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Sock

Granted 25 May 2021 · 2 office actions

Assignee: OKAMOTO CORPORATION

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Inventors: Susumu Hara · Examiner: Jennifer L Watkins · AU 2915 · TC 2900

Application
35/507,462
filed 19 Mar 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D919954
granted 25 May 2021

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Description

1 parts
›1.1 : Front 1.2 : Left 1.3 …

1.1 : Front

1.2 : Left

1.3 : Right

1.4 : Top

1.5 : Bottom

1.6 : is a cross-sectional view along the line 1.6 - 1.6 as indicated in 1.4 ;

1.7 : is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view along the line 1.7 - 1.7 as indicated in 1.4 ;

1.8 : is an enlarged partial cross sectional view along the line 1.8 - 1.8 as indicated in 1.4 ;

1.9 : is an enlarged partial cross sectional view along the line 1.9 - 1.9 as indicated in 1.4 ;

1.10 : is an enlarged partial cross sectional view along the line 1.10 - 1.10 as indicated in 1.4 ;

1.11 : is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view along the line 1.11 - 1.11 as indicated in 1.4 .

The subject article is a right sock having an elastic non-slip part at a part to make contact with the arch of foot of a wearer wearing the article. The left sock is a mirror image of the article. The missing rear view is a mirror image of 1.1 .

The evenly dashed broken lines depict portions of a sock and form no part of the claim. The unevenly dashed lines with arrows in fig. 1.4 depict the cut line and direction of the cross sectional views and form no part of the claim.

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Claims

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Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D02/980

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1
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Examiner
Jennifer L Watkins
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USthis patentUS-D919954-SS125 May 202119 Mar 2019grantedSock
JPJP-1635146-SS1 Jul 201927 Sep 2018grantedno title held

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