Non-slip therapeutic stocking and method
AssigneeThe Kendall Company
InventorsRoger T. Swallow, Leonard A. Stanley
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Abstract
A therapeutic stocking comprising, a boot portion, and a circumferentially elastic foot portion for covering the foot of a patient. The stocking has a lower non-slip region of the foot portion comprising, sheet means of a thermoplastic material fused to the outside of a circumferentially prestretched area of the foot portion underlying the foot. The region is located to contact the floor beneath the patient's foot and provide a relatively high friction surface to minimize slippage of the patient on the floor.
Claims20
A foot covering garment comprising, a foot portion for covering the foot of a patient, said foot portion being circumferentially elastic to conform to the shape of the patient's foot, and a relatively inelastic strip of non-slip material attached to a circumferentially prestretched region of the foot portion underlying the foot, said strip being located to contact the floor beneath the patient's foot and minimize slippage of the patient on the floor.
A therapeutic stocking comprising, a boot portion, a circumferentially elastic foot portion for covering the foot of a patient, and a lower non-slip region of said foot portion comprising, sheet means of a thermoplastic material fused to the outside of a circumferentially prestretched area of said foot portion underlying the foot, said region being located to contact the floor beneath the patient's foot and provide a relatively high friction surface to minimize slippage of the patient on the floor.
A therapeutic stocking comprising, a boot portion, an elastic foot portion for covering the foot of a patient, and a lower non-slip region of said foot portion comprising, sheet means attached to the outside of an area of said foot portion underlying the foot which is prestretched in a direction transverse to the circumferential direction of the foot portion, said region being located to contact the floor beneath the patient's foot and provide a relatively high friction surface to minimize slippage of the patient on the floor.
A method of forming a non-slip region on a circumferentially elastic foot portion of a stocking, comprising the steps of:
- stretching a lower area of said foot portion in a circumferential direction;
- positioning a strip of thermoplastic material in said stretched area on the outside of said foot portion;
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- applying heat and pressure to said strip during a period of time to fuse said strip to a region of the foot portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.