US 11,812,794 B2
Sock with integrally knit grip strips of varying widths
Merav Gazit, Beaverton, OR (US); Daniel Shirley, Beaverton, OR (US); and David Malul, Beaverton, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/592,104.
Application 17/592,104 is a continuation of application No. 16/696,119, filed on Nov. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,272,745.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/792,247, filed on Jan. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167687 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A41B 11/02 (2006.01); A41B 11/00 (2006.01); D04B 1/26 (2006.01); D04B 1/24 (2006.01); D04B 1/00 (2006.01); D04B 1/22 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 11/02 (2013.01) [A41B 11/008 (2013.01); D04B 1/26 (2013.01); A41B 2400/80 (2013.01); D04B 1/00 (2013.01); D04B 1/22 (2013.01); D04B 1/24 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/02 (2013.01); D10B 2403/00 (2013.01); D10B 2501/021 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knit sock comprising:
a sock body comprising a tubular body forming a perimeter around a foot-receiving cavity, the sock body comprising a toe end, a heel area, and a foot opening in communication with the foot-receiving cavity, the sock body including a longitudinal axis that extends from the toe end to the foot opening and a transverse axis that extends between a medial side and a lateral side of the sock body, wherein the transverse axis intersects the longitudinal axis, the sock body formed from at least a first yarn type and a second yarn type, the second yarn type comprising a yarn having a denier per filament of about 0.1 or less; and
a plurality of integrally knit grip strips extending from the medial side to a dorsal portion of the sock body and extending along the transverse axis of the sock body, the plurality of integrally knit grip strips comprising the second yarn type, wherein at least one grip strip of the plurality of integrally knit grip strips tapers in width as it extends from the medial side to the dorsal portion,
wherein the at least one grip strip extends around the sock body at a mid-foot area of the sock body and from a plantar portion to the dorsal portion, and wherein the width of the at least one grip strip gradually decreases as the at least one grip strip extends from the plantar portion, along the medial side, to the dorsal portion.