Patent ID: 8109418

Claim:
An apparatus to aid in the removal of closely fitting articles on a leg and foot of a person, comprising: a. a generally helical shaped tapered blade of a given length and made of a single piece of molded material having a shoulder area at a proximal end, a bottom area at a distal end, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge and the trailing edge have a different radius of curvature, the entire single piece blade having a varying width tapering from the shoulder area to the bottom area which terminates in a generally rounded bottom edge, the blade being helically arcuate along a plane from the leading edge to the trailing edge wherein the blade has an outward face that is convex and a back that is concave; b. a hook member integrally formed onto the outward face and extending away from the outward face and having a curvature extending toward the rounded bottom end, the hook member positioned at a given distance above the rounded bottom end; c. an integrally formed handle member located at an upper end of the shoulder area and curved in such a manner that the curvation is on the convex face and is facing the rounded bottom end; and d. the blade is grasped in one hand by the handle and inserted between the article to be removed from a leg such that the curvature of the hook engages the uppermost portion of the article and a downward force on the blade enables the blade to push the article off the leg and foot and the rounded bottom end prevents the blade from damaging the article and the leg.