided for hosiery articles such as sheer stockings, pantyhose and the like so that there is no sharply contrasting line of demarcation between the sheer fabric in the foot portion and the reinforced fabric in th... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4341096 | Sock with triple layer fabric in foot and method The triple layer fabric extends throughout at least a substantial portion of the foot portion and provides improved cushioning and moisture-absorbing characteristics thereto. The sock can be knit on a conventional hosiery knitting machine with very little... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4277959 | Socks with integrally knit cushions in heel, arch and ball The present athletic socks are particularly suitable for jogging and running and are provided with shock absorber cushion pads in the heel (11), ball (15), and in the inner portion (16a) of the arch area (16) and being formed by a sufficiently greater amo... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4224693 | Hosiery product A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desi... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4186471 | Method of making hosiery A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desi... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4162620 | Circuit-knit closed end tubular article In a circular-knit, closed end tubular article, for example, a stocking or a sock, the opposite-lying loops of the linking course at the closing end are successively embraced by a linking thread and are drawn thereby together until their complete closure ... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4047401 | Method for forming a closed toe A process for the manufacture of a tubular fabric such as stockings and the like having a closed toe by knitting same on a circular knitting machine having two needle beds in which two layers are formed when reaching the toe, the two layers then being twi... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4044574 | Method of closing the toe opening of a knit stocking or the like Closing the toe opening of a stocking, or the end of a tube by providing a two ply welt defining the toe pocket, and constricting the fabric of at least one of said plys about the axis of the toe opening to obstruct the same. The constriction or gathering... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4037435 | Auxiliary feed attachment for a circular knitting machine A tubular knit fabric article having a two ply end portion that is confined to a reduced tubular size at the outer end thereof by an auxiliary yarn disposed between the plies in an unknit constricting loop and with the ends of the auxiliary yarn knit in t... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4028910 | Tubular knitted fabric A knitted fabric tube, and more particularly a portion of a garment to be worn on a foot, closed by being constrained into a constricted form without twisting of the fabric tube and retained in the closed state; and also a method and machine for producing... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4015448 | Support stocking A tubular knit seamless stocking having boot, heel, instep and toe portions formed of non-elastomeric yarn, incorporating, substantially throughout except in the toe portion, at least one elastomeric stretchable retractive yarn having the major portion th... | 04/05/1977 |
