Patent ID: 6415448
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A41B

Abstract:
A stocking to be worn on a foot of a person, comprising:a single continuous tube of thin stretch material having a main body and an end portion which forms a continuation of said main body, said end portion having a first open end and said main body having a second open end opposite said first open end, each of said main body and said end portion having opposite first and second side edges when said main body and said end portion, respectively, are flattened, said end portion being folded back onto said main body along a fold line such that the opposite first and second side edges of said end portion are substantially in alignment with the respective opposite first and second side edges of said main body; and a securing arrangement which connects said first side edge of said main body with said first side edge of said end portion and which connects said second side edge of said main body and said second side edge of said end portion such that said first open end of said end portion remains open and such that the entire said end portion is selectively foldable back on an upper portion of said main body so as to be positioned to a top of the foot of the person when the stocking is worn or a lower portion of said main body so as to be positioned to a bottom of the foot of the person when the stocking is worn.