Patent ID: 9198530
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A footwear donning and removal system comprising: (a) a one-piece leg and foot guide mechanism forming an L-shaped open passageway, said leg and foot guide mechanism including a pair of laterally displaced side members, each of said laterally displaced side members being contoured in an L-shaped contour and said L-shaped open passageway having an open cross-sectional contour throughout an overall extension of said leg and foot guide mechanism and adapted to receive a portion of a leg and foot of a user; (b) a frictional member mounted to said leg and foot guide mechanism, said frictional member extending in a vertical and horizontal direction within said L-shaped open passageway in contiguous contact therewith throughout an entire length of said L-shaped open passageway; (c) a platform mounted to a lower surface of said leg and foot guide mechanism whereby said leg and foot guide mechanism is stabilized when said leg and foot of the user is reversibly inserted into said L-shaped open passageway; and, (d) an upper footwear gripping mechanism formed laterally in an upper section of each of said laterally displaced side members for releasably capturing said footwear to said laterally displaced side members, said upper footwear gripping mechanism adapted to receive and be encompassed by an upper section of said footwear which extends over an upper end of each of said laterally displaced side members.