An apparatus for aiding in wearing on a sock is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a base having proximate and distal ends; an elongated caddy having a U-shape cross-section, a first end of said caddy being connected to the base at a location close to its distal end; a connecting pivot for
An apparatus for aiding in wearing on a sock is disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a base having proximate and distal ends; an elongated caddy having a U-shape cross-section, a first end of said caddy being connected to the base at a location close to its distal end; a connecting pivot for pivotally connecting said first end of the elongated U-shape caddy with said base at a location close to the base distal end, allowing rotation of said elongated caddy about said pivot; and connecting means for affixing said base to a fixed or heavy article, such as a furniture article.
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The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for aiding in donning a sock, comprising: a) a base having proximate and distal ends; b) an elongated caddy having U-shape cross-section, a first end of said caddy being connected to said base at a location close to said distal end and a second end of said
The invention claimed is: 1. An apparatus for aiding in donning a sock, comprising: a) a base having proximate and distal ends; b) an elongated caddy having U-shape cross-section, a first end of said caddy being connected to said base at a location close to said distal end and a second end of said caddy over which a sock can be draped being displaceable with respect to said base; c) a connecting pivot for pivotally connecting said first end of the elongated U-shaped caddy with said base at a location close to the base distal end, allowing rotation of said elongated caddy about said pivot; and d) counter weight means by which said base is coupled to a fixed or heavy article, such as a furniture article, wherein said caddy is upwardly pivotable from an initial substantially horizontal disposition, upon insertion of a foot within a sock draped over the second end of said caddy, until a disposition at which said sock is released from said caddy after being fully donned on said foot and wherein said connecting means comprise a ribbon which is affixed to the base close to its proximate end. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said caddy has a semi-cylindrical cross-sectional shape. 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the upper and the lower surfaces of said base are flat. 4. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said caddy has a smooth interior concavity. 5. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said elongated caddy is made of at least one U-shaped wire, and additional connecting wires which altogether define the shape of the caddy. 6. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said elongated caddy has rounded edges at its second end. 7. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ribbon is attached to the base close to its proximate end by two U-shaped connecting elements. 8. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said pivot defines a generally transverse axis with respect to the base. 9. An apparatus for aiding in donning a sock, comprising: a) a base having proximate and distal ends; b) an elongated caddy having U-shape cross-section, a first end of said caddy being connected to said base at a location close to said distal end and a second end of said caddy over which a sock can be draped being displaceable with respect to said base; c) a connecting pivot for pivotally connecting said first end of the elongated U-shaped caddy with said base at a location close to the base distal end, allowing rotation of said elongated caddy about said pivot; and d) counter weight means by which said base is coupled to a fixed or heavy article, such as a furniture article, wherein said caddy is upwardly pivotable from an initial substantially horizontal disposition, upon insertion of a foot within a sock draped over the second end of said caddy, until a disposition at which said sock is released from said caddy after being fully donned on said foot and wherein said elongated caddy further comprises a plate at its first end and said pivot connects said plate to said base. 10. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said elongated U-shaped semi-cylindrical caddy is connected to said pivot by means of welding. 11. Apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the rounded edges of the caddy face the base when the caddy is at its initial disposition. 12. Apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the plate is U-shaped and is attached to the first end of the caddy. 13. A method for donning hosiery, comprising the steps of: a) providing an elongated caddy having a U-shape cross-section, a first end of said caddy being pivotally connected to a base and a second end of said caddy being displaceable with respect to said base; b) coupling a flexible elongated element affixed to said base to a fixed or heavy article; c) draping hosiery in inside-out fashion over the second end of said caddy and extending a toe portion of said draped hosiery towards the first end of said caddy; d) positioning said caddy to be in a substantially horizontal disposition; e) placing a foot within said hosiery at the second end of said caddy and causing said caddy to pivot upwardly; f) pushing the foot within said caddy towards said first end thereof until toes of the foot are inserted in the toe portion of said hosiery and the heel of the foot is inserted in a heel portion of said hosiery; and g) lowering the foot after said hosiery is completely donned on the foot and said hosiery is released from the second end of said caddy, said caddy subsequently being pivotally lowered to said substantially horizontal disposition.
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Lusk Robert A. (1411 S. Wilson Royal Oak MI 48067), Device for aiding in donning garments.
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