Portable assistive shoe donning and doffing device
OwnerChristopher Gaines, Eduardo Meza-Etienne +1inventors
InventorsChristopher Gaines, Eduardo Meza-Etienne, H. T. Than
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an assistive shoe donning and doffing device comprising a heel support, a movable toe support and an inclined surface, which is rotatable to adjust an angle of the inclined surface. The inclined surface has at least a plantarflexion foot position, a neutral foot position and a dorsiflexion foot position. The foot positions may be preset, or the inclined surface is rotated in a continuous manner to reach said foot positions. The foot positions may be controlled remotely by a remote controller, a graphical user interface or by voice, and the donning device can sense the location of the shoe on the inclined surface.
Claims8
An assistive shoe donning device comprising
- a heel support and a movable toe support disposed on an inclined surface, which is adapted to receive a shoe,
- wherein the inclined surface is rotatable to adjust an angle of the inclined surface,
- wherein the inclined surface has at least a plantarflexion foot position, a neutral foot position and a dorsiflexion foot position, wherein said foot positions may be preset or the inclined surface is rotated in a continuous manner to reach said foot positions, and
- wherein the assistive shoe donning device further comprises a manually operated threaded member to raise or lower a toe-side end of the inclined surface to vary the angle of the inclined surface.
An assistive shoe donning device comprising
- a heel support and a movable toe support disposed on an inclined surface, which is adapted to receive a shoe,
- wherein the inclined surface is rotatable to adjust an angle of the inclined surface,
- wherein the inclined surface has at least a plantarflexion foot position, a neutral foot position and a dorsiflexion foot position, wherein said foot positions may be preset or the inclined surface is rotated in a continuous manner to reach said foot positions,
- wherein the assistive shoe donning device further comprises a motor that raises or lowers the inclined surface to vary angle of the inclined surface, and
- wherein a circuit that connects to the motor to power the motor comprises a microprocessor that stores setting for each of said foot positions.
An assistive shoe donning device comprising
- a heel support and a movable toe support disposed on an inclined surface, which is adapted to receive a shoe,
- wherein the inclined surface is rotatable to adjust an angle of the inclined surface,
- wherein the inclined surface has at least a plantarflexion foot position, a neutral foot position and a dorsiflexion foot position, wherein said foot positions may be preset or the inclined surface is rotated in a continuous manner to reach said foot positions,
- wherein the inclined surface comprises a plurality of pressure transducers to ascertain the position of the shoe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.