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US 6,820,779 B1Granted
Prosthesis dressing aid
OwnerSusann T. Wilsoninventor
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Abstract
A prosthesis dressing aid for allowing a user to easily slip an article of clothing about the artificial limb. The prosthesis dressing aid includes a prosthesis being adapted to be attached to a user's limb; and also includes a sleeve being removably disposed about the prosthesis to facilitating dressing of the prosthesis with an article of clothing.
Claims6
A prosthesis dressing aid comprising:
- a prosthesis being adapted to be attached to a user's limb, said prosthesis being an artificial limb;
- a sleeve being removably disposed about said prosthesis to facilitate the dressing of said prosthesis with an article of clothing, said sleeves having a lower member having side and end walls and open top and bottom ends, and also having an upper member having side and end walls, and also having open top and bottom ends with bottom edges of said side and end walls of said upper member being detachably attached to top edges of said side and end walls of said lower member;
- said sleeve also having a means of securing said sleeve about said prosthesis.
A method of using a prosthesis dressing aid comprising the steps of:
- providing a prosthesis being adapted to be attached to a user's limb, and also providing a sleeve being removably disposed about said prosthesis to facilitating dressing of said prosthesis with an article of clothing, said sleeve having a lower member having side and end walls and open top and bottom ends, and also having an upper member having side and end walls, and also having open top and bottom ends with bottom edges of said side and end walls of said upper member being detachably attached to top edges of said side and end walls of said lower member, said sleeve also having a means of securing said sleeve about said prosthesis;
- extending said prosthesis in said sleeve through said open top end of said upper member;
- securing said sleeve about said prosthesis;
- dressing an article of clothing about said sleeve and said prosthesis;
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- detaching said upper member of said sleeve from said lower member and removing said upper and lower members of said sleeve from about said prosthesis.
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