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Assist device for doffing stockings

a technology of doffing stockings and accessories, which is applied in the direction of feet, plaster of paris, clothing, etc., can solve the problems of affecting the doffing effect of stockings, and difficulty in handling individual elements for older individuals, so as to simplify the effect of sliding stockings over the foo

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-11-13
HORCHER WILLI
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[0013]Taking the above mentioned as a point of departure, it is an object of the invention to further develop an assist device for doffing stockings of the type mentioned above in such a way that completely sliding the stocking over the foot is simplified.
[0017]In order to further simplify the handling of the sliding elements, these can be configured as telescoping rods. In this way, the sliding elements can be adjusted to different leg lengths as well as to stocking lengths. Transportation and storage are also simplified.

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Because the grasping rods are short, a stocking can in fact be folded up to the ankle, but the folded stocking has to be slid over the heel afterward, which can be problematic, in particular with compression stockings.
The known assist device for doffing stockings has the disadvantage that it is made up of several parts and that the handling of the individual elements is difficult for older individuals.
The assist device for doffing stockings is also based on the idea of sliding the stocking over the heel, which, however, can be impeded by the first and second elements.
This embodiment is also relatively complex.
Incidentally, the handling elements described in DE 197 30 225 A1 would not be suitable for an application of this type because they have a length which is inadequate for completely removing support stockings from a leg.

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[0031]FIGS. 1a) and 2 show assist devices 10, 12 for doffing a support stocking 14. The assist devices 10, 12 are configured as rod-shaped sliding elements having a hook-shaped element 20, 22 at their front end, each of which engage in a loop 24, 26, which is arranged diametrically opposite to the internal side of a top circular border 28 of the stocking 14, preferably on an inner side of the leg and on an outer side of the leg.

[0032]For easy handling, the assist devices are guided in holding means, such as holding belts 30, 32, which can be attached to the back of the chair 36, as depicted by way of example in FIG. 1b), so that the rod-shaped assist devices 10, 12 are guided in the holding belts 30, 32.

[0033]In order to use the assist devices 10, 12, the top border 28 of the support stocking 14 is first folded over, and the hooking elements 20, 22 are introduced into the loops arranged inside the border. The support stocking 14 is subsequently slid off the leg by sliding the assist...

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Abstract

In order to ensure easy handling as well as cost-effective production of an assist device for doffing stockings, in particular compression stockings, it is proposed to configure the assist device with two rod-shaped sliding elements, where a front end of each rod-shaped sliding elements is connected to a top circular border of the stocking at diametrically opposite positions in a form-fitting and force-fitting manner, and where the stocking can be rolled off and / or slid off the leg and / or foot by sliding the sliding elements in the direction of the foot and over the foot.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001]The invention concerns an assist device for doffing stockings, in particular compression stockings, comprising two rod-shaped sliding elements, where a front end of each rod-shaped sliding element can be connected to an upper circular border of the stocking at diametrically opposed positions in a form-fitting and force-fitting manner.[0002]An assist device of this type is described, for example, in DE-A-723 244. It is a manual device for individuals with a disability in the legs or hip and / or hindered in their mobility for extending the reach of arms and legs with jaw-like grasping devices for feet and leg clothing pieces, characterized in that the grasping devices for donning and doffing stockings, legwear or the like consist of clamping jaws combined to form flat pliers having approximately the width of a thumb and a half to full length of a hand, whose handle rods serve as a means for reach extension.[0003]Said handle rods have the approximate le...

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IPC IPC(8): A47G25/90
CPCA47G25/908A61F13/041A61F13/08
Inventor HORCHER, WILLI
Owner HORCHER WILLI
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