Patent ID: 9186010
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: two similar but independent hand held units designed to assist people with limited body flexibility to simply put on and take off underpants or elastic waisted trousers, each unit including a comfortable handle of various materials, connected to a strong, lightweight shaft, the shaft long enough so that when seated and holding the handle attached to the shaft at a first end, a second end of the shaft comfortably reaches the ground in front of a user's toes without excessive bending from the waist or hips, wherein, at the second end of each of the units' shafts is firmly attached a strong, but lightweight, slim, narrow profile curved head of elongate form and extending across the shaft, the curvature of the head being formed along the longitudinal axis of the head, the head having (i) an internal concave surface configured to guide the head along a leg of the user, and (ii) an opposing external convex surface being covered with a fabric gripping material, wherein each of the heads is designed to hold a weight of a garment comfortably and also hold a waistband of the garment open when correctly attached to the garment and the device is held in its correct working position.