Sock

Abstract

The invention relates to a sock ( 10 ). The sock ( 10 ) has a sole part ( 100 ) which is suitable for covering the sole of a foot ( 1 ) when the sock ( 10 ) is being worn. Furthermore, a toe region ( 200 ) of the sock ( 10 ) is suitable, together with the sole part ( 100 ), for receiving the entire toe region of the foot ( 1 ) when the sock ( 10 ) is being worn. The sock ( 10 ) furthermore comprises an instep part ( 300 ) which is suitable for at least partially covering the arch of the foot ( 1 ) when the sock ( 10 ) is being worn. A heel part ( 400 ) of the sock ( 10 ) is suitable for covering the heel of the foot ( 1 ) when the sock ( 10 ) is being worn. The sock ( 10 ) comprises an ankle closure part ( 600 ) which is suitable for closing the sock ( 10 ) in a releasable manner at the ankle of the foot ( 1 ) when the sock ( 10 ) is being worn.

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         16 . A sock, comprising
 a sole part, which is adapted, when the sock is donned, to cover the sole of a foot;   a toe part, which is adapted, when the sock is donned, to completely receive the toe area of the foot together with the sole part;   an instep part, which is adapted, when the sock is donned, to cover, at least partly, the back of the foot;   a heel part, which is adapted, when the sock is donned, to cover the heel of the foot; and   an ankle fastening part, which is adapted, when the sock is donned, to releasably fasten the sock at the ankle of the foot,
 wherein at least one of the parts of the sock is made of a prefabricated stretch material, and wherein the stretch material has a stretch of at least 50%. 
   
     
     
         17 . The sock according to  claim 16 , wherein the instep part is separated into a left and into a right part of the instep part by an instep opening opposite to the sole part and running along the back of the foot, wherein the instep opening, at least partly, is fastenable by the ankle fastening part. 
     
     
         18 . The sock according to  claim 17 , wherein the instep opening extends from an instep opening end, in the transition area from the toe part to the instep part, to a closing edge in a cuff area of the sock. 
     
     
         19 . The sock according to  claim 18 , wherein the instep opening is formed as a slit or a cutout. 
     
     
         20 . The sock according to  claim 17 , wherein, between a cutting edge section of the sock adjacent to the instep opening and a cutting edge section of the sock adjacent to a cuff opening, a cutting edge corner section is provided in the area of the ankle fastening part, which has an angle in a range between 80° and 130°. 
     
     
         21 . The sock according to  claim 16 , wherein at least one of the parts of the sock is made of a prefabricated flat material, which comprises a nonwoven. 
     
     
         22 . The sock according to  claim 16 , wherein the sock is a disposable sock. 
     
     
         23 . The sock according to  claim 22 , wherein the stretch material has a stretch of at least 100%. 
     
     
         24 . The sock according to  claim 22 , wherein the stretch material has an extensibility of 100% to 30%. 
     
     
         25 . The sock according to  claim 22 , wherein the stretch material has a stretch direction, which, in the contracted state of the stretch material, runs substantially parallel to a closing edge in a cuff area of the heel part, and intersects a cutting edge section adjacent to the sole area at an angle in the range between 10° and 80° in deviation of the normal direction of the cutting edge section. 
     
     
         26 . The sock according to  claim 25 , wherein the stretch direction intersects substantially vertical a cutting edge section adjacent to the leg area of the heel part. 
     
     
         27 . The sock according to  claim 22 , wherein the stretch material comprises a composite structure made of a material layer and elastifying means where the material layer is, in undulating form, connected to the contracted elastifying means in such a manner that the composite structure is stretchable at least along a stretch direction. 
     
     
         28 . The sock according to  claim 27 , wherein the elastifying means comprise elastic strands or an elastic film. 
     
     
         29 . The sock according to  claim 16 , wherein at least two of the parts of the sock are connected to a seam which is elastic in the direction of the seam. 
     
     
         30 . The sock according to  claim 16 , wherein the sock, in a contracted state, has a measurement along the longitudinal direction of the sock of less than 40 cm in the contracted state, and, donned, is stretched into an extended state in such a manner that the heel part is pulled over the heel of the foot and fastened at the ankle by the ankle fastening part.