A41B11/007

Knitted foot garment and method for treating a knitted foot garment
11812817 · 2023-11-14 · ·

A knitted foot garment including an upper, heel, toe, and sole knitted fabric portions integrally woven together to define a chamber. A plurality of encapsulated polymer pads are attached to and protrude from an outer surface of at least one of a heel, toe, ball and arch portion of the garment. The polymer pads contain gas infused gel to provide increased cushioning to the sole of the foot garment. A method for treating a knitted foot garment that provides added cushion to the knitted material of the sock includes the steps of heating a liquid polymer gel mixture, forcing gas into the mixture, agitating the mixture to create a gas infused mixture, injecting the gas infused mixture into a polymer template including a plurality of pads, attaching the polymer pads to the outer sole of a knitted foot garment, and cooling the gas infused polymer mixture.

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE FOOTWEAR
20230363485 · 2023-11-16 ·

A footwear article, the footwear article including a sock having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end having an opening configured to receive a human foot and the distal end terminating in a curved closed cavity configured to receive a toe portion of the human foot, the distal end and the proximal ended defining an tubular body therebetween, the tubular body having a curved heel portion proximate the opening of the distal end, the heel portion extending to the toe portion forming a sole portion on an underside of the sock and a rubber layer disposed on at least a portion of the underside of the sock.

NO-SLIP SOCK CONSTRUCTIONS
20230354923 · 2023-11-09 ·

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.

Sporting Socks
20230337753 · 2023-10-26 ·

A sock is designed to be worn alone or with a shoe. The sock is comprised of several portions of fabric. The sock has an anti-slip mechanism built in to prevent the user from falling when wearing the socks on hard surfaces.

Therapeutic vessel, related footwear, and method of manufacture and use
11382785 · 2022-07-12 ·

Described is an article of footwear (e.g. a sock or shoe liner) or a therapeutic vessel which includes fabric having therapeutic spheres, or spherical-type dimensional objects, disposed therein. The therapeutic spheres are positioned in the fabric such that when the fabric is placed on (or otherwise placed in contact with) a foot, the variable positioning spheres, which may be of varied diameters, align with and contact desired compression areas on the sole of the foot.

NON-SLIP FOOTWEAR HAVING CUSHION SEPARATION PART
20210274857 · 2021-09-09 ·

The present invention relates to a non-slip footwear having a cushion separation part, in which a non-slip material is formed on an inner surface and an outer surface of a bottom of a footwear such as a sock, wherein the non-slip material of the inside and the outside are arranged alternately and a cushion separation part is formed therebetween such that maintenance of a non-slip function and prevention of skin injury are smoothly performed.

SOCK HAVING RAISED FEATURES, A MOLD ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE
20210251304 · 2021-08-19 ·

A sock having raised features includes one or more three-dimensional paw pads affixed thereon. More in particular, a plurality of individual three-dimensional paw pads are affixed to a bottom portion of the sock to provide a visual effect of having animal paws, and to further provide a wearer a tactile sensation of having animal paws on the wearer's foot while walking. A mold assembly and a method for the manufacture of a plurality of three-dimensional paw pads to be affixed to a sock includes at least one mold.

SLOUGHING SKIN SOCK
20210259328 · 2021-08-26 ·

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 FOOT APPAREL
20210274885 · 2021-09-09 ·

At least one embodiment of the present subject matter is directed towards an apparel. The apparel in accordance with one embodiment may be a sock. The apparel in accordance with another embodiment may be a wearable insole. The apparel comprises a plurality of cushions configured on a base of the apparel at various locations to relieve effects of one or more feet ailments. The apparel comprises a first cushion for supporting a heel of the user, a second cushion for supporting a longitudinal arch of the user, a third cushion for supporting a first metatarsal of the foot, and a fourth cushion for supporting the toes of the user. The first, second, third, and fourth cushions may be made of at least one of a thicker yarn, a foam material, and a gel material.

Yoga cushion-padded sock

The present invention relates to a yoga cushion-padded sock in which a cushion pad is attached through mold pressing instead of needlework so as to adjust a thickness of the cushion pad and to simultaneously attach the cushion pad to both sides or one side. Particularly, as a yoga-exclusive sock, the cushion pad is attached to a part of a frictional surface during yoga moves so as to strengthen grip with a floor and complexly provide a shock absorption function and a nonslip quality, and the cushion pad includes air holes to be smoothly ventilated.