Patent ID: 7552483

Claim:
An athletic sock comprising: a foot portion; a leg portion extending upwardly from said foot portion and having an open-end and a cuff portion adjacent said open end; an elastic band attached and concentric to said cuff portion and adapted to encircle a lower leg of a user; an absorbent band inner to said elastic band and attached and concentric to said cuff portion and adapted to encircle said lower leg of said user; said cuff portion between said elastic band and said absorbent band; each of said elastic band and said absorbent band extending longitudinally only partially down said leg portion; a notch extending longitudinally from said open end down at least a part of said leg portion, said notch defined by a left edge and a right edge; and a detachable fastening portion adapted and configured to restrain said right and left edges from moving apart when said fastening portion is in a fastened position.