Patent ID: 11925230
Assignee: DRYMAX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A  D

Claim 6:
7. A chinstrap sock comprising
a tubular body having a skin facing surface for contacting a portion of a wearer's body, and an outer surface opposed to the skin-facing surface;
an opening in the tubular body for receiving a chinstrap; and
a first turned welt and a second turned welt defining opposite ends of the tubular body, each of the first turned welt and the second turned welt being in surrounding relation to the opening, the first turned welt and the second turned welt each integral with the tubular body; wherein the tubular body is a knitted construction integrally knitted with the double-ply first and second turned welts;
wherein the tubular body is of a double-ply knitted construction comprising:
a metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing hydrophobic yarn, in combination with an elastic yarn, being presented proximate to a wearer's skin; and
a hydrophilic yarn excluding metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing fiber, optionally in combination with an elastic yarn, adjacent to the hydrophobic yarn, the hydrophilic yarn configured to be distal to the wearer's skin;
wherein the skin facing surface comprises the metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing hydrophobic yarn at a crest of the first turned welt;
wherein the tubular body is a circularly-knitted fabric and the first turned welt, and the second turned welt are each a circularly-knitted fabric integral with the tubular body.