WO2020067875A1 - Dispositif d'aide pour bas de contention élastiques - Google Patents

Dispositif d'aide pour bas de contention élastiques Download PDF

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WO2020067875A1
WO2020067875A1 PCT/NL2019/000011 NL2019000011W WO2020067875A1 WO 2020067875 A1 WO2020067875 A1 WO 2020067875A1 NL 2019000011 W NL2019000011 W NL 2019000011W WO 2020067875 A1 WO2020067875 A1 WO 2020067875A1
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Steven WESTERBOS
Eelco Schouten
Joris HELMING
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Westwood Holding B.V.
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Priority to EP19832217.4A priority Critical patent/EP3855984A1/fr
Priority to US17/287,789 priority patent/US20210393063A1/en
Publication of WO2020067875A1 publication Critical patent/WO2020067875A1/fr

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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
    • A47G25/905—Devices for domestic use for assisting in putting-on or pulling-off clothing, e.g. stockings or trousers for stockings
    • A47G25/907—Smooth and flexible temporary foot covers, e.g. sock-shaped

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  • the present invention relates in general to an aid device for assisting a person to put on tight elastic leg-covering apparel
  • the present invention relates particularly to an aid device for assisting a person to put on tight elastic support stockings, although a user can also appiy the aid device when putting on other type of apparel,
  • elastic support stockings are typically applied as a medical aid, and users who need to use such aids also tend to have less strength in their arms and hands, to the extent that they often need to be helped by other persons, which makes that they are less independent.
  • aid device to reduce the problems mentioned.
  • This desire is well-recognized, and aid devices have already been proposed and are actually commercially available
  • a particular type of aid device, to which the present invention relates is made from a sheet of thin, flexible, smooth material having a particularly low friction coefficient.
  • a typical example is a cloth of plastic provided with a low-friction coating.
  • Such material is known per se, and the known material can be applied in implementing the present invention, therefore a more detailed description of this material may be omitted here
  • the use of such aid device can be described as follows, First, the sheet is brought to an operation condition by folding or rolling it to fake a tubular shape, and is arranged around the leg and foot of the user. Then, the elastic support stockings are put on over the sheet-covered foot and leg of the user Thanks to the low-friction surface of the sheet, the elastic support stockings slide over the sheet quite easily. Finally, the aid device is removed from between the leg and the stockings
  • aid devices are
  • the aid device For exerting such removal pulling force, the aid device is provided with a pulling handle at the proximal end (upper end) of the aid device.
  • a pulling handle at the proximal end (upper end) of the aid device.
  • the pulling handle does not pull at the proximal end but at a more remote end of the aid device. This causes the aid device to be folded back over itself, wherein the folded-back portion is between the stockings and
  • the aid device is not required to slide over skin.
  • a further important aspect of the design of the aid device is that engagement means are present for maintaining the operational condition of the sheet.
  • the present invention aims to provide an aid device with improved user convenience.
  • EP-2478800 An aid device of the type described above is disclosed in EP-2478800.
  • the pulling handle is atached to the distal end of the aid device, near the toes, at a central upper position, and the pulling handle extends longitudinally parallel to the foot and leg.
  • the engagement means are located below the foot.
  • EP-2478800 discloses that the aid device is preferably provided with a toe piece attached to the distal end of the aid device and intended to be folded back over the toes. With the single pulling handle at the central location as disclosed in EP- 2478800, in practice, said toe piece tends to be pulled in between the user’s toes
  • a pulling handle is attached to a side edge of the device, extending substantially perpendicular to that side edge.
  • a pulling handle is attached to a side edge of the device, extending substantially perpendicular to that side edge.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of a portion of an aid device according to prior art; figure 2 schematically shows the aid device of figure 1 in folded condition;
  • figure 3A is a plan view comparable to figure 1 of an aid device according to the present invention.
  • figure 3B is a schematic cross section along the line A ⁇ A in figure 3A;
  • figure 4A schematically shows the aid device of figure 3A in folded condition
  • figure 4B Is a schematic cross section of the aid device of figure 4A;
  • figure 5 is a schematic cross section of the aid device in disengaged condition
  • figure 6 is a plan view comparable to figure 3A of another embodiment of an aid device according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a portion of an aid device, to explain terminology and to explain the prior art.
  • An aid device made of flexible low-friction sheet material comprises a central body portion 100 with a general quadrangular shape. It is noted that in practice corners may be rounded and edges do not necessarily have to be straight.
  • Reference numeral 101 indicates a central line, vertical in the figure. This line
  • ⁇ will in use be parallel to the user's leg, and its direction will also be indicated as
  • the central body portion 100 is intended to be folded to a tube or funnel shape, around a central axis substantially parallel to the central line 101. This means5
  • the aid device For removing the aid device from between a leg and stockings, the aid device
  • Each pulling handle 204, 205 is longitudinal in a direction substantially perpendicular to the side edges 104, 105 In order to be able to fit in the drawing, part of the pulling handle is shown cut away.
  • Each pulling handle 204, 205 is preferably made from a low friction material, more preferably the same material as the body 100
  • an engagement area 114, 115 may be implemented as part of the central body portion 100, as part of a corresponding pulling handle 204, 205, or as a separate part between the central body portion 100 and the corresponding pulling handle.
  • an engagement area 114, 115 may extend over the entire length of a side edge 104, 105, or only over a part of that length, as shown.
  • the polling handles 204, 205 are attached directly to the central body portion 100 and that the engagement areas 114, 115 extend to the under side, having an upper edge attached to the pulling handles 204, 205 and/or the central body portion 100 and having a free lower edge.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view comparable to figure 2 illustrating this folded condition, with parts of the pulling handles 204, 205 shown cut
  • the side edge 104, 105 make an angle with the central line 101 in the range from zero to 45 , typically in the range from 5 * to 15 * .
  • the side edge 104, 105 extend parallel to each other and will be directed in the longitudinal direction of the user's foot, at the lower side of that foot.
  • the engaged side edges 104 and 105 are located under
  • Figure 4B is a schematic cross section comparable to figure 3B of the aid device 1 in the folded and wrapped condition, also showing a cross section of a foot F. If can be seen that the aid device 1 now in fact has a general D-shape: the central body 100 forms a loop over the foot F, with the lower surface 12 of the central body 100 being always directed towards the foot F. The two pulling handles 204 and 205 will extend sideways from under the user's foot F, having their upper surfaces 11 directed towards the upper surfaces 11 of the central body 100, and meeting the central body 100 at the position of the engagement members 124, 125.
  • the user takes these two handles 204, 205, pulls them up and together to make these handles cross above his foot and In front of his lower leg, It Is now desired that the handles be maintained In this position.
  • the free ends of the two handles 204, 205 can be tied together and the joint can be placed on the knee or on the upper leg above the knee,
  • the free ends of the two handles 204, 205 are preferably provided with coupling means, for instance velcro or snap connectors, but this is not shown for sake of simplicity.
  • the two handles 204, 205 actually form a continuous piece of material, or have their free ends connected by a piece of elastic band.
  • the aid device can be removed by pulling the two handies 204, 205, it is an advantage of the invention that these two handles can easily be grabbed by the fact that they are held in place above the user's knee. The portion actually grabbed by the user will bo indicated as engagement part.
  • the pulling force is exerted directly onto the engaged side edges 104 and 105, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the side edges 104 and 105, thus directly pulling the engagement members 124, 125 apart to disengage, and then pulling the side edges 104 and 105 apart. Consequently, disconnecting the engagement members 124, 125 is easier.
  • Figure 5 is a cross section comparable to figure 4B, showing the side edges 104 and 105 in the drawn apart condition. It can be seen that the sheet material of the body portion 100 is folded back over itself, but the engagement members 124, 125 do not need to be folded over.
  • the two pulling forces according to the invention are directed in circumferential direction around the foot, which involves a more even bending and not Interfering with the toes.
  • the user pulls with two hands at opposite sides of the engagement members, and if the two handles are crossed over the foot / in front of the leg, indeed, the pulling force is directed along the user's skin in a more logical direction.
  • the aid device is easier it is noted that, with two polling forces being exerted at opposite sides of the engagement members 124, 125, and in opposite directions, it is preferred that these two pulling forces are aligned with each other, i.e, make an angle of 180° with each other.
  • the general longitudinal extent of the two handles 204, 205 is perpendicular to the side edges 104 and 105, or in any case substantially perpendicular.
  • the general longitudinal extent of the two handles 204, 205 makes an angle in the range between 60° and 90° with the longitudinal of the side edges 104 and 105, towards the proximal edge 103.
  • FIG 8 is a more detailed planar view of an aid device 1 according to the present invention in unfolded condition.
  • a central body portion is again indicated at reference numeral 100.
  • a preferred foe portion 250 is shown extending beyond the distal edge 102 in distal lonqitudina
  • the longitudinal extent may be in the order of 10-15 cm, but this is not essential too.
  • the toe portion 250 may be integral with the central body portion 100, made from the same sheet as an extension of the central body portion 100, but may also be made from a different sheet of low-friction material attached to the central body portion 100.
  • the central body portion 100 may be provided with stitched seams X1 and X2, making a small angle with each other, to provide a little bit of stiffness in longitudinal direction to assist the user when folding the aid device to put it on his foot.
  • the aid device 1 For performing its function, the actual size is not of great importance, and it may actually be possible to manufacture the aid devices for adults on a one-size-fits-all basis. It is further possible to have the aid device 1 have, in its operative condition, the shape of a’’straight" funnel, wherein its diameter varies in linear proportion to the longitudinal position.
  • the present invention also aims to provide the aid device in a shape better adapted to the particular shape of a human feot-ankle-lower leg body portion.
  • the aid device 1 preferably comprises an insert piece 260 of the same or similar low-friction sheet material.
  • the central body portion 100 has a recess 150 cut away from the proximal edge 163, the recess having a linear bottom edge at a distance from the distal edge 102 of for instance about 10 cm and having linear side edges that may be substantially parallel,
  • the insert piece 260 has a general trapezium shape, with a distal bottom edge 282 having a width equal to the linear bottom edge of the recess 150 and attached to the recess bottom edge, side edges attached to the recess side edges, and a proximal top edge 263 wider than the width of the recess in an example, the insert piece
  • the central body portion 100 has a better fit to the shape of a human foot
  • a further preferred feature of the present Invention relates to the engagement members 114, 115.
  • magnetic members are used, arranged in pockets sewn into the aid device.
  • Magnetic engagement members have certain disadvantages. Their shape will resemble a coin, having two parallel main surfaces with a certain surface area and a certain thickness. The thickness can not be selected arbitrarily low, because then the magnets become vulnerable as they can break. The magnets will exert their attractive forces in a direction perpendicular to their main surfaces, which means that for engagement they should be arranged in overlapping arrangement, adding to the overall thickness at that location. As described above, when removing the aid device, remote parts are pulled and are made to fold back over more proximal parts such as to slide in between those proximal parts and the stocking; however, due to their surface extent (diameter), the magnets will resist such folding of the material in which they are arranged.
  • the engagement members 124, 125 are implemented as small plastic buckles, provided with a thin plastic web portion that can be sewn directly to the low-friction sheet material of the aid device.
  • the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments discussed above, but that several variations and modifications are possible within the protective scope of the invention as defined in the appending claims. Even if certain features are recited in different dependent claims, the present invention also relates to an embodiment comprising these features in common. Even if certain features have been described in combination with each other, the present invention also relates to an embodiment in which one or more of these features are omitted.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif d'aide (1) approprié pour aider une personne à revêtir des bas de contention élastiques serrés qui est constitué d'un matériau (10) en feuille souple à faible frottement, et qui comprend : une partie corps central (100) comprenant : - un bord distal (102) et un bord proximal (103 ) ; - un premier bord latéral (104) et un second bord latéral (105) ; - une première zone de mise en prise (114) agencée le long du premier bord latéral (104) ; - une seconde zone de mise en prise (115) agencée le long du second bord latéral (105). Une poignée de traction allongée (204) destinée à retirer le dispositif du pied de l'utilisateur en exerçant une force de traction étant fixé à une zone de mise en prise (114) et/ou à un bord latéral (104) de la partie corps central (100), et présente une étendue longitudinale qui forme un angle dans la plage comprise entre 60° et 90° avec ledit bord latéral.
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WO2003094648A1 (fr) * 2002-05-08 2003-11-20 Arion International B.V. Velcro, bande de connexion velcro et aide a l'habillage, par exemple, pour bas de contention et collant de contention
WO2007085061A1 (fr) * 2006-01-30 2007-08-02 Skerman Robert Graham Mitchell Dispositif d'application de bas de contention ou d'éléments similaires
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