Abstract: A hosiery garment is provided including a main body adapted to enclose at least a foot of a wearer, the main body having an outside and an inside. The inside is configured to be in contact with the foot of the wearer. The main body includes a first portion made of a first fabric and a second portion made of a second material and attached to the first portion. The first fabric contains a greater percentage of cotton than the second fabric. A cushion is attached to the first portion. The cushion includes an adhesive layer configured to permanently adhere the first portion of the cushion to the inside of the main body. Further included is a method of making a hosiery garment.

Abstract: A foot covering formed by a sock and a plurality of artificial toenails attached to the sock at the front end of the sock. Inserting a foot into the sock places the artificial toenails approximately over natural toenails on the foot and gives the appearance of a professional pedicure.

Abstract: There is provided a sock for a foot comprising: a sole; a heel portion attached to the sole; a toe covering attached to the sole; two side portions attached to the sole, each side portion connecting the heel portion to the toe covering and ending at a level lower than an ankle of the foot; and two straps, each attached at the heel portion. The heel portion may be reinforced. The sock provides a cost-effective way for people to dress up their existing shoe collection. The sock may resemble a standard sock that has two straps, such as but not limited to ribbons, that can wrap around a foot and tie at the front below the ankle bone. Embodiments of the socks may come in a variety of materials, colors, patterns and sizes. Also, in some embodiments, the sock includes a reinforced heel section that can prevent blisters and friction between the foot and the shoe.

Abstract: A low-cut sock having a heel cuff that is completely covered by a heel collar of a low quarter shoe.

Abstract: A hosiery device having gel pads disposed along the bottom. The device has at least one leg portion with a footed portion disposed at the bottom. It may be a pair of leggings such as pantyhose or may be a single leg stocking. Gel pads are integrated into the bottom of the footed portions in key areas that correspond to load-bearing portions of a user's foot. The gel pads are formed around the underlying hosiery fabric, creating an integrated pad that is not easily removable. Pads may be positioned along the ball, heel, toes, or entire sole of the foot. The device provides therapeutic relief of muscle tension and stress by cushioning the parts of the foot that bear a person's weight.

Abstract: Articles of apparel include: (a) a garment structure having one or more fabric elements structured and arranged to provide a close fit to at least one predetermined portion of a body (e.g., area(s) of the body for which enhanced position sensing and/or feedback are desired, such as the lower back, the arch of the foot, etc.); and (b) a body position feedback system engaged with or integrally formed as part of the garment structure. The body position feedback system may apply higher tensile or constricting (compressive) forces to selected portions of the wearer's body, which can help stimulate or interact with nerves and deep tissue receptors located in various portions of the body. The increased forces at selected locations of the body give the wearer sensory feedback regarding the position or orientation of these parts of the body and can improve or accelerate development of “muscle memory.

Abstract: A combination sock and strapless flip flop sole includes a sock adjoined through Velcro or any other adhesive or adjoining material to the strapless flip flop sole, securely and subsequently partially (medially) held to the foot of a wearer. The combination sock and strapless flip flop sole is constructed with Velcro or any other adhesive material at the dorsal or vamp (top) of the strapless flip flop sole. The combination sock and strapless flip flop sole elastic dorsal or vamp opening of the sock(s) securely engages around the dorsal or vamp of the wearer's foot and holds the wearer's foot to the combination sock and strapless flip flop sole by adjoining the combination sock and strapless flip flop sole by the Velcro or any other adhesive material, thereby enabling the strapless flip flop sole to partially separate away from the heel of the wearer's foot during walking.

Abstract: An apparatus for educating children includes a first symbol for application to a first article of clothing and a second symbol for application to a second article of clothing. The first article of clothing is worn by a user at a same time as the second article of clothing and the first article of clothing and the second article of clothing are both part of a clothing set. The second symbol is non-identical to the first symbol and the first symbol corresponds to and matches the second symbol based on a relationship of an educational topic.

Abstract: A pair of complementary articles of clothing, in particular a pair of socks, including first and second complementary articles of clothing that can be detachably connected to each other, wherein the detachable connection is made by first and second complementary connecting elements, which are each fastened to the article of clothing by a carrier element, wherein one of the ends of each carrier element forms a gripping area without a connecting function, so that the connection between the first and the second connecting element can be detached by pulling on the gripping areas of the carrier elements.

Abstract: Novel aqueous polyurethane dispersions and shaped three dimensional articles formed therefrom are provided. The aqueous polyurethane dispersions are provided in solvent-free systems of a prepolymer comprising at least one polyether, polyester, or polycarbonate polyol, a mixture of MDI isomers, and a diol. The shaped articles from such dispersions can be heat-activated for bonding, lamination, and adhesion of substrates, including stretch fabrics.

Abstract: Waterproof, breathable, stretch-recoverable composites are described herein. They are utilizable within footwear assemblies and exhibit stretchability in at least one direction by at least about 35% at 4 lbs force and exhibit at least about 80% recovery. The composites also exhibit a minimum compression of about 1 mm under a 10 kPa load and recovery of at least about 90% when load is removed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are wearable socks, and related methods of manufacturing such socks, having selected areas of substantially greater stretchability as compared to the remaining portions of the sock that that resists removal by the wearer. In one exemplary embodiment, a sock constructed according to the disclosed principles may comprise first portions of the sock comprising a material having a first overall stretchability, and second portions of the sock comprising a material having a second overall stretchability. Additionally, in such exemplary embodiments, the second stretchability is substantially greater than the first stretchability such that one or more of the second portions are configured to continue to stretch in response to a removal force applied to the sock while adjacent one or more first portions reach their maximum stretchable length which thereby allows the removal force to overcome a compressive force of the one or more first portions.

Abstract: Footwear including a sole, an upper, and a securement arrangement configured to secure the footwear to the foot of a wearer, where the sole and the upper delimit individual toe portions configured to receive, retain, and allow independent articulation of corresponding individual toes of a foot inserted in the footwear, and where the sole includes contouring and curvature which intimately corresponds to the shape of the foot.

Abstract: A compression garment, having: (a) a first portion that wraps at least partially around a body part to provide compression to the body part; and (b) a second portion that wraps at least partially around a body part; wherein the second portion is wrapped onto the first portion or is attached to the first portion such that the attachment of the second portion onto the first portion changes the elastic profile of the garment from a first elastic profile to a second elastic profile; and wherein the dimensions of the first and second portions are selected such that the relative amount of the circumference of the body part that is covered by each of the first and second portions of the garment results in a garment applying a pre-determined range of compression level fluctuation to the body part during wear.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a slip prevention golf sock, and more particularly, a slip prevention golf sock that has a slip prevention means in the bottom of the sock at a big toe region in the ball of the left or the right foot in which a load is concentrated during a golf swing. The slip prevention means comprises silicon coating in the shape of ring or flower with non-coated region in its center. The slip prevention golf sock prevents slip effectively because the slip is prevented not only by the coating material but also by the structural characteristics of the coating with the big toe region of the ball of the foot being located in the center of the ring or flower shape coating so that a wearer is provided more stability during a golf swing. Furthermore, it provides educational benefit of teaching a beginner a support point in the sole of the foot.

Abstract: A combination sock and shoe includes a shoe sole, an exterior sock that is secured to the shoe sole, an intermediate sock positioned inside the exterior sock, and an interior sock positioned inside the exterior sock and inside the intermediate sock. The intermediate sock is constructed as an anklet having an elastic ankle opening. The exterior and interior socks conceal the intermediate sock from view by sandwiching the intermediate sock between them. When a wearer's foot is inserted into the combination sock and shoe, the elastic ankle opening of the intermediate sock securely engages around the ankle of the wearer's foot and holds the wearer's foot to the shoe sole, thereby preventing the shoe sole from separating away from the heel of the wearer's foot during walking.

Abstract: A sock and/or outer footwear having one or more portions with reduced frictional characteristics. One or more of the heel portion, the arch portion and the ball portion of the sock and/or interior of the outer footwear is fabricated with the reduced frictional characteristics. The reduced frictional characteristics may be established by applying a low-friction material to such portions, incorporating one or more low-friction fibers into the material of the sock and/or interior of the outer footwear in such portions or reducing the thickness of the material in such portions. The provision of reduced frictional characteristics in one or more of the heel, arch and ball facilitates insertion of a foot into footwear.

Abstract: A compression garment comprising of targeted higher compression muscle support zones knitted in seamlessly and lower compression zones knitted seamlessly in-between and around the targeted higher compression muscle support zones, thereby isolating each targeted higher compression muscle support zone from one another; wherein the total seamless construction provides targeted anatomical muscle compression support, and said construction collectively defines and overlays the human musculature surface anatomy of the wearer of the garment.

Abstract: A pair of socks is provided. The first sock defines a first toe end and a first upper end. The first sock includes an elastically deformable first aperture formed through the first sock proximate the first upper end. The second sock defines a second toe end and a second upper end. The second sock includes an elastically deformable second aperture formed through the second sock proximate the second upper end. When the first toe end of the first sock is drawn through the second aperture of the second sock and the second toe end of the second sock is drawn through the first aperture of the first sock the first and second socks are secured together.

Abstract: A method of applying a cold pack to a wearer undergoing chemotherapy treatment using a sock structure. The sock structure comprises a sock body that includes a foot portion configured to covering the wearer's foot, a leg portion covering a portion of the wearer's ankle and leg, and a turned heel that provides an angular junction between the foot and leg portions. The sock structure comprises a pocket integral with the sock body and located along the bottom of the foot portion and the turned heel. The pocket is configured for receiving the cold pack and supporting the cold pack along the bottom of the foot portion and the turned heel, with the cold pack in heat transmitting relation with the sole and heel of a human foot located in the sock body.

Abstract: An apparatus for educating children includes a first symbol for application to a first article of clothing and a second symbol for application to a second article of clothing. The first article of clothing is worn by a user at a same time as the second article of clothing and the first article of clothing and the second article of clothing are both part of a clothing set. The second symbol is non-identical to the first symbol and the first symbol corresponds to and matches the second symbol based on a relationship of an educational topic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sock, especially for use in sports, which comprises a foot part (1) and a leg (2), said foot part having a toe area (11) and a heel area (12) and a sole area (13) between the toe and the heel area, and which is also provided with an O-ring-type bandage (22). An O-ring-type bandage (22) is disposed in the area of the ankle joint and extends asymmetrically on the circumference of the sock.

Abstract: A practical, useful and low cost attire for heels or a footwear is provided for those who have health problems or suffer ailments such as epinkalkanei (heel spur) and plantar fasciits on heels and have to stand for significant amounts of time. The attire for heels or footwear can be used both at home or outside with shoes. The attire for heels has a supporting surface which is located at the heel part of the foot and can be worn on foot like socks without any connecting means.

Abstract: The improved bed sock is a sock specifically designed to be worn on a front half of the foot, which includes varying densities of elasticity throughout a fabric layer. The improved bed sock extends across the toes and down the front part of the Metatarsus, but of which does not extend to the Instep. The improved bed sock includes a specific region of elastic concentration just behind the ball of the foot (the widest part) that aids in maintaining the improved bed sock upon the front foot despite movement of foot while under covers. The improved bed sock is removed while in bed by use of a toe from an opposing foot without requiring the end user to sit up or get out of bed. The improved bed sock keeps the toes warm, but the rear portion of the foot cool.

Abstract: A medical undergarment system effective for supporting an ostomy system consists of a first diagonal catheter channel, a second diagonal catheter channel, a first vertical catheter channel, and a second vertical catheter channel. The system consists of tubing, a base undergarment, and a fluid bag. The medical undergarment system provides a comfortable yet stable ostomy system that can easily be slipped on and off by a user. The system enables convenient and easy removal of bodily fluid when using a catheter.

Abstract: Hosiery with a sheer outer layer and a base layer of skin tone color. The said article creates the illusion of wearing sheer hosiery while providing reinforced thermal comfort provided by the base layer of skin color when worn. The base layer also helps relieve slippery discomfort primarily around the sole area that results from poor ventilation commonly seen in conventional sheer hosiery. The processes may include attaching conventional sheer or translucent hosiery onto a skin-toned base layer of the same shape. The base layer shall be made of stretchable fabric that matches the skin color of the wearer to mimic bare leg or foot. For additional warmth and thermal protection, the base layer may be comprised of thermal lining fabric such as cotton, wool and other fleece-like materials.

Abstract: The present invention includes socks, as well as a method and a system for manufacturing socks. For example, a sock includes a first area and a second area, wherein the first area includes increased knitting relative to the second area. For example, a method intended for utilization in conjunction with a knitting machine comprising one or more needles, includes selectively controlling operation of said one or more needles by selectively modifying operation of at least one of said one or more needles.

Abstract: A textile arrangement that includes at least one flexible circuit board integrated with a textile and a fixedly-integrated electronic component in the flexible circuit board. The flexible circuit board includes a flexible and/or tensile substrate, which is configured to bend and/or stretch at least in one direction. In addition, the flexible circuit board includes at least one electrically-conducting trace, at least one end of the trace being coupled with the component. The electrically-conducting trace is configured to bend and/or stretch with the flexible and/or tensile substrate of the circuit board at least in said one direction, when the circuit board is bent and/or stretched.

Abstract: A water sock forming a tubular body having a pair of opposing, open ends that allow the water sock to be put on and removed as easily as any sock. The simple design of this water sock makes it compatible with any type of outer footwear. In one exemplary embodiment, a stretchable toe strap extends between opposing sides of the water sock adjacent to one of the open ends. This toe strap is received between two of the wearer's toes during use and prevents the water sock from sliding rearward toward the wearer's heel.

Abstract: A shock-absorbing sock is shown and described. In one embodiment, the sock is a shock-absorbing athletic sock generally conforming to the shape of a human foot that includes a heel portion, a mid-foot portion and a shock absorbing assembly. The shock absorbing assembly may include a cavity assembly and a shock absorbing material. In other embodiments, the sock may include a slip-avoidance system.

Abstract: Garments are provided that include feltable fibers in selected areas to provide high durability. Garments are manufactured with feltable fibers is selected areas, such as high wear or high impact areas, and are then subjected to the felting (or fulling) process to produce a garment having partially felted fibers on the selected areas. Such a garment may be a sock with felted areas selected in the heel and toe areas. Such socks have enhanced resistance to wear in these high wear areas, and therefore are useable for longer periods of time for the user of the sock.

Abstract: A compression hose adapted to be worn to cover at least the calf and foot of a leg of an individual, and a method for medically treating the individual with the compression hose. The compression hose includes connected leg and foot portions formed of an elastic fabric material and adapted to cover, respectively, the calf and foot of the individual. A heel opening is located between the leg and foot portions so as to be located in the compression hose to coincide with the heel of the leg of the individual. The heel opening has a perimeter defined by a stitch that limits stretching and expansion of the heel opening relative to stretching and expansion of the leg and foot portions of the compression hose.

Abstract: A hosiery garment is provided including a main body adapted to enclose at least a foot of a wearer, the main body having an outside and an inside, wherein the inside is configured to be in contact with the foot of the wearer. The hosiery garment includes a multi-layered cushion, the multi-layered cushion comprising an adhesive layer configured to adhere the multi-layered cushion to the inside of the main body, a synthetic rubber layer adhered to the adhesive layer, and a fabric layer adhered to the synthetic rubber layer and configured to be in contact with the foot of the wearer. Furthermore, the multi-layered cushion wraps partially around a back side of an ankle portion of the hosiery garment such that the multi-layered cushion protects an Achilles heel of the wearer from abrasion caused by a heel of a footwear.

Abstract: A sock having a toe portion, a heel and ankle portion, and a body portion disposed between the heel and ankle portion is disclosed. The body portion may comprise one or more elastic panels, which are incorporated in a manner to allow the sock to fit a wider range of standard foot sizes than a similar sock lacking the elastic panels disclosed herein.

Abstract: Cellulosic fabrics and articles are disclosed that include a treatment to provide the fabric that has a balance of comfort, absorbency, wicking, and fast drying. Methods to produce the fabrics and articles are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is based on providing, in order to correct or prevent a toe deformity, an orthotic toe sock (S) wherein a toe part (W) of the sock (S) comprises at least two toe-specific toe elements (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) arranged to receive adjacent toes. The adjacent toe elements are, in a corresponding space (I, II, Ill, IV) in between the toes, attached to one another over an area (A) extending, when the sock is being worn, from a base or from above the base, e.g. from a proximal interphalangeal joint region, of the toe in question, e.g. the second, third, fourth or fifth toe, to a tip of the toe or almost to the tip of the toe.

Abstract: A compression garment including a thermal energy regulating fabric. The compression garment has a first region of a first compression pressure. A second region adjacent a first side of the first region includes a first compression gradient increasing in compression pressure in a direction toward the first region. A third region adjacent a second side of the first compression region includes a second compression gradient increasing in compression pressure in a direction toward the first region. The first region includes a consistent compression pressure that is a higher pressure than or the highest pressure of the adjacent increasing pressure gradients.

Abstract: A pairing and indexing system for a garment pair. The pairing and indexing system includes a garment pair and a fastener. The garment pair has at least one characteristic. The fastener is attached to the garment pair, replaceably attaches the garment pair to each other for pairing so as to prevent loss of either of the garment pair due to separation from one another, an inconsistent pairing of the garment pair of a similar type, etc., and has at least one attribute. Each of the at least one attribute of the fastener has a predetermined correlation to a respective one of the at least one characteristic of the garment pair.

Abstract: There is provided an article to be arranged at the sole of a human foot, in particular for practicing sports and physical activities. In particular the article relates to a sock, to be used mainly for practicing sports and physical activities (for example golf), wherein on the zone of the sock (P) arranged at the sole of the foot, one or more plates (1-6) made of plastic material containing ferrite are arranged on the external surface of the sock.

Abstract: An athletic garment including a panel designed to reduce frictional and pressure drag around an appendage of an athlete competing in a high-speed event, such as running and cycling. The panel is positioned to encircle the appendage, and is provided with regions having different surface texture roughnesses. The leading edge of the panel includes texture designed to enhance the laminar boundary layer, while the adjacent portion of the panel includes texture intended to trip the boundary layer to turbulent flow. The drag-reducing panel may be the cuff of a sock, a sleeve, wristband, a headband, or the like.

Abstract: A knitted dual-layer fabric for manufacturing garments such as underwear and sportswear for wearing in the outdoors is described. The dual-layer fabric comprises a first layer, the first layer being an inner layer adapted to be in contact with the skin and having water repellent or hydrophobic properties, and a second layer, the second layer being an outer layer having hydrophilic or water absorbent properties, and a binding interposed between the inner layer and the outer layer to bind and tie the layers.

Abstract: Moisture activated invisible stencil technology is created by applying a moisture blocking agent in accordance with an artwork is applied to a base substrate. The base substrate is preferably fabricated of a moisture absorbing material. When the object is subjected to moisture, moisture wets to the exposed portion of the base substrate and is repelled in the areas where the moisture blocking agent is applied thereon. The wetted portion of the base substrate changes in shade or color to expose the concealed image. The moisture activated invisible stencil technology can be applied for simple aesthetic applications or advanced for applications to identify wet objects. The advanced applications can include warnings for wet roadways, pool decks, umbrellas, etc.

Abstract: A sock includes a tube of material having a closed end and an open end, a tunnel formed in the tube of material, a fastener located in the tunnel, and an access opening to access the fastener in the tunnel, wherein when worn, most of the fastener is located in the tunnel.

Abstract: A wearable article formed of a gelatinous elastomer composition having 100 parts by weight of triblock copolymer of the general configuration poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene) wherein the styrene end block to ethylene and butylene center block ratio is within the range of from between 31:69 to 40:60, from about 300 to about 1,600 parts by weight of a plasticizing oil and having a gel rigidity of about 20 gram to about 700 gram Bloom.

Abstract: The invention provides a multilayer sleeve liner for application to the skin of a limb before applying a cast or brace. The liner is readily conformable to the limb configuration. It has a first layer that is applied to the skin. This has protective and cushioning functions. A second layer has a mesh structure that encircles the limb. It is constructed so that when its first end is pulled away from its second end, the encirclement of the limb is tightened. When one end of the mesh is attached to one end of the cast, and the other end is attached to another end of the cast, tension on the limb will tighten the liner. Without removing the cast, the liner may be adjusted by releasing one end of the mesh from the cast, and increasing or decreasing tension as necessary, then reattaching the mesh to the cast. A third layer may be provided to prevent adhesion of the cast to the liner.

Abstract: Socks include a tiptoe section, a heel section, a body section excluding a flexible section, and a foot section excluding the tiptoe section and the heel section, provided with a figure eight section supporting the wearer's talocrural joint. A holding section in the figure eight section is joined at one end to the tiptoe section and at the other end to the flexible section and extends toward the front side of the fabric. A supporting section that is a part of the knitted fabric in the figure eight section, excluding the holding section is continuous between the holding section and the heel section from the body section to the feet section. The stretch resistance, in the lengthwise direction of the fabric, of the supporting section is larger than the stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the fabric, of the holding section.

Abstract: A protective weaved sportswear material comprises two strands of 400 denier ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) yarns having the same lengths and being twisted together over their length. The sportswear material comprises a sock, a shin guard sleeve, a forearm sleeve or a neck guard.

Abstract: A sock with zones of varying numbers of layers is formed as a single tube on a circular knitting machine. At least one end of the tube is doubled back over a portion of the remainder of the tube to form a double layer first zone. The sock further includes a single layer zone adjacent to the double layer first zone, where no such folding occurs. Optionally, a second end of the tube may also be folded to create a third zone having two layers of material.

Abstract: The present utility invention and ornamental design relates to a sock construction, particularly, to the assembly of a multi-top sock described herein. The multi-top sock construction consists of one full outer sock with separate body of leg attachment that can be appended to the main sock. The body of the leg attachment(s) project(s) upward above the cuff of the main outer sock. The body of leg attachment(s) would be adhered to the main sock by sewn stitches, adhesive or through other conventional means. The attachment seam is concealed from view by the outer sock fabric. This ornamental design of the sock provides the aforementioned platform for multiple advertising and logo exposure and increased brand recognition; a fresh and new idea in style such as a 2-in-1 or 3-in-1 sock, yet the comfort of the sock we know, love and enjoy; visual appearance of a multi-top sock, yet the utility of a single sock; and convenience and simplicity of use.

Abstract: This invention relates to a feet insulating uni-sock device employed while sleeping. It comprises a first panel of a substantially feet shaped portion and a substantially lower leg shaped portion coupled to a second panel of a substantially feet shaped portion and a substantially lower leg shaped portion using a single continuous seam.