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

Claim 0:
1. 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 welts 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 of a double-ply knitted construction integrally knitted with the first and second turned welts;
wherein the tubular body comprises a hydrophobic yarn containing a metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing fiber and one or more yarns substantially excluding metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing fiber positioned between the first turned welt and the second turned welt of the skin facing surface;
wherein the skin facing surface presents the metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing hydrophobic yarn and the outer surface presents the one or more yarns substantially excluding metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing fiber between the opposite ends of the tubular body, wherein the metal-containing yarn is present 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.