Virginia L Busch

US Patent:

59747013, Nov 2, 1999

Filed:

Mar 16, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/039721

Inventors:

Virginia G. Busch - Imperial MO

International Classification:

A43B 1100
A43C 1100
A47G 2580

US Classification:

36138

Abstract:

A shoe donning enabler adapted for use with a dressing stick but which can be used without a dressing stick by some patients. The enabler can be attached to an ordinary pair of shoes and may be supplied as a conversion kit. The enabler has a ring supported at the back of a shoe on a lace, a first end of which is attached to the ring and a second end of which is threaded through a pair of holes provided in the back of the shoe. The second end of the lace passes from the inside of the shoe through one of the holes, passing back through the second hole into the inside of the shoe and is attached to the ring. The lace is long enough that the ring hangs outside the shoe where it can be hooked with a dressing stick or finger.