| CPC A61F 5/0111 (2013.01) [A41B 11/007 (2013.01); A41B 11/02 (2013.01); A41D 13/06 (2013.01); A43B 1/04 (2013.01); A61F 5/30 (2013.01); A61F 13/064 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
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1. A sock orthotic comprising
a knitted sock having: a sock upper section; and a sock sole section including at least one knitted pattern, wherein:
the at least one knitted pattern is an intrinsic part of the sock sole section;
at least part of the at least one knitted pattern has a first thickness that is greater than a second thickness of an adjacent part of the sock sole section, thereby forming a padded region within the sock sole section, where the first thickness is at least ⅛″ greater than the second thickness when the pad and the adjacent part of the sock sole section are compressed by a user's weight, and the first thickness increases in thickness when uncompressed; and
the at least one knitted pattern has a three-dimensional shape and is located on a transverse plane of the sock sole section such that, when the sock orthotic is worn by a user between a foot of the user and a shoe or a weight-bearing surface, the at least one knitted pattern creates an interface between the foot and the shoe or weight-bearing surface, the interface corrective of a biomechanically abnormal area of the foot of the user by having the at least one knitted pattern first thickness at a location on the transverse plane of the sock sole section that is spaced apart from and not directly underneath the biomechanically abnormal area and not applying elastic compression to the biomechanically abnormal area, the at least one knitted pattern selected from the group consisting of an intrinsically knit varus wedge pattern, an intrinsically knit valgus wedge pattern, an intrinsically knit cobra pad; an intrinsically knit metatarsal pad configured to be located immediately proximal to the metatarsal heads and extending proximally to a mid-arch area of the foot; an intrinsically knit neuroma pad; an intrinsically knit dancer's pad; an intrinsically knit heel spur pad, an intrinsically knit heel cut-out perimeter, an intrinsically knit toe crest, an intrinsically knit Morton's extension, an intrinsically knit reverse Morton's extension, and an intrinsically knit Carlton saddle.
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