Stretchable high friction socks

• US 7,346,935 B1
• Filed: 07/12/2005
• Issued: 03/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Thirty Three Threads, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Toesox Incorporated
• Inventors: Patterson, Joe
• Primary Examiner(s): HOEY, ALISSA L
• Application Number:
  US11/179,068
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 2239-242, 240/9, 2 2/2, 661/85, 661/83, 661/78.R
• US Class Current: 2/239
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/004 Hosiery with separated toe sections
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 11/008 Hosiery with an anti-slip coating
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/26 stockings

Abstract

A woven sock body having a multitude of high friction dots defining friction buttons arrayed around the bottom thereof.

Claims

1. A high friction grip sock comprising:

an elastic, stretchable knit material forming tubular ankle and foot portions, the foot portion including a sole portion defining toe, ball and heel sections;

the foot portion formed at its forward extremity with five forwardly projecting seamless, stretchable toe tubes to be stretched and received over the respective toes of a wearer;

an array of high friction buttons spaced uniformly about and adhered to at least the bottom of the toe, ball and heel sections and having respective horizontal cross sections of about an ⅛

^th of an inch; and

the knit material is comprised of about 30 gauge thread and the material comprises a blend of a natural fiber and an elastic material.

2. The high friction grip sock of claim 1 wherein:

the buttons are spaced apart by about a ⅜

^th of an inch.

3. The high friction grip sock of claim 1 wherein:

the knit material is constructed with a heddle of about 130 (60×

2).

4. The high friction grip sock of claim 1 wherein:

the knit material is constructed to have a stretch of about 10%.

5. The high friction grip sock of claim 1 that includes:

at least 500 high friction buttons.

6. The high friction grip sock of claim 1 wherein:

the high friction buttons have a horizontal dimension of at least an ⅛

^th of an inch.

7. The high friction grip sock of claim 1 wherein:

the high friction buttons have a circular horizontal cross section with a diameter of about an ⅛

^th of an inch.

8. A high friction sock comprising:

an elastic, seamless, knit material comprised of about 30 gauge thread, and a heddle of about 130 with at least 10% stretch and configured to form an ankle and foot portions, the foot portion including bottom wall defining a ball and heal sole sections and the foot portion further including five forwardly disposed seamless toe tubes, the respective bottom walls of the toe tubes defining toe sock section;

an array of high friction buttons having a horizontal cross sectional dimension of about an ⅛

^th inch and a height of about a 1/16^th and spaced uniformly throughout and adhered to at least the sole section;

the knit material comprises a blend of a natural fiber and an elastic material.