US1861385A - Device for facilitating the putting on and taking off of stockings - Google Patents

Device for facilitating the putting on and taking off of stockings Download PDF

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US1861385A
US1861385A US492534A US49253430A US1861385A US 1861385 A US1861385 A US 1861385A US 492534 A US492534 A US 492534A US 49253430 A US49253430 A US 49253430A US 1861385 A US1861385 A US 1861385A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/90—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/90—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers
    • A47G25/905—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers for stockings
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G25/00—Household implements used in connection with wearing apparel; Dress, hat or umbrella holders
    • A47G25/90—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers
    • A47G25/905—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers for stockings
    • A47G25/908—Removal devices

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  • the subject of this invention is a device for facilitating the putting on and taking off of stockings, particularly rubber stockings and compression stockings, which oper- 5. ations have generally required considerable effort. It is often difiicult to push the foot through the narrow foot part and the front part of an ordinary close-fitting stocking, especially a new one, and these difficulties are greatly increased in the case of a rubber stocking, compression stocking, or similar foot covering, as in order to be able to exert a pressure on the foot these must not only be made much smaller than an ordinary stocking, but must also be made particularly narrow in order to obtain their action on the ankle of the wearer.
  • the difiiculty of putting on and taking off compression stockings is increased as aforesaid owing to the fact that they do not generally consist of a. material as fine, thin and smooth as that of ordinary stockings, and furthermore, when putting them on, the pressure of the clinging stocking fabric must be overcome.
  • the material of such stockings clings to the skin of the foot, especially at the heel, on account of the natural moisture of the foot, and can then only be brought into the correct position by pulling and dragging.
  • the invention has for its chief object to avoid these difliculties by the use of a suitable device, which according to the invention consists of an angle shaped sliding piece of smooth and preferably slightly flexible material such as artificial horn, pasteboard, celluloid, cellon, or the like, having a longer limb adapted to rest against the sole of the 492,534, and in Germany November 13, 1929.
  • a suitable device which according to the invention consists of an angle shaped sliding piece of smooth and preferably slightly flexible material such as artificial horn, pasteboard, celluloid, cellon, or the like, having a longer limb adapted to rest against the sole of the 492,534, and in Germany November 13, 1929.
  • Figure 2 represents the device shewn in Figure 1 in the operative position, after a rubber stocking has been put on
  • Figure 3 represents in side view a somewhat simpler form of construction of the device.
  • the device illustrated in Figure 1 consists of an angle shaped bar preferably worked out of one piece of material and having a longer limb a and a shorter limb b.
  • the longer limb a consists of a slightly curved part adapted to follow the shape of the sole F of the foot, and the shorter limb b has a hollowed out part adapted to fit the heel thereof, so that it can extend a short distance around each side of the heel of the foot.
  • the device Before putting on the stocking, the device is so placed on the sole of the foot with the longer limb a turned to the front, that the heel of the foot is covered by the shorter limb b. If now the stocking has been drawn over the toes, it slides on to the smooth lower surface of the long limb a, and easily slides further on over the smooth bulge of the shorter limb b.
  • the heel hole (Z made in the usual manner in the stocking 0 is then at once brought to the correct position without undue pulling and dragging.
  • the upper edge of the short limb b can then be released by slightly lifting the edge of the stocking above the heel hole, when the device can be drawn 0 out of the heel hole cl without effecting the a position of the stocking.
  • the long limb a of the device On taking off the stocking, the long limb a of the device is pushed through the heel hole d of the stocking between the foot and the sole of the stocking, and on slightly lifting the edge of the stocking above the heel hole, the short limb b is placed within the heel hole.
  • the stocking on being taken off, slides over the smooth outer surface of the device easily and Without any excessive pulling or dragging.
  • the more simply constructed device according to Figure 3 also consists of an angle shaped sliding piece with longer limb or and shorter limb b.
  • the longer limb is here made flat, and the shorter limb is only adapted to the heel by bending inwards the upper parts of the edges of the heel piece.
  • a device made of smooth material to facilitate the putting on and taking off of stockings comprising a sole plate and a heel plate positioned at approximately a right angle in relation to said sole plate, said sole plate being curved in the direction of its length to present a convex surface to the sole of the user, said heel plate being curved in the reverse direction at its junction With the sole plate to merge into the outline of said sole plate, and said heel plate being also curved in a transverse direction to present a concave surface to the back of the users heel.

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Cited By (4)

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USD321427S (en) 1989-04-18 1991-11-12 Ford Barrick Tool for donning and removal of hosiery
USD355522S (en) 1994-05-17 1995-02-21 Simpson Harold G Flexible plastic shoehorn
US20090242593A1 (en) * 2006-07-12 2009-10-01 Ezy-As Abc Pty. Ltd. Compression stocking applicator
US8109418B1 (en) 2007-05-25 2012-02-07 Dennis Recchia Apparatus to enable removal of closely fitting attire on legs and feet

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
USD321427S (en) 1989-04-18 1991-11-12 Ford Barrick Tool for donning and removal of hosiery
USD355522S (en) 1994-05-17 1995-02-21 Simpson Harold G Flexible plastic shoehorn
US20090242593A1 (en) * 2006-07-12 2009-10-01 Ezy-As Abc Pty. Ltd. Compression stocking applicator
US9032551B2 (en) * 2006-07-14 2015-05-19 Ezy-As Abc Pty Ltd Compression stocking applicator
US8109418B1 (en) 2007-05-25 2012-02-07 Dennis Recchia Apparatus to enable removal of closely fitting attire on legs and feet

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