TWO-PLY TERRY SOCK AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME

• US 3,796,067 A
• Filed: 03/05/1973
• Issued: 03/12/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raymond B. East
• Original Assignee: Raymond B. East
• Inventors: East, Raymond B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Feldbaum, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US05/338,396
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• Field of Search: 2/239 66/178,194,183-186,170,171
• US Class Current: 66/178.00R
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/005 Hosiery made essentially of a multi-ply construction
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/02 Pile fabrics or articles having similar surface features
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/26 stockings
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2403/023 Fabric with at least two, predominantly unlinked, knitted or woven plies interlaced with each other at spaced locations or linked to a common internal co-extensive yarn system

Abstract

The leg and foot of this sock has a two-ply construction with terry loops extending inwardly on the inner ply and terry loops extending outwardly on the outer ply so that both the outer and inner faces of the sock have terry loops thereon. The sock is formed by knitting a substantially straight seamless tube while forming terry loops throughout the inside of the tube. One half of the tube is drawn over the other half to form a two-ply tube which is joined along a fold line at the upper end and the free ends at the other end are aligned and joined together to form the toe of the sock.

Claims

1. A knit sock comprising a two-ply leg and foot and including an inner ply with terry loops extending inwardly throughout the length of said leg and foot, an outer ply with terry loops extending outwardly throughout the length of said leg and foot, and the upper portions of said inner and outer plies being integrally knit and being joined along a fold line and the lower ends are joined to each other and closed by a seam to form a toe at the lower end of said sock.

2. A sock according to claim 1 including elastic yarn inlaid in the stitch loops of the upper portions of said inner and outer plies to define an elastic cuff portion at the upper end of said sock.

3. A sock according to claim 2 wherein said inner and outer plies of said leg and foot portion are substantially straight tubes.

4. A method of forming a sock comprising the steps of knitting a substantially straight seamless tube while forming terry loops througout the inside of said tube, drawing one half of said tube over the other half of said tube to form a two-ply tube being joined along a fold line at one end and having the free ends of each ply aligned at the other end of the two-ply tube, the terry loops of the inner ply extending inwardly and the terry loops of the outer ply extending outwardly and closing said other end of said two-ply tube while joining the plys together to form a toe at said other end.

5. A method according to claim 4 including the step of inlaying elastic yarn in the stitch loops in the medial portion of said straight seamless tube to provide an elastic cuff when said one half of said tube is drawn over said other half.

6. A method according to claim 4 wherein said toe is formed by forming a curved seam across the two-ply tube and adjacent the free ends of each ply.