A hosiery product, such as a sock, footie, trouser sock or pantyhose, includes an inner layer of hosiery material, such as nylon or spandex covering the bottom and top surfaces of the wearer's foot, an outer layer of similar hosiery material, and at least one cushion section disposed between the inner and outer layers. The cushion section includes a cushioning material that conforms to the contours of the wearer's foot, such as macro-gel activated support discs or memory foam. The cushion section is permanently attached to the inner layer and/or outer layer and is positioned to cushion a particular area of the bottom surface of the wearer's foot, such as the heel, arch and/or ball of the foot.

Socks, men's and womens, any and every type, with insoles, any and every type, manufactured as one piece allowing users to change shoes taking their insoles with them as sock/insoles, rather than buying separate insoles for every pair of shoes.

A hosiery product, such as a sock, footie, trouser sock or panty hose, includes and inner layer of hosiery material, such as nylon or spandex covering the bottom and top surfaces of the wearer's foot, and outer layer of similar hosiery material, and at least one cushion section disposed between the inner and outer layers. The cushion sections include an elevated cushioning material that conforms to the contours of the wearers foot, such as macro-gel activated support discs or memory foam. The ball of foot cushion sections are elevated attached circles, arch and heel cushions. All layers are attached.

A cloud-based computer system for diagnosis of conditions to counteract adverse anatomical or medical effects of unnatural supination of subtalar joints by elevated shoe heels. The system includes smartphones or other mobile computer devices located proximate to a center of gravity of users during locomotion, sensor(s) located in a sole or removable sole insert of footwear of the users; sensor(s) located in the smartphones or mobile computer devices; a connection between the sensors and the smartphones or mobile computer devices to provide data between the sensors and the smartphones or mobile computer devices; and a connection between the smartphones or mobile computer devices and the cloud-based computer system to provide data between the smartphones or mobile computer devices and the cloud-based computer system. The sensors located in the soles or removable sole inserts of the footwear and the smartphones or mobile computer devices include a gyroscope and an accelerometer.

Soled socks with non-skid bottom which are formed by placing a sole of woven or non-woven fabric material onto the soft plastic material.

A smartphone or other mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized, wherein the smartphone device is configured to actively control the configuration of one or more bladders, compartments, chambers or internal sipes and one or more sensors located in either one or both of a sole or a removable inner sole insert of the footwear of the user and/or located in an apparatus worn or carried by the user, glued unto the user, or implanted in the user. The one or more bladders, compartments, chambers, or sipes, and one or more sensors are configured for computer control. A sole and/or a removable inner sole insert for footwear, including one or more bladders, compartments, chambers, internal sipes and sensors in the sole and/or in a removable insert; or on an insole; all being configured for control by a smartphone or other mobile computer device, general purpose or specialized.

A knit sock orthotic is provided in which a pattern of padding is knit into the sock to create an interface between the foot and the shoe or weight-bearing surface to correct an abnormal biomechanical condition of the foot, or to relieve pressure on focal areas of structural overload of the foot, or both.

A no-slip sock construction may include a sock and a shoe insert. The sock may include one or more first components and one or more second components, each positioned on an outside bottom surface of the sock. The one or more first components may include a no-slip material, and the one or more second components may each include one or more loop fasteners. The shoe insert may include one or more hook fasteners configured to interconnect with the one or more loop fasteners, and one or more openings configured to slidably receive at least a portion of the one or more first components.

Multi-layered socks with elastomeric padding in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sock for reducing foot movement is provided, the sock including: a toe region connected to a mid-foot region, connected to a heel region, further connected to an ankle region, the ankle region including an opening; a sole positioned from the toe region through the mid-foot region to the heel region, the sole comprising an inner layer, a middle layer, and an outer layer; the middle layer being attached to the inner layer and encapsulated between the inner layer and the outer layer; the middle layer of the sole varies in thickness; a thickness of the middle layer of the sole is greater in the heel region and the toe region; and the sock forms a hollow tubular shape that is closed at the toe region and open at the ankle region.