Patent ID: 7971272

Claim:
An adjustable garment comprising: an article of clothing having a shirt body portion, a pair of sleeves with arm exit openings, an associated extended body member defining a pair of leg portions and a foot or bootie portion in cooperation with the leg portions; a unique adjustment feature, the adjustment feature including; a first plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements selectively disposed and secured along interior portions of the pair of sleeves, the first spaced apart adjustment elements defining at least a pair of spaced apart pocket members with closed lower ends attached at or adjacent the exit openings of the sleeves and upper open ends attached at a spaced and selected distance from the exit openings, the upper open ends having a button fastener adjacent thereto, a first elastic band member having a first end secured inside each of the spaced apart pocket members at the closed lower ends thereof and a second end extending at a selected distance beyond the upper open ends of the spaced apart pockets, the first elastic band members have a plurality of button fastener holes disposed therein; and a second plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements selectively disposed and secured along interior portions of the pair of leg portions and along interior portions of the foot or bootie portions, the second plurality of spaced apart adjustment elements defining at least a pair of second pocket members with closed lower ends attached at or adjacent a toe section of the foot or bootie portions and upper open ends attached at spaced and selected positions along the interior of the leg portions, the upper open ends having a button fastener adjacent thereto, a second elastic band member having first end secured inside each of the second pocket members at the closed lower ends thereof and a second end extending at a selected distance beyond the upper open ends of the second pocket members, each of the second elastic band members has a plurality of button holes disposed therein, whereby, the adjustment of the article of clothing is achieved when the second ends of the first and second elastic band members are grasped and selectively pulled and stretched out of the open ends of the plurality of pocket members to connect any desired button holes with the plurality of pocket button fasteners to accommodate for physical dimensional changes of children during their growth and development stages, while reducing or eliminating material gathering as the article of clothing is adjusted.