JP2002371401A - Foot cover - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foot cover so designed as to be easily concealed inside a shoe, wearable with a barefooted feeling even when a wearer puts on a shallow shoe with a wide opening such as pumps, and enabling the wearer to put it on from any direction of back or forth, where a covering extent ranging from the toe through the instep is optional for the wearer. SOLUTION: This foot cover 101 comprises an opening knitted part 1, body knitted part 2, first bag part 3, swollen part 4, second bag part 5; wherein the opening knitted part 1 and the body knitted part 2 are cylindrically knitted with an orbital knitting, the first bag part 3 is knitted into a bag-shape with reciprocating rotation knitting while joining to a wale in the final course of the body knitting part at almost half circumference, the swollen part 4 is knitted with reciprocating rotation knitting while joining to the final course of the first bag part 3 and also knitted into a trapezoid by successively adding wales to the final course of the body knitting part, and further, the second bag part 5 is knitted into a bag-shaped with reciprocating rotation knitting while joining to wales at almost half circumference among wales at the whole circumference comprising the remaining wales in the final course of the swollen part 4 and the final course of the body knitting part.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a foot cover which has a wide opening so that it can be easily hidden in shoes, and which is capable of selecting a degree of coverage by being worn from front and rear directions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A foot cover is a shallow ship-shaped cover consisting of only feet, which is used as an inner sock for the purpose of hiding inside shoes, or a room sock for indoor use. There are. In the case of wearing inside shoes, the fabric of the heel tends to slip off during walking because of its form, so that it cannot be made extremely shallow. In a pump with wide and shallow shoes, stockings are worn.

[0003] However, even in the case of thin stockings in the summer, it is hot and it is desirable to avoid wearing them if possible. However, when wearing shoes with bare feet, sweating is very uncomfortable, and the impact between the feet and the shoes may cause a problem. There is also a problem that the friction easily causes shoe slippage. In addition, even if stockings are worn, the moisture absorption and cushioning properties are inferior to ordinary socks and foot covers, so if you want to continue wearing shoes for a long time at work etc., you want to use foot covers together. On the contrary, it can be said that it is meaningful to put on the foot cover repeatedly to keep warm in the cold season.

[0004] On the other hand, when the same foot cover is used in shoes with a narrow mouth or as a room sock, the opening of the perforation does not need to be so wide. In addition, the heat retention is also reduced.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned points of the conventional foot cover, the present invention is intended to cover even a shoe having a wide and shallow mouth, such as a pump, which is easily hidden inside the shoe and has been difficult to wear. An object of the present invention is to provide a foot cover that can be worn with barefoot feeling and can be worn from either front or rear direction and can select a degree of coverage from a toe to an instep.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a foot cover according to the present invention comprises a mouth knit portion, a body knit portion, a first bag portion, an enlarged portion, and a second knit portion continuously knitted by using a circular knitting machine. The mouth knitting part and the body knitting part are knitted into a tubular shape by a round knitting, and the first bag part is formed into a bag shape by a reciprocating rotary knitting continuously to approximately half a circumferential wale of the body knitting part final course. The knitted part is knitted in a trapezoidal manner by successively adding the wales of the knitting part final course together with the reciprocating rotary knitting successively to the last course of the first bag part, and further, the second bag part is made of the final part of the knitted part. The web was knitted in a bag shape by reciprocating rotary knitting continuously from approximately half a circumference wale of the entire circumference wale composed of the course and the remaining wale of the body knitting final course.

[0007] Then, the enlarged portion reduces all or part of the stitches of the wale previously added in the intermediate course at once, and sequentially adds the reduced stitches again together with the reciprocating rotary knitting, It is made up of a multi-stage trapezoidal knitted fabric. Further, the first bag portion and / or the second bag portion are formed of a bag-shaped knitted fabric having a secondary gore line branched from the main gore line by performing a plurality of eye-reducing / sealing operations. It was taken. In each of the above cases, a ring portion knitted into a short tubular shape by orbital knitting is continuously formed on the last wale of the enormous portion and the remaining wale of the body knitting portion final course, and the second bag portion is formed of the ring portion. The knitting may be continuous with approximately half-circle wales.

[0008]

1 to 3 show a foot cover 101 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a foot cover 101 includes a mouth knitting portion 1, a body knitting portion 2, a first bag portion 3, an enlarged portion 4, and a second bag portion which are continuously knitted using a circular knitting machine (circular knit sock knitting machine). 5

The mouth knitting portion 1 and the body knitting portion 2 are knitted in a circular shape by circular knitting using all the needles of a circular knitting machine. The knitting portion 1 is knitted into a double welt by inserting a rubber thread, and the body knitting portion 2 is knitted following the knitting portion 1. However, unlike ordinary socks, it does not form a leg portion. It is a part that becomes a base when knitting the whole knitted fabric and knitting the first bag part 3, the enlarged part 4, and the second bag part 5,
Only a relatively small number of courses, about 10 courses, are organized. In addition, the mouth knitting part 1 may be other than double welt.

After the knitting of the body knitting portion 2 is completed, the first bag portion 3 raises a needle corresponding to a half circumference on the left side of A in FIGS. 1 and 3 to an inoperative position, and performs the following operation by reciprocating rotary knitting. It is knitted into a bag. First, as shown in FIG. 4, knitting is started with an AA 'needle corresponding to a half circumference, and needles at both ends of the knitting portion are sequentially raised to an inoperative position for each reciprocating knitting to reduce the knitting width. 'And knit the trapezoidal knitted fabric 31.

Next, in the course of aa ', a-
After raising a plurality of needles corresponding to b, a'-b 'to the inoperative position at once, and reducing the knitting width to bb', this time, conversely, for each knitting of one reciprocation, The knitting of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 32 is performed by sequentially increasing the needles at both ends and knitting to aa 'while increasing the knitting width. At this time, the needles at the inoperative position are sequentially added to the knitting while holding the stitches between ab and a'-b ', so that the final courses ab and a'-b' of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 31
Are stitched to the oblique sides ab and a'-b 'of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 32.

Next, aa 'to BB' (above bb)
Trapezoidal knitted fabric 33 while gradually reducing the knitting width to
After knitting, the trapezoidal knitted fabric 34 is knitted while sequentially increasing the knitting width to AA ', and Aab, AB, and A'-a'.
-B 'and A'-B' are knitted and stitched, respectively, so that the main gore line AB (gore line appearing on the opposite side in the following description (A'-B 'in this case) is omitted). Thus, a first bag portion 3 having secondary gore lines ab branched in a Y-shape is formed.

The expanding section 4 is the final course A- of the first bag section 3.
In the same manner as described above, the needles at both ends of the knitting portion are successively increased and the knitting width is increased to C-SC-C ', and the trapezoidal knitted fabric is continued from RA-A' and reciprocating rotary knitting as described above. Knit 41. At this time, of the final course of the body knitting part 2, the needles A to C and A'-C 'at the inactive position while holding the stitches without participating in the knitting of the first bag part 3 sequentially participate in the knitting. Thereby, the body knitting part final courses A-C and A'-C 'are stitched to the oblique side of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 41, and the main gore line A-
An extended gore line AC obtained by extending B as it is is formed.

Next, in the course of C-S-C ', C
The needles corresponding to -D, C'-D 'are raised to the inoperative position at once, and the knitting width is once reduced to DD', and then the needles at both ends of the knitting portion are sequentially increased again as described above. , And knitting up to CTC ′ to knit a trapezoidal knitted fabric 42. In this process, the needles of the final courses CD, C′-D ′ of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 41 that have once been raised to the inoperative position while holding the stitches are sequentially added to the knitting, so that both sides of the bottom of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 41 are The portion is stitched to the oblique side of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 42 to form the Goaran Inn CD.

In the illustrated example, the courses AA 'and DD' have the same wale number (and EE 'described later).
ADE in FIG. 3 shows the same wale line,
C- increased in each of the trapezoidal knitted fabrics 41 and 42 of the enlarged section 4
The amount of the wale corresponding to D is larger than that of the first bag portion 3.

After the knitting of the last course CT-C 'of the expanding portion 4 is completed, the second bag portion 5 raises the needles of CE and CE' to the inactive position, and rotates the entire semicircle. The knitting is started from EE 'by reciprocating rotary knitting with the needle corresponding to the above, and the needles at both ends of the knitting portion are sequentially raised to the inoperative position for each one reciprocating knitting similarly to the first bag portion 3 to reduce the knitting width. While knitting to FF ',
Next, the knitting width is sequentially increased from FF ′ to ee ′, and then reduced again to GG ′, followed by EL.
Conversely, up to −E ′, the knitting width is increased to knit into a bag-shaped knitted fabric having Y-shaped gore lines EeF and eG.

After knitting of the second bag portion 5, all the needles are returned to the operation positions, and the final course E-L-
E ', the second of the final courses of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 42 of the enlarged section 4
Wales CE, C'- that did not participate in the knitting of the bag portion 5
After knitting a linking course or a discarded knitting part (not shown) by orbital knitting following E 'and the remaining wale of the last course of the body knitting part 2, the overhang line 6 (LE-
The foot cover 101 is completed by closing the opening along the line CC-E'-L) by means such as linking.

The foot cover 101 constructed as described above
As shown in FIG. 2, the second
The width of the bag part 5 side is wide. Further, in the middle of the enlarged portion 4, the needles added in the knitting of the trapezoidal knitted fabric 41 before that are temporarily raised to the inoperative position, and the knitting width is increased again to increase the knitting width.
As a result, the knitted fabric on the lower surface side of the foot cover 101 becomes larger than the knitted fabric on the upper surface side of the foot cover 101, and the number of courses of the second bag portion 5 is reduced. Although it is smaller than that of FIG. 1, it is formed sufficiently deep as shown in FIG. 1 and slightly upward.

Due to the above structural features, the foot cover 101 can be worn in any of the front and rear directions, and the degree of coverage from the toe to the instep changes depending on the wearing direction.

That is, as shown by solid lines in FIGS. 5 (a) to 5 (c), the first bag portion 3 is set to the toe side and the second bag portion 5 is set to the heel side. If you wear it in the direction, the first
As a result, the relatively narrow first bag portion 3 is stretched on the toe side while the heel portion is sufficiently covered with the second bag portion 5 which is wider and deeper than the bag portion 3 and is hard to slip off.
As shown in FIG. 6, the opening of the instep becomes large, and even shoes with a wide mouth and shallow shoes such as pumps can be completely hidden in the shoes.

On the other hand, when the first bag 3 is worn on the heel side and the second bag 5 is worn on the toe as shown by the dashed line in FIGS. The degree of coverage from the to the instep increases, which is convenient when wearing shoes with a narrow mouth or when wearing as room socks.

The yarn and the knitting structure for knitting the foot cover 101 are not particularly limited, and can be appropriately selected according to the application and purpose of use. A single covered yarn (SCY) using a polyurethane elastic yarn or the like as a core yarn is used. The whole is knitted using an elastic yarn such as a covering elastic yarn such as double covered yarn (DCY) or core spun yarn (CSY), or the elastic yarn is combined with a non-elastic yarn such as cotton. If the knitted fabric is stretched by knitting or plating using yarn in combination, the fit will improve,
Good feeling in use and appearance. Also, the inner pile knitting improves cushioning, moisture absorption and desorption, and heat retention, making it ideal for both inner socks and room socks.

In the above embodiment, the foot cover 101 having the enlarged portion 4 for increasing the knitting width in two steps by the trapezoidal knitted fabrics 41 and 42 having the same number of courses has been described. There are various embodiments based on the above and the like, and representative embodiments will be described below.

The foot cover 201 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 has a trapezoidal knitted fabric 4 similar to the foot cover 101 of the first embodiment in knitting of the enlarged portion 204.
After knitting 1, 42, the final course CU-
Subsequent to C ', the knitting width is increased to H-T-H' while the reciprocating rotary knitting is sequentially increased, and the trapezoidal knitted fabric 43 is knitted. During this time, the needles of the body knitting part final courses C-H and C'-H ', which were in the inoperative position while holding the stitches, are sequentially knitted and stitched to the trapezoidal knitted fabric 43, and the gore line C-H is formed. It is formed.

In other words, the enlarged portion 204 of the foot cover 201 has a trapezoidal knitted fabric 41 on the front side and a trapezoidal shape on the rear side with respect to the DSD-D course in which the knitting width is reduced at once. The size of the knitted fabric (42 + 43) is different, the front side (41) is relatively small, and the rear side (42 + 43) is relatively large. The intersection of the gore lines AC and the gore lines CD There is an advantage that C separates from the overhang line 6.

In the foot cover 301 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the operation of reducing the knitting width at once in the middle of the enlarged portion 304 is not performed, and the knitting of the enlarged portion 304 is performed only by the one-step trapezoidal knitted fabric 41. Finish. Thereafter, the knitting is temporarily switched to the knitting, and the final course C-TC of the expanding section 304 (41) is performed.
After knitting the ring portion 7 composed of a short tubular knitted fabric of several courses or about ten and several courses continuously to the remaining wale of the final course of the body knitting part 2 and the knitting part 2, the knitting is switched again to reciprocating rotary knitting, The process shifts to knitting of the two bags 5, and the final course E-LE 'of the second bag 5 and the final course of the ring 7 are bound together.

The foot cover 301 has an enlarged portion 304 compared to the foot covers 101 and 201 of the above embodiments.
The number of courses is small, and the knitted fabric on the sole side is reduced, but the ring portion 7 makes up for the slightly increased depth of the second bag portion 5 and the ring portion 7 causes the gore line CA to overhang. There is an advantage of moving away from 6.

In each of the above embodiments, the enlarged portion 4, 204,
304, the overhanging line 6 appears on the upper surface side, but the second bag portion 5 is placed on the upper surface side of the foot cover.
And continuation to the enormous part 4,204,304
May appear on the lower surface side of the foot cover.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the enormous parts 4, 20
4, 304 are one-stage or two-stage trapezoidal knitted fabrics 41, 42 (42
+43), but three or more stages can be used. Further, the first bag portion 3 and the second bag portion 5 may be a gore line other than the Y-shaped, for example, a straight line that does not include a secondary gore line, or may include two or more secondary gore lines. .

In each of the above embodiments, the enormous parts 4, 20
4,304, the description has been made on the assumption that the number of needles on both sides of the knitting portion is increased one by one for each round-trip knitting,
The degree of eye increase is not limited to that,
The number may be increased by two or more for each knitting of one round trip, or may be increased by one for every knitting of two or more rounds.

In each of the above embodiments, the case of continuous knitting in the order of the mouth knitting portion 1, the body knitting portion 2, the first bag portion 3, the expanding portion 4, and the second bag portion 5 has been described. It is also possible to knit in order from the side of the second bag portion 5 (overlock portion 6), and in this case, the portion where the knitting width is increased / decreased is replaced by the opposite operation.

[0032]

Since the foot cover of the present invention is constructed as described above, there is substantially no tubular knitted fabric portion corresponding to the foot portion of the conventional foot cover or sock, and the first bag is not formed. Since the knitted fabric corresponding to the sole portion is formed by the enlarged portion located between the portion and the second bag portion, the mouth knit portion is stretched when worn to form an opening over a wide range, and Can be easily hidden inside.

In particular, when the relatively narrow first bag portion is worn on the toe side and the relatively wide second bag portion is worn on the heel side, the opening on the toe side is maximized and the toe portion of the toe portion is formed. Most of the shoes are open, so even shoes with wide mouths such as pumps, which were difficult to wear in the past, can be worn as bare feet by concealing them inside the shoes and wearing them as inner socks on top of stockings. In addition, stocking performance such as moisture absorption / release, cushioning, and heat retention can be complemented according to the season and intended use.

Also, it can be worn from any direction,
In addition, since the degree of coverage from the toe to the instep can be selected depending on the wearing direction, one foot cover can be used with two types of coverage corresponding to the width of the shoe, and the range of use is wide.

Further, the enormous portion reduces a part or all of the stitches of the wale previously added in the intermediate course at once, and sequentially adds the reduced stitches again together with the reciprocating rotary knitting, thereby forming a plurality of stitches. In the form of a stepped trapezoidal knitted fabric, the number of knitted fabrics on the lower surface side, that is, on the sole side is larger than that on the upper surface side, and both the first bag portion and the second bag portion are slightly upward. Therefore, each of the bag portions located on the heel side is less likely to be displaced and fall, and the shape is adapted to the shape of the foot to further improve the fit.

In addition, the first bag portion and / or the second bag portion
By performing the eye-reducing / eye-elevating operations a plurality of times, in the case of a form composed of a bag-like knitted fabric having a secondary gore line branched from the main gore line, fitting to the toe or heel of each bag portion is performed. As a result, the bag portions located on the heel side are hardly displaced and fall, and the elongation of each portion of the knitted fabric is averaged, so that the form stability can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a foot cover according to an embodiment of the present invention in a natural state.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the foot cover according to the embodiment of the present invention in a natural state.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a knitting process of the foot cover according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an essential part developed view showing a foot cover knitting process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

5A is a schematic plan view showing a state before the foot cover of the embodiment of the present invention is worn, FIG. 5B is a plan view of the worn state, and FIG. 5C is a side view.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a wearing state of the foot cover according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic side view showing a knitting process of a foot cover according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an essential part developed view showing a knitting process of a foot cover according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a schematic side view showing a knitting process of a foot cover according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an essential part developed view showing a knitting process of a foot cover according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 mouth knitting part 2 Body knitting part 3 1st bag part 4,204,304 Enlarged part 5 2nd bag part 6 Overlock part 7 Ring part 101,201,301 Foot cover

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A knitting portion, a body knitting portion, a first bag portion, an enlarged portion, and a second bag portion continuously knitted by using a circular knitting machine, and the mouth knitting portion and the body knitting portion are orbitally knitted. The first bag portion is knitted in a bag shape by reciprocating rotary knitting continuously to approximately half a circumferential wale of the body knitting portion final course, and the expanded portion is continuously knitted to the final course of the first bag portion. It is knitted in a trapezoidal form by sequentially adding the wales of the final knitting course together with the reciprocating rotary knitting. Further, the second bag part has the entire circumference consisting of the last course of the huge part and the remaining wales of the final knitting course. A foot cover characterized in that the foot cover is knitted in a bag shape by reciprocating rotary knitting continuously from approximately half of the wale. 2. The operation according to claim 2, wherein the enlarged portion reduces a part or all of the stitches of the wale previously added in the intermediate course at once, and sequentially adds the reduced stitches together with the reciprocating rotary knitting. 2. The foot cover according to claim 1, wherein the foot cover is formed of a stepped trapezoidal knitted fabric. 3. The first bag portion and / or the second bag portion are formed of a bag-shaped knitted fabric having a secondary gore line branched from a main gore line by performing a plurality of eye-reducing / sealing operations. The foot cover according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. A ring portion knitted in a short tubular shape by orbital knitting continuously to the remaining wale of the enlarged course of the final course and the remaining knit of the body knitting portion course, and the second bag portion is substantially the same as the ring portion. Claim 1, which is knitted continuously on a half-circle wale
2. The foot cover according to item 2 or 3.