KR20120014647A - Diabetic Socks - Google Patents

Abstract

For effective foot care of a diabetic patient, the present invention includes: an upper piece that wraps in the legs, ankles, and insteps from the lower side of the wearer's knee, and has an opening extending in a straight line from the ankles and knitted into jersey tissue; And a lower piece knitted integrally with the lower part of the upper piece, the lower piece being knitted with the terry piece tissue which is integrally knitted to surround the wearer's toe part, the sole part and the heel part, and the loop pile protrudes inwardly. .

Description

Socks for Diabetics {socks for a diabetic}

The present invention relates to socks for diabetics, and more particularly, to socks for diabetics that improves fit and minimizes clothing pressure and gently absorbs and releases sweat in contact with skin.

In general, socks are clothing worn by a person to absorb sweat and help keep the foot dry.

This conventional sock is shown well in FIG. 1 is a front view showing a conventional sock.

As shown in Figure 1, the conventional socks 104 weave fibers such as cotton yarn, synthetic fiber yarn, blended yarn, rubber yarn, etc., weaving, toes 101, heel 102 and ankle 103 ) Is woven to wrap integrally and the upper end of the ankle part 103 is made of a rubber band 105 having an elastic force to prevent the socks 104 from flowing down from the lower side of the knee when wearing the socks 104.

However, this conventional sock 104 is not suitable for diabetic patients who are characterized by chronic hyperglycemia mainly due to the lack of insulin action involved in carbohydrate metabolism and accompanied by various characteristic metabolic abnormalities.

In other words, during the complications of diabetes, skin diseases such as swelling, swelling, boil, purulent eczema, and eczema are involved. Toe skin can be easily infected by friction and abrasion of the toe area. Or amputation of the legs. In fact, one of the most feared complications of diabetics is diabetic foot (foot ulcer). In fact, diabetics have a 15 percent chance of developing foot complications, of which 3 percent are known to have leg pain.

As described above, the diabetic patient having peripheral neuropathy is insensitive to foot pain, and thus the damage is serious, so the conventional socks 104 described above are not suitable for diabetic patients who need to thoroughly control the foot.

Furthermore, the socks worn by diabetics should fit the shape of the individual feet and should be able to absorb and release sweat well. The conventional socks 104 described above may not fit or fit the feet of diabetics. 105) There is a problem that the skin is easily infected due to the large pressure feeling, which inhibits blood circulation and damages the skin of the foot due to skin friction, does not sufficiently absorb sweat, or does not release the absorbed sweat well.

Conventional techniques for functional socks for such diabetics are as follows.

'Sock for diabetic patients', filed in Korean Utility Model Application No. 20-2003-0020415, is woven with piles made of lint to give elasticity to the toe and heel, and is formed into an inverted triangle that is widened as the ankle is extended upward. Woven by this widely formed plain fabric, the raw material consisting of inorganic minerals emitting anions and far-infrared rays and chitosan to protect the skin is mixed and coated on the pile and the surface of the plain and the anion and far infrared rays are radiated simultaneously. It is disclosed that there is an effect that can protect the skin, and the ankle portion of the sock is widened upwards to help smooth the blood circulation of the ankle portion.

The functional socks, filed with Korean Utility Model Application No. 20-2006-0019520, has an opening made of synthetic fabric consisting of polyester and cotton without elasticity, and the ankle part made of knitted fabric with a mesh structure made of polyester. The foot is made of a combination of span and cotton, and the sole of the foot is made of towel-knitted with two additional cotton yarns, and the heel and toes are made of two layers of fabric. It is disclosed that antibacterial and deodorization of bacteria, as well as blood circulation, in particular, can be usefully used for poor diabetic patients.

The multifunctional socks containing silver, filed with Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0056545, are made of lint knitted with a protrusion-like tissue on the sole of the foot, and the ankle part is widened to the upper part to assist blood circulation. Phosphorus silver-coated yarns are blended using a silver spun yarn that is spun by mixing fibers selected from one or more of cotton and polyester, so the high conductivity of the silver component is generated by absorbing or passing electricity from the skin. The magnetic field is disclosed to facilitate blood flow and to prevent the generation of static electricity.

The 'diabetic socks' filed in Korean Patent Application No. 10-2007-0130188 includes a band portion to rotate 2 to 12 turns of elastic rubber or spanner, and the ankle portion and the band portion become equal or wider from bottom to top, respectively. It has a shape, and the toe part is connected to other parts of the socks and the immersion of 40 to 60% of the body manufacturing immersion, and even when worn for a long time there is no flow and band marks have been excellent wear feeling and there is no blood circulation disorder.

As described above, the conventional socks for diabetics are mostly technologies for fit for blood circulation and antimicrobial for preventing infection, and techniques for contact with friction on skin and hygroscopicity for absorption and release of sweat when worn There is a lack.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is to sew the jersey tissue for improving the clothing pressure and the terry piece tissue for absorbing shock and sweat and the rubber piece tissue for preventing wrinkles and running down according to the part of the socks An object of the present invention is to provide a diabetic sock which is integrally knitted to improve fit, antimicrobiality, contact and hygroscopicity.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention wraps the leg, ankle and instep portion from the lower side of the wearer's knee, the upper piece knitted with jersey tissue having an opening extending in a straight line from the ankle; And a lower piece knitted integrally with the lower part of the upper piece, the lower piece being knitted with the terry piece tissue which is integrally knitted to surround the wearer's toe part, the sole part and the heel part, and the loop pile protrudes inwardly. .

Here, the upper piece is preferably provided with an arch piece that is arranged to connect the lower piece across the instep and integrally knitted into a rubber piece tissue. In addition, the upper piece is preferably disposed to surround the ankle portion and is provided with a band piece knitted integrally with a rubber piece tissue. Furthermore, it is preferred that the upper and lower pieces are knitted seamlessly into one piece by knitting into one piece by a continuous process and then reducing the size of the knitting while going toward the toe tip. In addition, the material of the upper piece and the lower piece is preferably used a blended yarn of the polyester containing the antimicrobial deodorizing process and silver nanoparticles.

Through the above solution, the present invention provides the following effects.

First, the diabetic sock of the present invention is a jersey tissue that gently contacts the leg portion, thereby improving blood circulation by minimizing garment pressure, and sweating the skin with terry piece tissue protruding inwardly so that the loop pile contacts the toe portion and the sole of the foot. It can effectively prevent cold, which can prevent the complications of skin disease. In particular, the present invention can be molded in the form of a foot of a person with diabetes, eliminating clothing pressure and flow, and improve the fit and blood circulation of the patient.

Second, the arch part pulling the lower part to closely adhere to the foot is provided with a band part to prevent wrinkles occurring at the ankle, thereby improving the fit of the sock, while the lower part is more closely attached to the skin to perform the sweat absorption function smoothly. It can also prevent skin diseases caused by wrinkles on the folding area of the ankle.

Third, but using a mixed yarn of cotton and polyester treated with antibacterial deodorant as the sock material of the present invention, the polyester can contain the nanoparticles of silver and charcoal can manage the feet of diabetics clean and hygienic.

Fourth, the socks of the present invention can be knitted in a seamless sewing to prevent skin diseases that can occur due to friction of the seams of the diabetic patients seams formed on the joints of the existing socks.

1 is a front view showing a conventional sock.
Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the socks for diabetics according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary view showing an example of the knitted tissue of part A of FIG.
4 is an exemplary view showing an example of the knitted tissue of part B of FIG.
5 is a perspective view showing the socks for diabetics according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an exemplary view showing an example of a knitted tissue of part C of FIG.
7 is a wearing state of the diabetic socks according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a perspective view showing the socks for diabetics according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the socks for diabetic patients according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the socks for diabetics according to the first embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an exemplary view showing an example of the knitted tissue of the portion A of Figure 2, Figure 4 is a knitting portion B of Figure 2 Exemplary diagrams each showing an example of the organization.

As shown in Figure 2 to Figure 4, diabetic socks 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention comprises an upper piece 210 and the lower piece 230.

The present invention has an arch piece and a band piece to improve the fit and minimize the effect of wrinkles in the gastric tissue tissue that gives a soft contact to the diabetic, sweaty toes and soles on the surface of the sweat / excellent moisture absorption and moisture permeability By contacting the loop pile of terry piece tissue using a functional polyester blend yarn provides a diabetic sock that is advantageous for absorption and release of sweat.

In detail, the upper piece 210 surrounds the leg 213, the ankle 215, and the instep 217 from the lower side of the wearer's knee, and extends in a straight line from the ankle 215. )

Here, the upper piece 210 is knitted into a jersey tissue, also called plain stitch (knits stitch) or Maryas piece to minimize the garment pressure for blood circulation improvement. The resistant tissues belong to a stomach fabric consisting of a wale representing the longitudinal direction of the knitting and a course representing the transverse direction together with the terry and rubber piece tissues described below.

As shown in FIG. 3, the above-mentioned stopping tissue appears in a row in the wale direction on the outside and in the course direction on the inside. According to this configuration, the yarn of the same thickness can achieve a structure of minimizing the clothing pressure in the state worn by the user because the knitting speed of the basic tissue is the fastest and thinnest and lightest tissue.

In addition, since the resistant tissue has a shape extending in a straight line from the ankle portion 215 to the opening 211, it is possible to minimize blood pressure during wearing to prevent blood circulation degradation.

Of course, it is also possible to have a radial cross-sectional structure from the ankle portion to the opening to accommodate the wearer's foot so as to fit the wearer's body, as shown in Figure 3, the upper piece 210 is a blended yarn of polyester More preferably, it is made of knits of knit type.

On the other hand, the lower piece 230 is integrally knitted seamlessly without sewing so as to surround the wearer's toe part 231, the sole 235 and the heel part 237 in the lower part of the upper piece 210, the lower piece 230 is knitted into a terry piece tissue in which a loop pile protrudes inwardly.

In detail, the knitted terry tissue is knitted by feeding two threads simultaneously at the same knitting as shown in FIG. 4. One of the two ol is called the base yarn (10), the other is called the loop yarn (20). After knitting, one thread of thread appears on the surface and the other thread appears on the back side. After knitting, the loop yarn 20 is pulled and formed into a loop pile protruding in a loop shape by the special device, so that the loop pile refers to a large amount of protrusions protruding from the terry piece tissue. For example, the terry piece tissue refers to a weft knitted into one side of a large number of loop-like protrusions, such as a towel.

When the loop pile is formed inward and in contact with the skin of the user, the projecting structure of the loop pile itself is advantageous for the absorption and discharge of sweat.

In particular, the absorption / hygroscopicity is based on the movement of the liquid passing through the space by so-called capillary phenomenon by the space present in the fiber assembly such as inside the fiber, between the fibers, and between the yarns.

That is, the structure for absorbing moisture in the socks eventually depends on the space between the fibers constituting the socks. When such a space is formed sufficiently, the space absorbed by the sweat becomes sufficient, and for this reason, when the sweat is caught in the space between the loop piles, it is possible to prevent skin infection due to the sweat on the wearer's skin.

In addition, since the rear surface of the loop pile is formed of a planar structure on the outer surface, the sweat trapped in the loop pile can be easily released to the outside. That is, the inner protrusion configuration of the loop pile may be usefully used even in patients with excessive sweating.

As such, the present invention provides a space that can contain moisture enough to be in contact with the surface by knitting into a terry tissue rather than a general textile tissue to ensure more surface area and space through the loop projection in order to quickly and easily absorb the socks. When the surface is in contact with the skin to ensure a rich repulsion feeling and a sense of surface has not only functional but also skin-friendly.

In addition, due to the loop structure of the loop pile, the diabetic patient can alleviate the contact shock generated from the ground pressure while walking while having a comfortable cushioning feeling.

On the other hand, Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the socks for diabetics according to a second embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is an exemplary view showing an example of the knitted tissue of the portion C of Figure 5.

5 to 8, the upper piece 510 is preferably provided with an arch piece 519 disposed to connect the lower piece 230 across the instep portion 217.

Here, the arch piece 519 refers to a portion knitted in a straight shape to be formed in an arc shape along the instep.

In addition, the arch piece 519 is preferably integrally knitted with a rubber piece structure to pull the lower piece 230 to improve the fit.

In detail, the knitted rib tissue is a lip tissue in which weft and purl are alternately arranged in the wale direction, as shown in FIG. At this time, the base yarn is made of a material having a relatively greater transverse elasticity than the base yarn of the upper to lower pieces described above, the elasticity in the transverse direction is larger than the jersey and terry pieces in the knitted structure having a loop yarn around it. By connecting the lower piece 230 to the elasticity can be complemented. In addition, the arrangement of the supper and purl can be varied in a variety of 1: 1 or 2: 2, 3: 3, 2: 3, etc. Preferably, the elasticity can be combined with a slight elasticity to minimize clothing pressure. : 3 Use of rubber piece tissue. Of course, the rubber piece structure may be made by replacing the knitted fabric material of the blend yarn material of polyester which is a softer ribs (ribs) structure.

As such, the arch piece 519 has a slight elasticity that does not inhibit the blood circulation of the wearer, but has a larger elasticity than the upper piece 210 and the lower piece 230.

Accordingly, since the arch piece 519 pulls both upper ends of the approximately central portion of the lower piece 230, the lower piece 230 may be closely adhered to the feet of the diabetic patient to help the absorption of sweat smoothly. By knitting on the instep portion 217 where wrinkles are frequently generated, the elasticity is further provided to minimize the wrinkles generated when worn or walking, thereby reducing the friction of the skin of the diabetic with the wrinkles.

On the other hand, the upper piece (210, 510) and the lower piece (230) is knitted into one piece by a continuous process, it is preferable to be knitted integrally by sewing as it reduces the size of the knitting while going toward the tip of the toe.

In detail, the socks for diabetics according to the present invention have a needle needle and a latch needle as a knitting needle, and use a knitting machine having higher productivity than a weaving machine, but the knitting machine has a circular knitting machine (circular knitting) machines and flat knitting machines.

Here, in the flat knitting machine, the knitting needles are arranged in a straight line, and thus the yarn is knitted from side to side, so that a flat knitted fabric can be obtained, and the stitch can be increased or decreased, so that the size and shape of the knitted fabric can be adjusted.

At this time, the computer automatic flat knitting machine can be produced by continuously knitting socks of the multi-gauge piece, full fashion (special fashion) without any special accessories, so the present invention provides a seamless seamless three-dimensional socks by the seamless flat knitting program It can be produced.

As such, the upper pieces 210 and 510 and the lower piece 230 are made of a non-sewn knitting tissue, so that the skin disease is caused by friction of seams (seams) formed by sewing the toes of the existing socks. Complications can be prevented.

On the other hand, when wearing the diabetic socks of the present invention according to each embodiment described above and the effect according to it will be described.

7 is a state diagram of wearing socks for diabetics according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, when a wearer such as a diabetic patient wears a foot through the opening 211, the leg part 213, the ankle part 215, and the instep part 217 are soft and have low clothing pressure. As it is wrapped in the ankle part 215 to the opening 211 is formed in a straight form, as shown, the upper piece 510 is stretched to correspond to the body shape of the wearer's leg (L), while not easily flowing down the garment pressure At least, due to the existing rubber band (see 105 of FIG. 1) can improve the blood circulation of the diabetic patients.

Moreover, the toes 231, the sole 235, and the heel 237, which frequently sweat while being in contact with the ground when the socks are worn, are wrapped in terry piece tissue to relieve pressure on the foot when walking. In this case, since the loop pile of the loop shape of the terry piece tissue is formed to protrude inwardly to contact the skin, sweat is absorbed and stored in the space between the loop piles to release the skin of the diabetic due to the sweat. Complications of the disease can be prevented.

As described above, the jersey tissue and the terry piece tissue according to the difference in the configuration or arrangement of the loops are spun fabrics composed of loose loops, which are more elastic than the fabric, closely adhere to the body shape, and move easily according to the movement of the foot. In addition, the moisture content is greater than the fabric, the heat retention is good, and because of the space structure, the wind blows to increase the breathability is easy to remove the sweat. Moreover, it can be produced in various structures and colors, and it is comfortable to wear and does not wrinkle well because of its elasticity and pores.

On the other hand, Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the socks for diabetics according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

 As shown in FIG. 8, the upper piece 810 is preferably provided with a band piece 821 disposed to surround the ankle portion 215.

In detail, the band piece 821 is made of the same rubber piece as the arch piece 519 described above to have a slight elasticity while being made in a ring shape.

That is, the opening 211 of the diabetic socks 800 has a straight shape and relatively low elasticity. However, wrinkles do not occur in the leg portion 213 due to the wider leg shape of the wearer when the wearer walks. If not, the ankle portion 215 causes wrinkles as the socks flow down, and when these wrinkles are generated in the folding area of the ankle, the ankle is folded and the wrinkles may be adversely affected by friction with the skin of the diabetic patient.

In order to solve this problem, the present invention is provided with a band piece 821 in the ankle portion 215 to minimize the occurrence of the wrinkles of the socks flowed down from the leg portion 213 occurs in the ankle portion folded at the wearer's walking.

Accordingly, the band piece 821 can prevent skin diseases by minimizing wrinkles at the fold of the ankle without inhibiting blood circulation of the diabetic patient.

In this case, the band piece 821 may be formed of another rubber piece structure including the same 2 × 3 rubber piece structure as that of the arch piece 519.

On the other hand, in each of the above-described embodiments, the upper pieces 210, 510, 810 and the lower piece 230 are preferably knitted using a blend of cotton and polyester, which is light and excellent in wearing comfort.

At this time, the cotton is an antimicrobial treatment of the absorbent material by using various antimicrobial treatment methods using inorganic antibacterial agent and the silver nanoparticles contained in the surface or near the fiber surface by the spinning, coating and injection method in the polyester inside the fiber It is desirable to be evenly distributed.

Here, silver is a conductive metal, and has a combination of antibacterial, antiseptic, antifungal, deodorant, far infrared emission, and antistatic properties. It is said to have an antimicrobial agent.

That is, silver nanoparticles have antimicrobial properties because yellow radicals generated by oxygen radicals generated in the process of adsorption of oxygen in the air on nano-sized silver particle surfaces destroy cell membranes and disrupt and disrupt the electron transfer system of harmful bacteria. It is known that it can sterilize hundreds of bacteria, fungi and viruses such as cocci, urea rot, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, pneumococcus and other Legionella bacteria.

Such silver nanoparticles may be used in a powder state or in a colloidal state in which a dispersion medium is water or an organic solvent, and may be prepared by a method for preparing any silver nanoparticles known in the art. Since silver is an expensive precious metal, silver is made into fine particles in order to economically use the conductivity, antimicrobial activity and deodorizing property of silver.

On the other hand, it is preferable that the polyester further contains charcoal nanoparticles in addition to the silver nanoparticles.

In detail, the charcoal (charcoal) is one of the adsorbents produced from nature, most of its components are made of carbon to generate anions, emit far infrared rays, block electromagnetic waves, adsorb impurities, decompose and remove odors. In particular, charcoal absorbs sweat to remove impurities and is rich in natural minerals, and is known to have excellent effects on various skin diseases through the activation of skin cells.

That is, the char nanoparticles function as an adsorbent, so that when the socks (200, 500, 800) of the present invention comes into contact with the skin, impurities are removed from the wearer's skin by adsorption, thereby helping to cleanly manage the skin of a diabetic foot. In addition, by adsorption, it is possible to additionally perform the removal of moisture and removal of odors.

Here, the charcoal may be a bamboo charcoal manufactured using bamboo, a charcoal manufactured using oak.

On the other hand, the blended yarn of the cotton and polyester is preferably made of 18 to 32 gauge so that the wales density and the coarse density is formed high.

In detail, the gauge refers to the number of knitting pieces per unit area, that is, the knitting density. If the thickness of the thread is the same, the larger the knitting density, the more dense the tissue.

If the yarns that make up the two knitwear are the same and the knitting method differs only in the number of knits per unit area, the properties of the knitwear are also different. In other words, the higher the wale density and the higher the course density, the more stable the length and width direction, and the longer the better recovery can improve the fit.

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but may be modified and implemented by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the claims of the present invention. Such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

200,500,800: socks for diabetics
210,510,810: Upper piece 211: Opening
213: leg 215: ankle
217: instep 230: lower part
231: toe portion 235: sole of foot
237: heel 519: arch
821: Band Episode 10: Bat Yasa
20: loop yarn

Claims (5)

An upper piece knitted to have legs, ankles, and insteps from the lower side of the wearer's knee, and having an opening extending in a straight line from the ankles; And
Socks for diabetics comprising a lower piece knitted integrally to wrap the toe portion, the sole portion and the heel portion of the wearer in the lower portion of the upper piece, the loop pile is knitted with terry piece tissue protruding inwardly. The method of claim 1,
Socks for diabetics, characterized in that the upper piece is provided to connect the lower piece across the instep and the arch piece is integrally knitted with rubber piece tissue. The method of claim 1,
Socks for diabetics, characterized in that the upper piece is provided to wrap the ankle portion and the band piece is integrally knitted with a rubber piece tissue. The method of claim 1,
The upper piece and the lower piece are knitted in one piece by a continuous process, and then knit toward the end of the toe as it reduces the size of the knitting as it is sewn in one piece, diabetic socks. The method of claim 1,
The material of the upper piece and the lower piece socks for diabetics, characterized in that it uses a blend of functional polyester containing antimicrobial deodorant processed cotton and silver nanoparticles.

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