Patent ID: 11859319
Assignee: FLAGSHIP BRANDS, LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A  D

Claim 0:
1. A knit sock, comprising:
a sock portion integrally knit of a body yarn in circumferential courses and axial wales;
a targeted compression zone formed within said sock portion, and comprising compression ridges spaced-apart from each other and extending from a first end of said targeted compression zone to a second end of said targeted compression zone, and wherein said compression ridges comprise at least one pattern yarn integrally knit with the body yarn of said sock portion in a manner using tuck and float stitches, such that said compression ridges are raised relative to the body yarn and create areas of increased density as compared to directly adjacent areas of said sock portion, and wherein said targeted compression zone occupies only a partial circumferential portion of said sock; and
whereby the compression force applied by said sock within said targeted compression zone is greater than the compression force in directly adjacent areas of said sock.