Patent ID: 6763982
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A hosiery removal and retrieval tool for use by a user having at least one foot, said foot being covered by hosiery and also by a shoe, comprising a substantially cylindrical elongated shank having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end terminates in a rounded portion, the tool further having a substantially cylindrical prong extending from the shank and forming an acute angle with the shank at the first end thereof for pushing hosiery off the foot of the user, said first end also having a notch for pushing the shoe off the foot of the user, wherein the prong at the first end of the hosiery removal tool has an internally oriented surface which substantially faces the elongated shank of the tool, and an externally oriented surface which substantially faces away from the elongated shank, and wherein said prong has a rough strip located on said externally oriented surface for aiding a user in retrieving hosiery once it has been removed by the prong.