US 11,882,886 B2
Athletic sock
Trina Z. Murrietta, Portland, OR (US); Asli E. Whitham, Hillsboro, OR (US); and Ronen Yehuda, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/525,640.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/164,677, filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/157,890, filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,593, filed on Dec. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0202105 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A41B 11/02 (2006.01); A41B 11/00 (2006.01); D04B 1/26 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/78 (2006.01); D04B 1/18 (2006.01); D04B 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 11/02 (2013.01) [A41B 11/003 (2013.01); A61F 2/7812 (2013.01); D03D 1/0043 (2021.05); D04B 1/102 (2013.01); D04B 1/18 (2013.01); D04B 1/265 (2013.01); A61F 2002/7837 (2013.01); D10B 2401/041 (2013.01); D10B 2509/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A knit sock comprising:
a collar having a perimeter edge around an opening for receiving a wearer's foot;
a leg portion extending from the collar;
a foot portion extending from the leg portion and terminating at a toe end;
an integrally knit ankle welt extending around a circumference of the knit sock and positioned at a lower end of the leg portion; and
a tab located at a back aspect of the ankle welt, the tab integrally knit with the ankle welt; wherein:
the ankle welt has an upper edge and a lower edge, the lower edge integrally knit with the leg portion; and
the upper edge of the ankle welt is separate and spaced apart from the leg portion.