Patent ID: 9532606
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: A41B,D04B

Claim:
1. A sock including a foot section and a toe section both formed of knitted fabric, the toe section being provided in the form of a bag formed by mutual joining of circumferential edges of the knitted fabric; wherein the toe section includes a stitch-number decreasing area where an area knitted by reciprocal knitting is progressively decreased, a stitch-number increasing area where an area knitted by reciprocal knitting is progressively increased, and a stitch-number constant area where an area knitted by reciprocal knitting is constant with a decrease on a first side offset by an increase on a second side opposite to the first side; in the toe section, the stitch-number decreasing area is provided at a position adjacent the foot section; the stitch-number decreasing area includes a sole fabric extending across and between a sole side and an instep side in the stitch-number decreasing area and a sole leading end fabric, adjacent to the sole fabric, is provided only on the sole side of the stitch-number decreasing area; the stitch-number increasing area is provided only on the sole side and is a top leading end fabric adjacent to the sole leading end fabric; the stitch-number constant area is provided only on the sole side and is an instep fabric adjacent to the top leading end fabric: a lateral dividing line is provided which divides between the instep side and the sole side of the knitted fabric, wherein the lateral dividing line represents a centerline of a portion of the sock for covering a big toe, the centerline being in contact with a body-center side lateral face; an end edge line of a wraparound portion of the sole fabric is wrapping around to the instep side and an end edge line of the sole leading end fabric is located on the opposite side of the end edge line of the wraparound portion relative to the lateral dividing line; and a knitted portion of the fabric is present at a portion for covering a lateral face of a vicinity of a base of a toe section.