Patent ID: 6082146
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A41B,D04B,D10B

Abstract:
A moisture management sock including a foot portion comprising a toe portion, a heel portion, an instep portion, and a ball portion positioned between said toe and instep portions,said foot portion having the following yarn zones:a first zone comprising said toe portion, and wherein said first zone is knit predominately of hydrophilic yarn,a second zone comprising said instep portion and said heel portion, and wherein said second zone is knit predominately of hydrophilic yarn, anda third zone comprising said ball portion and being joined edgewise with said first and second zones, and wherein said third zone is knit predominately of alternating rings of hydrophilic and hydrophobic yarn, wherein the rings are substantially of equal width, andwhereby moisture absorbed from the wearer's foot by the hydrophilic yarn in said first zone is transferred by wicking action into the rings of hydrophobic yarn in said third zone.