Patent ID: 9636261
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A61F,D04B

Claim:
1. A leg garment configured for covering at least an instep, a sole and an ankle of a leg, the leg garment comprising: a body portion comprising stretchable, knitted fabric material; and a support strip arranged in the shape of an inwardly-wound helix extending from the instep to the ankle through the sole, the support strip exerting a tightening force larger than that of a portion of the stretchable, knitted fabric material around the support strip, wherein the support strip includes: a first tightening portion arranged so as to medially extend from the instep to the sole; and a second tightening portion arranged so as to extend obliquely upward from a lateral side to a medial side of a ventral ankle, the second tightening portion compressing the ventral ankle via a surface thereof, wherein the support strip includes an edge that extends continuously from the first tightening portion to the second tightening portion, and the edge forms a helix that runs from the first tightening portion to the second tightening portion, the support strip further includes a third tightening portion arranged so as to cover a portion of the leg above an Achilles tendon, wherein the stretchable, knitted fabric material of the body portion is configured to cover a lower part of the Achilles tendon, an area of the stretchable, knitted fabric material of the body portion defining interval distances between portions of the support strip, the interval distances being non-uniform; the interval distance between the first tightening portion and the second tightening portion at a front region of the leg garment is less than the interval distance between the first tightening portion and the third tightening portion at a rear region of the leg garment, and at a side region of the leg garment between the front region and the rear region, the interval distance between the first tightening portion and the second tightening portion is less than the interval distance between the first tightening portion and the third tightening portion.