Hosiery donning aid

1. A hosiery donning assembly, comprising:

a substantially solid base member formed with a generally U-shaped foot space;

at least one continuous hosiery support member having generally U-shaped configuration, said at least one continuous hosiery support member being unobstructed from one side thereof and configured to form a unitary structure with said substantially solid base member in such a maimer that said base member is disposed within a plane transverse to said support member, a lower end of said at least one continuous hosiery support member terminates at and at least partially coincides with said generally U-shaped foot space, and a substantially continuous surface is formed between said substantially solid base member and said at least one continuous hosiery support member.

2. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 1 , further comprising at least one handle support member having a hand gripping portion and substantially solid lower end portion, said at least one handle support member outwardly extending from and configured to form a substantially unitary structure with said base member.

3. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 2 , wherein said at least one handle support member further comprises a pair of handle support members each having the respective lower end portion configured for releasable attachment to said base member.

4. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 3 , wherein the hand gripping portion of each of said pair of handle support members further comprise a handle panel having at least one finger receiving slot extending therethough.

5. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein said base member further comprises a unitary member having a transverse rear base portion adjoining a pair of forwardly extending side base portions, said rear and side base portions defining said generally U-shaped foot space.

6. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein said at least one hosiery support member further comprises a generally U-shaped support panel defined by a front portion and a pair of side panel portions contiguous with an arcuate rear portion, at least partially coinciding with a perimeter of the generally U-shaped foot space of said base member and configured for attachable engagement therewith said front portion being unobstructed through entire length of the hosiery support member.

7. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 6 , wherein, said arcuate rear portion has an elongated panel protrusion formed therein and defining an interior depression configured for slidably engaging and guiding a heel portion of a human foot.

8. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 6 , further comprising a panel shoulder shaped in said support panel portion.

9. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein said at least one hosiery support member further comprises a pair of hosiery support members each configured for releasable attachment to said base member.

10. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 9 , wherein said base member further comprises a unitary member having a transverse rear base portion adjoining a pair of forwardly extending side base portions and a forwardly extending central base portion, said side and central base portions defining a pair of spaced apart generally U-shaped foot spaces.

11. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 10 , wherein the support element of each of said hosiery support member further comprises a generally U-shaped support panel defined by a pair of side panel portions contiguous with an arcuate rear portion, a lower end of each said hosiery support member at least partially coinciding with the perimeter of a corresponding one of said generally U-shaped base member foot space and configured for releasable engagement therewith.

12. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 11 , wherein each of said arcuate rear portions has an elongated panel protrusion formed therein and defining an interior depression configured for slidably engaging and guiding a heel portion of a human foot.

13. A hosiery donning assembly as recited in claim 11 , further comprising a panel shoulder shaped in each of said support panel portions.

14. A hosiery donning aid, comprising

a base;

at least one hosiery support having a support element carried by said base, said base being disposed within a plane transverse to said at least one hosiery support, said support element having a generally U-shaped hosiery support panel defined by a pair of side panel portions contiguous with an arcuate rear portion, said arcuate rear portion having an elongated protrusion formed therein and defining a depression configured for slidably engaging and guiding a heel potion of a human foot.

15. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 14 , further comprising at least one handle support having a handle outwardly extending from said base in adjacent relationship to said at least one hosiery support.

16. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 15 , wherein said at least one handle support further comprises a pair of handle supports extending outwardly from said base on respective sides of said at least one hosiery support.

17. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 16 , wherein each said handle support is positioned at an angle to a longitudinal axis of said base.

18. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 15 , wherein the handle of said at least one handle support further comprises a handle panel having at least one finger-receiving slot extending therethough.

19. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 15 , wherein said at least one hosiery support and said at least one handle support are fixedly attached to said base.

20. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 14 , wherein said base further comprises a transverse rear base portion adjoining a pair of forwardly extending side base portions, said rear and side base portions substantially defining a generally U-shaped foot space.

21. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 20 , wherein a lower end of said generally U-shaped unitary support panel at least partially coincides with a perimeter of said generally U-shaped foot space.

22. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 20 , further comprising a panel shoulder shaped in said support panel.

23. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 14 , wherein said at least one hosiery support further comprises a pair of adjacent hosiery supports each having a support panel carried by said base.

24. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 14 , wherein said elongated protrusion extends along a longitudinal axis of said hosiery support.

25. A hosiery donning aid as recited in claim 14 , wherein said elongated protrusion is formed by curved sections provided at both ends thereof and a substantially linier section interposed therebetween.