Apparel apparatus – Putting on or removing garments
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Hurley, Shaun R (Department: 3765)
Apparel apparatus
Putting on or removing garments
Reexamination Certificate
active
07975886
ABSTRACT:
The sock donning system enables persons of limited mobility to don socks, stockings, and similar footwear without need for excessive bending at the waist and/or knee. The system includes a pair of identical grasping poles or extensions with remotely operable clasps at their distal ends. Triggers are located adjacent the handles to allow the user to operate the clasps. Socks or stockings are provided with two opposed loops extending from their upper edges or apertures formed near the upper edges. The user secures the clasp of each extension to one of the loops or apertures of a single lo stocking, and uses the two extensions simultaneously to pull the sock over the foot, ankle, and lower leg as applicable. The triggers are operated to open the clasps and release them from the sock, once the sock has been donned. The system may also be of assistance in removing socks.
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McAllister John J.
McAllister Michael J.
Hurley Shaun R
Litman Richard C.
Sutton Andrew W
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