Apparel apparatus – Putting on or removing garments – Stockings from forms
Patent
1996-01-22
1997-10-07
Mohanty, Bibhu
Apparel apparatus
Putting on or removing garments
Stockings from forms
223111, A47G 2590
Patent
active
056738269
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mechanism for putting on therapeutic elastic stockings.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Pulling on therapeutic elastic stockings is a big problem to the elderly, since it requires substantial force to stretch the stocking outwardly and to pull the stocking over the foot, and also because of the friction between the stocking and the skin.
A pull on mechanism to address this problem is known from European patent application 0 497 858. In this prior art mechanism, the outer part consists of a sock and the inner part is a lining connected to the sock at the leg end and is left free at the toe end. A pulling member is connected to the toe end of the sock, and the pull on mechanism should be removed through the open toe end of the elastic stocking by means of the pulling member. Hence, this prior art pull on mechanism is only suited for use with an elastic stocking of the so-called "open toe" type. The open toe type however, forms a minority in comparison to elastic stockings having a closed toe.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide a pull on mechanism suited both for stockings having an open toe and for stockings having a closed toe.
For this purpose, the invention includes a wrapping open at the toe end and having inner and outer parts interconnected at the toe end. The pulling member is adapted to pull the wrapping, preferably on the outer part thereof, away at the leg end.
Because the invention is always pulled out from the leg end of the stocking which is always open, the invention works independently of the structure of the elastic stocking at the toe. It is enabled to pull out the pull on mechanism upwardly because the wrapping is open at the toe end and the inner and outer parts are interconnected there so that the inner part may be pulled out in a stripping fashion by the outer part or by the toe end of the inner part.
A preferred embodiment of the invention includes a wrapping having longitudinal separating seam with a releasable connection for opening and closing the wrapping.
This embodiment has the advantage that it is not necessary for the pulling member to strip off the wrapping over the full periphery and it allows the pulling member to be attached locally to the outer part of the wrapping. If the pull on mechanism is pulled on such that the pulling member extends over the instep, then the wrapping may be pulled out from the stocking in that position since the wrapping can open due to the then released connection and can move to the upper side of the foot. The advantage thereof is that the wrapping does not have to be pulled around the protruding heel allowing the toe end to be made narrower than the thickest part of the foot and less force is required for the pull out action.
According to the invention it is favorable if the pulling member extends between both parts of the wrapping and is attached thereto at the toe end.
Due to this position of the pulling member, the inner part may be stripped along the skin and the outer part may be stripped along the stocking in order to be removed so that only inside of the double walled wrapping there is a sliding friction which may be kept very low by selection of a material having a very low coefficient of friction with itself.
In this embodiment it is favorable if both parts are interconnected at the leg end leaving free an opening for the pulling member, since in this way there is provided a guide for the pulling member.
An embodiment of invention which is favorable in view of the production technique is characterized in that the inner and outer parts are identical.
A further development of the invention is the inclusion of an elongated connecting member being connectable with the opposite longitudinal sides of at least the outer part by using shape lock elements allowing a longitudinal sliding movement. In this embodiment the connecting member is adapted to be pulled out at the leg end of the wrapping.
With such a connecting member, it is easy to open and close t
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patent: 4538368 (1985-09-01), Mugford
patent: 5356057 (1994-10-01), Vossen
Mohanty Bibhu
N.V. Varitex
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