US 12,439,977 B2
No-slip sock constructions
Summer Hutchens, Lowell, NC (US)
Filed by Summer Hutchens, Lowell, NC (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,524.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,646, filed on May 9, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354923 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A41B 11/00 (2006.01); A43B 13/36 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 11/007 (2013.01) [A41B 11/008 (2013.01); A43B 13/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A no-slip sock construction for placement inside a shoe, the no-slip sock construction comprising:
a sock configured to be worn on a foot of a person when the foot is positioned inside the shoe, the sock comprising:
one or more first components positioned on an outside bottom surface of the sock, wherein the one or more first components are silicone; and
one or more second components positioned on the outside bottom surface of the sock, each of the one or more second components comprising one or more loop fasteners; and
a shoe insert having a first thickness and configured to be placed inside the shoe, the shoe insert comprising:
one or more hook fasteners configured to interconnect with the one or more loop fasteners; and
one or more openings having a second thickness and configured to slidably receive at least a portion of the one or more first components,
wherein the first thickness of the shoe insert is greater than the second thickness of the one or more openings such that the one or more openings do not extend through the entire first thickness of the shoe insert.