Socks and method for knitting the same

Abstract

The socks according to the invention, in which socks an ankle part( 5 ), heel part( 2 ), instep part( 4 ), sole part( 7 ) and toe part( 1 ) are connected by knitting in the form of a sack and completed by a suture line( 3 ), are three-dimensionally formed by the feature that the sock( 10 ) is provided with one or more enlarged parts( 6 a ,6 b ,6 c ,6 d ), between a top toe part( 1 A) of the toe part( 1 ) and the instep part( 4 ) adjacent thereto, between a bottom toe part( 1 B) of the toe part( 1 ) and the sole part( 7 ) adjacent thereto, and between the ankle part( 2 ) and the sole part( 7 ) or between the heel part( 2 ) and the ankle part( 5 ). The socks are knitted so that the angle(θ) formed by the sole horizontal(X) and the rear edge(Y) of the ankle part( 5 ) is below 90 °, so as to provide as much reserved space as possible to the toe and heel parts.

1 . Socks in each of which an ankle part( 5 ), heel part( 2 ), instep part( 4 ), sole part( 7 ) and toe part 0 ( 1 ) are connected by knitting in the form of a sack and completed by a suture line( 3 ), wherein 
 the sock( 10 ) is provided with one or more enlarged parts( 6   a , 6   b , 6   c , 6   d ), between a top toe part( 1 A) of the toe part( 1 ) and the instep part( 4 ) adjacent thereto;    between a bottom toe part( 1 B) of the toe part( 1 ) and the sole part( 7 ) adjacent thereto; and    between the ankle part( 2 ) and the sole part( 7 ) or between the heel part( 2 ) and the ankle part( 5 ).    
   
   
       2 . Socks according to  claim 1 , wherein the angle(θ) formed by the sole horizontal(X) and the rear edge(Y) of the ankle part( 5 ) is below 90°.  
   
   
       3 . Socks according to  claim 1 , wherein the enlarged parts( 6   a , 6   b , 6   c , 6   d ), the ankle part( 2 ), the sole part( 7 ) and the toe parts( 1 ) are knitted on a triple-layer structure.  
   
   
       4 . Socks according to  claim 1 , wherein the suture line( 3 ) is positioned between the enlarged part( 6   a ) on the instep side and the top toe part( 1 A).  
   
   
       5 . Socks according to  claim 1 , wherein the suture line( 3 ) is positioned between the enlarged part( 6   b ) on the sole side and the bottom toe part( 1 B).  
   
   
       6 . Socks according to  claim 1 , wherein the suture line( 3 ) is positioned on the intermediate boundary between the top toe part( 1 A) and the bottom toe part( 1 B).  
   
   
       7 . Socks according to  claim 1 , wherein the suture( 3 ) is formed in the round curved form.  
   
   
       8 . A method for knitting socks comprising the steps of: first knitting an ankle part( 5 ), heel part( 2 ), sole part( 7 ) and instep part( 4 ) in succession; causing knitting needles within 180° around a specific point on a needle cylinder as the reference, i.e. the needles positioned within the ranges of 0˜90° and 270˜360° to be in operation, continuing knitting operation while reducing or getting out of operation the respective needles on the opposite innermost edges every time one course is knitted, until only the needles within the 90° range (the needles in the ranges of 0˜45° and 315˜360°) remain in operation, to form the enlarged sole part( 6   b ); subsequently, starting with the inactive knitting needles on the needle cylinder (the needles in 90°˜270°), continuing the knitting while reducing the opposite knitting needles every time one course is knitted until the needles within the 45° ranges on the both sides, i.e. the total 90° range are only in operation to thereby knit the enlarged instep part( 6   a ); operating the knitting needles within the 0˜90° and 270˜360° ranges to continue the knitting operation while reducing the knitting needles, in the same way as for the enlarged sole part( 6   b ), until only the needles on the both ends of 45° remain in operation to form the toe part( 1 B); and continuing the knitting operation while increasing the knitting needles, until the needles in the both 90° ranges remain in operation to finally form the top toe part( 1 A); and thereafter, connecting the top toe part( 1 A) and the enlarged instep part( 6   a ) to cause the suture line( 3 ) in a round shape to be formed on the instep part( 4 ).  
   
   
       9 . A method for knitting socks comprising the steps of: first knitting an ankle part( 5 ), heel part( 2 ), sole part( 7 ) and instep part( 4 ) in succession; causing knitting needles within 180° around a specific point on a needle cylinder as the reference, i.e. the needles positioned within the range of 90° to 270° to get in operation, continuing knitting operation while reducing or getting out of operation the respective both end needles every time one course is knitted, until only the needles within the 90° range (the needles in the range of 135˜225°) remain in operation, to form the enlarged instep part( 6   a ); until only the needles within the 90° range (the needles in the ranges of 0˜45° and 315˜360°) remain in operation, to form the enlarged sole part( 6   b ); subsequently, beginning with the needles on the needle cylinder (i.e. the needles in 0˜135° and 225˜360°) in inactivation, continuing the knitting operation so that the inner edge knitting needles on the both sides are reduced one every time one course is knitted, until only the needles within the ranges of 0˜45° and 315˜360° remain in operation to obtain the enlarged sole part( 6   b ); thereafter, starting to operate the knitting needles within the 90˜270° range while reducing knitting needles, until the needles in the central two adjacent 45° ranges remain in operation to knit the top toe part( 1 A); and finally, continuing the knitting operation while increasing the knitting needles on the both sides until the knitting needles within the range of 90˜270° remain only in action so as to obtain the bottom toe part( 1 B); and, thereafter, connecting the bottom toe part( 1 B) and the enlarged sole part( 6   b ), to cause the suture line( 3 ) to be formed in a round shape on the concave connection area of the sole part( 7 ) with the bottom toe part( 1 B).  
   
   
       10 . A method for knitting socks comprising the steps of: first knitting an ankle part( 5 ), heel part( 2 ), sole part( 7 ) and instep part( 4 ) in succession; causing the needles positioned within the ranges of 0˜45° and 315˜360°, to be brought to knitting operation and then successively causing two inner edge needles from the both sides to be anew operated every time the course is changed, until the knitting needles within the 180 range (the needles in the ranges of 0˜90° and 270˜360°) are brought to operation, to form the enlarged sole part( 6   b ); in the foregoing state, reducing the opposite edge needles one by one as the courses are changed until the needles in the ranges of 0˜45° and 315˜360° are only in knitting operation to form the bottom toe part( 1 B); thereafter, starting with the operation of the knitting needles within the 135˜225° range, continuing the knitting operation while increasing the needles, until the needles in the 90˜2705° range come in operation to thereby knit the enlarged instep part( 6   a ); and in the foregoing state, continuing the knitting process while reducing the knitting needles, until the needles in the 135˜225° tange remain only in operation to finally knit the top toe part( 1 A); and, thereafter, causing the suture line( 3 ) to be formed on the intermediate boundary between the bottom toe part( 1 B) and the top part( 1 A).  
   
   
       11 . Socks according to  claim 4 , wherein the suture( 3 ) is formed in the round curved form.  
   
   
       12 . Socks according to  claim 5 , wherein the suture( 3 ) is formed in the round curved form.  
   
   
       13 . Socks according to  claim 6 , wherein the suture( 3 ) is formed in the round curved form.