US 12,121,467 B2
Pair of supportive socks for disorders caused by foot deformities
Talha Kiliç, Arnavutköy/Istanbul (TR); and Veli Akbal, Arnavutköy/Istanbul (TR)
Assigned to ÖRMECI ÇORAP SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED ŞIRKETI, Istanbul (TR)
Appl. No. 17/293,549
Filed by ÖRMECI ÇORAP SANAYI VE TICARET LIMITED ŞIRKETI, Arnavutköy/Istanbul (AR)
PCT Filed May 16, 2019, PCT No. PCT/TR2019/000039
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/231352, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0133515 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 5/01 (2006.01); A41B 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/019 (2013.01) [A41B 11/02 (2013.01); A61F 5/0111 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A supporting sock for disorders related with foot deformation comprising:
a first strength zone that features a big toe weaving, the big toe weaving partially separated from a portion of the supporting sock that is configured to receive a plurality of other toes of a foot, the big toe weaving configured to receive only a big toe of the foot and to pull the big toe toward an inner side of the foot away from the plurality of other toes, the big toe weaving configured to extend from the inner side of the foot where the big toe creates a joint with the foot in an elliptical manner and to continue in a spiral direction towards an upper side of the foot with a strength that increases in order to transfer the strength from a sole to a curve in the inner side of the foot, the first strength zone configured to provide a first force direction and a first force line that extends diagonally over a top of the foot from the big toe to an outer side of the foot;
a second strength zone configured to provide a second force direction and a second force line, the second strength zone is configured to extend from a middle outer part of the foot and curve towards an ankle to a peak point of the curve located in an arch of the inner side of the foot and then, continuing from the peak point of the curve towards the ankle in order to balance the strength by increasing an inner elevation of the arch of the inner side of the foot;
an ankle wrapping zone that is configured to wrap two bones on the ankle in a circular shape by extending over bone bumps on the ankle for balancing the strength on a force direction and force line created in the first strength zone and the second strength zone; and
a weaving with a lower strength created by a plurality of zones other than the first strength zone, the second strength zone and the ankle wrapping zone; and
wherein the first force line and the second force line are configured to be parallel to each other on the inner side of the foot.