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US 5,626,269 AGranted
Device for donning socks on a user
OwnerJose Duarteinventor
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Abstract
A device to help a user to put on a sock that includes an assembly that holds a sock from its opening in distension to permit a user to insert his or her foot through. A pair of hingedly mounted telescopic arm members with a handle on each end that allows a user to pull the sock up. A clamping assembly to firmly grab the sock while a user pulls and the clamping assembly is mounted to the extension arms so that a user can readily actuate it and disengage the sock after it is in place.
Claims5
A device to aid a user in donning a sock having a top opening onto his or her foot, said device comprising:
- a semi-circular adjustable means for holding the top opening of the sock in an expanded position to allow the user to insert his or her foot into the sock;
- an extension arm assembly mounted by a hinge on each of two opposing sides of the adjustable means for allowing the device to be pulled along the user's leg;
- and a clamping means mounted to each extension arm assembly to hold the sock between the adjustable means and the respective extension arm assembly for gripping the sock therebetween;
- wherein the sock may be placed over the adjustable means, clamped between the clamping means and the adjustable means, and pulled upward onto a user's legs using the extension arm assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.