Patent ID: 7987524
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. An upper body garment for a patient, comprising: a garment body and first and second sleeves, said garment body having a neck opening at its upper end and a torso opening at its lower end; wherein said first lateral side of said front half body portion is permanently attached to said first lateral side of said back half body portion; and wherein said front half body portion is permanently attached to said back half body portion at said first and second shoulder portions; and wherein said second lateral side of said front half body portion is temporarily separable from said second lateral side of said back half body portion between said garment body lower end and said second arm pit, thereby defining a first slit segment between said garment body lower end and said second arm pit; and further comprising an elongated opening in said second sleeve, said elongated opening in said second sleeve extending from said second arm pit to a termination point intermediately between said second arm pit and a distal end of said second sleeve, and thereby defining a second slit segment between said second arm pit to said termination point; wherein said second sleeve is continuous and permanently unopenable between said termination point and said hand opening at said distal end of said second sleeve; and, wherein said first and second slit segments mutually define a continuous slit between said garment body lower end and said termination point.