Hip protective hospital garment

Claim 1

For use by individuals of varying sizes, a hip protective, hospital garment comprising: a gown including a lower portion, a pair of upper chest flaps, and a pair of shoulder flaps, each of said pair of shoulder flaps being criss-crossingly and adjustably secured to correspondingly positioned ones of said pair of upper chest flaps so as to provide a comfortable and non-restrictive fit over the shoulders of the user, shoulder adjustment means to enable adjustable and easily disengageable securement of said shoulder flaps and said upper chest flaps, thereby providing facilitated access to the user's body and enabling quick and easy donning of the garment on the user, eliminating the need for the user to maneuver, adjustable gown closure means disposed along opposite vertical edges of said lower portion so as to secure said gown about the individual user, a substantially large, sealable interior pocket extending across said lower portion in an interior of said gown, which is structured and disposed to substantially cover the mid-section of the individual user when the garment is being worn, pocket closure means to seal said interior pocket, at least one substantially lightweight, flexible, highly impact protective material liner structured and disposed to substantially absorb a force of impact thereto and being sized and configured to be contained within said interior pocket to reduce the likelihood of bed sores to bedridden users or severe injury to the mid-section of the user as a result of an external force applied thereto, and said liner including a base sheet and an upper sheet attached to one another so as to form a plurality of evenly disposed air bubbles therebetween structured and disposed to absorb the shock of impacts thereto.