Restraining garment
OwnerVirginia M. Manahaninventor
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Abstract
The present inventions relates to a garment for comfortably and securely confining a patient in a bed, chair or other supporting structure. The garment is a loose fitting gown disposed on the upper body that permits patient mobility on the supporting structure yet prevents escape by accident or otherwise. The garment is particularly suited for use on elderly hospital patients, invalids and the like, but may be used on other patients to be restrained. The garment can not be removed by the patient and has a waist and crotch restraining members which can be employed alternately and/or simultaneously for confining a patient to a bed, a chair, or other supporting structure.
Claims7
A garment for comfortably confining and securing a person to bed, chair or other supporting structure while permitting relatively free movement upon said supporting structure, said garment comprising:
- (a) a body member fitting about the torso of said person and having apertures therein;
- (b) sleeve members, through which the arms of said person may be disposed;
- (c) fastening means for securing said body member about the torso of said person, said fastening means for snugly forming the neck opening;
- (d) a single belt means disposed through said apertures in said body member, positioned such that said single belt means is disposed at the waist of said person, said belt means capable of being coupled to said supporting structure on either side of said person for confining said person to said supporting structure while permitting relative freedom of movement upon said supporting structure, said belt means being separate and not coupled to said body member permitting independent adjustment of said body member;
- (e) a strap means coupled to the front lower portion of said body member, said strap means capable of being disposed through the crotch of said person and being secured behind the buttock of said person to a said supporting structure or to a lower portion at the rear of said body member.
A garment for comfortably confining and securing a person to a bed, chair or other supporting structure while permitting relatively free movement upon said supporting structure, said garment comprising;
- (a) a body member fitting about the torso of said person and having an opening at the back thereof and apertures therein;
- (b) fastening means disposed at said opening to secure said body member about the torso of said person;
- said fastening means for snugly forming at least a neck closure;
- (c) sleeve members attached to said body member through which the arms of said person are disposed, of sufficient length to prevent said person from withdrawing his arms therefrom and into said body member when said fastening means is fastened, said sleeve members preventing said person from removing said garment;
- (d) a single belt means disposed through at least two apertures in the lower portion of said body member, said apertures disposed such that the ends of said belt means protrude from opposite sides of said garment, said ends being securable to said supporting structure;
- said belt means, being separate and not coupled to said body member, have a portion thereof disposed beneath said garment and about the waist of said person for confining said person to said supporting structure while permitting adjustment of the garment and relative freedom of movement upon said supporting structure;
- (e) a strap means coupled to a front lower portion of said body member and being capable of alternate ways of securement such that when said person is reclining on a said supporting structure, said strap means is disposed through the crotch of said person and secured to a lower rear portion of said body member thereby preventing removal of said body member by said person;
- when said supporting structure is a chair or the like, said strap means is disposed through the crotch of said person and secured behind said person's buttock to said supporting structure and thereby restraining the lower body of said person thereon;
- said strap means being of sufficient width to prevent chafing and cutting and having an elongated aperture disposed therein to permit a person to excrete body waste therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.