US20120180196A1 - Cut-resistant hockey sock - Google Patents

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US20120180196A1
US20120180196A1 US13/223,822 US201113223822A US2012180196A1 US 20120180196 A1 US20120180196 A1 US 20120180196A1 US 201113223822 A US201113223822 A US 201113223822A US 2012180196 A1 US2012180196 A1 US 2012180196A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B11/00—Hosiery; Panti-hose
    • A41B11/02—Reinforcements
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    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B17/00—Selection of special materials for underwear
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/05—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches protecting only a particular body part
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  • Embodiments of the present invention relates to a hockey sock. More particularly they relate to a hockey sock provided with a cut-resistant liner feature.
  • Hockey socks are ankle-to-thigh garments worn over protective gear by ice hockey players. Traditionally, they are form-fitting and are made of a cotton, synthetic, or blended rib-knit fabric. “Hockey socks” should not be confused with “hockey skate socks” which are thin socks worn over the foot inside the skate in the same manner as socks worn inside shoes.
  • the hockey sock generally are held up either by a garter or attached to undershorts with hook-and-loop fabric fastener tabs. Some players keep their socks tucked inside the upper ankle area of their skates, but other wear their socks pulled down over the outside heel of their skates. Many organized hockey teams wear hockey socks in designated team colors, which may be complementary to the team jersey.
  • a resulting cut may range from a shallow cut or scrape to a deep wound that can sever muscles and/or tendons. For example, a player who falls to the ice during play may expose his calf and Achilles tendon to debilitating injury by another player who slides into him.
  • Some “hockey skate socks” have been developed using cut-resistant aramid fibers. These thin socks are worn next to the skin, and—as a result of the physical properties of the fibers with which they are made cannot typically be dyed in a color-fast manner that would promote player use and compliance with uniform rules in hockey leagues. They may be screen printed or the like, but the regular washing of socks of this type (e.g., by school age and other non-major league/professional hockey players) may weaken the aramid fibers and may erode any printed pattern/color.
  • embodiments of the present invention may include a hockey sock including a cut-resistant liner separate from an outer layer. Certain embodiments may include more than one cut-resistant layer.
  • FIG. 1 shows a pair of hockey socks
  • FIG. 2 shows an external view of a dual-layer hockey sock
  • FIG. 3 shows a perspective lateral section view of the hockey sock of FIG. 2 , with a lining layer displayed;
  • FIG. 4 shows a view of the hockey sock of FIG. 2 , with an intermediate length of an outer layer removed to display a lining inner layer.
  • FIG. 1 shows a pair of hockey socks 100 of the present invention, including a multi-colored striped pattern on its exterior, although the sock may be solid color or any combination of solid color(s) and/or pattern(s).
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of a single hockey sock 100 .
  • the sock 100 is open at its top end 102 and at its bottom end 104 , forming a tapered tube or generally tube-like shape configured and dimensioned to accommodate and fit to a player's leg, including any underlying equipment (e.g., shin guards, thigh pads, etc.).
  • any underlying equipment e.g., shin guards, thigh pads, etc.
  • the visible outer layer 110 may include or completely be constructed of, for example, a textured polyester fiber, cotton, spun polyester, or a combination thereof, as well as any other appropriate knitted, woven, or non-woven textile material.
  • an inward-facing surface of the outer layer may include spun polyester, which provides desirable strength, low weight, and low moisture absorption (e.g., as compared to cotton).
  • the outer layer 110 may be dyed during and/or after construction, and/or may incorporate dyed or otherwise colored yarn and/or other construction materials that will be useful and likely to be used by players desiring (or—subject to rules—needing) to have certain colors in their hockey socks.
  • the sock may include colored material selected to provide a desired color scheme such as official team colors, or some other pre-determined color and/or color-combination.
  • FIG. 3 shows an upper portion of the sock 100 of FIG. 3 , viewed along a lateral section taken across line 3 - 3 of FIG. 2 .
  • the outer layer 110 surrounds an inner layer 112 .
  • the inner layer 112 includes an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarn (UHMW—ultra-high molecular weight fiber).
  • UHMW ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarn
  • Dyneema® a preferred material
  • the liner/inner layer 112 may include, consist of, or consist essentially of the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarn, which may be woven or may be knit, for example, as a half-cardigan fabric.
  • Cut-resistant fibers including non-UHMW materials such as, for example, para-aramid synthetic fibers (e.g., poly paraphenylene terephthalamide, available as Kevlar®) high-density polyethylene (HDPE) fibers, and/or other materials may be used with or in addition to UHMW materials).
  • the liner 112 may be woven, knit, or any combination thereof.
  • a tubular knit construction, of which half-cardigan is one example, may be preferred in many embodiments for the inner layer 112 .
  • FIG. 4 shows the hockey sock of FIG. 2 , with an intermediate portion of the outer layer 110 removed for illustrative purposes only to show the liner 112 .
  • the liner 112 is attached to the outer layer 110 only along a circumferential upper seam 106 near the upper end 102 and/or a circumferential lower seam 108 near the lower end 104 .
  • At least one or more other points and/or seams of contact between the liner 112 and the outer layer 110 may be provided in other embodiments between near the upper end and near the lower end, but with a significant surface portion of each of the outer layer 110 and the liner 112 being disposed in a “floating” relationship between contact regions.
  • Each of the outer layer 110 and the liner 112 preferably will include at least one layer of material, but each of the outer layer 110 and the liner 112 may include more than one layer of material.
  • each of the outer layer 110 and/or the liner 112 may include the same or different construction and composition than each other.
  • a first layer 110 will include at least one layer of material, but may—in other embodiments that will readily be understood—include a plurality of layers, each of which may differ from the others.
  • a second, inner, layer 112 will include at least one layer of the cut-resistant material described above, but may—in other embodiments that will readily be understood—include a plurality of layers, each of which may differ from the others.
  • each of the outer layer 110 and the liner 112 may include multilayer construction.
  • the liner fabric 112 made of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene yarn most preferably will have cut-resistant properties inherent in the yarn and aided by the knit or woven nature of the fabric, such that it is configured to resist significant cutting penetration by a hockey skate blade.
  • the “floating” relationship between a significant surface portion of each of the outer layer 110 and the liner 112 may provide for extra energy absorption and redirection in the kind of glancing blow that may commonly be expected when a skate blade contacts the hockey sock 100 being worn by a player during skating/game-play conditions.

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US20130160176A1 (en) * 2011-12-27 2013-06-27 Robert Magri Protective Ice Hockey Sock
AU2013206548B1 (en) * 2013-06-26 2013-12-12 Andrew Serafim Multilayered Sports Socks
US20140289924A1 (en) * 2013-03-08 2014-10-02 Elicit Brands, Llc Cut resistant compression sock with moisture channeling
US20140359913A1 (en) * 2011-12-27 2014-12-11 Robert Magri Protective Ice Hockey Sock
US20150052654A1 (en) * 2013-08-23 2015-02-26 Douglas Thom Ventilated, cut-resistant hockey sock
USD731779S1 (en) * 2012-07-11 2015-06-16 John S. Balisy Hockey shorts and sock set
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US20170176147A1 (en) * 2015-07-02 2017-06-22 Lars Petter Andresen Protective Garments
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US20220010468A1 (en) * 2017-06-26 2022-01-13 Sheertex Inc. Rip resistant, non-pilling fine knit garments
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US20130160176A1 (en) * 2011-12-27 2013-06-27 Robert Magri Protective Ice Hockey Sock
US20140359913A1 (en) * 2011-12-27 2014-12-11 Robert Magri Protective Ice Hockey Sock
USD731779S1 (en) * 2012-07-11 2015-06-16 John S. Balisy Hockey shorts and sock set
US20140289924A1 (en) * 2013-03-08 2014-10-02 Elicit Brands, Llc Cut resistant compression sock with moisture channeling
AU2013206548B1 (en) * 2013-06-26 2013-12-12 Andrew Serafim Multilayered Sports Socks
US20150052654A1 (en) * 2013-08-23 2015-02-26 Douglas Thom Ventilated, cut-resistant hockey sock
US9924750B2 (en) * 2014-07-23 2018-03-27 Skate-Cut-Proof Inc. Athletic protective shield
US20160021954A1 (en) * 2014-07-23 2016-01-28 Gregory Joseph MacNeil Athletic protective shield
USD759349S1 (en) * 2015-06-19 2016-06-21 Dominique Zimmermann Sockpants garment
US9644923B2 (en) * 2015-07-02 2017-05-09 Lars Petter Andresen Composite, protective fabric and garments made thereof
US20170176147A1 (en) * 2015-07-02 2017-06-22 Lars Petter Andresen Protective Garments
US20170248391A1 (en) * 2015-07-02 2017-08-31 Lars Petter Andresen Protective Garments
US10060708B2 (en) * 2015-07-02 2018-08-28 Lars Petter Andresen Protective garments
US20170027239A1 (en) * 2015-07-27 2017-02-02 Jason Ryan Cut-Resistant Hockey Sock
US20220010468A1 (en) * 2017-06-26 2022-01-13 Sheertex Inc. Rip resistant, non-pilling fine knit garments
CN111235736A (zh) * 2020-02-25 2020-06-05 浙江千禧龙纤特种纤维股份有限公司 一种用于防紫外线耐磨的面料和丝袜
DE102021107071A1 (de) 2021-03-22 2022-09-22 Stefan Wunder Sportstutzen für ein Bein sowie Trikotset mit einem Sportstutzen
EP4062782A1 (fr) 2021-03-22 2022-09-28 Stefan Wunder Bas tube pour une jambe, ainsi qu'ensemble tricot doté d'un bas tube

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