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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1978
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Roger T Swallow, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Leonard A Stanley, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
The Kendall Company, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41B / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2239 ; 36 5 / ;
Abstract
A therapeutic stocking comprising, a boot portion, and a circumferentially elastic foot portion for covering the foot of a patient. The stocking has a lower non-slip region of the foot portion comprising, sheet means of a thermoplastic material fused to the outside of a circumferentially prestretched area of the foot portion underlying the foot. The region is located to contact the floor beneath the patient's foot and provide a relatively high friction surface to minimize slippage of the patient on the floor.