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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:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Julie Belkin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Mark Jackson, Fresno, CA (US);
Assignee:
North Coast Medical, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
223112 ; 223111 ;
Abstract
A device to assist in the application of a sock or stocking onto the foot and ankle of the user. The device includes an elongated shell having first and second ends, a base and side walls wherein the shell is U-shaped in cross-section, the base and each of the side walls being substantially planar. Each of the side walls are characterized as having outwardly turned lips and the shell also includes an upwardly turned tongue element and a cord whose ends are affixed to the shell.