Medical Garment

Abstract

A medical garment is a shirt with a torso portion, sleeve portions, neck opening, waist opening, and cuffs for the sleeve. The shirt can be partially or fully opened along a medial-lateral slit and an inferior-superior slit. The medial-lateral slit forms a horizontal cut in the shirt, running from a first cuff to a second cuff. The inferior-superior slit forms a vertical cut in the shirt, running from the waist opening to the neck opening. Touch fasteners are placed on the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit and the inferior-superior slit. The touch fasteners are engaged and disengaged from each other in order to change the shirt between an open configuration and closed configuration. To provide better patient privacy, a medial-lateral flap and an inferior-superior flap can be added. These flaps overlap with the shirt, covering any gaps between the touch fasteners that might otherwise be visible.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medical garment comprises:
 a shirt;   a first plurality of interconnecting fasteners;   a second plurality of interconnecting fasteners;   the shirt comprises a torso portion, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a collar opening, a waist opening, a medial-lateral slit, and an inferior-superior slit;   the first sleeve comprises a first cuff;   the second sleeve comprises a second cuff;   the first cuff being positioned opposite the torso portion along the first sleeve;   the second cuff being positioned opposite the torso portion along the second sleeve;   the medial-lateral slit traversing along the first sleeve, across the torso portion, and along the second sleeve from the first cuff to the second cuff;   the inferior-superior slit traversing along across the torso portion from the waist opening to the collar opening;   the first plurality of interconnecting fasteners being positioned adjacent to and along the medial-lateral slit;   the second plurality of interconnecting fasteners being positioned adjacent to and along the inferior-superior slit; and   the medial-lateral slit being intersected by the inferior-superior slit.   
     
     
         2 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 1  comprises:
 the first plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit; and 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned opposite each other across the medial-lateral slit. 
 
     
     
         3 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 2  comprises:
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; and 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an interior surface of the shirt. 
 
     
     
         4 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 1  comprises:
 the first plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 a medial-lateral flap; 
 the medial-lateral flap being hingedly connected to the shirt; 
 the medial-lateral flap being positioned adjacent to and along the medial-lateral slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being adjacently connected to the medial-lateral flap; and 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the medial-lateral flap being positioned opposite each other across the medial-lateral slit. 
 
     
     
         5 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 4  comprises:
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on a first surface of the medial-lateral flap; and 
 the first surface being adjacent to the medial-lateral slit. 
 
     
     
         6 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 5  comprises:
 the medial-lateral flap being split by the inferior-superior slit. 
 
     
     
         7 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 1  comprises:
 the second plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the inferior-superior slit; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the inferior-superior slit; and 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned opposite each other across the inferior-superior slit. 
 
     
     
         8 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 7  comprises:
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; and 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an interior surface of the shirt. 
 
     
     
         9 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 1  comprises:
 the second plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 an inferior-superior flap; 
 the inferior-superior flap being hingedly connected to the shirt; 
 the inferior-superior flap being positioned adjacent to and along the inferior-superior slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being adjacently connected to the inferior-superior flap; and 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the inferior-superior flap being positioned opposite each other across the inferior-superior slit. 
 
     
     
         10 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 9  comprises:
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on a first surface of the inferior-superior flap; and 
 the first surface being positioned adjacent to the inferior-superior slit. 
 
     
     
         11 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 10  comprises:
 the inferior-superior flap being split by the medial-lateral slit. 
 
     
     
         12 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 1  comprises:
 a hood; 
 the hood being positioned adjacent to the collar opening; and 
 a neck edge of the hood being hingedly and adjacently connected to the shirt. 
 
     
     
         13 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 1  comprises:
 a pocket; 
 the pocket being connected around the shirt perpendicular to the inferior-superior slit; and 
 the pocket being positioned adjacent to the inferior-superior slit. 
 
     
     
         14 . A medical garment comprises:
 a shirt;   a first plurality of interconnecting fasteners;   a second plurality of interconnecting fasteners;   the shirt comprises a torso portion, a first sleeve, a second sleeve, a collar opening, a waist opening, a medial-lateral slit, and an inferior-superior slit;   a medial-lateral flap;   an inferior-superior flap;   the first sleeve comprises a first cuff;   the second sleeve comprises a second cuff;   the first cuff being positioned opposite the torso portion along the first sleeve;   the second cuff being positioned opposite the torso portion along the second sleeve;   the medial-lateral slit traversing along the first sleeve, across the torso portion, and along the second sleeve from the first cuff to the second cuff;   the inferior-superior slit traversing along across the torso portion from the waist opening to the collar opening;   the medial-lateral flap being split by the inferior-superior slit;   the inferior-superior flap being split by the medial-lateral slit;   the first plurality of interconnecting fasteners being positioned adjacent to and along the medial-lateral slit;   the second plurality of interconnecting fasteners being positioned adjacent to and along the inferior-superior slit;   the medial-lateral slit being intersected by the inferior-superior slit;   the medial-lateral flap being hingedly connected to the shirt;   the medial-lateral flap being positioned adjacent to and along the medial-lateral slit;   the inferior-superior flap being hingedly connected to the shirt; and   the inferior-superior flap being positioned adjacent to and along the inferior-superior slit.   
     
     
         15 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 14  comprises:
 the first plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned opposite each other across the medial-lateral slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; and 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an interior surface of the shirt. 
 
     
     
         16 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 14  comprises:
 the first plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the medial-lateral slit; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being adjacently connected to the medial-lateral flap; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the medial-lateral flap being positioned opposite each other across the medial-lateral slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on a first surface of the medial-lateral flap; and 
 the first surface being adjacent to the medial-lateral slit. 
 
     
     
         17 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 14  comprises:
 the second plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the inferior-superior slit; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt adjacent to the inferior-superior slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned opposite each other across the inferior-superior slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; and 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an interior surface of the shirt. 
 
     
     
         18 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 14  comprises:
 the second plurality of interconnecting fasteners comprises a first plurality of touch fasteners and a second plurality of touch fasteners; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being connected along the shirt; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being adjacently connected to the inferior-superior flap; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners and the inferior-superior flap being positioned opposite each other across the inferior-superior slit; 
 the first plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on an exterior surface of the shirt; 
 the second plurality of touch fasteners being positioned on a first surface of the inferior-superior flap; and 
 the first surface being positioned adjacent to the inferior-superior slit. 
 
     
     
         19 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 14  comprises:
 a hood; 
 the hood being positioned adjacent to the collar opening; and 
 a neck edge of the hood being hingedly and adjacently connected to the shirt. 
 
     
     
         20 . The medical garment as claimed in  claim 14  comprises:
 a pocket; 
 the pocket being connected around the shirt perpendicular to the inferior-superior slit; and 
 the pocket being positioned adjacent to the inferior-superior slit.