PROTECTIVE SOCKS Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC A41B11/00 

FIELD: personal demand items.

SUBSTANCE: socks are provided with protective thickenings on the upper part of the foot and the front part of the leg, which completely cover the upper outer part of the foot, the ankle and the lower leg, forming a continuous protective zone. At that, the protective thickenings are predominantly formed by a plush weave, a complex elastomeric yarn is used as the ground thread, and cotton yarn or other yarn of natural or chemical fibers is used as a plush yarn. To protect the outside of the foot from critical mechanical influences, the upper part of the foot and the leg are additionally provided with a "dotty" polymer coating with certain dimensional parameters. The proposal is also different in that the lower part of the foot contains point projections formed by plush interlacing.

EFFECT: additional functions of massage effect, including during cosmonaut training on a simulator.

5 cl, 4 dwg