Medical dignity garment
AssigneeGuided Inspiration, Inc.
InventorMary M. Hogan
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Abstract
The invention comprises a medical dignity garment with a body portion with a back panel and opposing front panel, a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion and a flap on one of the front panels moveable between open and closed positions relative to a patient's medical access area. The invention also comprises a flap having a horizontal edge extending substantially horizontally above a patient's breast and being releaseably fastened to the one front panel, the flap having a folding edge fixed to the back panel so that the flap is movable upwardly from the closed position to the open position so as to provide access to the patient's medical access area without removing the garment.
Claims10
A medical dignity garment allowing access to a medical access area in a patient without removal of the garment and closure over the medical access area while treatment is in progress, the medical dignity garment comprising:
- the body portion having a back panel and opposing front panels connected by shoulder and side seams;
- a body portion having opposing sleeves attached by a arm hole seam;
- the body portion defining a neck opening;
- the front panels having at least one flap, the flap being defined by placket, lower, sleeve, and folding edges, the flap detachable and foldable along the folding edge;
- the front panels having a placket overlap area defining the placket edge of the flap, the panels being connected by a set of first fasteners;
- the front panels having at least one upper and lower section, the upper and lower section having an approximately horizontal overlap area above the breast defining the lower edge of the flap, the upper and lower sections being connected by a set of second fasteners;
- the front panels having at least one sleeve overlap area defined by the upper section and sleeve, the sleeve overlap area defining the sleeve edge of the flap, the upper section and sleeve being connected by a set of third fasteners.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.