Patent ID: 7047569

Claim:
A garment for children, comprising: a body blank having a neck opening, a front portion, a rear portion, and first and second sleeve blanks; said body having a peripheral edge portion and at least four side slits extending toward said neck opening from said peripheral edge portion; said side slits being positioned with respect to one another to define a pair of lateral edge portions for each of said first and second sleeve blanks and a pair of lateral edge portions for each of said front and rear portion; first securement means for selectively coupling the pairs of lateral edge portions of said first and second sleeve blanks to form first and second sleeves having open interior portions and open distal ends; second securement means for selectively coupling the pairs of lateral edge portions of said front and rear portions to form a body portion of the garment; and first and second mittens, having peripheral edges that define open ends of said first and second mittens and a single hand compartment, without separate compartments for thumbs or fingers; at least a portion of said peripheral edges being coupled to the interior portions of said first and second sleeves for selectively receiving and at least partially covering a child's hands without the necessity of uncoupling said mitten means from within the interior portions of said first and second sleeves or passing the child's hands completely through the open distal ends of said first and second sleeves.