Patient garment

Claim 1

A one-piece garment for use by incapacitated patients, said one-piece garment including; an upper portion for extending about shoulders of a patient for supporting said one-piece garment on said patient; first and second pants legs for respectively enclosing each leg of said patient separately, said pants legs being joined near a crotch area of the garment; a midriff section interconnecting the upper portion and pants legs for covering the midriff portion of the patient; said one-piece garment having a front section for covering the front of said patient and having a rear section for cover the rear of said patient said rear section defining a rear slit extending vertically from said crotch area through said upper portion for opening to allow said patient to enter said one-piece garment; said two pants legs each defining a longitudinal crotch slit at the inside thereof near the crotch with material with the front of one pants leg adjacent the crotch slit extending to overlap material adjacent the crotch slit from the front of the other pants leg in the front section at the crotch area and material from the back of one of the pants legs adjacent the crotch slit extending to overlap material adjacent the crotch slit from the back of the other pants leg in the rear section at the crotch area and, said rear slit and said crotch slit being continuous one with the other to form a composite slit extending completely down the back section, around the crotch, and partially up the front section, there being overlapping material in both said front section and said rear section at said crotch area said overlapping material in said front section being sewn together along an approximately lateral line above the crotch area to cause said overlapping material in said front section to hang naturally in an overlapping configuration; whereby overlapping material at either the front, back, or both of the garment can be easily pulled open to allow a patient to perform evacuative functions, however, when they are not pulled open the garment remains closed at the front and rear of the crotch, so that a person can easily move about without exposing evacuative-function organs.