WO1998032346A1 - Unisex garment for the physically and mentally disabled - Google Patents
Unisex garment for the physically and mentally disabled Download PDFInfo
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- WO1998032346A1 WO1998032346A1 PCT/ES1998/000016 ES9800016W WO9832346A1 WO 1998032346 A1 WO1998032346 A1 WO 1998032346A1 ES 9800016 W ES9800016 W ES 9800016W WO 9832346 A1 WO9832346 A1 WO 9832346A1
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- Prior art keywords
- zipper
- garment
- shirt
- unisex
- opening
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
- A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
- A41D13/1236—Patients' garments
- A41D13/1263—Suits
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B9/00—Undergarments
- A41B9/08—Combined undergarments
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- the invention relates to a unisex garment of special application in those people or users with difficulties to dress / undress themselves, being equally applicable to people who need a third party to put on and take off their clothes.
- the garment forms a t-shirt and a briefs joined by a transversal zipper, forming a full or unique garment with the power to open the part corresponding to the t-shirt, as well as freeing that part of the shirt with respect to the part of the underwear, thus favoring the operation of dressing / undressing and even exchanging absorbent diapers without undressing.
- underwear and / or unisex outerwear are known that combine the shirt and the corresponding underpants or pants in a single set or single piece, they are usually integral pieces that cannot be used in certain cases, specifically by those people with difficulties to dress-undress, that is to say in physical-psychic handicaps that sometimes even require the assistance of a third person to perform such functions.
- SUBSTITUTE SHEET RULE 26 For example, the collection of the shirt and the risk of cooling, or in other cases prevent the displacement of a diaper intended to collect and absorb the urine in case of incontinence.
- the unisex garment that is recommended comes to solve the problem described above, since it forms a single t-shirt and a briefs in a single set, which are linked by a transverse zipper that can be closed and opened to separate the underwear from the shirt and by Therefore, it is possible to allow such people or physically-psychic people to be able to dress and undress more comfortably or that they can dress and undress them, also with greater ease and comfort, a third person in case they require it. To this must be added that the shirt also has a longitudinal zipper that allows full opening to see favored the dress / undress operation.
- the unisex garment of the invention which will preferably be made of a cotton fabric or similar material, to avoid allergies and that is comfortable for people who have to use it, has the peculiarity that on the one hand the part that It constitutes the shirt, as previously said, it has a longitudinal zipper that goes from the neck to the lower edge, allowing the total opening of the zipper, which can be located, as will be exposed later, both in correspondence with the part front as in correspondence with the back since such a shirt is linked to the part that constitutes the underwear by a zipper with an independent character by means of the total opening of said zipper, which makes it possible for the shirt to be positioned with the zipper facing forward or with the zipper facing back, in the first case to allow the user to dress / undress by itself, and in the second case when such an operation is carried out by a third party.
- N RULE 26 The zippers concur in their closed position in a central and intermediate zone where an opening is determined, which is partially closed as a consequence of which in that area elastic sections are determined that tend to close the corresponding open part, although the elastic ones in issue will have conventional fastening means that allow at any time to close that opening caused by the confluence between the zippers, and specifically in the central area, either from the front, or from the rear, according to the assembly of the shirt with respect to the underwear.
- the zippers in question are preferably materialized in a soft plastic with flat teeth, so that the zipper assembly is as flat as possible and avoids any type of discomfort to the user, having also provided that said zippers are fixed to the fabric of both the underwear and the shirt, by overlapping the fabrics themselves, in order to cover the teeth of the zippers and thereby avoid their contact with the body of the user, whereby said contact It will always be done on the fabric and not on the zippers.
- the garment in question facilitates the dress / undressing operations, both for physically-psychically handicapped persons and for third parties who perform the dress / undressing of physically or psychically disabled persons, in those cases in which they suffer from incontinence, it will not be necessary to have to undress the person in question to replace the diaper, but simply it will be enough to open the zipper that joins the bottom or brief with the shirt and carry out the replacement of the diaper.
- Figure 1 shows a representation of the unisex garment made in accordance with the object of the invention seen from behind.
- Figure 2. Shows the same garment represented in the previous figure, in this case seen from the front.
- Figure 3. Shows a cross-sectional detail at the height of one of the zippers, corresponding to the cutting line A-B of Figure 1, showing the way of fixing or mounting such zippers.
- Figure 4. Shows a practical application on a person, of the unisex garment object of the invention, with the zipper of the shirt partially open and the zipper that joins such shirt with the bottom or briefly open in its entirety.
- the unisex garment object of the invention comprises two parts linked together to form a single set as a garment itself, so that the upper part constitutes what has been called a t-shirt (2) while the lower part constitutes what has been called a brief (3) although this lower part could also be materialized in a panty or even in long pants or semi-short, so that the unisex garment that is claimed can be interior or exterior use.
- the shirt (2) and the briefs (3) or bottom are joined together by a transverse zipper (4), in correspondence with the waist of
- the shirt (2) also has a zipper (5) arranged longitudinally from the opening (6) or neck to the bottom.
- the upper edge of the neck (6) of the shirt has, both on the one hand and on the other hand the same height or height so that the shirt (2) in question can be arranged with the zipper forward or with the zipper back , at the user's convenience, according to their needs.
- an open zone (7) is determined, as shown in Figure 1, which tends to close as a consequence of the fact that in the laterals of the lower part of the zipper (5) and between the ends of the zipper (4) are provided corresponding elastic and gathered sections (8) and (9), respectively, which tend to close that open area (7) although
- the total closure of this can be achieved by means of conventional fasteners or elements (10) provided in both the elastic (8) and the elastic (9) referred to above.
- both the zipper (4) and the zipper (5) are fixed to the corresponding fabric in such a way that they are hidden and avoid direct friction between the user's body and the teeth themselves, for which and as they are represented in figure 4, in which the zipper belongs to the shirt (2), although it could also be the zipper (4) belonging to the underwear (3) has the peculiarity that the garment fabric itself, in this case of the shirt (2), presents a fold (11) that determines the overlap of a section (12) of the fabric or shirt (2) on the zipper itself (5), specifically on the respective side or one of the parts of the zipper., since on the other side or complementary strip of
- each zipper part will be fixed to a section (12) that forms an overlap, starting from a fold line (11), of the garment's own fabric, so that the teeth of the referred zipper are hidden and the contact of the user's body is made not on the said zipper but on the fabric corresponding to the garment itself.
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- Outer Garments And Coats (AREA)
- Undergarments, Swaddling Clothes, Handkerchiefs Or Underwear Materials (AREA)
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP98900546A EP0900530A1 (en) | 1997-01-28 | 1998-01-23 | Unisex garment for the physically and mentally disabled |
AU55620/98A AU5562098A (en) | 1997-01-28 | 1998-01-23 | Unisex garment for the physically and mentally disabled |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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ES9700192U ES1036237Y (en) | 1997-01-28 | 1997-01-28 | UNISEX INTERIOR GARMENT FOR PHYSICAL-PSYCHIC DISMISSALS. |
ESU9700192 | 1997-01-28 |
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WO1998032346A1 true WO1998032346A1 (en) | 1998-07-30 |
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PCT/ES1998/000016 WO1998032346A1 (en) | 1997-01-28 | 1998-01-23 | Unisex garment for the physically and mentally disabled |
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EP (1) | EP0900530A1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES1036237Y (en) |
WO (1) | WO1998032346A1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (2)
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ES2190324B1 (en) * | 2001-02-22 | 2005-03-01 | Juan Carlos Fernandez Fernandez | CLOTHING CLOTHING WITH UNIVERSAL OPENING. |
DE202018100804U1 (en) * | 2018-02-14 | 2018-02-28 | Eugen Moos | Variable clothing combination |
Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB483182A (en) * | 1936-03-23 | 1938-04-13 | Gerrit Jan Berend Scheggetman | Overall garments |
FR2140745A5 (en) * | 1971-06-07 | 1973-01-19 | Brune Lucien | Shirt and underpants - with hook/loop fabric connection |
US5033121A (en) * | 1990-06-15 | 1991-07-23 | Larsen Douglas S | Combined clothing article |
FR2745155A1 (en) * | 1996-02-23 | 1997-08-29 | D Aide Par Le Travail C A T De | Sectional garment for injured or handicapped person |
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1997
- 1997-01-28 ES ES9700192U patent/ES1036237Y/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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1998
- 1998-01-23 EP EP98900546A patent/EP0900530A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1998-01-23 WO PCT/ES1998/000016 patent/WO1998032346A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
Patent Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB483182A (en) * | 1936-03-23 | 1938-04-13 | Gerrit Jan Berend Scheggetman | Overall garments |
FR2140745A5 (en) * | 1971-06-07 | 1973-01-19 | Brune Lucien | Shirt and underpants - with hook/loop fabric connection |
US5033121A (en) * | 1990-06-15 | 1991-07-23 | Larsen Douglas S | Combined clothing article |
FR2745155A1 (en) * | 1996-02-23 | 1997-08-29 | D Aide Par Le Travail C A T De | Sectional garment for injured or handicapped person |
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ES1036237U (en) | 1997-07-16 |
EP0900530A1 (en) | 1999-03-10 |
ES1036237Y (en) | 1997-12-01 |
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