Patent ID: 7987524

Claim:
An upper body garment for a patient, comprising: a garment body and first and second sleeves, said first sleeve being attached to said garment body and forming a first arm pit at a point of attachment to said garment body; and said second sleeve being attached to said garment body and forming a second arm pit at a point of attachment to said garment body; and each of said first and second sleeves having a hand opening at its distal end; said garment body having a neck opening at its upper end and a torso opening at its lower end; a first shoulder portion between said neck opening and said first sleeve; and a second shoulder portion between said neck opening and said second sleeve; a front half body portion and a back half body portion, said front half body portion having opposite first and second lateral sides, and said back half body portion having opposite first and second lateral sides; 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.