Slip-resistant stocking

a technology of slip-resistant stocking and stocking lining, which is applied in the direction of hosiery, pantyhose, shoes, etc., can solve the problems of hospital patients, serious slip-and-fall injuries to patients, and difficulty in carrying out some of the simplest tasks

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-07-07
HILBERT VICKI L
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[0008] The application of the slip-resistant material around the exterior portion of the stocking eliminates the possibility that the patient would put the stocking on upside down and risk a dangerous fall on the slippery floors of the hospital. Because the stocking cannot be put on incorrectly, it is unnecessary for hospitals personnel to invest a substantial amount of time in checking each patient's stockings when they put them on before walking around the hospital.

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While this is an easy enough task for most people, hospital patients, particularly those suffering from Alzheimer's disease or dementia, frequently have difficulties with some of the simplest tasks.
Otherwise, the slippery knit material of the stocking can easily cause a serious slip and fall injury to the patient.

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[0014] Referring to the drawings, a slip-resistant stocking 10 constructed in accordance with the present invention comprises a foot portion 12 and a leg or ankle portion 14. A toe 16 of the foot portion is closed, and the upper end 18 of the ankle portion is open for insertion of the foot. Upper end 18 includes an elastic welt 20 that extends around the periphery of the upper end of the stocking. The stocking is formed of conventional material, which is typically a knitted fabric.

[0015] Stocking 10 is shown mounted on the foot of a user 22, which typically will be a patient in a hospital or other institutional environment where slippery hard floors are often employed. The heel 24 of the user forms a heel in the stocking because of natural elasticity of the knitted fabric. While it is possible to knit a heel pocket into the fabric, in most hospitals where the stockings are provided to the patients, so called “tube socks” are generally employed. In a tube sock, the stockings are for...

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Abstract

A slip-resistant stocking of the type that is worn by ambulatory hospital patients for walking directly on smooth, hard hospital floors, comprises a stocking, such as a tube sock, having a slip-resistant material applied to the foot portion of the stocking around the periphery of an outside surface thereof, such that slip-resistant material is always positioned under the bottom of the foot of the patient regardless of the rotational orientation of the foot portion of the stocking around the axis of the foot. The slip-resistant material can be on the inside as well as the outside of the stocking, so the stocking also will be slip-resistant when worn inside out. The slip-resistant material can be provided as discreet elements deposited at spaced locations around the stocking. The elements can be formed of recognizable shapes or decorative designs, which will be visible on the top of the stocking.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] In hospitals and other institutional environments, patients are generally clothed in hospital gowns and spend most of their time in bed. Ambulatory patients are permitted to walk around the hospital. Such patients usually are provided with slip-resistant socks or stockings that are used as slippers for walking around the slippery, hard surface floors of the institution. Typical hospital stockings are knit stockings having a slip-resistant material deposited on a portion of the exterior surface of the stocking that is designed to be positioned under the bottom of the foot. Typically such stockings are so called “tube socks” wherein the socks are formed in an elongated tube without a defined heel pocket in the sock. Thus the socks can be oriented normally at any rotational position around the axis of the foot. [0002] In order to avoid slipping on the hospital floor, it is necessary to orient the slip-resistant portion of the stocking between the stoc...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41B11/00
CPCA41B11/008
Inventor HILBERT, VICKI L.
Owner HILBERT VICKI L
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