Pajama suit for autistic children

Abstract

Wearing apparel which helps to manage autistic children by preventing them from removing the wearing apparel once they are placed in the wearing apparel. The wearing apparel is made from a soft cotton material and has an opening through which the wearing apparel is placed onto or removed from the child. The opening is the only way the wearing apparel can be donned or removed. A closure mechanism allows the opening to be open for passage of the child into or out of the wearing apparel when in the open configuration and to close the opening to prevent the passage of the child into or out of the wearing apparel when in the closed configuration. The closure is located where the child cannot reach it once the wearing apparel is donned whereby once the child is dressed, the child cannot disrobe.

1 . Wearing apparel for autistic children comprising:
 A) a leg covering portion;   B) a trunk covering portion, the leg covering portion being fixedly connected to the trunk covering portion in a manner such that the leg covering portion and the trunk covering portion are a unit and the leg covering portion cannot be removed from the autistic child without first opening the trunk covering portion;   C) an opening in the trunk covering portion though which the autistic child passes to enter or leave the trunk covering portion, the trunk covering portion being one piece so the opening is the only means for the autistic child to enter or leave the trunk covering portion whereby the only way the autistic child can remove the trunk covering portion and the leg covering portion is to move through the opening in the trunk portion;   D) a closure on the trunk covering portion adjacent to the opening, the closure being located in a section of the trunk covering portion that cannot be reached by the child wearing the trunk covering portion so the child cannot access the closure while wearing the trunk covering portion, and being the only means for opening and closing the trunk covering portion and being adapted to close the trunk covering portion when in a closed configuration and to open the trunk covering portion when in an open configuration whereby once the child is inside the trunk covering portion and the leg covering portion the child cannot by itself remove either the trunk covering portion or the leg covering portion.   
   
   
       2 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 1  wherein the trunk covering portion includes a first section that is located adjacent to the child's chest when worn and a second section that is located adjacent to the child's back when worn, the closure being located in the second section of the trunk covering portion. 
   
   
       3 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 1  wherein the closure is a zipper mechanism. 
   
   
       4 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 1  further including feet covering portions on the leg covering portion. 
   
   
       5 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 1  wherein the trunk covering portion includes an arm covering portion. 
   
   
       6 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 1  wherein the leg covering portion and the trunk covering portion are a one-piece monolithic unit. 
   
   
       7 . Wearing apparel for autistic children comprising:
 A) a trunk covering portion;   B) a leg covering portion, the leg covering portion being fixed to the trunk covering portion to be unitary therewith so that an autistic child cannot can only leave the leg covering portion by first leaving the trunk covering portion;   C) passage means on the trunk covering portion through which the autistic child enters and leaves the trunk covering portion;   D) the passage means on the trunk covering portion, the trunk covering portion being one piece so the only means for the child to enter or leave the trunk covering portion consists entirely of the passage means, the passage means consisting entirely of
 (1) a single opening defined through the trunk covering portion, and 
 (2) a closure on the trunk covering portion adjacent to the opening, the closure being the only means for opening and closing the opening in the trunk covering portion and being adapted to close the opening in the trunk covering portion when in a closed configuration and to open the opening in the trunk covering portion when in an open configuration, the closure being located so a child inside the trunk covering portion cannot obtain access to the closure whereby once the child is inside the trunk covering portion and the leg covering portion the child cannot by itself remove either the trunk covering portion or the leg covering portion. 
   
   
   
       8 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 7  wherein the trunk covering portion includes a first section that is located adjacent to the child's chest when worn and a second section that is located adjacent to the child's back when worn, the closure being located in the second section of the trunk covering portion. 
   
   
       9 . The wearing apparel defined in  claim 7  wherein the leg covering portion and the trunk covering portion are a one-piece monolithic unit.