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Granted Patent B2
US 8,533,867 · App. 12/907,489 · Granted Sep 17, 2013

Hospital garment with adjustable pockets

Inventors: Liza Oprandi (Greenland, NH); Lucy Reyna (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Oprandi & Reyna, LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,533,867
App. No.
12/907,489
Granted
Sep 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hospital garment and method includes a garment fabric having a set of sleeves constructed and arranged to enclose a patient's arms, and a body portion constructed and arranged to enclose a patient's back, chest, and abdomen. The body portion defines a front side corresponding to a region of the body portion constructed and arranged to be worn on top of the patient's chest and abdomen, and an inner surface constructed and arranged to face the patient's back, chest, and abdomen. The hospital garment also includes an adjustable pocket attached to the inner surface of the front side of the body portion. The adjustable pocket defines a left seam, a right seam, a bottom seam, an attaching surface, and a pocket chamber, the adjustable pocket attaching to the inner surface at the attaching surface.

Claims (28)

1. A hospital garment comprising:

a garment fabric having (i) a set of sleeves constructed and arranged to enclose a patient's arms, and (ii) a body portion constructed and arranged to enclose a patient's back, chest, and abdomen, the body portion defining a front side corresponding to a region of the body portion constructed and arranged to be worn on top of the patient's chest and abdomen, and an inner surface constructed and arranged to face the patient's back, chest, and abdomen; and

an adjustable pocket attached to the inner surface of the front side of the body portion, the adjustable pocket defining a left seam, a right seam, a bottom seam, an attaching surface, and a pocket chamber, the adjustable pocket attaching to the inner surface at the attaching surface, the pocket chamber constructed and arranged to hold treatment packs;

wherein the adjustable pocket includes a set of pocket adjusting fasteners on the left seam and the right seam;

wherein the adjustable pocket is constructed and arranged to adjust the depth of the pocket chamber by attaching two of the set of pocket adjusting fasteners on the left seam to each other and two of the set of pocket adjusting fasteners on the right seam to each other.

2. The hospital garment of claim 1 :

wherein each sleeve includes a first sleeve hem and a second sleeve hem, the first sleeve hem and the second sleeve hem being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve;

wherein the body portion further defines a back side corresponding to a region of the body portion constructed and arranged to be worn on top of the patient's back;

wherein the back side of the body portion includes a first back portion hem and a second back portion hem, the first back portion hem and the second back portion hem being substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body portion;

wherein the front side of the body portion includes a first front portion hem, a second front portion hem, a third front portion hem, and a fourth front portion hem, the first front portion hem, the second front portion hem, the third front portion hem, and the fourth front portion hem being substantially parallel to the axis of the body portion;

wherein the first sleeve hem is removably attached to the second sleeve hem with a set of sleeve fasteners, the first back portion hem is removably attached to the first front portion hem with a set of first body portion fasteners, the second back portion hem is removably attached to the second front portion hem with a set of second body portion fasteners, and the third front portion hem is attached to the fourth front portion hem with a set of third body portion fasteners.

3. The hospital garment of claim 1 wherein the body portion includes smocking constructed and arranged to reduce a circumference of the body portion along a waist area to give the garment a stylish appearance.

4. The hospital garment of claim 1 wherein further comprising a belt positioned around the waist area of the body portion.

5. The hospital garment of claim 1 :

wherein the pocket chamber is lined with a waterproof material constructed and arranged to prevent moisture from the treatment packs from leaking through the adjustable pocket to the patient.

6. A method of making a garment comprising:

providing a garment fabric having (i) a set of sleeves constructed and arranged to enclose a patient's arms, and (ii) a body portion constructed and arranged to enclose a patient's back, chest, and abdomen, the body portion defining a front side corresponding to a region of the body portion constructed and arranged to be worn on top of the patient's chest and abdomen, and an inner surface constructed and arranged to face the patient's back, chest, and abdomen; and

providing an adjustable pocket attached to the inner surface of the front side of the body portion, the adjustable pocket defining a left seam, a right seam, a bottom seam, an attaching surface, and a pocket chamber, the adjustable pocket attaching to the inner surface at the attaching surface, the pocket chamber constructed and arranged to hold treatment packs;

wherein the adjustable pocket includes a set of pocket adjusting fasteners on the left seam and the right seam;

wherein the adjustable pocket is constructed and arranged to adjust the depth of the pocket chamber by attaching two of the set of pocket adjusting fasteners on the left seam to each other and two of the set of pocket adjusting fasteners on the right seam to each other.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the adjustable pocket is removably attached to the inner surface.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

providing a first sleeve hem removably attachable to a second sleeve hem; and

providing a first back portion hem removably attachable to a first front portion hem;

wherein the first back portion hem and the first front portion hem are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body portion.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising positioning the first sleeve hem and the second sleeve hem along an inside of each of the set of sleeves.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising providing a second back portion hem removably attachable to a second front portion hem wherein the second back portion hem and the second front portion hem are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body portion.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising providing a third front portion hem and a fourth front portion hem defining the front portion into a left front portion and a right front portion wherein the third front portion hem and the fourth front portion hem are substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body portion.

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