US 11,937,721 B2
Stocking application device
Allison Fiscus Zipser, East Lyme, CT (US)
Assigned to Hand Claw LLC, East Lyme, CT (US)
Filed by The Hand Claw LLC, East Lyme, CT (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,323.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016324 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A47G 25/90 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 25/905 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stocking application device to facilitate an application of a stocking over a limb of a person, the stocking application device comprising:
a first body portion at a proximate end of the stocking application device, wherein the first body portion comprises a handheld portion, and wherein the handheld portion comprises a grip handle and an elongated member forming a unitary continuous structure of the handheld portion;
a second body portion attached to the first body portion, wherein the second body portion comprises a plurality of U-shaped fingers adapted to create an internal cavity to allow the limb of the person to pass through during the application of the stocking, wherein:
each of the plurality of U-shaped fingers comprises a horizontal portion and a pair of vertical portions,
each vertical portion of the pair of vertical portions comprises a flared end, wherein flared ends of the pair of vertical portions of the plurality of U-shaped fingers are adapted to form a flared entrance into the internal cavity at a distal end of the stocking application device,
wherein horizontal portions of the plurality of U-shaped fingers are disposed one over another and attached to the first body portion, and wherein the horizontal portions are disposed one over another at a predetermined angle such that vertical portions of the plurality of U-shaped fingers are equally spaced from each other.