US 5,575,006 A · Hospital privacy garment

Abstract

A hospital garment is disclosed which includes a waist encircling band, front and rear panels which depend therefrom, and reversible fasteners on the front and rear panels. The waist encircling band is reversibly attachable about the waist of a wearer using snap fasteners. Additional snap fasteners are located in the lower central portion of both the front and rear panels so that the front and rear panels fasten at the crotch of a wearer in a non-overlapping fashion, and leg holes are formed. When the garment is attached about the wearer's waist and fastened about the wearer's crotch, vertical slits are defined on the outside of the wearer's legs. Overlapping flaps are included on the rear and front panels to cover the vertical apertures. Tubing and wiring associated with medical treatment may be inserted through the front and rear panels at the point of fastening in the crotch portion, as well as through the slits in the outer leg portion of the garment, thus allowing access by hospital personnel without requiring removal of the garment.

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Dependent claims

A hospital garment for covering the lower portion of a patient's body, comprising:

(a) a drapeable panel member having top and bottom ends, said panel having a flat structure and configuration;
(b) waist encircling support means for supporting said panel member around a wearer's waist;
(c) a plurality of vertically oriented slit means for providing medical access to a wearer, said slit means extending from said waist encircling support means to said bottom end of said panel member;
(d) a plurality of overlapping flaps, one said flap covering each said slit means;
and
(e) fastening means adjacent said bottom end of said panel member for providing medical access to said patient adjacent the crotch of said patient.

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A hospital garment for covering the lower portion of a patient's body, comprising:

(a) a waistband, said waistband including means for circumferentially adjusting said waistband to fit the waist size of a wearer;
(b) a drapeable front panel member of flat structure and configuration, said front panel member including a top end and a bottom end, said front panel member joined to and extending from said waistband at said top
(c) a drapeable rear panel member of flat structure and configuration, said rear panel member including a top end and a bottom end, said rear panel member joined to and extending from said waistband at said top end;
(d) first and second vertically oriented slit means for providing medical access to a wearer, said slit means located between said front and rear panel members, each said slit means extending from said waistband to said bottom ends of said front and rear panel members;
(e) said rear panel member including first and second flap means for providing privacy to a wearer, said first and second flap means partly overlapping said front panel member, said first flap means covering said first slit means, said second flap means covering said second slit means;
and
(f) a plurality of fastening means for providing medical access to a wearer adjacent the wearer's crotch, said plurality of fastening means located adjacent said bottom ends of said front and rear panel members, said plurality of fastening means positioned to allow catheter and colostomy tubing to fit between individual said fastening means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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