Apparel – Nether garments – Stockings
Patent
1994-08-02
1996-11-19
Crowder, C. D.
Apparel
Nether garments
Stockings
2409, 4273899, A41B 1100
Patent
active
055750125
ABSTRACT:
A sock which provides increased comfort to the wearer as a result of reduced friction between the sock and the foot. The reduced friction is accomplished by treating the sock with a fluoropolymer. The treated sock contains discrete fluoropolymer particles (in non-membranous form) on or near the surface which contacts the foot. The treatment can by carried out by spraying, dipping, impregnating, coating of precursor fibers, or other conventional coating methods.
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Fox Maurice
Schenkman Selwyn P.
Selman Stanley
Coppa Francis T.
Crowder C. D.
Hale Gloria
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