Patent ID: 9719198
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A43B,D04B,D10B

Claim:
1. A footwear including an instep cover section for covering an instep side portion of a wearer, and a sole cover section for covering a sole of the wearer; wherein the instep cover section and the sole cover section are integrally knitted in a seamless manner with a knitting pattern, by starting at a setup portion at a heel side end of the footwear and ending at a knitting end portion located at a position other than the heel side end, or by starting at a setup portion at a position other than the heel side end and ending at a knitting end portion located at a position of the heel side end; wherein a portion of a predetermined range for covering a back end of a heel of the wearer is assumed as a heel portion and the other portion is assumed as a sole main body portion, in the sole cover portion, said setup portion or knitting end portion formed at the heel side end is extended in a height direction of the footwear and also connected to the heel portion; and the heel portion is formed by knitting stacking course rows in plural tiers in a wale direction and gradually differing the number of stitches in a knitting width direction of the course row when stacking the tiers of the course row, the heel portion being formed to a tongue shape in which a width gradually becomes narrower toward a heel side of the footwear according to the change in the number of stitches.