Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162188 | Aid for taking off stockings A stocking take-off assistance device suitable as aid for taking of stockings, particularly elastic support stockings, the stocking take-off assistance device including at least one substantially annular inner device suitable to be arranged around a leg and to recei... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8113395 | Garment donning assist device A compression garment upper extremity donning assist device is designed to assist those individuals who find it very difficult to don a compression garment using only one arm. Users are commonly weakened from a medical condition, lack flexibility or suffer from limi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109418 | Apparatus to enable removal of closely fitting attire on legs and feet The present invention is an apparatus to aid in the removal of closely fitting articles on a leg and foot. It includes a helical blade made of a lightweight, rigid, firm substance, having a shoulder area at a proximal end, a bottom area at a distal end which termina... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8091748 | Dressing aid A device to assist physically challenged individuals to don outer, lower-body clothing or simultaneously don undergarments and pants or a skirt. The device comprises a cord to which at least one pair of grips is attached at either end. The grips are attached to a ga... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083110 | Aid for pulling on stockings An aid for pulling on stockings, especially compression stockings, comprising two parallel first struts, which are spaced mutually apart and each have a free upper end, and two parallel second struts, which are spaced mutually apart and whose upper ends are connecte... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8042716 | Donning device for stockings A device that makes donning of stockings, in particular medical compression stockings, easier has a flexible sheet body that has a low friction inner side and a high friction outer side and is closed by snap fasteners. It can be rolled to a tubular shape having a la... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8025191 | Health care system The present invention relates to a health care system comprised of a sock aide, a reacher and a shoe horn. The sock aide is removably coupled to the reacher by the engagement of a T-shaped arm on outer surface of the sock aide with a sleeve disposed on one end of th... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7988022 | Sock applying device A sock applying device for helping a user put a sock on his feet comprising a first extension pole; a second extension pole; a first connector pole and a second connector pole for connecting the first extension pole to the second extension pole; a first threaded rod... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7975886 | Sock donning system The sock donning system enables persons of limited mobility to don socks, stockings, and similar footwear without need for excessive bending at the waist and/or knee. The system includes a pair of identical grasping poles or extensions with remotely operable clasps ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7870981 | Bracelet donning assistance device The bracelet donning assistance device is a clamping device for holding a bracelet, allowing the user to easily secure the bracelet about his or her wrist, using only his or her other hand to clasp the bracelet. The bracelet donning assistance device includes a tray... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7845526 | Machine and method for handling tubular manufactured items A machine, and a related method, for automatically transferring tubular items for manufacturing men's socks, comprising a station (S1) for loading automatically the tubular items (1) arranged on a longitudinal axis thereof, a station (S2) for po... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7726526 | Latex glove removal and disposal device A latex glove removal and disposal device including a container having an open upper end, a closed lower end, a front wall, a back wall, and opposed side walls. A cover member is dimensioned for positioning over the open upper end of the container. The cover member ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7721924 | Bracelet connection tool A bracelet connection tool is disclosed that assists in the installation of a bracelet. The bracelet installation tool includes a base, a support beam, and a clamp. The support beam supports the clamp in a spaced relationship with the base. The clamp is capable of e... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712643 | Jewelry fastening aid A jewelry fastening aid assists a user in readily and securely joining disparate flexible ends of bracelets about the user's own wrist. The device provides a substantial improvement over related articles attempting to serve a related need but which are limited in ap... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712642 | Glove donning and removal apparatus A glove donning and removal apparatus for donning, a glove sandwiched between a pair of upper and lower feed sheets is advanced towards a glove dispensing opening. Grabber arms expand the glove hand opening to enable a user to easily insert a hand into the hand open... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699195 | Apparatus for donning and/or doffing a compression garment and related methods An assist device for donning and/or doffing a compression garment includes a sleeve having an interior surface bounding a passage extending between a top end and an opposing bottom end, the top end including a top opening communicating with the passage, the bottom e... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7527181 | Glove donning system A support ring has an oval upper edge and an oval lower edge. The lower edge is smaller than the upper edge. A tapering oval sidewall is provided between the upper and lower edges. A flange is formed in the support ring. The flange extends outwardly from the upper e... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7448521 | Automatic shoe cover dispenser An automatic shoe cover dispenser that includes a machine body, a traction and extension mechanism, a separation and hooking mechanism, a turning mechanism, a traction driving mechanism, and a shoe cover box. The body of the shoe cover box is equipped with a shoe co... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7440816 | Apparatus and methods for automatic disposable shoe cover dispense Protective shoe covers have been widely used in health care settings and some manufacturing environments such as semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries. An automatic system that dispenses shoe covers to user's feet is disclosed. The system includes the micro co... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7398901 | Device enabling a footware item to be removed from a mould The invention relates to a universal removal device enabling a footware item having a very short or very long upper from one or two moulds (28) side by side and at different heights with a normal inclination of the foot and a normal heel. The inventive device... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395951 | Stocking aid device A device, method and system for facilitating placement of a sock, stocking, or other footwear are disclosed herein. An exemplary device may have a lower member, a handle, and a spreader. The lower member may have a first side and a second side. The first side and se... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7377410 | Method and apparatus for donning garments Systems, apparatuses and methods of donning garments are provided wherein an expandable layer is temporarily inserted into a garment. A source such as a donning chamber is utilized to expand the temporary expandable layer, thus stretching the garment by an amount su... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364056 | Apparatus for wearing socks 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 d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337933 | Pocket shoe horn with telescopic handle A shoe horn device has a series of telescoping sleeves which telescope within the handle for storage and extend out for use. A shoe horn shaped pivotable head attaches to an outer end of the innermost sleeve. The pivotable head pivots over, locks, and nests with the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7287675 | Three-in-one health care system A reacher has a near end with a handle and a trigger. A reacher has a far end. An intermediate extent is provided between the near end and the far end. A sock aide is removably coupled to the reacher adjacent to the far end. A shoe horn is slidably supported on the ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284684 | Device to facilitate putting on a bracelet and method A bracelet attachment assistance device has a frame member, a clamp member and a slider arm. The clamp member has a connection segment coupled to the frame member, a first jaw member, a second jaw member movable between an opened-clamp position and a closed-clamp po... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270253 | Hosiery remover and method of removing hosiery An apparatus for removing hosiery from a leg of a wearer, the hosiery includes a tubular body with a foot end and an open end for receiving the wearer's foot and at least a portion of the wearer's leg. The apparatus comprises a sliding surface and a strap engaging t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7246382 | Handwear that improves protective apparel doffing Described herein are systems and methods that facilitate doffing of protective apparel. The systems and methods employ handwear worn under a glove, such as a disposable fingered glove. The handwear is designed or configured such that when a user doffs the handwear a... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7234616 | Friction arrangement for hosiery donning aid A hosiery donning aid apparatus comprises a body formed as a channel having interior and exterior surfaces and two outer edges extending along a longitudinal axis of the body. A frictional arrangement is provided consisting of a multiplicity of spaced from each othe... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7216787 | Device for fitting a support stocking on a person and for taking off the same The invention relates to a device for fitting an extendible support stocking on a person, optionally oneself, comprising a fixed part supporting a first upper plate (1) having a first upper tongue (2) secured thereto, a movable part slidably mounted on... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7179039 | Vibration-damping ring insert arrangement and component connection arrangement incorporating the same Vibration-damping ring insert arrangement includes a vibration-damping ring. A hollow cylinder member includes a first end, a second end, and an inner surface that is connected to an outer surface of the vibration-dampening ring. One of an outwardly extending edge a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174818 | Click-type torque wrench and improved cam assembly therefor A cam assembly for a click-type torque wrench includes an elongated plunger body having opposed ends and having a deep cavity formed axially in one end and terminating at an end face disposed with intermediate the ends, the end face having a cam seat formed therein ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174257 | Method for measuring the effort in donning a glove The invention relates to an apparatus for measuring the relative difficulty in donning of a glove. The apparatus contains a glove mount for holding a glove to be tested in an open donnable position and a device for measuring the effort associated with donning the gl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7143633 | Portable testing apparatus for electrical insulating gloves A testing apparatus to test electrical insulating gloves is disclosed. The apparatus is a cylindrically shaped, grooved housing unit with an air outlet and an air valve that attaches to a glove inflator, such as the G-I Glove Inflator, to allow testing of various si... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140585 | One-hand clip capable of preventing hanging object from dropping A one-hand clip of the present invention is composed of a main body, a pair of semicircular hooks a pair of rotating pins and a pair of elastic bodies. The hooks each fixed by a rotating pin and an elastic body at each bottom end of the main body pinches an inserted... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7070074 | Hosiery donning aid A hosiery donning aid consists of a base, at least one hosiery support and at least one handle support. The hosiery support has a support element carried by the base. The handle support has a handle outwardly extending from the base in adjacent relationship to the h... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063045 | Leash with integrated pocket An animal leash including an integrated, selectively accessible cavity, the animal leash comprising: (a) a first elongated strap; and (b) a first collapsible wall attached to the first elongated strap to form an integrated receptacle, the integrated receptacle inclu... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051409 | Hook and loop closure A Velcro closure comprising at least one set of a first and a second surface each having a front side, in which the front sides, when placed against each other, stick to close the closure, in which the closure can be opened by pulling apart the front sides placed ag... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6979355 | Valve assembly for a prosthetic limb A prosthetic limb comprises a socket for receiving a patient's residual limb, and an upright assembly. The socket includes a base provided in its distal end. The base includes a chamber therewithin and an channel for providing fluid communication between the chamber... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6971561 | Auxiliary device for putting on therapeutic compression garments, especially tights, knee-length socks and full-length stockings The device is made from low friction factor fabric, has the shape of a plane figure with a catch element (1) at its one end beneficially in the form of a pocket, and at its other end there is a fastening element (2) in the form of a tape, press stud or... | 12/06/2005 |
