Therapeutic sock for diabetics

• US 20070283483A1
• Filed: 03/23/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sockwise, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sockwise, Inc.
• Inventors: Jacober, Alan
• Application Number:
  US11/726,990
• Publication Number:
  US 20070283483A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/239
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/00 Hosiery; Panti-hose elastic stockings for curative purposes A61F13/08
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 2400/34 antimicrobial or antibacterial
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/08 Elastic stockings; for contracting aneurisms
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1697 Breathability of the material
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/16 synthetic threads
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/265 Surgical stockings of unspecified knit construction and reinforced A41B11/02; of unspecified knit construction and elastic A61F13/08
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2401/13 anti-allergenic or anti-bacterial

Abstract

A sock for diabetics that is anti-microbial and allows for wound detection is provided. The sock has a colored cuff section, a colored calf section attached to the cuff section, a colored ankle section attached to the calf section, and a foot section. The foot section has a colored top section and a white bottom section, where the bottom section includes a heel section, an instep section and a toe section. The toe section has a seamless toe and the foot section includes a plurality of materials wherein at least one of the materials incorporates silver coated fibers.

Claims

1. A diabetic sock comprising:

a colored cuff section;

a colored calf section attached to said cuff section;

a colored ankle section attached to said calf section; and

a foot section having;

a colored top section; and

a white bottom section, said bottom section including a heel section, an instep section and a toe section, said toe section comprising a seamless toe, and

said foot section including a plurality of materials, at least one of the materials incorporates silver coated fibers.

2. The diabetic sock according to claim 1, wherein said colored cuff section and said colored calf sections include silver coated fibers.

3. The diabetic sock according to claim 1, wherein said colored calf section extends over a wearer'"'"'s calf.

4. The diabetic sock according to claim 1, wherein the colored calf and ankle section is constriction free.

5. The diabetic sock according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of materials are polypropilene, spandex and nylon.

6. The diabetic sock according to claim 1, wherein said seamless toe includes a lin-toe closure.

7. The diabetic sock according to claim 1, wherein said instep section provides more constriction than said toe section and said heel section.

8. A diabetic sock comprising:

a colored cuff section;

a colored calf section;

a colored ankle section; and

a white bottom section including a white heel section, a white bottom of foot section and a white toe section covering the top and bottom of a wearer'"'"'s toes;

said sock being knitted with at least one thread with the insertion of at least two elastic threads at a calf section, an ankle section, an instep section, and a toe section, having a degree of elasticity that is different from each other;

wherein said cuff and calf sections incorporate the first elastic thread together with said thread,

wherein said ankle section incorporates said first elastic thread and the second elastic thread with said thread,

wherein said instep section incorporates said second elastic thread and a third elastic thread together with said thread,

wherein said toe section incorporates said third elastic thread together with said thread, and

wherein said thread includes at least a portion thereof coated with silver.

9. The sock according to claim 8, wherein said first elastic thread has a strength that is greater than that of said third elastic thread.

10. The sock according to claim 8, wherein said ankle section and said instep section have vertical ribbed stitches.

11. The sock according to claim 8, wherein said toe section is seamless.

12. The sock according to claim 8, wherein said calf section is constriction free.

13. The sock according to claim 8, wherein said diabetic sock is made from polypopilene, spandex, and nylon.

14. A method for manufacturing on a circular sock knitting machine a sock for diabetics, comprising the steps of:

knitting from one end to the other with at least one thread having a plurality of fibers coated with silver, said knitting starting from a cuff section to terminate at the tip of the sock through a calf section, an ankle section, an instep section and a toe section without interruption; and

using in combination with said at least one thread,

a first elastic thread having a first degree of elasticity in said cuff and ankle section; and

a second elastic thread having a second degree of elasticity in said instep section.

15. The sock according to claim 14, wherein said step of knitting includes an upper section of the sock being colored and a bottom section of the sock being white.

16. The sock according to claim 14, wherein the sock is made from polypropilene, spandex, and nylon.