Patent ID: 9192200
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: A41D,A61F,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
1. A foot joint supporter constructed from a tubular knitted fabric that is knitted by circular knitting, and adapted to come into close contact with a body surface of a wearer, thereby assisting a foot joint by improving stability thereof, the foot joint supporter comprising: a first anchor section which is knitted around an upper end of the tubular knitted fabric, the first anchor section adapted to surround portions corresponding to a tibia and a fibula in a vicinity of a malleolus of the wearer, the first anchor section allowing for the tubular knitted fabric to be tightened on a lower leg of the wearer; a second anchor section which is knitted around a lower end of the tubular knitted fabric, the second anchor section adapted to surround portions corresponding to a first metatarsal bone, a second metatarsal bone, a third metatarsal bone, a fourth metatarsal bone, and a fifth metatarsal bone in a vicinity of a metatarsophalangeal joint of the wearer, the second anchor section allowing for the tubular knitted fabric to be tightened on an instep and a sole of a foot of the wearer; a figure eight section which is knitted as a body section and a foot section excluding portions adapted to receive a heel and tiptoes of the wearer between the first anchor section and the second anchor section of the tubular knitted fabric and adapted to support a talocrural joint of the wearer; and a heel shaping section adapted to receive a heel of the wearer, wherein the foot section in the figure eight section includes an instep section adapted to receive an instep of the foot of the wearer and a sole section adapted to receive a sole of the foot of the wearer and is knitted in an area from the heel shaping section to the second anchor section, and the stretch resistance of the entire sole section in a length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is larger than the stretch resistance of the instep section in a length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.