Expandable children garment with an improved adjustable feature

An improved and unique adjustment feature for an article of clothing having a shirt body portion, a pair of sleeves with arm exit openings extending from the shirt body portion, an associated pant section having a pair of leg portions and a foot or bootie portion in cooperation with the leg portions, the improved and unique adjustment feature comprising;

• a first plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements disposed and secured along the interior of the pair of sleeves, each of the first spaced apart adjustment elements defining a pocket member with a closed lower end attached at or adjacent the exit openings of the sleeves and an upper open end attached at a spaced and selected distance from the exit openings, the upper open end having a button fastener adjacent thereto, an elastic band member having a first end secured inside the pocket member at the closed lower end of the pocket and a second end extending at a selected distance beyond the upper open end of the pocket, the elastic band member has a plurality of button fastener holes therein;
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• a second plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements disposed and secured along the interior of each of the pair of leg portions and along the interior of the foot or bootie portion, each of the second spaced apart adjustment elements including at least a pocket member with a closed lower end and an upper open end with a button fastener attached thereto, at least an elastic band member having a first end secured inside the at least a pocket member at the closed lower end of the at least a pocket and a second end extending at a selected distance beyond the upper open end of the at least a pocket, the at least an elastic band member has a plurality of button holes therein,
• whereby, the adjustment of the article of clothing is achieved simply by grasping the second ends of the elastic bands and selectively pulling and stretching the second ends outwardly of the open ends of the plurality of pockets to connect any desired button holes with the plurality of pocket button fasteners to accommodate for physical dimensional changes of an infant, child or individual, such as, leg length, leg circumference, arm length, arm circumference or waistline circumference during the development or growth stages of the infant, child or individual as the article of clothing is adjusted, while at the same time, reducing or eliminating material gathering and maintaining the integrity of the article of clothing.

An article of clothing in combination with an improved and unique adjustment feature, the combination comprising:

• a clothing garment having a shirt body portion, a pair of sleeves with arm exit openings, an upper collar and neck opening, a lower body exit opening and an associated extended body member defining a pair of leg portions;
• the improved and unique adjustment feature including;
• a first plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements disposed and secured along the interior of the pair of sleeves, the first spaced apart adjustment elements defining at least a pair of spaced apart pocket members with closed lower ends attached at or adjacent the exit openings of the sleeves and upper open ends attached at a spaced and selected distance from the exit openings, the upper open ends having a button fastener adjacent thereto, at least a pair of elastic band members having a first end secured inside the spaced apart pocket members at the closed lower ends thereof and a second end extending at a selected distance beyond the upper open ends of the spaced apart pockets, the at least a pair of spaced apart elastic band members have a plurality of button fastener holes therein;
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• a second plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements disposed and secured along both of the interior side seams of the shirt body portion, the second plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements defining at least a pair pocket members with closed lower ends attached along the interior side seams at or adjacent the lower body exit opening of the shirt body portion and upper open ends attached at a spaced and selected position along the interior side seams from the lower body exit opening, the upper open ends of the at least a pair of pockets having a button fastener adjacent thereto, at least a pair of elastic band members having a first end secured inside each of the at least a pair of pocket members at the closed lower ends of the at least a pair of pocket members and second ends extending at a selected distance beyond the upper open ends of the at least a pair of pocket members, each of the at least a pair of elastic band members have a plurality of button holes therein,
• whereby, the adjustment of the article of clothing is achieved when the second ends of the elastic bands are grasped and selectively pulled and stretched out of the open ends of the plurality of pockets to connect any desired button holes with the plurality of pocket button fasteners to accommodate for physical dimensional changes in children during their growth and development stages, while simultaneously reducing or eliminating material gathering of the garment as it being adjusted.