Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Footwear and method for knitting footwear
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Application No.: US14423456Application Date: 2013-07-26
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Publication No.: US09719198B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Masamitsu Ikenaka
- Applicant: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Wakayama-shi, Wakayama
- Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Shima Seiki Mfg., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Wakayama-shi, Wakayama
- Agency: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-211377 20120925
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/070284 WO 20130726
- International Announcement: WO2014/050289 WO 20140403
- Main IPC: D04B1/22
- IPC: D04B1/22 ; A43B23/02 ; D04B1/10 ; A43B1/04 ; D04B1/26

Abstract:
There is provided a footwear having a three-dimensional shape that fits a foot of a wearer regardless of a stretchability of a knitted fabric. A seamless footwear (1) including an instep cover section (3) and a sole cover section (2) is provided. The sole cover section (2) is divided to a heel portion (20) and a sole main body portion (21). A setup portion (1S) or a knitting end portion is formed at a heel side end of the footwear (1), and such setup portion (1S) or the knitting end portion is extended in a height direction of the footwear (1) and also connected to the heel portion (20). The heel portion (20) is formed by a knitting of stacking a stitch row for plural tiers in a wale direction, and gradually differing the number of stitches in a knitting width direction of the stitch row when stacking tiers of the stitch row. The heel portion (20) is formed to a tongue shape in which a width gradually becomes narrower toward a heel side of the footwear (1) according to the change in the number of stitches.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160198797A1 FOOTWEAR AND METHOD FOR KNITTING FOOTWEAR Public/Granted day:2016-07-14
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