Dimensionally stable hollow article and method for storing at least one hosiery item
OwnerMargarita Dellinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a dimensionally stable hollow article for storing at least one hosiery item, particularly tights or a pair of stockings, comprising an inner cavity for receiving part of the stocking, a front side with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hollow article, and a rear side opposite of the front side along the longitudinal axis, and a lower side with respect to the longitudinal axis, and an upper side opposite of the lower side perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The invention further relates to a method for storing at least one hosiery item such that the at least one hosiery item has an improved identifiability of the colour, pattern, and thickness of the hosiery items.
Claims10
A method for storing at least one hosiery item using a dimensionally stable hollow article, wherein the dimensionally stable hollow articles has
- an inner cavity for receiving part of the hosiery item,
- a front side with respect to a longitudinal axis of the hollow article, and a rear side opposite of the front side along the longitudinal axis, and
- a lower side with respect to the longitudinal axis, and an upper side opposite of the lower side perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
- wherein the hollow article is designed to be inserted, front side first, along the longitudinal axis, into a thigh portion of the hosiery item,
- wherein the upper side is convexly curved about the longitudinal axis at least in sections,
- wherein the hollow article tapers along the longitudinal axis from the rear side to the front side at least in a front section of the hollow article adjacent to the front side,
- wherein at least the rear side comprises at least one receiving opening at least for receiving part of another hollow article, which is oriented in the same way as the hollow article, in the cavity of the hollow article,
- wherein the corners and/or the edges of the hollow article are rounded,
- wherein the lower side and the rear side respectively comprise at least one planar standing surface for stably mounting the hollow article on a horizontal base,
- the method comprising:
- inserting the hollow article, with the front side of the hollow article first, along the longitudinal axis of the hollow article, into a thigh portion of a leg section of the hosiery item,
- stowing a hip section and another leg section of the hosiery item or stowing another hosiery item in the cavity of the hollow article,
- stretching a lower leg portion of the leg section over the lower side of the hollow article, and
- inserting a foot portion of the leg section into the cavity of the hollow article through the receiving opening of the rear side of the hollow article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.