Patent ID: 9420832
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A41D,A61G

Claim Text:
1. A patient assistance garment for assisting a human patient having a torso, a rib cage, a waist, hips, and an armpit, which is configured to be worn on the torso of the patient, and which provides assistance to a caregiver assisting the patient comprising: a pelvic belt having a surface, and a width and a length configured to fit around the waist of the patient below the rib cage and above the hips, the length having an open front that contains at least one adjustable strap and buckle combination to secure the garment around the torso; a top rim; and a bottom rim; multiple attachment means fixed to the pelvic belt along the top rim and the bottom rim for attaching and detaching other garments to the pelvic belt through attachment with corresponding attachment means fixed to the other garments; and additional attachment means fixed to the surface of the pelvic belt along the length and located below the attachment means fixed along the top rim and above the attachment means fixed along the bottom rim of the pelvic belt, the additional attachment means functioning to attach and detach assist straps to the pelvic belt; wherein at least one of the following pieces is present in addition; a pair of thigh/crotch straps, which are attachable and detachable to the attachment means fixed along the bottom rim of the pelvic belt, and which also have a plurality of attachment means lengthwise along a middle of the thigh/crotch straps for attachment and detachment of assist straps; a pair of long padded straps, which contain multiple attachment means for attaching and detaching the pair of long padded straps to and from the attachment means and the additional attachment means of the pelvic belt; multiple assist support straps, which are either rigid or elastic, each of which includes attachment means at a first end of the assist support strap for attaching the assist support strap to the attachment means and the additional attachment means of the pelvic belt, and attachment means at a second end for connecting the assist support strap to a lift apparatus; a rib/chest pad, which has a rib/chest pad lower rim that approximates about one half the length at the top rim of the pelvic belt: two sides that taper to fit below the armpit of the patient; and, on an outer surface of the rib/chest pad, not only attachment means located along the he rib/chest pad lower rim for attaching the rib/chest pad to the attachment means located along the ton rim of the pelvic belt but also additional attachment means for attaching assist straps to the rib/chest pad; and an open front vest, which has a vest front, a vest surface, vest shoulders, a neck edge, a lower edge, a vest waist edge, a vest armpit, and chest areas including a center; multiple adjustable length web strap/buckle combinations attached to the vest front to close the vest front; multiple attachment means attached to the vest surface, first attachment means being attached to each vest shoulder, and second attachment means being on each chest area midway between the neck edge and the waist edge, and midway between the center and the vest armpit; and multiple attachment means attached along the lower edge of the open front vest for attachment and detachment to the attachment means located along the top rim of the pelvic belt.