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US 11,576,443 B1Granted
Pajama pants sleepwear
OwnerLavern V. Carnegieinventor
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Abstract
Pajama wear, in the form of pants or shorts, with an easy accessed, manipulated and released covered front flap-opening for males with urinary urgency or incontinence and or impaired hand co-ordination or physical challenge. This U-shaped flap extending from immediately below the waistband to the crotch, when unfastened, falls downward to allow quick and convenient access to the male genitalia to allow for, but not limited to, urination into a hand-held urinal or a commode. A convenient access for patients and caregivers this route may also be implemented to facilitate urine collection via a hand held urinal, as well as but not limited to, catheter insertion, use care and removal and allowing for medical inspection of the genital area.
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Pajama pants sleepwear comprising:
- an upper circumferential edge defining an open waist at a waistband of the pajama pants sleepwear;
- a front half formed of flannel or cotton pajama sleepwear fabric material;
- an opening formed in a front portion of the front half, the front portion being substantially smaller than the front half, the opening defining a left front portion with a vertical left front portion side edge extending vertically downward directly from said upper circumferential edge, a right front portion with a right front portion side edge extending vertically downward directly from said upper circumferential edge, and a bottom portion with a horizontal bottom front portion side edge;
- a flap having a square or rectangular shape with a first flap side edge, a second flap side edge opposite the first flap side edge, a top flap side edge, and a bottom flap side edge, said top flap side edge aligned with and forming a portion of said upper circumferential edge, said flap formed of flannel or cotton pajama sleepwear fabric material;
- a first engagement device releasably coupling the left front portion side edge and the first flap side edge;
- a second engagement device separate from said first engagement device, said second engagement device releasably coupling the right front portion side edge and the second flap side edge;
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- a cover extending directly and at least partly over said flap in a closed position, said cover having a square or rectangular shape with a first cover side edge, a second cover side edge, a cover top edge and a cover bottom edge, and wherein the cover top edge is fixedly coupled at the waistband of the pajama pants sleepwear and the cover bottom edge and the first and second cover side edges are free so that in the closed position said cover hangs freely at least partly over said flap and in an open position said cover moves upward to reveal said flap, and said flap moves downward, and wherein said top flap side edge is free and folds downward along the bottom flap side edge.
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Pajama pants comprising:
- an upper circumferential edge defining an open waist at a waistband of the pajama pants;
- a front half having a front portion with an opening defining a left front portion with a left front portion side edge, a right front portion with a right front portion side edge, and a bottom portion with a bottom front portion side edge, said front half made of pajama sleepwear material;
- an inner flap having a square or rectangular shape with a first flap side edge extending vertically downward from said upper circumferential edge, a second flap side edge opposite the first flap side edge and extending vertically downward from said upper circumferential edge, a top flap side edge, and a bottom flap side edge, the bottom flap side edge coupled with the bottom front portion side edge, said inner flap made of pajama sleepwear material;
- a first engagement device releasably coupling the left front portion side edge and the first flap side edge, and a second engagement device releasably coupling the right front portion side edge and the second flap side edge;
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- an outer cover configured to extend directly over said inner flap in a closed position and disconnected from said inner flap in both the closed position and an open position, said outer cover having a square or rectangular shape with a first cover side edge, a second cover side edge, a cover top edge and a cover bottom edge, and wherein the cover top edge is fixedly coupled to the front half at the waistband of the pajama pants and the cover bottom edge and the first and second cover side edges are free so that in the closed position said outer cover hangs freely over said inner flap and in the open position said outer cover moves upward to reveal said inner flap and said inner flap moves downward, said outer cover made of pajama sleepwear material,
- whereby the pajama sleepwear material of said front half, said inner flap and said outer cover are a same pajama sleepwear material forming said pajama pants.
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Pajama pants sleepwear comprising:
- an upper circumferential edge defining an open waist at a waistband of the pajama pants sleepwear;
- a rear half;
- an opening formed in a portion of the rear half, the portion being substantially smaller than the rear half, the opening defining a left rear portion with a vertical left rear portion side edge, a right rear portion with a vertical right rear portion side edge, and a bottom portion with a horizontal bottom rear portion side edge;
- a flap having a square or rectangular shape with a first flap side edge extending vertically downward directly from said upper circumferential edge, a second flap side edge opposite the first flap side edge and extending vertically downward directly from said upper circumferential edge, a top flap side edge, and a bottom flap side edge, the bottom flap side edge coupled with the bottom rear portion side edge, said top flap side edge aligned with and forming a portion of said upper circumferential edge, said flap made of pajama sleepwear material;
- a first engagement device positioned along the left rear portion side edge and the first flap side edge to releasably couple the left rear portion side edge and the first flap side edge;
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- a second engagement device separate from the first engagement device, said second engagement device positioned along the right rear portion side edge and the second flap side edge to releasably couple the right rear portion side edge and the second flap side edge;
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- a cover having a closed position and an open position, said cover extending directly over said flap in said closed position and revealing said flap in the open position, said cover having a square or rectangular shape with a first cover side edge, a second cover side edge, a cover top edge and a cover bottom edge, and wherein the cover top edge is integrally coupled to the rear half at the waistband of the pajama pants sleepwear and is disconnected from the flap, and the cover bottom edge and first and second side edges are free so that said cover hangs freely over said flap in the closed position and moves upward in the open position to reveal said flap and said flap moves downward, said cover made of pajama sleepwear material, and wherein said top flap side edge is free and folds downward along the bottom flap side edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.