Garment apparatus

Abstract

A garment for facilitating access to a medical device which is connected to a user's body includes a shirt with a closeable slit at the bottom which receives a tubing that connects a medical device to a body of a user.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A garment apparatus for facilitating access to a medical device connected to a body of a user, the apparatus comprising a shirt being flexible and defining an interior space therein, the interior space being open at a bottom end of the shirt, the shirt having a neck opening extending through a top side thereof to the interior space, the shirt having a pair of arm openings, each of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of the shirt having one of the pair of arm openings extending therethrough to the interior space, the shirt having a first slit extending upwardly through the bottom end of the shirt, the first slit having a length from the bottom end of the shirt to a top end of the first slit such that the first slit is configured to receive a tubing connecting the medical device to the body of the user therethrough. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the length of the first slit is at least 6.0 inches. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first slit is positioned in the first lateral side of the shirt. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the shirt has a second slit extending upwardly through the bottom end of the shirt, the second slit having a length from the bottom end of the shirt to a top end of the second slit such that the second slit is configured to receive the tubing connecting the medical device to the body of the user therethrough. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the length of the second slit is at least 6.0 inches. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the second slit is positioned in the second lateral side of the shirt. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a first closure being coupled to the first slit for closing the first slit, the first closure comprising a pair of mating members, each one of a pair of opposing edges of the first slit having one of the pair of mating members of the first slit attached thereto. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the first closure comprises a hook-and-loop fastener. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 4 , further comprising a second closure being coupled to the second slit for closing the second slit, the second closure comprising a pair of mating members, each one of a pair of opposing edges of the second slit having one of the pair of mating members of the second slit attached thereto. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the second closure comprises a hook-and-loop fastener. 
     
     
         11 . A garment apparatus for facilitating access to a medical device connected to a body of a user, the apparatus comprising:
 a shirt being flexible and defining an interior space therein, the interior space being open at a bottom end of the shirt, the shirt having a neck opening extending through a top side thereof to the interior space, the shirt having a pair of arm openings, each of a first lateral side and a second lateral side of the shirt having one of the pair of arm openings extending therethrough to the interior space, the shirt having a first slit extending upwardly through the bottom end of the shirt, the first slit having a length from the bottom end of the shirt to a top end of the first slit such that the first slit is configured to receive a tubing connecting the medical device to the body of the user therethrough, the length of the first slit being at least 6.0 inches, the first slit being positioned in the first lateral side of the shirt, the shirt having a second slit extending upwardly through the bottom end of the shirt, the second slit having a length from the bottom end of the shirt to a top end of the second slit such that the second slit is configured to receive the tubing connecting the medical device to the body of the user therethrough, the length of the second slit being at least 6.0 inches, the second slit being positioned in the second lateral side of the shirt;   a first closure being coupled to the first slit for closing the first slit, the first closure comprising a pair of mating members, each one of a pair of opposing edges of the first slit having one of the pair of mating members of the first slit attached thereto, the first closure comprising a hook-and-loop fastener; and   a second closure being coupled to the second slit for closing the second slit, the second closure comprising a pair of mating members, each one of a pair of opposing edges of the second slit having one of the pair of mating members of the second slit attached thereto, the second closure comprising a hook-and-loop fastener.