Apparel apparatus – Putting on or removing garments
Reexamination Certificate
2003-05-19
2004-11-23
Calvert, John J. (Department: 3765)
Apparel apparatus
Putting on or removing garments
Reexamination Certificate
active
06820779
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to prosthesis dressing aids and more particularly pertains to a new prosthesis dressing aid for allowing a user to easily slip an article of clothing about the artificial limb.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of prosthesis dressing aids is known in the prior art. More specifically, prosthesis dressing aids heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,741,569; U.S. Pat. No. 4,651,909; U.S. Pat. No. 4,638,932; U.S. Pat. No. 5,687,889; U.S. Pat. No. 3,860,156; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 407,186.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new prosthesis dressing aid. The prior art includes tools and sheets of material to aid the slipping of clothing upon the arms and legs of the users.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new prosthesis dressing aid which has many of the advantages of the prosthesis dressing aids mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new prosthesis dressing aid which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art prosthesis dressing aids, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention includes a prosthesis being adapted to be attached to a user's limb; and also includes a sleeve being removably disposed about the prosthesis to facilitating dressing of the prosthesis with an article of clothing. None of the prior art includes the combination of the elements of the present invention.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the prosthesis dressing aid in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a new prosthesis dressing aid which has many of the advantages of the prosthesis dressing aids mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new prosthesis dressing aid which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art prosthesis dressing aids, either alone or in any combination thereof.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new prosthesis dressing aid for allowing a user to easily slip an article of clothing about the artificial limb.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new prosthesis dressing aid that is easy and convenient to use.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new prosthesis dressing aid that prevents the article of clothing from getting hung up on the prosthesis as the user attempts to dress oneself.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Calvert John J.
Smith James
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