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US4961235:
Sock with pocket and related method
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Williger, Karen S.; Gretna, LA 70056
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1990-10-09
/ 1989-04-27
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| Application Number: |
US1989000344314
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41B 11/00;
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IPC-7:
A41B 11/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/239;
002/061;
002/247;
002/252;
002/912;
002/919;
066/178.R;
Original:
002/239;
002/061;
002/243.R;
002/247;
002/252;
066/178.R;
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| Field of Search: |
002/247,239,252,61,160,162,239,247,409
066/169,170,171,172,173,178 R
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| Priority Number: |
| 1989-04-27 |
US1989000344314 |
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| Abstract: |
A sock with a pocket in which the fabric of the sock itself is used as the primary material used in the construction of the sock compartment. The present invention contemplates a variety of embodiments, including both horizontal and vertical opening members for the pocket(s), as well as teaching a variety of means of closure, including zippers (FIG. 4), "Velcro" (.TM.) (FIG. 5), buttons (FIG. 6), strings or ribbons (FIG. 7), and the like, or no closure (FIG. 8). The method of the present invention may be used with "off-the-shelf" socks and the like, and comprises essentially the folding over of the cuff of the sock, "sealing" the fold by sewing the folded portion to create a compartment, and providing resealable closure means to enter said compartment via the use of the "Velcro" (.TM.), buttons, zippers, snaps or the like, with a slit (which can be reinforced) being made through the material at the closure means to provide access into the compartment. Alternatively, the pocket is fabricated during the knitting or looming process of the sock itself, resulting in further labor and time savings.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Pugh, C. Emmett ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Schroeder, Werner H.; Chapman, Jeanette E.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A method for fabricating a pocket having an inner wall and an outer wall in a sock or other item or hosiery having a calf area, comprising the following steps:
- a. making an opening in the calf area of said hosiery item defining an upper and a lower calf portion,
- b. folding said upper calf portion and part of said lower calf portion including said opening, forming a fold above said opening such that said opening is juxtaposed to and is located below said fold, and an unfolded lower calf portion forms an inner wall behind said opening, and the folded portion of said calf area forms an outer wall,
- c. sewing said upper calf portion of said inner wall below said opening about said outer wall, and
- d. providing closure means for closing said opening, said closure means allowing said opening to be opened or closed on demand.
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| Forward References: |
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