Apparel – Nether garments – Stockings
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-05
2001-09-11
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Nether garments
Stockings
Reexamination Certificate
active
06286151
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a climate-adjusting sock with padding provided in various areas, particularly for use in types of leisure sport activities such as jogging, in-line skating, skiing or the like, of the type that has become known from the patent documents EP-A 0 606 140, DE 906 201, DE-A 196 18 919, DE-U 87 01 834, or DE-U 90 03 341, for example.
In all cases in which the human feet are accommodated in comparatively dense footwear, an increased accumulation of sweat is brought about. Beyond normal movements, an accumulation of sweat that is above the average is brought about in types of running movements that strongly stress the feet, such as hiking, football playing, jogging, or the like, as well as during sports cycling. Effort is thus made to make socks that promote the best possible transport of the accumulation of sweat away to the outside available to wearers of shoes.
This requirement for the drawing of the sweat out of and away from the shoe is a particular goal of the present invention, one which is achieved, in accordance with the invention, by means of at least one integrated air channel of a climate-adjusting net-type knit fabric which extends from the sole of the foot up to the band.
A climate channel of an adjusting, net-type knit fabric has the advantage that only about 60% of the surface of the skin is covered, so that the greatest portion of the moisture arising can evaporate through the uncovered portion of the skin, while the rest can be absorbed by the fabric. In addition, such a fabric can also serve for the conveying of the sweat moisture from the area of the soles of the shoe into an area of the sock in which a free evaporation is possible.
It is provided, in this configuration, that an air channel is provided on both outer sides of the sock, that is to say, on the outer side and on the inner side of the leg of the wearer of the sock.
The invention provides that the sock is provided, at least in the area of the instep, with a padded cushion or padding of climate-adjusting fabric, whereby such a padded cushion can serve for the reduction of the pressure points in the area of the laces of the shoe, since the stresses that arise can be distributed over a large surface, and the climate-adjusting fabric serves for the airing of the skin and the transport of the moisture of the sweat away, whereby these fabrics can have different thicknesses, depending on the purpose of use of the sock.
It should be noted at this point that ski socks that use different fabrics in the direct area of the foot, on the one hand, and in the lower calf area, on the other, for example, are already known. It is also known to provide padded cushions or reinforcements in the area of the shins, in order to achieve a better padding in the ski boot or in the football shoe, for example.
Further advantages and specific details of the invention proceed from the other sub-claims, whereby paddings of climate-adjusting fabrics can also be provided in the area of the calf, for example, which can be arranged in rod-shaped, arched, helical, or in other ways, such as a calf-shaped structure or the like.
One exceptional feature of the sock in accordance with the invention can, in an additional configuration, also consist of the fact that it is equipped, in an integrated X-cross support band, with an elastic fabric band, whereby this elastic fabric band consists of climate-adjusting fabric.
For the formation of an anatomically-shaped bed of the foot which takes the differing stresses on the sole of the human foot into consideration, the invention provides for padded cushions or paddings in the area of the toes, the ball of the foot, and/or the heel.
In addition, it can be advantageous to provide a corrugated stretch fabric in the area of the instep, at least in some areas, also with climate-adjusting fabrics of the type of corrugated knit fabric. In this type of knit fabric, the fabric does not lie completely on the skin, as the result of which more air can reach the skin. At the same time, it is brought about, through the type of corrugated knit fabric, that the fabric has a higher elasticity and thereby prevents the formation of folds within the sock, as well as the sliding of the foot within the sock or shoe, which leads to the fact that the formation of blisters comes about less frequently.
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Calvert John J.
High Teach Institut fur Marketing & Personalentwicklung GmbH
Hoey Alissa L
Olson & Hierl Ltd.
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