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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Simon Myron Yakopson, Hickory, NC (US);
John David Loveless, Hickory, NC (US);
Kevin Michael Tucker, Matthews, NC (US);
Assignee:
Beiersdorf-Jobst, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/08 ;
Abstract
There is provided a method for testing the forces experienced by a wearer when donning a tubular article. The method includes securing one end of a tubular hosiery article to be tested to a support, inserting a tension tester head within the tubular body and measuring the force against the article surface as the tester head passes through the article. An apparatus for performing this method is also disclosed. The tester head has a geometric shape that may be advanced by withdrawing the head through the hosiery or the hosiery may be drawn past the tension head.