Portable dialysis bag protective skirt
OwnerYvonne M. Childsinventor
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Abstract
A skirt that allows a patient using a portable dialysis bag to shower without wetting the bag comprising, a skirt having a flexible waist band with an elastic disposed therein, a securing arrangement at overlapping portions of waist ends to hold the skirt about the patient's waist, and a pocket disposed on the interior side of the skirt to hold the dialysis bag. The pocket has a flap thereover that is press-fitted to effect closure between fasteners on the flap and pocket.
Claims4
A skirt that permits a patient using a portable dialysis bag to shower without wetting said bag and to cleanse body areas inside and outside of the skirt that are not connected to the bag comprising:
- a waterproof skirt comprising a flexible waist band having crimped and non-crimped portions and having elastic means disposed therein;
- securing means at overlapping portions of waist ends to hold said skirt in place about a patient's waist;
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- a pocket disposed on an inside part of said skirt to receive a portable dialysis bag;
- wherein said pocket has a flap thereover to effect closure when hook and loop fasteners on an interior side of said flap and on an exterior side of said pocket are pressed into contact;
- and wherein said non-crimped portion is flat and disposed above said flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.