Patent ID: 8359670

Claim:
A sock adapted to provide a stimulus to a wearer's foot resulting in advantages in practicing sports and physical activities having a sole portion of the sock arranged adjacent to the sole of the wearer's foot wherein a longitudinal axially directed line extends from the toes to the heel demarcating the sole portion of the sock into an internal sole portion and an external sole portion and wherein a plurality of separate plates integral with the sole portion of the sock and formed of flexible material containing ferrite is disposed on an exterior surface of the sock, said plurality of separate plates consisting of: a first plate ( 1 ) arranged only on the internal sole portion at the wearer's heel and positioned at a plantaris pedis rear muscular chain of the wearer; a second plate ( 2 ) arranged only on the external sole portion at the wearer's heel and positioned at the plantaris pedis rear muscular chain of the wearer; a third plate ( 3 ) arranged only on the external sole portion and positioned at a peroneo tertius side muscular chain of the wearer; a fourth plate ( 4 ) arranged only on the external sole portion and positioned at an abductor digiti minimi pedis side muscular chain of the wearer, wherein said second, third, and fourth plates are arranged in substantial alignment along a lateral edge of said external sole portion and said first plate is arranged along a lateral edge of said internal sole portion; a fifth plate ( 5 ) positioned at a flexor digitorum longus et accessorius rear muscular chain of the wearer; and a sixth plate ( 6 ) positioned at a big toe of the wearer, wherein said fifth plate is disposed between said fourth and sixth plates, wherein the sixth plate is disposed at a first distance from a rear portion of the sole portion of the sock, the rear portion being near the first and second plates, wherein the fifth plate is disposed at a second distance from the rear portion of the sole portion of the sock, wherein the fourth plate is disposed at a third distance from the rear portion of the sole portion of the sock, wherein the third plate is disposed at a fourth distance from the rear portion of the sole portion of the sock, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance, the second distance is greater than third distance, and the third distance is greater than the fourth distance.