Patent ID: 8424116
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: A41B,D04B

Abstract:
1. A sock comprising (i) a toe portion, (ii) a heel and ankle portion, and (iii) a body portion disposed between the toe portion and the heel and ankle portion, wherein the body portion comprises one or more elastic panels, wherein at least one elastic panel forms a continuous band that encircles the body portion of the sock, wherein the toe portion, the heel and ankle portion, the body portion, and the one or more elastic panels comprise a first type of thread and a second type of thread, the second type of thread comprising elastane; wherein the one or more elastic panels further comprise a third type of thread comprising a higher amount of elastane than the second type of thread, such that the one or more elastic panels have an elastane density that is greater than the elastane density of both the toe portion and the heel and ankle portion; and wherein the one or more elastic panels have a greater stitch length than that of both the toe portion and the heel and ankle portion.