Therapeutic sleepwear with removable padding

Abstract

Sleepwear pants may include a padding sleeve that extends down the length of a leg of the pants and a padded implement, such as a pillow, that is removably insertable into the padding sleeve. The padding sleeve and pillow may be sized such that, when worn, the sleepwear pants provide padding between the wearer's thighs, knees, and calves to maintain the wearer's spine and hips in a comfortable position during sleep.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A clothing apparatus comprising:
 a leg sleeve into which a user may insert the user's leg, the leg sleeve comprising an outer surface;   a padding sleeve, affixed to a surface of a medial portion of the leg sleeve, configured to secure within the padding sleeve a padded implement, wherein the padding sleeve extends from the user's thigh to the user's calf when the leg sleeve is worn by the user; and   a padded implement, configured to be removably secured within the padding sleeve, that extends from the user's thigh to the user's calf when the leg sleeve is placed on the user's leg.   
     
     
         2 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement has a length of between twelve inches and thirty inches. 
     
     
         3 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement has a length of between fifteen inches and twenty-seven inches. 
     
     
         4 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement has a length of between eighteen inches and twenty-five inches. 
     
     
         5 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement has a length of between twenty inches and twenty-three inches. 
     
     
         6 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padding sleeve defines an aperture through which the padded implement may be inserted into and removed from the padding sleeve by a user in a direction parallel to a direction in which a user inserts the user's leg into the leg sleeve. 
     
     
         7 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 6 , further comprising a fastener, manipulable by a wearer of the clothing apparatus, for closing the aperture. 
     
     
         8 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the aperture is a first aperture, wherein the padding sleeve further defines a second aperture, opposite the first aperture. 
     
     
         9 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a second leg sleeve and a seat portion, wherein the first and second leg portions are affixed to and continuous with the seat portion, wherein the first and second leg portions define opposed medial portions, wherein the padding sleeve is affixed to the medial portion of the first leg portion. 
     
     
         10 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the second leg sleeve does not have a padding sleeve. 
     
     
         11 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement comprises two parallel padded portions separated by a seam, wherein the seam is substantially parallel to a direction in which a user inserts the user's leg into the leg sleeve when the padded implement is disposed in the padding sleeve. 
     
     
         12 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padding sleeve has a width of between three and five inches. 
     
     
         13 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padding sleeve has a depth of between three and five inches. 
     
     
         14 . The clothing apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement comprises padding, the padding comprising silica gel, memory foam, or bamboo stuffing disposed in a fabric shell. 
     
     
         15 . The clothing implement of  claim 1 , wherein the padded implement comprises an inflatable fabric shell. 
     
     
         16 . The clothing implement of  claim 1 , wherein the leg receptacle comprises cotton, polyester, nylon, microfiber, or elastane.