Aid for Pulling Off Elastic Stockings

Abstract

The invention relates to an aid for pulling off elastic stockings, particularly in the health care sector. The aid comprises a flexible, tube-like peripheral body of a smooth material, which in use can be slid round a leg provided with elastic stockings. The peripheral body is provided on its side remote from the leg with fixation means for arranging the aid at least temporarily round the leg.

1 : An aid for pulling off elastic stockings, comprising a flexible, tube-like peripheral body of a smooth material, which in use can be slid round a leg provided with an elastic stocking, wherein the peripheral body is provided on its side remote from the leg with fixation means with which the aid can be arranged at least temporarily round the leg. 
   
   
       2 : The aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the fixation means comprise an elastic band which can be arranged round the leg in peripheral direction and which is further provided with closing means, with which the band can be secured at least temporarily onto itself. 
   
   
       3 : The aid according to  claim 2 , wherein the closing means comprise a Velcro system of co-acting primary and secondary Velcro strips. 
   
   
       4 : The aid according to  claim 3 , wherein the elastic band is provided on one side with primary Velcro strip and on the other side with secondary Velcro strip. 
   
   
       5 : The aid according to  claim 4 , wherein the secondary Velcro strip extends along a relatively small part of the free outer end of the band. 
   
   
       6 : The aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the peripheral body is formed by bringing together and at least partially connecting to each other two opposite free edge portions of a flat sheet of the material, thereby forming a shared edge portion. 
   
   
       7 : The aid according to  claim 6 , wherein the shared edge portions extend in longitudinal direction of the aid and the fixation means are attached to the shared edge portions. 
   
   
       8 : The aid according to  claim 7 , wherein the connection is a stitched connection and is formed by a felled seam. 
   
   
       9 : The aid according to  claim 1 , wherein the smooth material comprises a material structure coated with a low-friction plastic. 
   
   
       10 : The aid according to  claim 9 , wherein the low-friction plastic comprises a polyolefin. 
   
   
       11 : The aid according to  claim 10 , wherein the polyolefin comprises a polytetrafluoroethylene. 
   
   
       12 : The aid according to  claim 9 , wherein the material structure comprises a thin fabric, a non-woven and/or a film of a thermoplastic plastic and/or glass fiber. 
   
   
       13 : The aid according to  claim 9 , wherein the material structure is manufactured from a plastic selected from the group of polyesters and/or polyamides. 
   
   
       14 : The aid according to  claim 12 , wherein the thermoplastic plastic comprises an anti-block agent. 
   
   
       15 : The aid according to  claim 9 , wherein the low-friction plastic comprises an anti-block agent.