Socks for use with footgear

• US 4,151,660 A
• Filed: 11/10/1977
• Issued: 05/01/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Maruki Trading Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Maruki Trading Company Limited
• Inventors: Itoh, Yoshio, Yoshimi, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Lawson, Patrick D.
• Application Number:
  US05/850,249
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 36/10, 36/44, 36/3 R, 36/3 B, 2/239, 2/241
• US Class Current: 36/10
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/005 Hosiery made essentially of a multi-ply construction
• CPC Class Codes: A43B 17/04 with metal insertions or coverings

Abstract

A sock for use with footgear is provided comprising a core formed of copper or copper-containing metal, a top ply of air-permeable material overlying the upper surface of said core, and a bottom ply of air-permeable material underlying the lower surface of the core, at least said top ply and bottom ply being joined together around the periphery of said core. The socks according to this invention maintain user'"'"'s feet sanitary in his footgear for a period of time and keeps his feet from giving off offensive odors.

Claims

1. A sock for use with footgear comprising a core formed of copper or copper-containing metal, a top ply overlying the upper surface of said core, said ply being knitted or woven of thermoplastic resin, a bottom ply underlying the lower surface of said core, said bottom ply being knitted or woven of thermoplastic resin, and a sheet of thermoplastic resin having a predetermined width extending around the periphery of said sock between said top and bottom plies, said sheet and said top and bottom plies being integrally welded together to define a flat marginal portion of a predetermined width, said flat marginal portion being provided with guide lines along which a user can sever off the sock to fit the length of the sock to his foot.

2. A sock according to claim 1, wherein said core is knitted or woven of fibres of copper or copper-containing metal.

3. A sock according to claim 1, wherein said core is a thin sheet or foil of copper or copper-containing metal, said sheet being formed with a plurality of small venting holes therethrough.

4. A sock according to claim 3 wherein the under surface of said core is backed with a reinforcing film of thermoplastic resin.

5. A sock according to claim 1, wherein said core is provided with at least one large aperture, those portions of said top and bottom plies overlapping said large aperture being welded together either over the entire area of said aperture or around the periphery of the aperture.