Birthing article of apparel
AssigneePullman Regional Hospital
InventorLaurelLee Heimbigner
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Abstract
An article of apparel includes a birthing skirt. The birthing skirt includes a skirt portion having a waist opening, and a tubular portion having an end attached to the waist opening of the skirt portion. A material of the tubular portion includes a shape-conforming, elastic material. A pocketless aperture is through a side of the birthing skirt and is sized to accommodate a width of at least one of a fetal monitor transducer, a contraction monitor transducer, or a cable of a monitor transducer.
Claims20
An article of apparel, comprising:
- a birthing skirt including:
- a skirt portion having a waist opening, and
- a tubular portion having an end thereof attached to the waist opening, a material of the tubular portion including a shape-conforming, elastic material;
- and
- a pocketless aperture through a side of the birthing skirt, the pocketless aperture sized to accommodate a width of at least one of a fetal monitor transducer, a contraction monitor transducer, or a cable of a monitor transducer.
An apparel kit, comprising:
- a birthing skirt including:
- a skirt portion,
- a tubular portion having an end thereof attached to the skirt portion, a material of the tubular portion including a shape-conforming, elastic material, and
- a pocketless aperture through a side of the birthing skirt;
- and
- a birthing garment top including a tubular section sized to accommodate a user's torso, the birthing garment top including a shape-conforming, elastic material.
A maternity birthing article of apparel, comprising:
- a lower body piece including a tubular bottom portion that is attached to a skirt, the tubular bottom portion including a shape-conforming, elastic material, and the skirt including a knit material, the skirt being stretchable;
- a first closable slit through a first side of the lower body piece;
- and
- a second closable slit through a second side of the lower body piece,
- wherein the first slit and the second slit are sized to allow passage of at least one of a fetal monitor transducer, a contraction monitor transducer, or a cable of a monitor transducer to reach beneath the tubular bottom portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.