Device for fitting a support stocking on a person and for taking off the same

A device for fitting a support stocking on a person, which comprises an upper fixed part comprising a first upper plate (1) having a first upper tongue (2) fastened thereon, and a lower movable part which is slidably mounted on a guide system and comprising a second lower plate (3) having a second lower tongue (4) fastened thereon, said first tongue (2) and said second tongue (3) forming a sleeve for said stocking to be fitted onto when brought close to each other;

• and a lever (5) for separating said first tongue (2) and said second tongue (4) from each other by sliding on said guide system after said stocking has been introduced by being slid onto said sleeve, so as to enlarge said stocking by distension to allow the passage of the heel and the leg of said person, which comprises detachable lateral handles (8, 9), and wherein said lower movable part of said device can be removed separate from the rest of the device.

A device for taking off a support stocking worn on a leg of a person, which comprises an auxiliary element comprising a front tongue of a hemicylindrical form secured to a back strip, the space formed between said strip and the back face of said tongue being larger at the top than at the bottom of said auxiliary element, and a pushing element comprising a pushing tongue of a hemicylindrical form bearing long handles on its upper part, to be introduced by a bottom part in the space formed in said auxiliary element between said front tongue and said back strip, for pushing downwards by means of said handles said stocking pinched between said front tongue and said pushing tongue.

A method for taking off a support stocking worn on a leg of a person, which comprises:

• applying between said leg and said stocking an auxiliary element comprising a front tongue of a hemicylindrical form secured to a back strip, the space formed between said strip and the back face of said tongue being larger at the top than at the bottom of said element, in such a way that said stocking is inserted between said front tongue and said back strip,
• introducing a pushing element comprising a pushing tongue of a hemicylindrical form bearing long handles on its upper part, by a bottom part of said pushing tongue, in the space formed in said auxiliary element between said front tongue and said back strip, so as to pinch said stocking between said pushing tongue and said front tongue,
• and pushing downwards by means of said handles said stocking pinched between said front tongue and said pushing tongue.