FR2859076A1 - Garment for baby, child or physically dependent adult is made from no more than two pieces of material with edges joined by sliding clasp fasteners - Google Patents

Abstract

The garment, designed to be opened out completely for easy fitting and removal, is made from no more than two pieces of material that can be opened out by means of three sliding clasp fasteners - one for its right side, one for its left side and the other for the neck. Depending on the shape of the garment the right- and left-hand side fasteners can start from the crotch or its lower edge.

Description

The present invention relates to the design and production of

  pajamas, down jackets, dresses and sleeping bags for babies, small children or physically dependent adults. This new design allows to fully open the arms, body and legs of the garment. It makes it possible to close the garment with the help of zippers placed on the periphery of the open garment. This invention allows

  to dress or undress, easily and quickly, a baby, a small child or a physically dependent adult. This can be done either by laying the person on the back, on the wide open garment, without turning it in all directions (back - belly, stomach - back), or when the person is standing, by passing him the wide open garment by the head.

  First, the prior art does not make it possible to fully open a garment. Either the legs or the arms of the garment are open but never both at the same time. The closures are either in front of or behind the garment. So the problem with these designs is that it is impossible to dress or undress someone, easily and quickly, without turning it in all directions or without forcing it to fold in two. As a result, serious problems may occur: The babies' heads are unfortunately shaken or they are fragile.

  The fingers of babies can be twisted inadvertently because it is difficult to pass his little hands through small openings with adult fingers.

  Turning and turning the babies makes them regurgitate, which burns their esophagus.

  It is almost impossible to change a baby without undressing him completely where the risk of getting him cold and so he is often sick.

  The stress and annoyance of babies, small children or physically dependent adults and caregivers.

  In addition, a garment that does not open fully, builds up to the foot, causing a problem of hygiene.

  Secondly, in the prior art, the mainly used closures are the snaps, the buttons and the scratches and they are positioned either on the belly or on the back of the garment. This is also a problem The pressures are not always practical to close. In addition, when they are torn off, they are not repairable so the garment is good to throw.

  The buttons can be torn off and swallowed resulting in choking hazards.

  Scratches, if they are not properly closed, can scratch the skin and cause irritation. Moreover, when washing the garment, if the scratches are not well closed, they may cling to other clothes and thus damage them.

  The positioning of these closures, usually in the back or on the stomach, attacks the fragile skin of one who has long been lying on it.

  Thirdly, the prior art uses several pieces of fabric to make the same garment, which requires a lot of seams and therefore important work of seamstresses. The problem is on the one hand that these seams attack the skin of the one who is constantly lying on it and on the other hand that ironing is not easy.

  Lastly, the prior techniques smooth out a back side and a belly side, an inside and an outside in a garment. This is not practical for people who have trouble distinguishing the place from the wrong side of a garment. And this forces them to undress and dress the person they dress, in case of error of meaning.

  The present invention overcomes all these problems. By creating clothes that are ideally cut into a single piece of fabric (two, if they require a hood), we remove the seams and therefore what attacks the skin. And by creating clothes that are ideally (but not necessarily) identical front and back, inside and outside, we eliminate the problem of undressing and dressing in case of error of meaning and also the problem of stress.

  These clothes and sleeping bags all have the same peculiarity: they are easy to put on and take off thanks to their opening and their integral closure at the level of the arms, the body and the legs, with the help of two zippers. placed on the perimeter of the open garment (one for the right half and one for the left half of the garment) and one for the hole for the head. So finished the stress.

  The leg opening begins at the crotch and then along the inside of the legs; the tip of the feet; the outer side of the legs; the sides of the body; under the arms and ends at the wrists. The opening of the legless garment begins with the bottom of the garment; the sides of the body; under the arms and ends at the wrists. Once the garment is open, lay it flat on a bed or changing table. We put the person on half of the garment that will serve as back. The other half of the garment is folded over her, at the level of the shoulders, the head having passed through a hole intended for this purpose in the middle of the open garment. Finally we close the garment with the zippers, starting at the wrists of the person dressed. Therefore the problem of the hands is avoided. The person is dressed by being placed on the back, on the open wide garment, without being rotated in all directions so without risk of regurgitation and without shaking his head. The opening of the garment being done by the crotch, it allows to open the clothes only at the level of the legs to change a layer. Thus the person will take less cold because it is discovered only partially.

  The closures are positioned on the side of the body, the person lying on his back or on the stomach, will not be bothered by them.

  The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention and have the same characteristics: The closures are indicated by hatching and are three in number (except for Figure 5): one for the right half of the garment, one for the left half and one for the hole in the head (except for Figure 5). It will be noted that on the open garment, there is no other seam than those necessary for the installation of zippers and finishes wrists and the hole for the head.

  Figure 1 shows a pajamas closed by zippers located on the periphery of the garment. The opening is through the crotch, the loops used to open the zippers are between the legs.

  Figure 2 shows the same fully open pajamas and is the basis of the pattern to cut in the fabric. The pajamas being open, the loops of the zippers are at the wrists.

  Figure 3 shows a closed down jacket with a hood. This realization requires two pieces of fabric: one for the down jacket and one for the hood. The opening is through the crotch, the loops used to open the zippers are between the legs.

  Figure 4 shows the same fully open down jacket, base of the pattern to cut in the fabric. The jacket is open, the loops of the zippers are at the wrists.

  Figure 5 shows a sleeping bag closed and sleeveless. This embodiment does not require zippers for the head hole because this sleeping bag is for sunny days so the hole in the head may be larger. The opening is from the bottom, the loops used to open the zippers are at the bottom of the garment.

  Figure 6 shows the same open bag, base of the pattern to cut in the fabric. With the bag open, the loops of the zippers are at the bottom of the arms.

  Figure 7 shows a sleeping bag closed and with sleeves. Opening at the bottom, the loops for opening the zippers are at the bottom of the garment.

  Figure 8 shows the same open bag, base of the pattern to cut into the fabric. With the bag open, the loops of the zippers are at the wrists.

  Figure 9 shows a closed dress. The opening is from the bottom, the loops used to open the zippers are at the bottom of the garment.

  Figure 10 shows a fully open dress, base of the pattern to cut into the fabric. The dress being open, the loops of the zippers are at the wrists.

  One of the embodiments of this invention is as follows: First, to draw the pattern of the pajamas, for example, one takes tissue paper and a traditional closed pajamas. We put the pajamas flat with, imperatively, the arms cross on the tissue paper. The outline of the pajamas is drawn on the tissue paper. We obtain the drawing of a closed pajamas. To obtain the design of an open pajamas, simply rotate the pajamas at the top of the first drawing, following an axis of symmetry passing through the top of the arms of the drawing. The two drawings are identical but opposite. We thus obtain the design of an open pajama. At the junction of the two drawings, draw the hole for the passage of the head and the zipper which goes from the shoulder to the neck. Figure 2 shows the pattern thus obtained.

  Secondly, we transfer this pattern onto fabric, if possible fleece and double - sided. We get the pajamas open.

  Thirdly, one needs: - two long zippers, ideally, very thin and whose fabric that constitutes them is fm and flexible like tulle. These closures must be of the type of jacket closures, with at one end, a part that fits into each other, and at the other end, a stop that prevents the opening and closing buckle from going further. far. Their length must be the one that exists between the wrist of the pajamas and the crotch, when one follows the outline of the pajamas.

  - A small zipper, ideally, very thin and whose fabric that constitutes it is fm and flexible like tulle. This closure has no particular tips.

  We take one of the long closures. We open it and sew one of the halves, on one of the quarters of the perimeter of the pajamas. The part that starts closing is sewn at one of the wrists of the pajamas. The remainder of the zipper is sewn under the arm, along the body, along the outside of the leg, at the end of the foot and then along the inside of the leg and is stopped at the junction between the two legs. We sew the second half of the same zipper, on the quarter of the pajamas that is above the one where we sewed the first half and not on the one next to it. We do the same with the second zipper. The third zipper is sewn in the middle of the open pajamas to close a portion of the hole for the head.

  Finally, we finish at the wrists and neck of the pajamas.

  The same goes for the other clothes.

  The invention is susceptible of industrial application in the field of clothing for babies, young children, physically dependent persons such as some elderly or disabled. But it is also susceptible of industrial application in the field of extra bedding such as sleeping in camping for sleeping bags.

Claims (3)

  1) A method of designing and producing clothing intended for babies, young children or physically dependent adults, characterized by the fact that it allows an entire garment to be opened by the sides, at the level of its arms, body and legs, that it requires only one or two pieces of fabric maximum, and that the only necessary seams are those related to the laying of the closures on the periphery of the fully open garment as well as those related to the finishes of the wrists and the passage of the neck.   2) Method according to the preceding claim characterized in that the type of closures used are zippers and they are three in number: one for the right half of the garment, one for the left half and one for the neck .   3) Method according to any one of claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the zippers 10 open the garment from the crotch or its lower part.   Use according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the manner of opening the garment makes it possible to make a reversible garment, identical in front and behind, inside and outside.