Article of Infant Clothing

Abstract

An article of clothing, comprising an infant clothing pod configured to contain an infant, the infant having a birth weight in a range of 1 pound to 11 pounds; the infant clothing pod having a cavity configured to contain arms, legs and torso of the infant; the infant pod having an openable and closeable infant ingress-egress aperture extending longitudinally along a length of the pod; and the infant pod having at least one of an anterior torso aperture and a posterior torso aperture.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An article of clothing, comprising:
 an infant clothing pod configured to contain an infant, the infant having a birth weight in a range of 1 pound to 11 pounds;   the infant clothing pod having a cavity configured to contain the upper appendages, lower appendages and torso of the infant;   the infant pod having an openable and closeable infant ingress-egress aperture extending longitudinally along a length of the pod; and   the infant pod having at least one of an anterior torso aperture and a posterior torso aperture.   
     
     
         2 . The article of clothing of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the ingress-egress aperture is located on an anterior side of the infant pod.   
     
     
         3 . The article of clothing of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the ingress-egress aperture is positioned laterally off-center of a longitudinal center of the infant pod.   
     
     
         4 . The article of clothing of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the ingress-egress aperture is openable and closeable by a zipper fastener.   
     
     
         5 . The article of clothing of  claim 4 , wherein:
 the zipper fastener is a two-way zipper fastener.   
     
     
         6 . The article of clothing of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the infant pod has the anterior torso aperture.   
     
     
         7 . The article of clothing of  claim 6 , wherein:
 the infant pod comprises an anterior body cover, the anterior body cover comprising an anterior base panel and an anterior top panel, and   the anterior torso aperture is formed in the anterior base panel and coverable by the anterior top panel such that the anterior top panel overlies the anterior torso aperture.   
     
     
         8 . The article of clothing of  claim 7 , wherein:
 the top panel is joinable to the base panel.   
     
     
         9 . The article of clothing of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the top panel is joined to the base panel by at least one fastener.   
     
     
         10 . The article of clothing of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one fastener comprises a mechanical fastener.   
     
     
         11 . The article of clothing of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one fastener comprises a permanent fastener or a temporary fastener.   
     
     
         12 . The article of clothing of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one fastener comprises a single-use fastener or a multi-use fastener.   
     
     
         13 . The article of clothing of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one fastener comprises a row of stitches or a plurality of hooks.   
     
     
         14 . The article of clothing of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the top panel is joined to the base panel such that, when the anterior top panel overlies the anterior torso aperture, a pocket is formed between the an anterior base panel and an anterior top panel which provides access to the anterior torso aperture.   
     
     
         15 . The article of clothing of  claim 14 , wherein:
 access to the anterior torso aperture is provided between the anterior base panel and a peripheral edge region of the anterior top panel.   
     
     
         16 . The article of clothing of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the infant pod has the anterior torso aperture and the posterior torso aperture.   
     
     
         17 . The article of clothing of  claim 16 , wherein:
 the anterior torso aperture is arranged to overlie a chest of the infant and the posterior torso aperture is arranged to overlie a back of the infant.   
     
     
         18 . The article of clothing of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the infant pod has at least one of an anterior sub-torso aperture and a posterior sub-torso aperture which is positioned to be located between the lower app   
     
     
         19 . The article of clothing of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the infant pod has an anterior sub-torso aperture and a posterior sub-torso aperture.   
     
     
         20 . The article of clothing of  claim 19 , wherein:
 the anterior sub-torso aperture and the posterior sub-torso aperture are arranged to be between the lower appendages of the infant when the lower appendages diverge.   
     
     
         21 . A method of providing at least one of medical diagnosis and treatment to an infant comprising:
 placing an infant having a weight in a range of 1 to 11 pounds in a cavity of an infant clothing pod configured to contain arms, legs and torso of the infant,
 wherein the infant pod has an openable and closeable infant ingress-egress aperture extending longitudinally along a length of the pod, and 
 wherein the infant pod has at least one of an anterior torso aperture and a posterior torso aperture; 
   at least partially closing the infant ingress-egress aperture; and   placing a first medical device through the anterior torso aperture or posterior torso aperture.