Dressing aid

Abstract

A dressing aid to assist individuals with limited lower back and/or knee flexibility don under and outer garments.

1 . A device to assist physically challenged individuals don under and outer garments comprising:
 a length of connective material comprising a first end, a second end, and a mid-point;   at least one pair of grip devices, wherein the first member of said at least one pair of grip devices is attached to said first end of said connective material and wherein the second member of said at least one pair of grip devices is attached to said second end of said connective material;   and further wherein said device comprises a spreader element wherein said spreader element comprises a bar, and wherein said bar comprises a first pair of connector chases and a second pair of connector chases, and wherein the first end and the second end of said length of connective material are anchored, respectively, in the first and second members of the first pair of connection chases; and further wherein the first end of said first grip connector is attached to the first member of said at least one pair of grip devices and the first end of said grip connector is attached to the second member of said at least one pair of grip devices; and further wherein the second end of the first and of the second grip connector are anchored, respectively, in the first and second members of the second pair of connector chases.   
     
     
         2 . A device to assist physically challenged individuals don under and outer garments comprising:
 a length of connective material comprising a first end, a second end, and a mid-point;   at least one pair of grip devices, wherein the first member of said at least one pair of grip devices is attached to said first end of said connective material and wherein the second member of said at least one pair of grip devices is attached to said second end of said connective material; and further wherein said device comprises a spreader element, wherein said spreader element comprises a flat, inverted U-shaped plate wherein said inverted U-shaped plate comprises a top surface and a bottom surface, and further comprises a base, a first arm, a second arm, and a first pair of connector chases; wherein the first end of said length of connective material is attached to the first member of said first pair of connector chases and the second end of said length of connective material is attached to the second member of said first pair of connector chases, and further wherein, the first member of said at least one pair of grip devices is firmly anchored on said first arm and the second member of said at least one pair of grip devices is firmly anchored on the said second arm.   
     
     
         3 . A device to assist physically challenged individuals don under and outer garments comprising:
 at length of connective material comprising a first end, a second end, and a mid-point;   a least one pair of grip devices, wherein the first member of said at least one pair of grip devices is attached to said first end of said connective material and wherein the second member of said at least one pair of grip devices is attached to said second end of said connective material; and further wherein said device comprises a fixed spacer unit, wherein said fixed spacer unit comprises a cylinder, wherein said cylinder comprises a first end and a second end, and said cylinder further comprises a length and a diameter, and further wherein said cylinder comprises a first closing flap attached to said first end of said cylinder and a second closing flap attached to said second end of said spacer unit further comprises a rigid spacer unit, wherein said rigid spacer unit comprises a length and a diameter and wherein said spacer unit is positioned in said cylinder and held in position by said first and said second closing flap, and further wherein the first end of said cylinder is attached near the first end of said length of connective material and said second end of said cylinder is attached near the second end of said length of connective material such that the distance from the bottom of the cylinder to the tip of the grip device at each end of said length of connective material is approximately twice the length of the connective device.   
     
     
         4 . the device to assist physically challenged individuals don under and outer garments of  claim 3  wherein said connective material is web material.