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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2023
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Allison K. Giorgi, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Malul, Caesarea, IL;
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to a sock having an integrally knit tab positioned between a collar of the sock and a heel of the sock, where the collar defines an opening for a wearer's foot. The tab may comprise a loop with an opening being open in a medial-to-lateral direction. The base of the tab is integrally knit with a reciprocally knit section to reinforce the structural integrity of the tab, which may be used to assist the wearer in donning and/or doffing the sock by acting as the primary structure by which the wearer pulls the sock around the wearer's foot when donning the sock. The heel portion may have first and second integrally knit sections comprising partial-length courses.