Patent Application
20250228310
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The disclosure relates to body garment devices and more particularly pertains to a new body garment device for exposing a user's arms for a medical procedure. The device includes a long sleeved shirt that has a pair of cuts each integrated into an inseam of a respective sleeve. In this way the sleeves can be split open to expose a respective one of the user's arms. The device includes a pair of closures that is each integrated into a respective one of the sleeves. Each of the closures is aligned with the cut in a respective sleeve for opening or closing the cut in the respective sleeve.
The prior art relates to body garment devices including a long sleeved shirt that has a pair of cuts extending along each of a respective sleeve of the long sleeved shirt and downwardly along a front of the long sleeved shirt. The prior art discloses a variety of pants that each has a cut in each the legs and a closure extending along the cut in each of the legs. The prior art discloses a variety of shirts that has a pair of cuts integrated into a respective one of the sleeves, a cut extending downwardly along a front of the shirt and a plurality of closures integrated into each of the cuts. The prior art discloses a body suit that includes a pair of cuts extending along each of a pair of legs of the body suit and upwardly along a front of the body suit.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shirt that is wearable on a user's upper body. The shirt has a pair of sleeves that is elongated to cover a full length of each of the user's arms. Each of the sleeves is split thereby to facilitate a medical practitioner to access the user's arms. A pair of closures is provided and each of the closures is integrated into a respective one of the sleeves. Each of the closures is positionable in a closed position for closing the respective sleeve around the user's respective arm. Conversely, each of the closures is positionable in an open position for splitting the respective sleeve to facilitate the user's respective arm to be exposed.
An additional embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a method of exposing a patient's arms during a medical procedure when the patient is wearing a long sleeves shirt. The steps of the method comprise providing a shirt which has a pair of sleeves and a torso, and each of the sleeves having a cuff and an inseam. The steps include providing a pair of cuts each integrated into a respective one of the sleeves. Each of the cuts extends along a full length of the inseam in the respective sleeve and each of the cuts has a first edge and a second edge. The steps include providing a pair of closures that is each integrated into a respective one of the sleeves. Each of the closures includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of each of the closures extends along the first edge of the cut in the respective sleeve. The second portion of each of the closures extends along the second edge of the cut in the respective sleeve. The steps include positioning each of the closures in a closed position thereby facilitating each of the sleeves to enclose a respective one of a user's arms. The steps further include positioning a respective one of the closures in an open position thereby facilitating the respective sleeve to be split open. The steps include rolling the respective sleeve that is split open upwardly on the user's respective arm thereby exposing the respective user's arm to facilitate a medical practitioner to access the user's respective arm.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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Each of the sleeves 16 has a cut 28 extending along a full length of the inseam 26 of a respective sleeve 16. The cut 28 in the respective sleeve 16 facilitates the respective sleeve 16 to be split open for facilitating the respective sleeve 16 to be rolled up thereby exposing the user's respective arm 18. In this way the medical practitioner 20 can easily access the user's 15 respective arm 18 without requiring the user 15 to disrobe. Thus, the shirt 12 enhances the user's 15 dignity and privacy during a medical procedure, such as drawing blood, checking blood pressure or other medical procedure that requires access to the user's arms 18. Additionally, the cut 28 in each of the sleeves 16 has a first edge 32 and a second edge 34.
A pair of closures 36 is provided and each of the closures 36 is integrated into a respective one of the sleeves 16. Each of the closures 36 is positionable in a closed position for closing the respective sleeve 16 around the user's respective arm 18. Conversely, each of the closures 36 is positionable in an open position for splitting the respective sleeve 16 to facilitate the user's respective arm 18 to be exposed. Each of the closures 36 includes a first portion 38 that is attached to the first edge 32 of the cut 28 in the respective sleeve 16. The first portion 38 extends along a full length of the first edge 32 of the cut 28 in the respective sleeve 16.
Each of the closures 36 includes a second portion 40 that is attached to the second edge 34 of the cut 28 in the respective sleeve 16. The second portion 40 extends along a full length of the second edge 34 of the cut 28 in the respective sleeve 16. The first portion 38 of a respective one of the closures 36 is matable to the second portion 40 of the respective closure 36 for positioning the respective closure 36 in either the open position or the closed position. Each of the closures 36 may comprise a zipper or other type of releasable, mechanical fastener. Additionally, by placing each of the closures 36 along the inseam 26 of the respective sleeve 16, each of the closures 36 is concealed from view by an observer. In this way the user 15 can confidently wear the shirt 12 without the concern of enduring the uncomfortable gaze of an observer that might otherwise reduce the user's 15 confidence.
In use, the shirt 12 is worn at any time that the user 15 might have to routinely undergo medical procedures that would require the user 15 to expose their arms 18. The sleeves 16 cover the full length of the user's arms 18 thereby facilitating surgical scars or medical devices that might be implanted into the user's arms 18 from being visible to an observer. In this way the shirt 12 enhances the user's 15 dignity and privacy. The closure in a respective sleeve 16 is manipulated into the open position thereby facilitating the respective sleeve 16 to expose the user's respective arm 18. In this way the medical practitioner 20 can have full access to the user's respective arm 18 without requiring the user 15 to disrobe as commonly occurs when the user 15 is wearing a traditional long sleeved shirt 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
