A moisture-permeable and waterproof sock includes a sock body and a moisture-permeable and waterproof layer The sock body is made of an elastic and stretchable fabric material, and includes an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining a receiving space, the outer surface being divided into an uncovered region that has an opening for insertion of the user's foot into said receiving space, and a covered region continuously extending from the uncovered region and away from the opening. The moisture-permeable and waterproof layer is only formed on the covered region of the outer surface for preventing water from entering into the sock body while allowing moisture to escape from the receiving space of the sock body.

A sock has a leg portion, a heel portion, an instep portion, a toe portion, and a pair of lateral metatarsal joint portions where the instep portion meets the toe portion. The sock has a first material thickness at the instep portion and the toe portion, and a second material thickness at at least one of the lateral metatarsal joint portions, wherein the second material thickness is less than the first material thickness.

The present disclosure is a sock that has a leg that extends up a person's calf and a foot integral with the leg that cover's the person's foot. The sock further has a footie coupled to the foot, coupled partially up the sides of the foot, coupled partially to the heel turn, and coupled around the toes, the footie comprising a coarse material and configured to receive water such that when the sock is worn, the coarse material sloughs off dry skin, dead skin, callouses and removes toxins from the person's feet.

A sock with zones of varying numbers of layers is formed as a single tube on a circular knitting machine. At least one end of the tube is doubled back over a portion of the remainder of the tube to form a double layer first zone. The sock further includes a single layer zone adjacent to the double layer first zone, where no such folding occurs. Optionally, a second end of the tube may also be folded to create a third zone having two layers of material.

A compression sock includes a sock body made of a compression fabric which is formed by interweaving a plurality of first main and auxiliary yarns. Each first auxiliary yarn has a plurality of first yarn loops surrounding a corresponding first main yarn. The sock body includes a leg portion having a top end composed of a single layer elastic fabric which includes a plurality of interwoven second main and auxiliary yarns. Each second auxiliary yarn has a plurality of second yarn loops surrounding a corresponding second main yarn. A weaving density of the second yarn loops is smaller than that of the first yarn loops such that a binding pressure of the top end is smaller than that of the sock body.

A moisturizing facilitating foot covering assembly includes a sleeve of cloth material to be positioned on and cover a person's foot. The sleeve includes a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that is attached to and extends upwardly from the bottom wall. The perimeter wall includes a heel end, a toe end, a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge. A top wall is attached to the perimeter wall. The top wall has a foot opening therein positioned adjacent to the heel end. The cloth material is air and fluid permeable. A coating is positioned on an interior surface of the sleeve. The coating is flexible as well as air and fluid impermeable. The top wall is free of the coating. The coating prevents the sleeve from absorbing any moisturization composition positioned on a lower surface of the person's foot.

A footwear assembly has releasably attachable sock and oversock arranged to cover the user's toes and heels. A user puts the sock on a first foot, puts the sock-covered toes into a water-resistant oversock's toe cap, stretches the oversock sole along its length by pressing a second foot down on a protrusion extending outward from the heel of the oversock sole, and releases the stretched sole to bring the oversock heel toward the sock-covered heel. An attachment fastener has a single sock attachment site, located on the rear of the sock at a heel rear portion, and a single oversock attachment site, located on a rear section of the oversock. The sock releasably attaches to the oversock at only the single sock attachment site; and the oversock releasably attaches to the sock at only the single oversock attachment site.

A process for thermo-adhesive bonding of semi-finished products includes preparing an inner sock, an outer sock and an impermeable membrane provided with a thermo-adhesive disposed on an inner surface and/or an outer surface of the membrane; fitting the inner sock onto a rigid reference shape; fitting the membrane over the inner sock; fitting the outer sock over the membrane; heating the outer sock, the membrane and the inner sock arranged on the rigid reference shape in an oven until at least partial melting of the thermo-adhesive; cooling the outer sock, the membrane and the inner sock arranged on the rigid reference shape until cross-linking of the thermo-adhesive and stable bonding of the membrane to the outer sock and/or the inner sock. Also, exerting a substantially uniform pressure on the outer sock, the membrane and the inner sock disposed on the rigid reference shape during cooling, so as to compact them.

An article of manufacture for providing a set of disposable stockings for dispensing medication is disclosed. The pair of disposable socks each include an inner stretchable material capable of being configured to conform to the shape of the patient's feet, an outer layer for providing a barrier between the patient's feet and outside environment; and one or more anti-skid layer along a bottom surface of each sock. The pair of socks are prepared and stored within a germ-free container. The outer layer is water resistant to isolate the patient's feet from external pathogens when being worn.

A composite item of footwear and handwear having a main body to accommodate the hand/foot of a wearer of the item, the main body comprising an outer layer, an inner layer and a waterproof and breathable intermediate layer between the outer and inner layers, and an opening through which a foot/hand can be inserted, the opening defined by a cuff arrangement comprising a cuff region that comprises an end region of each of the inner and intermediate layers and a cuff inner portion of the outer layer that extends beyond the said end regions, the cuff arrangement further comprising a waterproof cuff band fixed to one or both of the cuff inner portion and end region of the inner layer to lie over and be fixed to the outside of the outer layer, the location at which the waterproof cuff band is fixed to the outer layer is at a distance from the opening that is greater than the distance between the opening and the location at which the waterproof cuff band is fixed to the cuff inner portion or end region of the inner layer.