Patent ID: 7748240

Claim:
A hosiery garment for providing grip to a foot of a person between said foot and said hosiery garment, and for simultaneously providing grip to the foot of said person between said hosiery garment and inside of a footwear, comprising: a foot enclosure, said foot enclosure being configured to conform to the foot of the person, said foot enclosure defining an inner surface and an outer surface, said inner surface being proximal to the foot of the person and distal to said footwear when the person is wearing said foot enclosure and the footwear, said outer surface being distal to the foot of the person and proximal to the footwear when the person is wearing said foot enclosure and the footwear; a first pair, said first pair comprising a first tacky thread and a first supplementary thread, said first pair defining said inner surface of said foot enclosure, wherein said first tacky thread is exposed on said inner surface of said foot enclosure, and wherein said first tacky thread is not exposed on said outer surface of said foot enclosure; and a second pair, said second pair comprising a second tacky thread and a second supplementary thread, said second pair defining said outer surface of said foot enclosure, wherein said second tacky thread is exposed on said outer surface of said foot enclosure, and wherein said second tacky thread is not exposed on said inner surface of said foot enclosure, and wherein said second pair is knitted with said first pair to define said foot enclosure; whereby said inner surface of the foot enclosure defined by said first pair provides grip to the foot of the person between said foot and said hosiery garment, and said outer surface of the foot enclosure defined by said second pair simultaneously provides grip to the foot of the person between the hosiery garment and said inside of the footwear.