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Reexamination Certificate
2008-10-06
2009-11-10
Worrell, Danny (Department: 3765)
Textiles: knitting
Fabrics or articles
Articles
Reexamination Certificate
active
07614257
ABSTRACT:
A sock includes an air escape route that allows humid air to be expelled to the outside of a shoe. The sock may include a first rib area provided in a ground-touching area of a sole portion of the sock, the ribs being formed in a desired direction. A second rib area, in which ribs are formed in a wale direction, may also be provided in an instep portion of the sock. The ribs of the first and second rib areas may be knitted with alternating knitted pile and knitted mesh fabric. Humid air collecting in areas that do not touch the ground passes through the concave portions of the ribs of the first rib area, and is impelled toward the instep side. Air flowing to the instep side of the sock via the first rib area is expelled to the outside of the shoe via the second rib area.
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Araki Takahiro
Watatani Chika
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
Okamoto Corporation
Worrell Danny
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