Glide sock and method of making a glide sock

Abstract

A chair including a plurality of legs having glides attached to the legs is provided with glide socks that are assembled over each of the glides. The glide socks each have a fabric body that envelops a floor facing surface of the glide and an inwardly extending top surface of the glide. The glide socks each include a band of elastic material sewn to an inner edge of the fabric body that is retained in the recess by the band of elastic material. A method of making a glide sock includes the step of providing a blank of a fabric having a perimeter and sewing a band of elastic to the perimeter of the blank. The band of elastic material is stretched as it is sewn to the perimeter of the blank.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A glide sock comprising:
 a fabric body having a floor engaging surface and inwardly extending top surface that extends from an outer diameter of the floor engaging surface to an inner edge; and   a band of elastic material attached to the inner edge that draws the inner edge inwardly to a circular shape having an inner diameter that is less than the outer diameter of the floor engaging surface.   
     
     
         2 . The glide sock of  claim 1  wherein the band of elastic material has an inner portion and an outer portion that are folded together along a length of the band, wherein the inner portion is sewn to an inner surface of the inner edge, and the outer portion is sewn to an outer surface of the inner edge. 
     
     
         3 . The glide sock of  claim 1  wherein the fabric body has an inner layer that is attached to an outer layer that has a durable and smooth outer surface. 
     
     
         4 . The glide sock of  claim 1  wherein the fabric body has an inner layer that is attached to an outer layer having an outer surface covered with pile. 
     
     
         5 . A combination of a glide sock and a chair, the combination comprising:
 a plurality of legs supporting the chair;   a plurality of glides including a floor facing surface of the glide and an inwardly extending top surface of the glide that extends from an outer diameter of the glide toward a leg receptacle attached to a bottom end of the leg, wherein the leg receptacle of one of the glides is attached to the bottom end of each of the legs, the leg receptacles each define a circular recess adjacent the bottom of each leg; and   a plurality of glide socks each having a fabric body that envelops the floor facing surface of the glide and an inwardly extending top surface of the glide, the glide sock including a band of elastic material sewn to an inner edge of the fabric body, wherein the inner edge of the fabric body is retained in the recess by the band of elastic material.   
     
     
         6 . The combination of  claim 5  wherein the band of elastic material has an inner portion and an outer portion that are folded together along a length of the band, wherein the inner portion is sewn to an inner surface of the inner edge, and the outer portion is sewn to an outer surface of the inner edge. 
     
     
         7 . The combination of  claim 5  wherein the fabric body has an inner layer that is attached to an outer layer that has a durable and smooth outer surface. 
     
     
         8 . The combination of  claim 5  wherein the fabric body has an inner layer that is attached to an outer layer that has an outer surface covered with pile. 
     
     
         9 . A method of making a glide sock comprising:
 providing a blank of a fabric having a perimeter;   providing a band of elastic material that in a normal, unstretched condition has a length of less than one-half the perimeter of the blank; and   sewing a band of elastic material to the perimeter of the blank, wherein the band of elastic material is stretched as the band of elastic material is sewn to the perimeter of the blank.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising:
 cutting the fabric to form the blank; and 
 cutting the elastic material to form the band to a desired length. 
 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising:
 folding the band of elastic material to form an inner portion and an outer portion that are folded together along the length of the band; and 
 sewing the inner portion to an inner surface of an inner edge and the outer portion to an outer surface of the inner edge. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 9  further comprising:
 sewing a first end of the band of elastic material to a second end of the band of elastic material with the second end overlapping the first end. 
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the fabric has an inner layer that is attached to an outer layer that has a durable and smooth outer surface. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the fabric has an inner layer that is attached to an outer layer that has outer surface covered with pile.