USRE23853E - Infant s garment - Google Patents

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July 2 1954 P. G. SIEZGEL. ET AL INFANT S GARMENT Original Filed Nov. 28, 1952 FIG. 2

INVENTORS. Philip G. Sieqel Martin Stein NEY Reissued July 20, 1954 INFANTS GARMENT York, and Martin Stein, Bronx, N. Y., assignors to Perfect Knit Togs, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Philip G. Siege], New

York

Original No.

2,652,057, dated September 15, 1953,

Serial No. 323,100, November 28, 1952. Application for reissue May 2 Claims.

reissue specification; matter prlnted in italics indicates The present invention relates to an infant's garment having means for holding a disposable diaper therein.

The general object of the present invention is to provide an infants garment having a shirt portion and. a moisture proof pants portion, and means for releasably securing in a quick, safe and easy manner a disposable diaper to said pants portion.

It is well known that infants lack sufficient control to make it necessary for reasons of health and comfort to change their diapers frequently during the course of the day. The features of speed, safety and ease of access are highly important attributes of a garment of this type in order to alleviate same of the time consuming and unpleasant aspects of caring for an infant or small child. It will be readily apparent to any parent that a garment embodying the invention herein, will greatly facilitate the burdensome task of keeping the child clean and dry. Thus, a particular object of the present invention is to provide an infants garment which affords means for the quick, safe and easy method of changing disposable diapers.

In garments of the type known as training pants, i. e. cloth diapers, etc., it has been a customary practice to use safety pins in securing such diapers to a child's body. Since a child, while being diapered, most usually does not lie still, but may squirm or thrash about, this type of diapering operation is extremely dangerous in that, one of the two people involved may be jabbed with the pins. A further and very important object of the present invention is to provide an infants garment which eliminates the use of diapering pins.

Another feature of the present invention is the provision of an infants garment having a shirt and pants portion, said garment having means for partly or entirely separating the pants from the shirt portion. As has been mentioned previously, one of the most important aspects of diapering a child, is the speed with which this can be done, not only to minimize the troublesome task for the person doing it, but also to alleviate the uncomfortable feeling of the child. This can be accomplished by the simple method of partly removing the pants portion from the shirt, extracting a fouled diaper and inserting a clean and fresh one therein. The other features of having the garment made in both separable shirt and pants portions, are the different combinations of colors which can be obtained, and the advantage of not having to launder both portions at the same time.

1954, Serial No. 427,897

Matter enclosed in heavy brackets 1 appears in the original patent but forms no part of this the additions made by reissue.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide an infants garment that is in its entirety easy to put on and take off, thus greatly simplifying the task of dressing and undressing the child.

Further objects of the present invention are to provide an infants garment which is easy and inexpensive to manufacture, comfortable and well fitting, neat and attractive in appearance, which allows the maximum of bodily freedom, does not interfere with blood circulation, is waterproofed in the parts where required, will not chafe or irritate the tender skin of the child, and will withstand repeated launderings.

These and still further objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following description, and from the drawing, in which one embodiment of the invention is shown by way of illustration.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the garment with portions partly broken away. In this view the front of the pants portion has been opened and spread out to show the method by which a diaper is secured and held in place;

Fig. 2 is a rearview of the garment completely closed and in the manner in which it would be worn by a child;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of one of the diaper securing members and parts of the pants portion; and

Fig. 4 is a section taken along line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The illustrated embodiment is an infants garment, comprising a shirt portion designated H] and a pants portion 1 i. Shirt portion it is provided with a neck opening l2 and sleeves It, and consists of two sections, the front section Mia and back section [6b. Both sections ita and Hlb are secured to the sleeves l3 and are secured together along side seams It. However, the two sections Mia and lflb are not permanently fastened together along the shoulder seams but are rather held in the closed positions by buttons 15. Thus, the whole top of the shirt portion it may be opened from one sleeve seam to the other, and this combined with the provisions for complete opening of the pants portion I I, permits the garment to be easily donned or removed.

The pants portion H of the garment is comprised of a front panel [6 and a rear panel l1. Pants portion H consists of a piece of fabric which when laid in a flat position is generally of an hour-glass form. This fabric may be any suitable material customarily used for this type of garment and consists of an outer surface l8 and an inner surface 59. Said inner surface l9 being made waterproof by applying to it any suitable material for this purpose, preferably a plastic. In the approximate center of pants portions H, concave leg openings are provided to permit said pants portion II to fit about the legs of the wearer.

Mounted about the periphery of pants portion I i and the lower extremities of shirt portion 10, suitable snap fasteners 2| are provided for releasably securing pants portion H to shirt portion it], along the waist line, and side edges of said pants portion H. Of course, any other conventional type of fastener may be used, such as buttons. Female member 22 of the snap fasteners 21 are secured along the edges and top portions of front panel 16, and along the top portions of rear panel ll. Male members 23 of the snap fasteners are secured to the bottom edges of shirt portion l0 and along the side edges of rear panel H. The fasteners are applied in this manner so that a smooth juncture is formed when the panels have been secured to the shirt and to each other.

A pair of diaper securing members 24 and 25 which are essentially tabs made of a flexible material such as plastic, are centrally located along the latitudinal edges of front panel l6 and rear panel ll. Diaper securing members 24 and 25 are attached to reinforcing tapes 25 and 21 by stitching i8. Reinforcing tapes 26 and 21 in turn are attached to front panel I6 and rear panel H by suitable stitching it on the waterproof surface of pants portion H, see particularly Fig. l.

Substantially in the center of diaper securing members is and 25, a die-cut has been made resembling a crescent having serrated edges 30 and 36a. It will be understood that the serrated die cuts need not be crescent-shaped, as any desired general shape which will provide a flap may be used. Serrated edges so and 30a are provided for securing thereto a diaper 3|. Said diaper 3% may or may not be of the disposable type, but must have highly absorbent and soft qualities. Some suitable materials being layers of tissue paper, cloth, and cotton gauze.

Secured by stitching 32 to the outside and along the lateral edges of panels l6 and I1, are a pair of flaps 33 and 3d which form a pair of oppositely disposed and cooperating longitudinal pockets and 35a into which a dry, clean and fresh diaper is inserted after a previously fouled diaper has been removed.

Flaps 33 and 34 are made of a moisture proof flexible plastic material such as Vinylite. This combined with the provision of waterproofing the inner surface it of pants portion H permits the inside of pants portion H to be completely water repellant. A further feature of flaps 33 and 34 is to hold and retain diaper 3| in proper alinement within pockets 35 and 35a, thus preventing said diaper 3! from shifting about and always giving the garment that dressed up look." Flaps 33 and 3d each consists of a single piece of flexible plastic material folded once upon itself and the free edges stitched to the periphery of pants portion H. The inner edges of said flaps 33 and it being round will not-cut, chafe or irritate the tender skin of a child.

Referring now to Figs. 1 and 3, wherein diaper securing members is and 25 are best shown, it can be seen that between the ends 35 and El of the die-cut an arcuate flap 38 is provided having a pivotal edge 39. Flap 38 is provided with serrated edges 30a about its entire periphery which assist in securing diaper 31.

The method in which diaper securing members 24 and 25 releasably secure diaper 3| thereto is as follows. After removing a fouled diaper from pockets 35 and 35a and rotating the arcuate flap 38 to the position shown in Fig. 3, the approximate center of one of the shorter horizontal edges of a clean fresh diaper 3! is placed in a flat positicn against the pivotal edge 39 of flap 38. Flap 38 is then rotated to overlay diaper 3|. By pressing flap 33 against diaper 3i and towards the inner surface I9 of pants portion II, the serrated edges 30 and 33a will bite into that edge of diaper 3i and secure it in place. See Fig. i. The same operation is then repeated at the opposite diaper securing member thus enabling both horizontal edges of diaper 3! to be secured. To release diaper 3| from diaper securing members 24 and 25, a person doing the diapering would simply place a finger of either hand underneath diaper securing members 24 and 25, allow the finger to come in contact with the pressed-in portion of diaper 3i and exert pressure in an upward direction against flap 38. This will permit serrated edges 39 and 30a to disengage the diaper 3!, thus completely releasing it.

As shown clearest in Fig. l, the front panel l6 and the rear panel I: can be completely swung away from each other pivoting about the crotch line it of pants portion II. It can thus be seen ready and full access to the diaper 3i and diaper securing members 24 and 25 is provided.

A further advantage illustrated in the embodiment of Fig. 1 is, that the infants diaper may be changed without completely unclothing it.

While the present invention, though shown to be adapted for use in a garment having both a shirt and pants portion It] and H respectively, and the particular embodiment described is of that type, it is to be noted that this is not to be considered as a limitation on the scope of the in vention. The invention is readily adaptable for use in a garment without the shirt portion 10. The pants portion i I could beprovided with suitable means, such as an elastic band to hold it to the waist of the wearer, thus eliminating the shirt portion ill secured thereto, and the snap fasteners it provided for this purpose.

Although the embodiment shown does not include the feature of concealed fastening elements, it is readily apparent that this feature could be incorporated in the pants portion H of the garment. By folding under the edges of front panel !5 and securing the female fastening members 22 to the folded over portion, no part of the entire fastening elements 2! would be visible from the outside of the garment. The same could be done with the female fastening members 22 of rear panel ll. This has the advantage of providing a garment of neater appearance, the fastening elements 21 being completely concealed.

We claim:

1. An infants garment comprising pants constituted of a fabric having longitudinal edges and being folded on a transverse line with portions of said longitudinal edges releasably attached to each other, means for releasably securing a diaper to said fabric comprising tabs of flexible material secured to opposite ends of said fabric, each-of said tabs having a serrated die-cut therethrough to form a flap whereby an edge of said diaper may be clamped into each of said tabs by means of the flap associated therewith.

2. An infrmts garment comprising pants constituted of a fabric having longitudinal edges References Cited in the file of this patent or the original patent.

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Jones Mar. 18, 1919 Number Number 6 Name Date Skinner June 17, 1930 Mullen Aug. 15, 1950 Feeney Oct. 3, 1950 Ralph Mar. 20, 1951 Cliflord Oct. 9, 1951 Oberle Nov. 6, 1951 Donovan Nov. 13, 1951 Kennette Aug. 12, 1952

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