Sock

• US 20040221371A1
• Filed: 03/23/2004
• Published: 11/11/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Royal Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Royal Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kato, Susumu
• Application Number:
  US10/806,511
• Publication Number:
  US 20040221371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/239
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/005 Hosiery made essentially of a multi-ply construction
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/008 Hosiery with an anti-slip coating
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0045 made at least partially of deodorant means
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 1/0054 provided with magnets, magnetic parts or magnetic substances

Abstract

A sock having a sole covering portion and a foot top covering portion and is provided with particle-form projections formed using an elastic composition material of rubber, a soft synthetic resin, etc. on the inside surface or outside surface of the sock, entirely or partially. The elastic composition material can contain one or more of magnetic substances, microbicidal substances and deodorant substances.

Claims

1. A sock comprised of a sole covering portion and a foot top covering portion and provided on at least an inside surface thereof with a plurality of particle-form projections made of an elastic composition material.

2. The sock according to claim 1, wherein said elastic composition material is at least one selected from the group consisting of rubber and a soft synthetic resin.

3. The sock according to claim 1, wherein said elastic composition material is mixed with at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a magnetic substance, a microbicidal substances and a deodorant substance.

4. The sock according to claim 1, wherein said particle-form projections comprises:

magnetic particle-form projections that mainly contain a magnetic substance in said elastic composition material,

microbicidal particle-form projections that mainly contain a microbicidal substance in said elastic composition material, and

deodorant particle-form projections that mainly contain a deodorant substance in said elastic composition material.