FR2583622A3 - Opening garment, intended particularly for handicapped persons - Google Patents

Abstract

CLOTHING. OPENING CLOTHING, INTENDED IN PARTICULAR TO COVER THE PART OF THE BODY LOCATED ESSENTIALLY BELOW THE BELT, SPECIFICALLY INDICATED FOR DISABLED PERSONS, CHARACTERIZED IN THAT IT IS CONSTITUTED BY TWO PANELS 1 AND 2 CORRESPONDING TO THE CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTIVELY THE REAR PART OF THE CLOTHING, EQUIPPED WITH SEPARABLE CLOSING DEVICES 6, 7 ARRANGED IN THE LONGITUDINAL SENSE (THAT IS TO SAY PLACED A LITTLE PARALLEL TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE LONGITUDINAL SIDES OF THE CLOTHING), AS WELL AS WITH CLOSURE 8, 9 SEPARABLE ARRANGED IN THE CROSS-DIRECTIONAL SENSE (THAT IS, PLACED MORE OR LESS TRANSVERSALLY TO THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE CLOTHING).

Description

The present invention relates to a garment

  especially for people with disabilities

  by disease or age, to small children, & c. Lob-

  jet of the invention consists more particularly in a garment intended to cover the part of the body situated

below the waist.

  The garment according to the invention can be either

  outer clothing, such as a coat, trousers or similar

  or, in particular, an undergarment of the panty type or the like, that is to say a garment which, by

  its nature, normally requires to be threaded by the legs.

  Normal breeches consist of two panels, most often of textile material, of approximately rectangular shape, assembled permanently along their two vertical sides and by the central part of their lower sides, while the lateral parts of these lower sides delimit two openings for

  the passage of the legs, and the upper sides, not assem-

  wheat, delimit the opening corresponding to the belt.

  Such panties require to be put by passing the legs through the openings corresponding to the two parts

  side of the lower side, until the upper side

  cuvert is at the waist; the same operations, but in the opposite direction, are necessary to

  remove the panties. These breeches of common type, generally

  used as the one whose structure is

  the simplest possible, can be put on or removed easily

  by any person free from his movements and

  before putting it in a standing position, but presents great difficulties for the person who is not able to move with ease, especially when it is about a person who keeps the bed, and even more when this under -clothing

  must be put to a person bedridden by the one who treats it.

  Therefore, such an undergarment is not suitable, for example, the elderly or immobilized or to small children. In addition, this normal panty can not be opened, for example, to have access to dressings, to expose parts of the body to be treated or

  to examine, etc .; it is therefore not practical for maintaining

  put dressings, absorbent pads, prostheses or appliances in place or to perform other

similar operations.

  It has been proposed, admittedly, panties with closing and opening members that allow, when necessary, to separate from each other the two

  along one or two lines arranged roughly

  parallel to the longitudinal direction of the body of the person wearing the undergarment. However, even these knickers, already known, do not completely solve the problem since they can not be easily put on by people with disabilities and also do not allow those who care for them to put them conveniently, since these under -clothes always have the difficulty of spreading a wide front

  legs. Even using these underwear, we

  against considerable difficulties for the elderly, the bedridden, and also for the caregiver of immobilized persons or grandchildren. Moreover, they are far from facilitating the examination and

  the care to give to certain parts of the body. In part-

  with the current development of the use of absorbent pads by the elderly, a panty that

  poses these problems has become particularly

  haitable and requested. If we referred to the case of the breeches it is because it is particularly significant, but

  similar problems also arise with

  very clothes of the type considered.

  The object of the present invention is to make a garment that can be put on and removed, or opened in whole or in part to access certain parts of the

  body, dressings, appliances,

  sorbents and the like, with the utmost ease and without requiring any disturbing movement, even on the part of those who have difficulty in moving or guarding the bed,

  and which also facilitates the work of the caretaker.

  r. This object is achieved, according to the present invention, by means of an opening garment, in particular a garment intended to cover the part of the body located below the belt, garment constituted by two corresponding sections.

  respectively at the anterior and posterior

  clothing, with separable fasteners in the longitudinal direction (ie

  approximately parallel to at least one of the longitudinal

  garments), as well as separate fasteners

  in the transverse direction (that is to say,

  ] More or less transversely to the longitudinal direction

dinal of the garment).

  Thanks to this structure, when the separable locking members are not fixed together, the garment can be spread out so as to lie flat and it can be slid easily in the transverse direction.

  under the body of the bedridden person, lifting him slightly

  or it can be placed near this person turned on the side, which can then be placed on a piece of clothing by a simple rotation of 90 of the body; the garment can also be put by wrapping it around the body if the person is standing up, so without having to put it by the legs; after which we can fix between

  they the separable fasteners of both sides, con-

  thus giving the article a form similar to the usual form. Similarly, when it comes to removing the garment, the separable closure members can be opened, after which the garment can be laid flat and removed without inconvenience to the patient. To have access

  parts of the body or dressings or

  to replace dressings or fillings

  sorbents and for similar operations, it is sufficient,

  depending on the case, to detach the long-closing orqans

  tudinal or transversal for convenient access to the

  concerned, without being obliged to remove the garment and without the latter losing its shape and its ability to remain in a stable position to become the body. These operations can be easily performed even by elderly or handicapped persons and by bedridden mediates or by the caregiver of a person immobilized or a small child, and they allow, for example, to carry out examinations , to place or replace absorbent pads, tampons,

  catheters, compresses, gauzes, pockets of evacuation

  artificial intestinal tract and the like, by opening

  clothing only in part and leaving it to the user

  the possibility to freely dispose of both hands

  to perform the necessary operations.

  Preferably, the separate closure members

  are intended to overlap by leaving only

  in contact with the body of the user, the material con-

storing the garment.

  The said separable closure members may be constituted by Velcro-type textile strips, strips of self-adhesive material,

  coated with self-adhesive material or by self-adhesive

  interlocking, such as buttons and buttonholes, snaps, hooks, zippers, spiral closures, etc. The sections constituting the garment may be two parts of an article manufactured in one piece or two separately manufactured and assembled sections, and this

  assembly can be permanent or separable.

  Longitudinal and trans-

  Versales can be quite separate or one of the lines can end at an intermediate point of the other

  or they can be arranged one in the

longevity of the other.

  These characteristics, as well as other characteristics

  characteristics and advantages of the object of the present invention.

  tion, will become clearer through the description

  Hereinafter an embodiment, made by way of non-limiting example, schematically shown in the drawing, attached. In this drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of a panty

  slip type according to the invention, laid flat.

  Figure 2 is a view of this same panty

  represented in its normal form of use.

  Referring to the drawing, we see that the pellet

  The present invention is of the fully indented type, but, of course, the invention is equally applicable to panties with short or long legs or other similar clothing. The panty shown comprises, in this case, a first rear panel 1 and a second front panel 2, which have a generally triangular general shape and which, in this example, are permanently assembled along a longitudinal line 3. line 3 may be, for example, a seam, weld or gluing made to assemble the two separately manufactured sections 1 or 2, or it may represent an ideal dividing line in the case where both sides 1 and 2 are two parts of an article manufactured in one piece. The sections 1 and 2 can, for example, be manufactured in their final form in knit or fabric

  mesh, or they can be obtained by discovering them

  pant in pieces of flat or tubular mesh fabric or other kinds of fabric, special paper, plastics, etc .; they can also be constituted where

  is necessary, in whole or in part, by

different types of materials.

  Along the longitudinal sides of the two panels 1 and 2 there are separable locking members

  6 and 7, such as velcro-type fabric strips or

  tones, snaps, hooks, zippers or spirals, etc. In particular, in the case of articles intended to be discarded after one or more uses,

  these separable closure members may be of advantage

  made up of strips of self-adhesive material

  adhesives or by layers of self-adhesive

  directly on the corresponding strip-like portions of the material constituting the panels 1 and 2. The separable closure members 6 and 7 do not need to be formed by continuous strips; they can be as discontinuous, arranged in checkerboard, etc. In addition, they may also be arranged in such a way as to allow

  some adjustment of the size of the garment.

  Preferably, said releasable fasteners 6-7 are arranged to overlap when they are affixed to each other (as shown, for example, in FIG. 2), so as to leave only in contact with the body of the user the constituent parts of matter

clothing.

  The upper transverse sides 4 and 5 of the panels 1 and 2 are without closure members and they may be optionally lined, hemmed, reinforced or provided with elastics. Along the lower transverse sides of sections 1 and 2. The central parts (which are

  to be assembled) are provided with separate closure

  8 and 9, similar to the organs 6 and 7, while the lateral parts 10 and 11, 12 and 13 (intended to delimit the passages for the legs) are devoid of organs

  of closure and may possibly be doubled,

  lined, reinforced or with elastics.

  As long as the closure members 6 to 9 are not attached to each other, the garment can be spread flat, as shown in FIG. 1, and in this form it can be very easily manipulated so that the user can put it itself or so that other people can place it. In particular, it is easy to insert, by sliding it transv rally, under the body of a bedridden person, lifting slightly his pelvis, without any other movement of his body, or even to spread it on the bed near the patient turned to the side, which is flapped over a piece of clothing by a simple 90o rotation of the body. The spread clothing can then be

  wrapped around the body until the iron

  6 and 7 can be fixed to each other. Clothing

  then surround the body like a belt. The last

  operation consists in fixing the organs

  closures 8 and 9 which, following the previous operations

  dentes, are placed opposite each other, and the underpants

  is finally completely formed and put in place. -

  To remove the garment, simply open the separable fasteners to lay it flat and remove it from the body of the user, whether the latter is standing or lying on a bed, without causing him any trouble or ask him

  to take awkward positions.

  Temporary separation of all or only a portion of the closure members allows access to certain parts of the user's body. So,

  for example, the temporary separation of iron

  separable setting 6-7 allows, without moving the person concerned, to have access to one side of it and to any dressings or devices (evacuation bags

  artificial intestinal, for example) applied to this

  right as well as to make an injection on a buttock, of ef-

  perform a massage or any other necessary operation. Similarly, the temporary separation of the closure members 8-9 provides access to the inguinal, perineal and anal areas, as well as the dressings, devices or absorbent pads applied to these locations and to perform all

the necessary operations.

  It should be noted that, preferably, as has been shown, the closure members are not arranged in the transverse plane of quasi-symmetry of the human body, and therefore along the lines A and B of FIG. are respectively on the side and in the inguinal region of the one wearing the garment, but a little displaced, so that (as shown in Figure 2)

  closing devices are placed on the belly of the user.

  where they can not cause any discomfort and are

easy to handle.

  Therefore, the pants according to the invention, a more practical and more effective use than that of already known pants, is particularly suitable for the elderly, those whose movements are not completely free and especially for bedridden patients, and it can be advantageously manipulated by those who care for these people and small children. As already indicated, the briefs given

  example is of the indented type, but simple modifications

  Proportions of the proportions allow the invention to be applied to panties with short or long legs or to outer garments, such as shorts, pants and the like. In some cases, one leg

  non-working clothes, but of course it is possible

  the closing devices along the jams

  clothing to make them fully open.

  In the embodiment shown, the longitudinal opening line 6-7 is asymmetrically disposed, i.e. towards one side, so that the

  form of the spread garment (Figure 1) is quite asymmetrical

  cudgel. However, the longitudinal opening line

  could be, however, arranged along line 6'-

  7 '(Figure 1) or close thereto and terminate at a point of the transverse aperture liana 8-9, which would be divided into two sections. This embodiment may be particularly practiced in some cases and may possibly allow to have a garment lqui, spread, is in a symmetrical form. The two sections of the transverse opening 8-9 can then be arranged one after the other or form an angle between them, so that the complete opening line takes the form of an inverted Y or similar.

  In the example shown, the opening lines

  clothing, represented by the closing devices

  6-7, 8-9, are clearly separated. However, we can also

  1] lement embodiments in which said lines are arranged one after the other without interruption and, in this case, a single closure member can replace the two closure members 6 and 8 and another the two closing members 7 and 9. Although in the garment given by way of example

  two sections 1 and 2 are connected to one another permanently

  nence along a longitudinal junction line 3, it should be understood that the two faces could also be

  materially separated and provided with separate closing devices

  also along this line and, in

  In this case, they could be coupled, depending on the circumstances.

  before or after inserting a pan under the body

of a bedridden person.

  As already indicated, the long-term junctions

  may be provided to allow variations in

  size; these variations may be considerable and, for this purpose, the separable closure members may be very wide and consist of two or more strips placed side by side. This makes it possible to adapt the garment to the different proportions of the body of the users and,

  in addition, reduce] the number of sizes manufactured.

  A panty according to the present invention may also be combined with a swimsuit or other garment intended to cover the upper part of the body, so as to

  to constitute a garment of the type called "Body".

  Modifications concerning the shape and the proportions, as well as a judicious choice of materials and separable closure members, make it possible to adapt the garment according to the invention to the requirements of the various cases. Of course, the invention is not limited

  the embodiment just described and represented

  you. Many modifications can be made to

  detail without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (11)

R E V E N D I C A T IO N S   1- Opening garment, intended in particular to cover the part of the body located essentially below   of the belt, especially suitable for people with   capped, characterized in that it consists of two panels (I and 2) respectively corresponding to the front part and the rear part of the garment, provided with separable closure members (6,7) arranged in the longitudinal direction ( that is, placed approximately parallel to at least 1r, one of the longitudinal sides of the garment), as well as separable closing members (8,9) arranged in the transverse direction (i.e. say placed more or less   transversely to the longitudinal direction of the garment).   2 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   1 'risé in that said separable closure members (6,7, 8,9) are arranged to cooperate by superposition,   leaving only in contact with the body of the user   the material constituting each part of the garment.   3 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   in that said separable closure members (6,7, -   8,9) consist of strips of textile material of velcro type.   4 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   in that said separable closure members (6,7, -   8,9) are constituted by strips of self-adhesive material.    Garment according to claim 1, characterized in that said separable closure members (6,7,8,9) are constituted by layers of self-adhesive material applied to the corresponding strip-like portions.   of the material constituting the parts of the garment.   6 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   in that said separable closure members (6,7, -   8,9) are constituted by interengaging members such as: buttons and buttonholes, snaps, hooks, zippers, spiral closures and the like.   7 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   rised in that the sections (] 1-2) which constitute it are   Bricked separately and are assembled by stitching, welding   or gluing along one of their longitudinal sides,   which are thus permanently joined.   8 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   rised in that the sections (1-2) which constitute it are two   parts of an article manufactured in one piece.   9 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   rised in that the sections (1-2) which constitute it are   severely separated and intended to be joined by fixing the   to others. other their respective separate closing devices rable.    - garment according to claim 1,   in that the separable locking members correspond to   laying on at least one longitudinal junction line have a large overall width and make it possible to adapt the garment to the size of the user.   11 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   in that the separable locking members correspond to   laying at a longitudinal junction line terminate   at an intermediate point of the separate closure members   corresponding to a transverse junction line,   dividing the latter into two sections.   12 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   in that the separable locking members correspond to   nesting at a longitudinal junction line and those   corresponding to a transverse junction line are   between them and consist of a single organ of   separable closure, partly arranged in the longitudinal direction   tudinal and partly in the transverse direction.   13 - Garment according to claim 1, characterized   in combination with a garment for covering the part of the body which is substantially above the waistband, the garment assembly of the type called "body".