Hospital garment

Abstract

An improved hospital garment is disclosed for use by a patient. The garment may be a shirt-like portion having a placket to permit the shirt-like portion to be donned and doffed in the manner of a robe, and defining a neck opening through which the neck of the patient extends when the shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on the patient. The garment may include sleeves through which the arms of the patient extend when the shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on the patient. Each sleeve may be defined by a piece of fabric and may have a hook and loop fastener secured thereto. On each sleeve, the fabric piece, when the shirt-like portion is operatively disposed upon the patient and the patient is upright, overlaps upon and may be secured by the hook and loop fastener to itself upon the shoulder of the patient. This fastener may be releasable to permit the shirt-like portion to be parted along each sleeve to the neck opening to provide ready access to the upper torso of the patient. It may be shaped and dimensioned such that the overlapped part of the fabric piece substantially overhangs the shoulder so as to be capable of suspending the shirt-like portion from the shoulder when the overlapping and overlapped portions are released from one another by the fastener.

1 . An improved hospital garment for use by a patient, said garment being of the type comprising a shirt-like portion: having a placket to permit said shirt-like portion to be donned and doffed in the manner of a robe, defining a neck opening through which the neck of said patient extends when said shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on said patient; and including sleeves through which the arms of said patient extend when said shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on said patient, each sleeve being defined by a piece of fabric and by a hook and loop fastener secured thereto, wherein the improvement comprises, in each sleeve, the fabric piece, when the shirt-like portion is operatively disposed upon said patient and the patient is upright,
 overlapping upon and being secured by the hook and loop fastener to itself upon the shoulder of the patient, such securement being a releasable securement to permit the shirt-like portion to be parted along said each sleeve to the neck opening to provide ready access to the upper torso of said patient; and   being shaped and dimensioned such that the overlapped part of the fabric piece substantially overhangs the shoulder so as to be capable of suspending the shirt-like portion from said shoulder when the overlapping and overlapped portions are released from one another by the hook and loop fastener.   
   
   
       2 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein, in each sleeve, the fabric piece is shaped and dimensioned such that, when the shirt-like portion is operatively disposed upon said patient and the patient is upright, the overlapping part substantially overhangs the shoulder so as to be capable of suspending the shirt-like portion from said shoulder when the overlapping and overlapped portions are released from one another by the hook and loop fastener. 
   
   
       3 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the shirt-like portion has Raglan sleeves. 
   
   
       4 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the shirt-like portion is a three-quarter length robe. 
   
   
       5 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , further comprising a pair of tie-ups secured to the shirt-like portion on opposite sides of the placket for closure thereof. 
   
   
       6 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , further comprising a telemetry pocket secured to the shirt-like portion so as to lie interiorly thereof, adjacent the chest of the patient, when the shirt-like portion is in its operative disposition with the placket disposed anteriorly. 
   
   
       7 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the shirt-like portion is a shirt. 
   
   
       8 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the shirt-like garment is adapted to be worn by the patient with the placket disposed anteriorly. 
   
   
       9 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the shirt-like garment is adapted to be worn by the patient with the placket disposed posteriorly. 
   
   
       10 . A hospital garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the shirt-like garment is adapted to be worn by the patient with the placket disposed either anteriorly or posteriorly. 
   
   
       11 . A hospital garment for use by a patient, said garment comprising a pair of pants including:
 a pair of pant portions through which the legs of said patient extend when said pair of pants is operatively disposed on said patient;   a trunk body: defining a crotch from which the pant portions extend;   which, when said pair of pants is operatively disposed on said patient, covers the pelvis of said patient and defines a waistline from which the torso of said patient extends; and having a pair of portions which flank and define a overlap placket which extends from the crotch to the waistline, one of said portions being a flap which overlaps the other of said portions when said trunk body is operatively disposed on said patient; and   a closure for releasably securing the flap to the other portion to releasably secure said pair of pants in the operative position.   
   
   
       12 . A hospital garment according to  claim 11 , wherein the pair of pants is adapted to be worn by the patient with the overlap placket disposed anteriorly. 
   
   
       13 . A hospital garment according to  claim 11 , wherein the pair of pants is adapted to be worn by the patient with the overlap placket disposed posteriorly. 
   
   
       14 . A hospital garment according to  claim 11 , wherein the pair of pants is adapted to be worn by the patient with the overlap placket disposed either anteriorly or posteriorly. 
   
   
       15 . A hospital garment according to  claim 11 , further comprising a pair of tie-ups secured to the trunk body on opposite sides of the overlap placket for closure thereof. 
   
   
       16 . A hospital garment for use by a patient, said garment comprising:
 a shirt
 having a vest placket to permit said shirt to be donned and doffed in the manner of a robe, 
 defining a neck opening through which the neck of said patient extends when said shirt is operatively disposed on said patient; 
 including sleeves through which the arms of said patient extend when said shirt is operatively disposed on said patient, each sleeve being defined by a piece of fabric and by a hook and loop fastener secured thereto, 
   wherein, in each sleeve, the fabric piece, when the shirt is operatively disposed upon said patient and the patient is upright,
 overlaps upon and is secured by the hook and loop fastener to itself upon the shoulder of the patient, such securement being releasable to permit the shirt to be parted along said each sleeve to the neck opening to provide ready access to the upper torso of said patient; and 
 is shaped and dimensioned such that the overlapped part of the fabric piece substantially overhangs the shoulder so as to be capable of suspending the shirt from said shoulder when the overlapping and overlapped portions are released from one another by the hook and loop fastener; and 
   a pair of pants including
 a pair of pant portions through which the legs of said patient extend when said pair of pants is operatively disposed on said patient; 
 a trunk body: defining a crotch from which the pant portions extend; 
   which, when said pair of pants is operatively disposed on said patient, covers the pelvis of said patient and defines a waistline from which the torso of said patient extends; and having a pair of portions which flank and define a overlap placket which extends from the crotch to the waistline, one of said portions being a flap which overlaps the other of said portions when said trunk body is operatively disposed on said patient; and
 a closure for releasably securing the flap to the other portion to releasably secure said pair of pants in the operative position. 
   
   
   
       17 . A hospital garment according to  claim 16 , wherein, in each sleeve, the fabric piece is shaped and dimensioned such that, when the shirt is operatively disposed upon said patient and the patient is upright, the overlapping part substantially overhangs the shoulder so as to be capable of suspending the shirt from said shoulder when the overlapping and overlapped portions are released from one another by the hook and loop fastener. 
   
   
       18 . A hospital garment according to  claim 16 , wherein the shirt is adapted to be worn by the patient with the vest placket disposed either anteriorly or posteriorly and wherein the pair of pants is adapted to be worn by the patient with the overlap placket disposed either anteriorly or posteriorly. 
   
   
       19 . A hospital garment according to  claim 16 , further comprising a pair of trunk tie-ups secured to the trunk body on opposite sides of the overlap placket for closure thereof. 
   
   
       20 . A hospital garment according to  claim 16 , further comprising a pair of top tie-ups secured to the shirt on opposite sides of the vest placket for closure thereof. 
   
   
       21 . A hospital garment for use by a patient, said garment being of the type comprising a shirt-like portion: having a placket to permit said shirt-like portion to be donned and doffed in the manner of a robe, defining a neck opening through which the neck of said patient extends when said shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on said patient; and including sleeves through which the arms of said patient extend when said shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on said patient, each sleeve being defined by a piece of fabric and by a releasable fastener secured thereto, wherein the improvement comprises, in each sleeve, the fabric piece, when the shirt-like portion is operatively disposed upon said patient and the patient is upright,
 overlapping upon and being secured by the releasable fastener to itself upon the shoulder of the patient, such securement being a releasable securement to permit the shirt-like portion to be parted along said each sleeve to the neck opening to provide ready access to the upper torso of said patient; and   being shaped and dimensioned such that the overlapped part of the fabric piece substantially overhangs the shoulder so as to be capable of suspending the shirt-like portion from said shoulder when the overlapping and overlapped portions are released from one another by the releasable fastener.   
   
   
       22 . A hospital garment for use by a patient having a body surface, said garment being of the type comprising a shirt-like portion having a neck opening through which the neck of said patient extends when said shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on said patient; and including sleeves through which the arms of said patient extend when said shirt-like portion is operatively disposed on said patient;
 said shirt-like portion having a first panel overlapping a second panel;   a first cord member secured proximate an end portion to said second panel at a first surface of said second panel, at a position spaced from an edge of said first panel when said first panel is overlapped with said second panel;   a second cord member secured proximate an end portion to said first panel; and   said first and second cord members being securable to each other to hold said first and second panels in overlapping relation.   
   
   
       23 . A hospital garment as claimed in  claim 22  wherein a variable length portion of said first cord member is held in a passageway having a length, and said passageway being defined between a portion of said first surface of said second panel and a cover panel secured to said first surface of said second panel, with an end portion of said first cord member extending out of said passageway to be securable to said second cord member, said length of said passageway being adapted to be shortened when said cover panel and said second panel are cinched up on said cord member to vary said length. 
   
   
       24 . A hospital garment as claimed in  claim 23  further wherein said first surface of said second panel is facing said body surface of said patient, and wherein said second panel has an opening through which said first cord member passes from said first surface of said second panel to a second opposite surface for connection to said second cord member.