JPH0931705A - Socks - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain socks of a simple structure capable of providing both air permeability and massaging effect. SOLUTION: Air permeable holes 5 and 10 are formed on an upper and a lower parts corresponding to toe roots of an upper and a lower cloth parts 2 and 7. A projected ring-shaped member 14 is inward formed at the circumference of the air-permeable hole 10 of the lower cloth part in the air-permeable holes. Further a projected ring-shaped member 15 is also formed at a part on the lower cloth part 7 of socks, on which no air-permeable hole is formed, to give the objective socks.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to socks having excellent breathability and massaging effect.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to improve the air permeability of socks, it is necessary to provide a vent hole in the sock as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 60-34602, 62-243801 and 57-1623.
No. 02, No. 59-123107, and the like.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 52-139544 discloses that a large number of elastic projections are provided on the inside or outside of a sock in order to give the sock a massage effect.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional socks, only one of the breathability and the massage effect is taken into consideration, and no sock capable of obtaining both the breathability and the massage effect is disclosed. .

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a sock which has both a breathability and a massage effect with a simple structure.

[0006]

The sock of the present invention has ventilation holes formed in the upper and lower portions of the upper and lower cloth portions of the sock corresponding to the roots of the toes of the sock, and at the bottom of the ventilation holes. A protruding annular member made of synthetic resin is formed inward around the ventilation hole of the cloth part, and a protruding annular member is also formed on the part of the sock lower cloth part where the ventilation hole is not formed. It is characterized by having done.

[0007]

1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the sock of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the embodiment of the sock of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the sock of the present embodiment. However,
3 shows a sock for the left foot, and a sock for the right foot has a symmetrical structure.

The upper cloth portion 2 on the toe side of the sock 1 is formed with four ventilation holes 3 to 6 at a portion corresponding to the base of the toe. Further, in the lower cloth portion 7 of the sock 1 on the toe side, four ventilation holes 8 to 11 are formed in the portion corresponding to the base of the toe, like the ventilation holes 3 to 6. Further, ventilation holes 12 to 13 are also formed in a portion of the lower cloth portion 7 of the sock 1 corresponding to the arch of the foot. Furthermore, a plurality of ventilation holes are formed at desired locations on the lower cloth portion 7 of the sock 1.

An annular member 14 made of synthetic resin is formed around the vent hole formed in the lower cloth portion 7 of the sock 1 among the above-mentioned vent holes. The annular member 14 is formed, for example, by applying a fluid thermo-foaming synthetic resin from the inner side surface of the sock 1 to the periphery of the ventilation hole and heating the foam to foam. When actually applying the synthetic resin, the synthetic resin is applied with the socks 1 turned upside down. As shown in FIG. 3, the foamed annular member 14 has a protrusion shape that protrudes toward the inside of the sock 1. The projecting annular member 14 has both the effect of improving the ventilation effect and the massage effect.

Further, the fluid synthetic resin is used as the ventilation hole 10.
It soaks into the fibers of the sock 1 around the and hardens to some extent and prevents the fibers around the vent from fraying.

A synthetic resin is also applied in an annular shape to the portion of the lower cloth portion 7 of the sock 1 in which the ventilation holes are not formed, and the synthetic resin is heated and foamed to form the lower cloth portion 7 of the sock 1. Protrusion-shaped annular member 15 at a plurality of suitable positions
Is formed. The projecting annular member 15 has a massage effect and an effect of improving the ventilation action in cooperation with other annular members.

A fluid of a heat-foamable synthetic resin is also applied around the four ventilation holes 3 to 6 formed in the upper cloth portion 2 on the toe side of the sock 1 to form the annular member 15. This synthetic resin is applied and naturally cured to prevent fraying.
Therefore, the annular member 16 has a flat plate shape without foaming. As described above, the annular member 16 of the upper cloth portion 2 of the sock 1 is formed in a flat plate shape in order to prevent the annular member 16 from rubbing against the toes or the instep of the toe and giving the user pain.

In the above example, the same thermo-foaming synthetic resin is used as the synthetic resin for forming the projecting annular member 15 and the flat plate annular member 16, and the projecting annular member 15 is formed depending on the presence or absence of heating. Annular member 15 and flat annular member 16
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the protruding annular member 15 may be formed of a foamable synthetic resin, and the flat plate-shaped annular member 16 may be formed of a non-foaming synthetic resin.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the annular member having a projecting shape is formed around the ventilation hole and the annular member is also formed in the portion other than the ventilation hole, the following effects can be obtained.

(1) A space is formed between the surface of the skin of the sole of the foot and the cloth of the sock by the plurality of projecting annular members, so that the air in the sock can easily be circulated through the space. The moisture in the socks can be efficiently discharged through the ventilation holes.

(2) Each time the user walks, the surface of the skin on the sole of the foot is intermittently pushed by the plurality of projecting annular members, so that the sole of the foot is massaged.

(3) Since it is massaged by the annular member,
No more pain than when massaged with isolated protrusions.

(4) Since the synthetic resin permeates and hardens around the ventilation holes, the fibers around the ventilation holes do not fray.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a plan view of an embodiment of a sock of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a bottom view of an embodiment of the sock of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a main part of the sock of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Socks, 2 ... Upper cloth part, 3-6 ... Vent hole, 7 ... Lower cloth part, 8-11 ... Vent hole, 12-13 ... Vent hole, 14 ... Annular member, 15 ... Projected annular member, 16 ... Plate-shaped annular member

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Vents are formed in the upper and lower parts of the sock's upper cloth part and lower cloth part corresponding to the bases of the toes, and a synthetic resin is formed around the vent holes of the lower cloth part in the vent holes. A sock characterized in that a protruding annular member made of is formed inward, and the protruding annular member is formed also in a portion of the lower cloth portion of the sock where the ventilation holes are not formed.