US 12,295,428 B2
Structure provided with concealed modules for preventing separation of socks
Seung-Oug Choi, Gwangju (KR)
Assigned to Seung-Oug Choi, Gwangju (KR)
Appl. No. 18/264,196
Filed by Seung-Oug Choi, Gwangju (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/000799
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/169132, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20-2021-0000367 (KR), filed on Feb. 4, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0034597 (KR), filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0122272 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A41B 11/00 (2006.01); D06F 95/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 11/002 (2013.01) [D06F 95/008 (2013.01); A41B 2500/50 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A structure provided with concealed modules for preventing separation of socks, comprising:
left and right concealment modules respectively attached to sides of two socks and having entrances opened or closed at sides;
female and male snap fasteners respectively attached to centers of the left and right concealment modules, revealed upon opening the entrances of the left and right concealment modules, and engaged with each other to pair the two socks;
a pair of concavely recessed or convexly protruding pockets having a semilunar shape, the pockets disposed within the concealment modules; and
wherein each of the left and right concealment modules comprise:
an attachment band extending around a peripheral edge of the concealment modules;
a meniscus-shaped cap supporting the female or male snap fastener respectively attached to a center of the female or male snap fastener and facing outwards, the meniscus-shaped cap respectively disposed within the pocket;
thin-film covers extending inwards from and integral with peripheral edges of the cap, transformation of the cap revealing or concealing the female or male snap fastener supported on the cap; and
a rim extending outwards from the peripheral edge of the cap, the rim having multiple through holes extending through the rim to enable contact with surfaces of the socks through the multiple through holes.