Socks with snap fasteners
View Patent ↗A sock has a cuff with an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer folded over at least a portion of the inner fabric layer. A snap fastener is secured to the inner fabric layer. A slit or opening extends through the outer fabric layer to expose the snap fastener so that it can removably engage a complementary snap fastener on a second sock.
1. A pair of socks comprising:
a first sock having:
(a) a cuff with an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer folded over at least a portion of the inner fabric layer of the first sock;
(b) a first snap fastener secured to the inner fabric layer of the first sock; and
(c) an opening extending through the outer fabric layer of the first sock to expose the first snap fastener; and
a second sock having:
(a) a cuff with an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer folded over at least a portion of the inner fabric layer of the second sock;
a second snap fastener secured to the inner fabric layer of the second sock; and
an opening extending through the outer fabric layer of the second sock to expose the second snap fastener;
said second snap fastener removably engaging the first snap fastener to removably secure the first sock to the second sock.
2. The pair of socks of claim 1 wherein the first snap fastener comprises a male snap fastener, and wherein the second snap fastener comprises a complementary female snap fastener.
3. The pair of socks of claim 1 wherein the opening in the first sock comprises a slit through the outer fabric layer that conceals the first snap fastener and can be stretched open to expose the first snap fastener.
4. The pair of socks of claim 1 further comprising a seam at the bottom of the cuff of the first sock securing the outer fabric layer to inner fabric layer.
5. The pair of socks of claim 1 wherein the first snap fastener further comprises a backing extending through the inner fabric layer of the first sock.