Upper garment for patients

An upper garment including a garment body formed by connecting a front half body panel with a back half body panel, and two sleeves respectively formed by connecting a respective front half sleeve panel with a respective back half sleeve panel, the front half body panel having at least one side detachably connected to a corresponding side of the back half body panel, the front half sleeve panel of at least one sleeve has one side detachably connected to a corresponding side of the respective back sleeve panel. An armpit hole, a shoulder hole, and a pocket with a through hole are respectively made on the garment body and shielded with a respective flap.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention relates to upper garments and more particularly to an 
upper garment for patients which can be conveniently put on the sick and 
removed therefrom by the person who takes care of the sick. 
Taking care of an apoplectic or paralytic patient is not an easy job. The 
person who takes care of the sick may have to expend a lot of time on 
dressing the sick. Therefore, there is a strong demand for garments 
specially designed for the persons who are incapable of dressing 
themselves. 
The present invention has been accomplished under the aforesaid 
circumstances. It is therefore the principal object of the present 
invention to provide an upper garment which can be conveniently put on the 
sick and removed therefrom by the person who takes care of the sick. 
The present invention will now be described by way of example with 
reference to the only drawing of FIG. 1 which is a perspective view of an 
upper garment according to the preferred embodiment of the present 
invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring to FIG. 1, an upper garment in accordance with the present 
invention is generally comprised of a garment body 1, and two sleeves 2. 
The garment body 1 is comprised of a front half body panel 11 and a back 
half body panel 12. The front half body panel 11 has two opposite lateral 
sides respectively connected to the two opposite lateral sides of the back 
half body panel 12. At least one lateral side of the front half body panel 
11 is detachably connected to the corresponding lateral side of the back 
half body panel 12 by fastening elements 111;121. The sleeve 2 is 
comprised of a front half sleeve panel 21 and a back half sleeve panel 22. 
The front half sleeve panel 21 has two opposite lateral sides respectively 
connected to the two opposite lateral sides of the back half sleeve panel 
22. At least one lateral side of the front half sleeve panel 21 is 
detachably connected to the corresponding lateral side of the back half 
sleeve panel 22 by fastening elements 211;221. FIG. 1 illustrates only one 
lateral side of the front and back half body detachably connected together 
and only one lateral side of the front and back half sleeve is detachably 
connected together. 
In order to facilitate the procession of a physical therapy or a medical 
treatment, an armpit hole 13 is made on the garment body 1 at either 
armpit between the front half body panel 11 and the back half body panel 
12 and shielded with a flap 131, and a shoulder hole 14 is made on the 
garment body 1 at either shoulder between the front half body panel 11 and 
the back half body panel 12 and shielded with a flap 141. There is a 
breast pocket 15 made on the front half body panel 11. The breast pocket 
15 comprises a pocket panel 152 sewn on the front half body panel 11, and 
an opening 151 through which the tubing of a medical instrument can be 
inserted. The breast pocket 15 with the flap 152 covers the opening 151 
through said garment body. FIG. 1 illustrates only one armpit hole/flap, 
only one shoulder hole/flap and only one opening/pocket panel. 
For putting on a patient having one hand movable and the other hand 
paralyzed, the garment body 1 is pulled over the head of the patient, then 
the movable hand of the patient is inserted through the sleeve without 
having the fastening elements 211;221, and then the front half body panel 
11 and back half body panel 12 of the garment body 1 are covered over the 
upper body of the patient and sealed by connecting the respective 
fastening elements 111;121 together, and then the front half sleeve panel 
21 and back half sleeve panel 22 of the other sleeve 2is covered over the 
paralyzed hand of the patient and sealed by connecting the respective and 
fastening elements 211;221 together. 
During an examination or a medical treatment, the garment body 1 may be 
opened by detaching the front half body panel 11 from the back half body 
panel 12 at one side, or the sleeve 2 may be opened by detaching the front 
half sleeve panel 21 from the back half sleeve panel 22 at one side. The 
shoulder hole 14 and the armpit hole 13 may be opened for the performance 
of a medical examination or a medical treatment. 
While only one embodiment of the present invention has been shown and 
described, it will be understood that various modifications and changed 
could be made thereunto without departing from the spirit and scope of the 
invention. For example, zip fasteners, buttons, laces, magic tapes may be 
used for fastening the front and back half body panels of the garment body 
or the front and back sleeve panels of the sleeve; the two opposite sides 
of the front and back half body panels may be made detachable; the front 
and back half sleeve panels of each sleeve may be made detachable.