US 12,262,829 B2
Donning and doffing aid for a support stocking
Yuki Melany Maruo Oliveira, Winterthur (CH)
Assigned to SIGVARIS AG, St. Gallen (CH)
Appl. No. 18/026,695
Filed by SIGVARIS AG, St. Gallen (CH)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/072057
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/078650, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 1305/20 (CH), filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346148 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 25/90 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 25/905 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A donning and doffing aid for donning and doffing a stocking, in particular a compression stocking, comprising:
a support element;
wherein the stocking can be spanned on the support element in a tubular manner for donning,
at least one protrusion on which the stocking can be spanned for doffing,
wherein the support element has a guide with a first end and a second end,
wherein the guide is adapted to at least partially enclose a body part,
wherein the first end of the guide is open, the second end of the guide is open, or the first end and the second end of the guide are open, and
wherein the donning and doffing aid comprises two protrusions, the guide has a semi-circular profile, and the two protrusions are arranged diametrically opposite each other at the second end of the guide with the semi-circular profile.