The Boot
Car door opener for arthritis suffers
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Approved by Stacy Hagar, Occupational Therapist, St. John Regional Medical Center, Oxnard, CA  93030


A tool designed to easily open most car doors safely and comfortably.   The added leverage the Boot gives takes the pressure off your finger joints and uses the strength of your full hands and weight of your body.  The shape gives you the turning power for ignitions and key locks.  The toe is for releasing seat belts.  The heel is for pushing large buttons.  The Boot is a powerful tool designed to make life a little easier with style!

Match the numbers on the photos, to the corresponding bullet, below each picture, for a description of the Boot's functionality at that point.

The Boot

  1. This groove is for griping "level" type car door handles.

  2. This side of the heel, is used to hold the "lever" type door handle from slipping while the user lifts the Boot, to open the door.  Pressure that would have been on the smaller weaker joints of the hand, is now on this point.   Allowing the pressure that has been reduced (on a lbs. scale it took 1500 lbs. on a single point to open "lever" type doors, this was reduced to a 100 lbs., with the Boot) to be distributed over two palms, (stronger joints).  This allows the inflammation in the hands to be less stressed, allowing medication a chance to stop the inflammation, without irritating the small weak joints from day to day travel needs.

  3. The heel is used to open "button" type door handles.

  4. This groove is for "button" type door handles.  When the user puts the door handle in this groove and rocks the Boot using various body parts (legs, arms, hands), toward the door, the heel pushes the button in and opens the door.

  5. This is where on the Boot, the leverage comes into play.  Prying the "lever" type door handles open.

  6. Special curved to allow a person's leg to push the Boot towards the car to open "button" type doors.

 

Boot 2

  1. This space is where your car's ignition switch slides into, (car ignitions have a butterfly switch so you can start your car instead of breaking the keys in the switch) now the Boot takes on the pressure that your thumb used to.  Notice the Boot is hollow, this is so it will be as light as possible to carry and not add pressure to the car's ignition switch.

  2. Key chain.  When a user places their key, that they wish to use, toward space number 1. and puts the remaining keys towards number 2. the key will rise and stay in position as shown above.  When the keys are brought back toward space number 1. the keys become loose again.

  3. Special curve, to turn the car's ignition switch.  Normally your thumb would turn the key, now you use your entire palm.

  4. With keys in the number 2. position, a user can now use their leg or hip to push the Boot, toward the car to open "button" type door handles.

The devices available "Lever" type door handles. "Button" type door handles. Can be used on both sides of the car. PRICE
The Boot YES YES YES $24.95 NO ADDITIONAL CHARGES
The Claw NO YES NO 25.95 + SHIPPING
The lever YES NO YES 25.95 + SHIPPING
The key turner NO NO YES 9.95 + SHIPPING

At one low price, you are getting the benefit that many devices have, in one, light weight device.

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