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Title:
FOOT WEAR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/090191
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are socks which regulate a tremor of the wearer's ankle, prevent varus sprain and support wearer's stabilized walking to thereby reduce wearer's foot fatigue. A sock (10), which comprises a tiptoe section (1b) that is a tiptoe-shaped part of a cylindrical knitted fabric covering the wearer's tiptoe, a heel section (1a) that is a heel-shaped part of the cylindrical knitted fabric covering the wearer's heel, a body section (2) excluding a flexible section (5), and a foot section (1) excluding the tiptoe section (1b) and the heel section (1a), provided with a figure eight section (4) supporting the wearer's talocrural joint, a holding section (4a) in the figure eight section (4), that is joined at one end to the tiptoe section (1b) and at the other end to the flexible section (5) and extends toward the front side of the cylindrical knitted fabric, and a supporting section (4c) that is a part of the knitted fabric in the figure eight section (4), excluding the holding section (4a), being continuous between the holding section (4a) and the heel section (1a) from the body section (2) to the feet section (1), wherein the stretch resistance, in the lengthwise direction of the cylindrical knitted fabric, of the supporting section (4c) is larger than the stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the cylindrical knitted fabric, of the holding section (4a).

Inventors:
MATSUO Kazuhiko (LTD. 4-14 Nihonbashihoncho 3-chome, Chuo-k, Tokyo 33, 〒1038433, JP)
松尾 和彦 (〒33 東京都中央区日本橋本町三丁目4番14号 興和株式会社内 Tokyo, 〒1038433, JP)
Application Number:
JP2011/051217
Publication Date:
July 28, 2011
Filing Date:
January 24, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KOWA COMPANY, LTD. (6-29, Nishiki 3-chome Naka-ku, Nagoya-sh, Aichi 25, 〒4608625, JP)
興和株式会社 (〒25 愛知県名古屋市中区錦三丁目6番29号 Aichi, 〒4608625, JP)
IIDAKUTSUSHITA Co., Ltd. (138 Gose-shi, Nara, 00, 〒6392200, JP)
イイダ靴下株式会社 (〒00 奈良県御所市138番地 Nara, 〒6392200, JP)
International Classes:
A41D11/00; A41B11/00; D04B1/26
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIRAI Yasuo (Daihakata Bldg. 9F 20-1, Hakataekimae 2-chome Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-sh, Fukuoka 11, 〒8120011, JP)
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