JP2010159523A - Stocking - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a stocking enabling grounding close to with bear feet even wearing the stocking, giving less burden onto the feet, making all the toes function, and having excellent feeling of wear. <P>SOLUTION: The stocking has three to five, inclusive, toe bags. The interjacent toe bags (2-4) are arranged at a place higher than the toe bags (1 and 5) at both ends in the condition of horizontally putting the bottom of the stocking, and at least the first toe (thumb toe) bag is formed with a recessed part between the tip and the root of the toe. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a sock having three or more and five or less finger bags.

  There are socks and some types of socks, but in recent years the types with fingers are increasing. Socks with fingers have advantages such as less friction between fingers and less likely to cause slippage and less likely to cause athlete's foot than socks without fingers. Conventionally, there has been a proposal for forming a arch portion of a foot into a constricted shape (Patent Documents 1 and 2). Furthermore, there is also a proposal for knitting a finger bag so as to match the planar shape of the toes (Patent Document 3)

However, in the conventional art and the socks with fingers generally sold, the finger bags are in the same position in the horizontal direction, and the finger bags do not match the size of the toes. As a result, some of the fingers did not contact the grounding surface, and the grounding was different from that of bare feet, so that the foot was burdened, there was a problem in motor function, and there was a problem in comfort.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-157907 JP-A-11-107142 JP 2007-2362 A

  In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention provides a sock that can be grounded close to a bare foot even when socks are worn, the burden on the feet is small, all fingers can function, and the comfort is good.

  The sock of the present invention is a sock having three or more and five or less finger bags, and the finger bags between the finger bags at both ends are arranged at a higher position with the bottom surface of the socks placed horizontally. At least the first finger (thumb) finger bag is characterized in that a recess is formed between the tip of the finger and the root.

  The socks of the present invention are arranged in a higher position with the finger bags between the finger bags at both ends in a state where the bottom surface of the socks is placed horizontally, and each finger bag is near the tip when viewed from the length direction. By knitting so that the middle part becomes a relatively narrow space compared to the base part, even if you wear socks, you can get a grounding close to bare feet, lessen the burden on the legs, and make all fingers function And socks with good comfort.

FIG. 1 is a skeleton front view of a human body foot. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of the position of a finger bag in a conventional finger sock. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of the position of the finger bag in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged plan view of a sock in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows a plan view when the constricted finger pouch in the embodiment of the present invention is inflated. 6A shows a plan view of the sock obtained in Example 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 6B shows a rear view thereof. 7A is a measurement diagram of the contact force of the socks obtained in Example 1 of the present invention, FIG. 7B is a measurement diagram of a bare foot of a comparative example, FIG. 7C is a measurement diagram of a normal sock without the same finger bag, and FIG. It is a measurement figure of the five-finger socks knitted with the commercially available flat knitting machine.

  The present inventors have observed the foot skeleton of the human body to obtain the socks of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a skeleton front view of a human body foot. The base of the toe (metatarsal bone) is arranged in an arch shape and is called a transverse arch. However, as shown in FIG. 2, the conventional finger socks have the fingertips lined up in a line and do not match the horizontal arch. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 1 to 5 indicate finger bags of the first to fifth fingers in order.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3, the idea was that if the finger bags were arranged in an arch shape that matched the skeleton, the foot would not be burdened. Similarly in FIG. 3, 1 to 5 indicate the first to fifth fingers in order. In addition, the idea that if the constricted portion is formed in the vicinity of the first joint portion of each finger bag, the degree of freedom of the toes increases.

  As a result, the sock of the present invention is a sock having three or more and five or less finger bags, and the finger bags located between the finger bags at both ends are higher in the state where the bottom surface of the socks is placed horizontally. As seen from the length direction, each finger bag is knitted so that a middle space (near the first joint) is a relatively narrow three-dimensional space compared to the vicinity of the tip and the vicinity of the base. Each finger bag is preferably a three-dimensional space relatively narrow in the middle (near the first joint) compared to the widest part near the tip and the base. In the present invention, the socks of three or more and five or less finger bags are also called finger socks.

  In order to arrange the finger bags between the finger bags at both ends at a higher position, a sock knitting machine (circular knitting machine) is used to slow down the knitting order. For example, in the case of three fingers, the outer side finger bags are knitted first, and then the finger bags between them are knitted. Thereby, the position of the finger bag in between is relatively higher than the positions of the outer finger bags. In the case of four fingers, the outer side finger bags are knitted first, the finger bag closer to the little finger in between is knitted, and finally the finger bag closer to the thumb is knitted. Thereby, among the finger bags located in the middle, the finger bag closer to the thumb is the highest position, the finger bag closer to the little finger is next higher, and the outer finger bags can be arranged at the lowest position. In the case of five fingers, the first finger (thumb) finger bag or the fifth finger (little finger) finger bag is first knitted, then the third finger (middle finger) finger bag and the fourth finger (ring finger) finger bag Knitting, and finally knitting a second finger (index finger) finger bag. Thereby, the sock in which the 2nd finger bag is the highest can be knitted.

  It is preferable that the finger bag located between the two is attached at a high position so as to cover the finger bag at either end. As a result, a grounding that is closer to bare feet is obtained, the burden on the feet is small, all fingers can be made to function, and socks that are comfortable to wear can be obtained.

  There are five finger bags, and the first finger (thumb) finger bag or fifth finger (little finger) is the lowest with the bottom surface of the sock placed horizontally, and then the third finger (middle finger) finger bag and the second finger bag It is preferable that the four finger (ring finger) finger pouch is high and the second finger (index finger) pouch is at the highest position. The five-finger socks are easy to wear, and a grounding close to bare feet can be obtained, the burden on the feet is small, all fingers can function, and the socks can be comfortably worn.

  The other part of the socks is knitted as follows. First, a circular knitting is performed from the ankle portion, and it is knitted in a circumferential shape. When you come to the heel part, use a part of the knitting needle of the circular knitting machine to knive so that the tip becomes a trapezoidal shape, then proceed to knitting in the opposite shape, and when you return to the knitting start part, Return to circular knitting and knit the arch. The part of the arch may be knitted into a constricted shape. Next, the aforementioned finger bags are knitted.

  The middle finger bag is knitted by using some knitting needles of the circular knitting machine to increase the number of knitting needles at the base of the finger and the number of knitting needles near the tip, and to reduce the number of intermediate knitting needles. When knitting in this way, the gore line near the tip of the finger pouch (the knitting line that connects the going and return knitting loops when knitting in a bag shape) becomes a plurality of rows, so the vicinity of the tip of the finger pouch is viewed in a plane. However, since there is a Gore line that cannot be seen from the plane, the actual three-dimensional shape is constricted near the first and second joints.

  It is preferable that the fingers between the two are attached to a course that is 1 or more and 30 or less in number in the wale direction than the fingers at both ends. That the number of loops is only 0 means that they are on the same course. In that state, the three-dimensional shape of the toes cannot be made. In addition, when the number of loops is 31 or more, the difference in height between the thumb or the little finger is too large, so it does not match the skeleton. Therefore, it is preferable that the number of loops is 1 or more and 30 or less.

  Each finger bag is preferably a three-dimensional space that is relatively narrow in the vicinity of the middle by 0.5 to 20 mm compared to the vicinity of the tip and the vicinity of the base. This makes the socks easier to wear.

  It is preferable that the concave portion has a shape that is gently narrowed between the fingertip and the base of the finger. The concave portion is preferably present at a position of 10 to 90% from the fingertip when the length from the fingertip to the base of the finger is 100%. In addition, the recess has a cross-sectional area that increases from the fingertip toward the base of the finger when the cross-section of the finger bag portion is viewed. It is preferable that there is a first point where becomes smaller, and then there is a second point where the cross-sectional area becomes larger toward the base of the finger. With the shape as described above, the comfort is good.

  The fiber used for the socks is preferably a fiber thread including an elastic thread. The elastic yarn is preferably at least one selected from a polyurethane elastic yarn and a polyester elastic yarn. This is because it is highly stretchable and suitable for socks. The elastic yarn may be used as a bare yarn as a non-elastic yarn (rigid yarn), or the surface is coated with polyester fiber, nylon fiber, acrylic fiber, wool, cotton, etc. It may be used as a covered yarn.

  The sock of the present invention can be knitted using, for example, a circular knitting machine manufactured by Lonati. Among these knitting machines, particularly suitable for the present invention is a knitting machine having a knitting machine diameter of 3.75 inches and 200 needles.

  This will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged plan view of a sock in one embodiment of the present invention. In the case of five fingers, the first finger (thumb) finger bag 1 or the fifth finger (little finger) finger bag 5 is first knitted, and then the third finger (middle finger) finger bag 3 and the fourth finger (ring finger). The finger bag 4 is knitted, and finally the second finger (index finger) finger bag 2 is knitted. Thereby, the sock in which the two-finger pouch is at the highest position can be knitted. Specifically, the second finger (index finger) finger pouch 2 covers the first finger (thumb) finger pouch 1 and the third finger (middle finger) pouch 3, and is attached to a higher position accordingly. Yes. As a result, a grounding that is closer to bare feet is obtained, the burden on the feet is small, all fingers can be made to function, and socks that are comfortable to wear can be obtained.

  In FIG. 4, 6 is an arch portion, 7 is a sewing line for closing the finger pouch, and 8 to 12 are gore lines. By this gore line, the three-dimensional shape becomes a constricted shape in the vicinity of the first and second joints.

  FIG. 5 shows a plan view when the constricted finger pouch is inflated. The finger bag 13 includes a bulging portion 14 at the tip, a middle constricted portion 15 and a bulging portion 16 at the base. With this three-dimensional shape, the fit of the fingers is good, a grounding close to bare feet is obtained, the burden on the feet is small, all the fingers can function, and the socks can be comfortable.

Examples of the present invention will be described below, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
Example 1

(1) Yarn used The socks used in this example are covered with acrylic yarn (32 /-: hair count) and polyurethane (fineness: 33 deci tex (30d)) with cotton yarn (30 /-: cotton count). Core spun yarn (CSY) yarn, fiber twisted yarn (FTY) yarn covering nylon with polyurethane (fineness: 33deci tex (30d) / 77deci tex (70d)), and double covered yarn (DCY) yarn (Fineness: 77 deci tex (70d) / 77 deci tex (70d))) and cotton yarn (30 /-: cotton count), acrylic yarn, FTY yarn and DCY yarn are the whole socks, CSY yarn is the fingertip The part is constituted and cotton yarn is partially used.

(2) Knitting machine Circular knitting machine manufactured by Lonati. The diameter is 3.75 inches and the number of needles is 200

(3) Knitting method The knitting of the product of this example was knitted in the order of the mouth portion, the ankle portion, the foot portion, and the toe portion. At first, we knit with acrylic yarn only, and when we knit 20mm, we knit with FTY yarn and DCY yarn. At the time of molding the heel part, only some of the needles repeatedly moved up and down, the remaining needles were stopped, and the needles were switched from circumferential movement to arc movement. During the arc motion, the number of needles that move up and down is increased as the most bulged part of the buttocks is molded, and after passing over the part that is most bulged, the number of needles that move up and down is reduced. By doing so, the heel portion could be formed into a convex shape. After that, the needle returned to the circumferential movement and knit the part of the instep from the sole.

  In the knitting of the toe part, the CSY yarn was switched, and the needle was switched from the circumferential motion to the circular motion and knitted from the fifth finger. When knitting the bag of fingers, we knit from the sole side to the instep side. When knitting from the base of the finger to the toes, the number of needles that move up and down was reduced. By increasing the number of needles that move up and down before reaching the middle between the base of the finger and the toes, the constricted part could be molded. In the case of the first finger, the constricted portion is knitted near the proximal phalanx, and in the case of the 2nd to 5th fingers, the constricted portion is knitted from the proximal phalanx to the vicinity of the middle phalanx. When knitting from the toes to the base of the finger, the bag for inserting the finger was knitted by increasing and decreasing the needle movement in the opposite direction. Later, the needle switched from circular motion to circumferential motion, and two courses of yarn were knitted. Thereafter, the first finger is knitted in the same manner as the fifth finger, so that the first finger is positioned higher than the fifth finger when viewed in a state where the bottom surface of the sock is placed horizontally. .

  In the same manner, the fourth finger, the third finger, and the second finger were knitted. By doing so, the second finger was placed at the highest position when viewed with the bottom surface of the sock placed horizontally.

  The structure knitted only with acrylic yarn in the mouth part was folded back and sewn with the main body to become a mouth part with good wearing feeling. By sewing the knitting end part of the toe part and the body, the toe part fits the shape of the finger.

  A plan view of the sock knitted as described above is shown in FIG. 6A, a rear view is shown in FIG. 6B, and a partially enlarged view is shown in FIG. The description of FIG. 4 is as described above. In FIG. 6A-B, 17 is a collar part, 18 is a non-slip rubber knitting part. Compared with the widest part near the tip and the base of each finger bag, the middle part (near the first joint part) was a three-dimensional space relatively narrower by 1 to 5 mm. The weight of the socks thus obtained was 75 g in total for one pair (left and right).

  The obtained socks were put on and the ground contact force of the sole was measured (FIG. 7A). As comparative examples, bare feet (FIG. 7B), ordinary socks without finger bags (FIG. 7C), and five-finger socks knitted with a commercially available flat knitting machine (FIG. 7D) were also measured. As a result, as shown in FIG. 7A, the sock of the present embodiment is a sock that provides a ground contact close to that of bare feet (FIG. 7B), reduces the burden on the feet, allows all fingers to function, and provides good comfort. there were.

  On the other hand, ordinary socks without finger bags (Fig. 7C) and five-finger socks knitted with a commercially available flat knitting machine (Fig. 7D) have little toe or little grounding force. It was confirmed that the force was not uniformly distributed.

  The sock of the present invention is suitable for all kinds of sports such as mountain climbing, trekking, hiking, skiing, snowboarding, skating, baseball, golf, hockey, soccer, jogging, marathon, tennis, badminton, squash, table tennis, etc. Is also useful.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st finger bag 2 2nd finger bag 3 3rd finger bag 4 4th finger bag 5 5th finger bag 6 Arch part 7 Sewing line which closes a finger bag 8-12 Gore line 13 Finger bag 14 Tip Swelling portion 15 Intermediate constricted portion 16 Root bulging portion 17 heel portion 18 Non-slip rubber knitting portion

Claims (8)

A sock with 3 or more and 5 or less finger bags,
With the bottom of the socks placed horizontally, the finger pouch between the finger pouches at both ends is placed at a higher position,
A sock characterized in that at least a first finger (thumb) finger bag has a recess formed between the tip of the finger and the base.   2. The sock according to claim 1, wherein the fingers between the two are attached to a course separated by one or more loops and no more than 30 loops in the wale direction from the fingers at both ends.   There are five finger bags, and the first finger (thumb) finger bag or the fifth finger (little finger) finger bag is the lowest with the bottom surface of the socks placed horizontally, and then the third finger (middle finger) finger bag. The sock according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the fourth finger (ring finger) finger bag is high and the second finger (index finger) finger bag is at the highest position.   The concave portion between the tip of the finger of the first finger (thumb) finger bag to the base is a three-dimensional space that is relatively narrow in the vicinity of the tip and in the vicinity of the middle by 0.5 to 20 mm compared to the vicinity of the base. Listed socks.   In addition to the recess between the tip of the first finger (thumb) finger bag and the base, at least one finger selected from the second to fifth fingers also has a recess between the tip of the finger and the base. The sock according to claim 1 or 4.   The sock according to claim 1, 4, or 5, wherein the concave portion has a shape that is gradually narrowed between a fingertip and a base of the finger.   The sock according to claim 1, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the recess is present at a position of 10 to 90% from the fingertip when the length from the fingertip to the base of the finger is 100%.   The recess has a cross-sectional area that increases from the fingertip toward the base of the finger when the cross-section of the finger pouch portion is viewed, but the cross-sectional area decreases toward the recess within a range of 5% to 60% from the fingertip. The sock according to claim 1, wherein there is a first point that becomes a second point, and thereafter, there is a second point where the cross-sectional area increases toward the base of the finger.

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