Patent ID: 6178785
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: D04B

Abstract:
A sock having a rib top part, a leg part, a heel part, a foot part and a toe part which are knitted in order, including:a tubular portion having first gore lines which extend obliquely downwardly from upper portions of the heel part to rear portion of the heel part and are formed on the heel part next to the leg part from first and second trapezoidal knit fabrics whose top sides are common to each other; anda swelling portion having second gore lines which are nearer to the foot part than said first gore lines, extend obliquely downwardly from upper front portions of the heel part to central portions of the heel part and are formed from a third trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side whose length is equal to the length of a bottom side of the second trapezoidal knit fabric and having inclined sides connected by knitting to the last course of the leg part and a fourth trapezoidal knit fabric having a top side contiguous to a mid portion of a bottom side of the third trapezoidal knit fabric.