Patent ID: 7699195
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A method for donning a tubular compression garment, the method comprising, in the following order: inserting a bottom end of a tubular assist device into a channel of a tubular compression garment by passing the bottom end of the assist device through a first opening at a first end of the tubular compression garment, the tubular assist device having an interior surface bounding a passage extending through the assist device; advancing the bottom end of the assist device within the channel of the compression garment so that the bottom end is disposed within a second end of the compression garment or so that the bottom end projects out through a second opening formed at the second end of the compression garment; and inserting a hand or foot of a user into the passage of the tubular assist device so that the compression garment encircles the hand or the foot.