Systems for use with special-needs patients

Abstract

Systems for special-needs patients permit the use of a tracking device without disturbing the patient and without attracting predators who are interested in stealing the device. A system comprises a top and a reversible bottom. The bottom is devoid of closures and has a crotch. The top is reversible and invertible so it can be put on forwards, backwards, normally, and inside-out. The top is long enough to cover the crotch of the bottom when the patient is standing. Means are provided for detachably securing a GPS tracking device to a one of the top and the bottom in a manner that the tracking device is imperceptible by a patient who is wearing the trousers and by a third party who is viewing the patient while the patient is wearing the top and the bottom.

1 . A locator system for use by an ambulatory special-needs patient, comprising:
 a. a reversible garment; and   b. a tracking device secured to the garment in a manner that the location device is imperceptible by a patient who is wearing the garment and by a third party who is viewing the patient while the patient is wearing the garment.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the tracking device is a GPS tracking device. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the garment comprises means for detachably securing a tracking device to the garment in a manner that the location device is imperceptible by a patient who is wearing the garment and by a third party who is viewing the patient while the patient is wearing the garment. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the tracking device is a GPS tracking device. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein said detachably securing means comprises a padded pocket. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the garment is a pair of cuffed trousers and the padded pocket is located inside a cuff of the trousers. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the garment is a jersey with an inside surface and a bottom edge and the padded pocket is located on the inside surface adjacent the bottom edge. 
     
     
         8 . A garment system for attaching a tracking device to an ambulatory patient with special needs, comprising:
 a. a reversible bottom, the bottom being devoid of closures and having
 i. a crotch, and 
 ii. means for detachably securing a tracking device to the bottom in a manner that the tracking device is imperceptible by a patient who is wearing the bottom and by a third party who is viewing the patient while the patient is wearing the bottom; and 
   b. a reversible-invertible top, the top having an inside surface and a bottom edge and being sufficiently long that the bottom edge is below the crotch when the patient wears the bottom and the top with the inside surface of the top covering the bottom.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the bottom is cuffed and said means for detachably securing comprises a padded pocket located in a cuff of the bottom. 
     
     
         10 . A garment system for attaching a tracking device to an ambulatory patient with special needs, comprising:
 a. a reversible bottom, the bottom being devoid of closures and having a crotch; and   b. a reversible-invertible top, the top having
 i. an inside surface and a bottom edge and being sufficiently long that the bottom edge is below the crotch when the patient wears the bottom and the top with the inside surface of the top covering the bottom, and 
 ii. means for detachably securing a tracking device to the top in a manner that the tracking device is imperceptible by a patient who is wearing the top and by a third party who is viewing the patient while the patient is wearing the top. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 10 , wherein said means for detachably securing comprises a padded pocket located on the inside surface of the top adjacent the bottom edge. 
     
     
         12 . A garment system for attaching a tracking device to an ambulatory patient with special needs, comprising:
 a. a reversible bottom, the bottom being devoid of closures and having a crotch;   b. a reversible-invertible top, the top having an inside surface and a bottom edge and being sufficiently long that the bottom edge is below the crotch when the patient wears the bottom and the top with the inside surface of the top covering the bottom; and   c. means for detachably securing a tracking device to a one of the top and the bottom in a manner that the tracking device is imperceptible by a patient who is wearing the bottom and by a third party who is viewing the patient while the patient is wearing the top and the bottom.