Patent ID: 8474666

Claim:
An ankle foot orthosis and shoe donning apparatus comprising: a cradle for placement of an ankle foot orthosis, said cradle forming a substantially concave L-shaped channel having a vertical portion and a horizontal portion, wherein said cradle includes a plurality of hinge pins disposed on said horizontal portion wherein said hinge pins are substantially T-shaped in cross section; and a docking base wherein said docking base includes hinge channels designed and configured for sliding and rotatable engagement with said hinge pins of said cradle wherein said hinge channels of said docking base are substantially T-shaped in cross section section and are designed and configured so that said cradle can be rotated within said docking base at a variety of positions for donning by pivotal and sliding engagement of said hinge pins of said cradle within said hinge channels and wherein said docking base forms a substantially U-shaped elongated channel for releasable engagement with said cradle, wherein said docking base is further comprised of a docking base top surface, a docking base bottom surface opposite thereto, a docking base left wall, a docking base right wall opposite thereto, a docking base front surface and a docking base rear surface.