One-piece garment

1. A garment for inhibiting removal by a wearer, comprising:

a coverall garment having a one-piece upper body portion and lower body portion, and an internal yoke attached to said upper body portion;

said one-piece upper body portion closed at a top thereof except for a neck opening and left and right sleeves disposed adjacent said top thereof on either side of said upper body portion at respective left and right arm locations, said upper body portion having a front side and a back side and formed of a fabric having a grain disposed in a first direction; and

said internal yoke attached to an inside of said front and back side of said upper body portion with non-stretching seam materials at defined locations including arm seams disposed around a junction of each said left and right sleeves with said upper body portion, along said neck opening, and along left and right shoulder seams extending from said neck opening along said top thereof to each said arm seam, said internal yoke formed of a fabric having a grain disposed in a second direction approximately 90 degrees transverse to said first direction; wherein

said one-piece upper body portion and said internal yoke combine to limit the amount of stretch of the garment and to prevent access by said wearer to said lower body portion of said coverall garment and to prevent removal of said coverall garment by said wearer.

2. The garment of claim 1 , further comprising:

a split formed in said neck opening and said back side of said upper body portion and said internal yoke, said split extending downward from said neck opening into said lower body portion, said split including a zipper fastener attached therealong said split on each respective first and second sides thereof, and said split formed in said neck opening including a tab closure disposed on a first side of said split in said neck opening across said split in said neck opening, said tab closure including a first part of a high-tension snap fastener; and

a collar formed of a non-stretch material sewn to said neck opening and having a second part of a high-tension snap fastener attached to a second side of said split in said neck opening.

3. The garment of claim 2 , wherein:

said collar includes an elastic band and a non-elastic band that prevents stretching said elastic band beyond the length of said non-elastic band.

4. The garment of claim 1 , wherein further said garment includes:

first and second legs formed integrally with said lower-most part of said upper body portion.

5. The garment of claim 1 , wherein:

said zipper fastener extends from said neck opening into said lower body portion to a location that is sufficient to allow dressing the wearer or removing the garment from the wearer.

6. The garment of claim 1 , wherein:

the combination of the upper body portion and the internal yoke is constructed so that the amount of stretch in a lateral direction across said upper body portion of the garment is limited to a ratio of 1.2 to 1.0.

7. The garment of claim 1 , wherein:

a lower edge of said internal yoke on both inside front and inside back sides thereof is secured to said upper portion of the garment at a location between a lower portion of said left and right arm locations of the garment.

8. The garment of claim 1 , wherein:

said first direction is characterized by lateral stretch and said second direction is characterized by vertical stretch.

9. The garment of claim 1 , wherein:

said first direction is characterized by vertical stretch and said second direction is characterized by lateral stretch.

10. The garment of claim 1 , wherein:

said shoulder seams and said arm seams are static seams, sewn with inelastic thread.

11. A garment for inhibiting removal by a wearer, comprising:

a coverall garment having a one-piece upper body portion and lower body portion, and an external yoke attached to said upper body portion;

said one-piece upper body portion closed at a top thereof except for a neck opening and left and right sleeves disposed adjacent said top thereof on either side of said upper body portion at respective left and right arm locations, said upper body portion having a front side and a back side and formed of a fabric having a grain disposed in a first direction; and

said external yoke attached to an outside of said front and back side of said upper body portion with non-stretching seam materials at defined locations including arm seams disposed around a junction of each said left and right sleeves with said upper body portion, along said neck opening, and along left and right shoulder seams extending from said neck opening along said top thereof to each said arm seam, said external yoke formed of a fabric having a grain disposed in a second direction approximately 90 degrees transverse to said first direction; wherein

said one-piece upper body portion and said external yoke combine to limit the amount of stretch of the garment and to prevent access by said wearer to said lower body portion of said coverall garment and to prevent removal of said coverall garment by said wearer.

12. The garment of claim 11 , further comprising:

a split formed in said neck opening and said back side of said upper body portion and said external yoke, said split extending downward from said neck opening into said lower body portion, said split including a zipper fastener attached therealong said split on each respective first and second sides thereof, and said split formed in said neck opening including a tab closure disposed on a first side of said split in said neck opening across said split in said neck opening, said tab closure including a first part of a high-tension snap fastener; and

a collar formed of a non-stretch material sewn to said neck opening and having a second part of a high-tension snap fastener attached to a second side of said split in said neck opening.