US20060253961A1

US20060253961A1 - Sock structure

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Publication number: US20060253961A1
Application number: US11/125,344
Authority: US
Inventors: Wen-Chieh Chan
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-05-10
Filing date: 2005-05-10
Publication date: 2006-11-16

Abstract

A sock structure includes a sock member, an assigned part and an elastic rubber layer. The inner side of the assigned part is attached with the elastic rubber layer. The assigned part can be the toe part, the foot recess part or the heel part of the sock member. When the sock member is put on, the toe part, the foot recess part and the heel part correspond to the toe, the foot recess and the heel of the wearer respectively. Further, the elastic soft rubber layer provides a shape the same as the recess of the foot recess of the wearer when the elastic soft rubber layer 20 is attached to the foot recess so that the wearer is able to feel protectively comfortable.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is related to a sock structure and particularly to a sock structure, which is capable of offering better comfort and effect of foot protection.
2. Brief Description of the Related Art
Generally, a sock is fabricated by way of cloth being shaped and sewed. When being put on the foot, the sock keeps contact with the foot and there is friction between the sock and the foot during walking or taking exercise. As a result, the yarns of the cloth become loose, worn out or broken. Besides, the sock is made of single layer of cloth and it is unable to protect the foot or lessen shock except for being worn as a part of clothing. In addition, in case of the foot is spread with cream or ointment for curing chaps, wound or athlete's foot, the sock stains with and absorbs the cream or ointment to result in effectiveness loss of the cream or the ointment to the foot. It is known that the foot recess at the inner lateral side of the foot provides functions of balancing the body, overcoming shock and offering elasticity such that it is capable of performing impact absorption, weight distribution while standing, walking and running. When we stand up, we could feel the body weight mostly concentrates on both the front and rear end of the foot. Too tight ligament of the foot or deformed foot bone usually results in abnormal foot recess and occurs a phenomenon of the heel bone bending inward. The phenomenon kept a long period of time leads to the sinews of the foot being hurt or foot pathology. Especially, there are some shoes such as high heel shoes or sharp head shoes being badly designed so that the foot recess grows abnormally and it forces damaged bone structure after a long period of time caused by the body weight being incapable of supported evenly and the front foot palm being excessively subjected forces. Thus, center of gravity of the body is unable to move to the correct position while walking such that it to affect movement of the foot and growth of the leg and, even more, to cause disease of foot.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide a sock structure, which offers better comfort for the foot and good protection the foot from hurt, so as to overcome the preceding deficiency of the conventional sock.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The detail structure, the applied principle, the function and the effectiveness of the present invention can be more fully understood with reference to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a sock according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a bottom perspective view of the sock according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side view of the sock according to the present invention illustrating an assigned part being at the toe;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the sock according to the present invention illustrating an assigned part being at the foot bow;
FIG. 5 is a plan view illustrating the sock of the present invention with the assigned part at the foot bow and wearing a high heel shoe; and
FIG. 6 is a side view of the sock according to the present invention illustrating an assigned part being at the heel.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a sock according to the present invention comprises a sock member 10, an assigned part 11 and an elastic rubber layer 20. The sock member 10 can be the knee sock, ordinary sock, boat shaped sock and five-finger sock. The assigned part 11 is covered with the elastic rubber layer 20. The assigned part 11 can be toe part 111, the foot recess part 112 or the heel part 113 of the sock member 10. When the sock member 10 is put on, the toe part 111, the foot recess part 112 and the heel part 113 correspond to the toe, the foot bow and the heel of the wearer respectively. Further, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 provides a shape the same as the foot recess of the wearer when the elastic soft rubber layer 20 is attached to the foot recess part 112.
The main feature of the present invention resides in that the assigned part 11 of the sock member 10 is attached with an elastic soft rubber layer 20. In order to adhere the elastic soft rubber layer 20 to the sock member 10, the sock member 10 is expanded with a fixture till clearances between fibers of the sock member 10 occurring. Then, the assigned part 11 is coated with melt elastic soft rubber layer 20 and the sock member 10 is detached from the fixture after the melt elastic soft rubber layer 20 has cooled and solidified. Alternatively, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 can be adhered to the assigned part 11 with glue or high frequency joining.
Referring to FIG. 3, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 is attached to the toe part 111 of the sock member 10, that is, the assigned part 11 can be the toe part 111 of the sock member 10. Hence, the toe part 111 with the elastic soft rubber layer 20 is capable of protecting the toes of the wearer while the wearer is walking or taking exercise to avoid worsening undesirable skin tumors or chaps occurring at the toes. Further, the toe part 111 is capable of preventing from fiber loosening or wearing out. Besides, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 provides functions of cushion and shock absorption during severe sport being conducted so as to protect the toes of the wearer. Further, in case of the toes being spread with cream or ointment, the surface of the elastic soft rubber layer 20 can absorb and volatilize micro molecular particles and the cream or the ointment can be absorbed by the toes while the sock member is worn so that the infected part of the toes can be protected and treated continuously during wearing the sock body 10.
Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the assigned part 11 can be located at the foot recess part 112 of the sock member 112. When the sock member 10 is worn, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 can be deformed based on the foot recess of the wearer to allow the front foot palm, the foot recess and the heel subjecting the weight of the wearer and the normal function of the foot recess is not affected. Furthermore, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 at the foot recess provides cushion and shock absorption to perform protection effect while the wearer walks or takes exercise.
Referring to FIG. 6, the assigned part 11 with the elastic soft rubber layer 20 can be located at the heel part 113 of the sock body 10 so that the heel of the wearer can be protected to lessen the friction at the heel so as not to result in or worsen undesirable skin tumors or chaps. Further, the heel part 113 is capable of preventing from fiber loosening or wearing out. Besides, the elastic soft rubber layer 20 provides functions of cushion and shock absorption during severe sport being conducted so as to protect the heel of the wearer. Further, in case of the heel being spread with cream or ointment, the surface of the elastic soft rubber layer 20 can keep the cream or the ointment for protecting the heel while the sock member is worn so that it is very suitable for wearer to cure the infected part of the heel even at work.
While the invention has been described with referencing to preferred embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that modifications or variations may be easily made without departing from the spirit of this invention, which is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A sock structure, comprising

a sock member;

an assigned part, being at a specific location of the sock member; and

an elastic soft rubber layer, being coated at the inner side of the assigned part.

2. The sock structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the assigned part is disposed at the toe part of the sock member.

3. The sock structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the assigned part is disposed at the foot recess part of the sock member.

4. The sock structure as defined in claim 1, wherein the assigned part is disposed at the heel part of the sock member.

5. The sock structure as defined in claim 3, wherein in case of the assigned part is disposed at the foot recess part of the sock member, the elastic soft rubber layer has the same shape as the foot recess of a wearer.