Restraint jacket
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1. A restraint jacket, comprising:
- a front part that overlie a patient'"'"'s chest and stomach;
left and right side parts, integral with said front part, that overlie the patient'"'"'s left and right sides, respectively;
left and right confronting and slightly overlapping back parts, integral with said left and right side parts, respectively, that overlie the patient'"'"'s back;
a first back part having an edge that overlies and edge of a second back part;
a neck opening;
left and right sleeve members;
a first flap means being formed in said front part;
first closure means for releasably closing said first flap means;
second closure means for releasably closing said first flap means;
a second flap means being formed in said front part in laterally spaced relation to said first flap means;
third closure means for releasably closing said second flap means;
fourth closure means for releasably closing said second flap means;
whereby the provision of said first and second closure means substantially defeats facile opening of said first flap means by the patient;
whereby the provision of said third and fourth closure means substantially defeats facile opening of said second flap means by the patient;
whereby a first subclavian area of the patient'"'"'s chest is exposed by releasing said first and second closure means and folding forward said first flap means; and
whereby a second subclavian area of the patient'"'"'s chest is exposed by releasing said third and fourth closure means and folding forward said second flap means.
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Abstract
A disposable restraint jacket having a pair of laterally spaced, releasably secured flaps, formed in the front of the jacket, that grant ready access to the subclavian area. The jacket is color coded as to size, is marked with indicia to indicate its front and back parts, and its neck opening prevents choking of the patient. The flaps and other confronting parts of the jacket are releasably secured by a combination of locking devices of the hook and loop type. Additional embodiments add zippers and flaps on the back of the jacket.
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1. A restraint jacket, comprising:
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a front part that overlie a patient'"'"'s chest and stomach; left and right side parts, integral with said front part, that overlie the patient'"'"'s left and right sides, respectively; left and right confronting and slightly overlapping back parts, integral with said left and right side parts, respectively, that overlie the patient'"'"'s back; a first back part having an edge that overlies and edge of a second back part; a neck opening; left and right sleeve members; a first flap means being formed in said front part; first closure means for releasably closing said first flap means; second closure means for releasably closing said first flap means; a second flap means being formed in said front part in laterally spaced relation to said first flap means; third closure means for releasably closing said second flap means; fourth closure means for releasably closing said second flap means; whereby the provision of said first and second closure means substantially defeats facile opening of said first flap means by the patient; whereby the provision of said third and fourth closure means substantially defeats facile opening of said second flap means by the patient; whereby a first subclavian area of the patient'"'"'s chest is exposed by releasing said first and second closure means and folding forward said first flap means; and whereby a second subclavian area of the patient'"'"'s chest is exposed by releasing said third and fourth closure means and folding forward said second flap means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A restraint jacket, comprising:
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a front part that overlies a patient'"'"'s chest and stomach; left and right side parts, integral to said front part, that overlie the patient'"'"'s left and right sides, respectively; left and right confronting ad slightly overlapping back parts, integral to said left and right side parts, respectively, that overlie the paient'"'"'s back; a first back part having an edge that overlies an edge of a second back part; a neck opening; left and right sleeve members; a first closure means for releaseably securing together said left and right back parts; a first flap means being formed i said first back part on a first side of said first closure means; said first closure means forming an inner peripheral boundary of said first flap means; a second closure means forming an outer peripheral boundary of said first flap means; said second closure means extending substantially from a back part of said neck opening toward a first armpit area of said jacket; a second back part having an edge that underlies an edge of a first back part; a second flap means being formed in said second back part on a second side of said first closure means; said first closure means forming an inner peripheral boundary of said second flap means; a third closure means forming an outer peripheral boundary of said second flap means; said third closure means extending substantially from a back par of said neck opening toward a second armpit area of said jacket; whereby opening said first and second closure means permits folding of said first flap means to thereby expose the upper part of a patient'"'"'s back on a first side of said first closure means; whereby opening in said first and third closure means permits folding of said second flap means to thereby expose the upper part of a patient'"'"'s back on a second side of said first closure means.
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