Foot wear

Abstract

Socks include a tiptoe section, a heel section, a body section excluding a flexible section, and a foot section excluding the tiptoe section and the heel section, provided with a figure eight section supporting the wearer's talocrural joint. A holding section in the figure eight section is joined at one end to the tiptoe section and at the other end to the flexible section and extends toward the front side of the fabric. A supporting section that is a part of the knitted fabric in the figure eight section, excluding the holding section is continuous between the holding section and the heel section from the body section to the feet section. The stretch resistance, in the lengthwise direction of the fabric, of the supporting section is larger than the stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the fabric, of the holding section.

1 . Foot wear which is made of a tubular knitted fabric knitted in circular knitting and includes at least a body section and a foot section, the foot wear comprising:
 a tiptoe section which is a tiptoe shaping section corresponding to the tiptoe of a wearer in the tubular knitted fabric;   a heel section which is a heel shaping section corresponding to the heel of the wearer in the tubular knitted fabric;   a figure eight section which is knitted as a portion of the body section and the foot section excluding the tiptoe section and the heel section and supports the talocrural joint of the wearer;   a holding section which is connected at one end to the tiptoe section in the figure eight section and at the other end to the body section excluding the figure eight section and extends on the front face side of the tubular knitted fabric; and   a supporting section which is a knitted fabric excluding the holding section in the figure eight section and is continuous between the holding section and the heel section over the body section and the foot section,   wherein the stretch resistance of the supporting section in a length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is larger than the stretch resistance of the holding section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.   
     
     
         2 . The foot wear according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first buffer section which is knitted at a boundary between the body section and the heel section in the tubular knitted fabric,   wherein the stretch resistance of the first buffer section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is larger than the stretch resistance of the heel section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric and smaller than the stretch resistance of the supporting section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.   
     
     
         3 . The foot wear according to claim further comprising:
 a second buffer section which is formed by making the holding section be knitted in different knitting on the tiptoe section side such that the stretch resistance in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric in an area knitted in the different knitting is smaller than the stretch resistance of the other area in the holding section; and   a third buffer section which is formed by making the holding section be knitted in different knitting on a cuff section side such that the stretch resistance in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric in an area knitted in the different knitting is smaller than the stretch resistance of the other area in the body section,   wherein the second buffer section and the third buffer section are mesh stitch knitted fabrics.   
     
     
         4 . The foot wear according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a wrinkle suppressing section which extends in a circumferential direction at a bent portion on the front face side of the tubular knitted fabric,   wherein the stretch resistance of the wrinkle suppressing section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is smaller than the stretch resistance of the holding section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.   
     
     
         5 . The foot wear according to  claim 1 , wherein the holding section is a knitted fabric in which a moss stitch and an insert stitch are used in combination, and
 the supporting section is formed of a knitted fabric in which a rib stitch, a plating stitch, and an insert stitch are used in combination, and ribs in a wale direction in the rib stitch are formed to be continuous over the body section and the foot section.   
     
     
         6 . The foot wear according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a second buffer section which is formed by making the holding section be knitted in different knitting on the tiptoe section side such that the stretch resistance in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric in an area knitted in the different knitting is smaller than the stretch resistance of the other area in the holding section; and   a third buffer section which is formed by making the holding section be knitted in different knitting on a cuff section side such that the stretch resistance in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric in an area knitted in the different knitting is smaller than the stretch resistance of the other area in the body section,   wherein the second buffer section and the third buffer section are mesh stitch knitted fabrics.   
     
     
         7 . The foot wear according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a wrinkle suppressing section which extends in a circumferential direction at a bent portion on the front face side of the tubular knitted fabric,   wherein the stretch resistance of the wrinkle suppressing section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is smaller than the stretch resistance of the holding section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.   
     
     
         8 . The foot wear according to  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a wrinkle suppressing section which extends in a circumferential direction at a bent portion on the front face side of the tubular knitted fabric,   wherein the stretch resistance of the wrinkle suppressing section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is smaller than the stretch resistance of the holding section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.   
     
     
         9 . The foot wear according to  claim 2 , wherein the holding section is a knitted fabric in which a moss stitch and an insert stitch are used in combination, and
 the supporting section is formed of a knitted fabric in which a rib stitch, a plating stitch, and an insert stitch are used in combination, and ribs in a wale direction in the rib stitch are formed to be continuous over the body section and the foot section.   
     
     
         10 . The foot wear according to  claim 3 , wherein the holding section is a knitted fabric in which a moss stitch and an insert stitch are used in combination, and
 the supporting section is formed of a knitted fabric in which a rib stitch, a plating stitch, and an insert stitch are used in combination, and ribs in a wale direction in the rib stitch are formed to be continuous over the body section and the foot section.   
     
     
         11 . The foot wear according to  claim 4 , wherein the holding section is a knitted fabric in which a moss stitch and an insert stitch are used in combination, and
 the supporting section is formed of a knitted fabric in which a rib stitch, a plating stitch, and an insert stitch are used in combination, and ribs in a wale direction in the rib stitch are formed to be continuous over the body section and the foot section.