GARMENT ASSEMBLY

Abstract

A garment assembly includes a plurality of garments that utilize oversized fasteners, such as large buttons and tie-strings, to join each garment together for adorning and disrobing, and also to reveal sections of the body for examination. In this manner, the entire garment may not have to be disrobed to examine a specific area of the body. The garment assembly includes a front garment and a back garment that join by strategically-positioned buttons and ties. The buttons and tie-strings align across from each other on the front garment and the rear garment. The buttons and ties detach in proximity to areas of the body to reveal a specific body part, including, a breast, a leg, an arm, a shoulder, and a back. The garment assembly allows for faster and easier physical access to a medical patient, while improving the patient's privacy.

Description

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

One or more embodiments of the invention generally relate to garments. More particularly, the invention relates to a multi-pieced garment that uses large buttons and tie-strings to join together, and to expose specific body parts.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The following background information may present examples of specific aspects of the prior art (e.g., without limitation, approaches, facts, or common wisdom) that, while expected to be helpful to further educate the reader as to additional aspects of the prior art, is not to be construed as limiting the present invention, or any embodiments thereof, to anything stated or implied therein or inferred thereupon.

The following is an example of a specific aspect in the prior art that, while expected to be helpful to further educate the reader as to additional aspects of the prior art, is not to be construed as limiting the present invention, or any embodiments thereof, to anything stated or implied therein or inferred thereupon. By way of educational background, another aspect of the prior art generally useful to be aware of is that the hospital gown is made of fabric that can withstand repeated laundering in hot water, usually cotton, and is fastened at the back with twill tape ties. Disposable hospital gowns may be made of paper or thin plastic, with paper or plastic ties.

Often, hospital gowns are much thinner and looser than regular clothing, so patients are less likely to overheat. The hospital gowns provide facilitated access to body parts due to their light weight and disposable nature. A slit on the rear portion of the hospital gown allows for facilitated bathroom functions.

Typically, gowns have snaps along the top of the shoulder and sleeves, so that the gown can be removed without disrupting intravenous lines in the patient's arms. Tie-strings positioned along the peripheral edges of the gown allow for adorning and disrobing of the gown. Often, the tie-strings are positioned such that the patient must reorient the body to access the tie-string for removal or tying.

In view of the foregoing, it is clear that these traditional techniques are not perfect and leave room for more optimal approaches.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and in which:

FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate detailed perspective views of an exemplary garment assembly, where FIG. 1A illustrates an exemplary frontal view, and FIG. 1B illustrates an exemplary rear view, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a detailed perspective view of an exemplary front garment detached from an exemplary rear garment, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate detailed perspective views of an exemplary plurality of fasteners, where FIG. 3A illustrates exemplary buttons, and FIG. 3B illustrates an exemplary tie-strings, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, and 4G illustrate an front garment and an exemplary rear garment detached at various fasteners to expose a body area, where FIG. 4A illustrates a fully covered body, FIG. 4B illustrates a right shoulder exposed, FIG. 4C illustrates a left shoulder exposed, FIG. 4D illustrates a right torso exposed, FIG. 4E illustrates a left torso exposed, FIG. 4F illustrates an upper body exposed, FIG. 4G illustrates a lower body exposed, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate detailed perspective views of various patterns and colors for exemplary garment assemblies, where FIG. 5A illustrates a polka dot pattern, and FIG. 5B illustrates a solid color, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Unless otherwise indicated illustrations in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SOME EMBODIMENTS

The present invention is best understood by reference to the detailed figures and description set forth herein.

Embodiments of the invention are discussed below with reference to the Figures. However, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed description given herein with respect to these figures is for explanatory purposes as the invention extends beyond these limited embodiments. For example, it should be appreciated that those skilled in the art will, in light of the teachings of the present invention, recognize a multiplicity of alternate and suitable approaches, depending upon the needs of the particular application, to implement the functionality of any given detail described herein, beyond the particular implementation choices in the following embodiments described and shown. That is, there are numerous modifications and variations of the invention that are too numerous to be listed but that all fit within the scope of the invention. Also, singular words should be read as plural and vice versa and masculine as feminine and vice versa, where appropriate, and alternative embodiments do not necessarily imply that the two are mutually exclusive.

It is to be further understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular methodology, compounds, materials, manufacturing techniques, uses, and applications, described herein, as these may vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is used for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It must be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include the plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, a reference to “an element” is a reference to one or more elements and includes equivalents thereof known to those skilled in the art. Similarly, for another example, a reference to “a step” or “a means” is a reference to one or more steps or means and may include sub-steps and subservient means. All conjunctions used are to be understood in the most inclusive sense possible. Thus, the word “or” should be understood as having the definition of a logical “or” rather than that of a logical “exclusive or” unless the context clearly necessitates otherwise. Structures described herein are to be understood also to refer to functional equivalents of such structures. Language that may be construed to express approximation should be so understood unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Preferred methods, techniques, devices, and materials are described, although any methods, techniques, devices, or materials similar or equivalent to those described herein may be used in the practice or testing of the present invention. Structures described herein are to be understood also to refer to functional equivalents of such structures. The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to embodiments thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

From reading the present disclosure, other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art. Such variations and modifications may involve equivalent and other features which are already known in the art, and which may be used instead of or in addition to features already described herein.

Although Claims have been formulated in this Application to particular combinations of features, it should be understood that the scope of the disclosure of the present invention also includes any novel feature or any novel combination of features disclosed herein either explicitly or implicitly or any generalization thereof, whether or not it relates to the same invention as presently claimed in any Claim and whether or not it mitigates any or all of the same technical problems as does the present invention.

Features which are described in the context of separate embodiments may also be provided in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features which are, for brevity, described in the context of a single embodiment, may also be provided separately or in any suitable subcombination. The Applicants hereby give notice that new Claims may be formulated to such features and/or combinations of such features during the prosecution of the present Application or of any further Application derived therefrom.

References to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “example embodiment,” “various embodiments,” etc., may indicate that the embodiment(s) of the invention so described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but not every embodiment necessarily includes the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Further, repeated use of the phrase “in one embodiment,” or “in an exemplary embodiment,” do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment, although they may.

Headings provided herein are for convenience and are not to be taken as limiting the disclosure in any way.

The enumerated listing of items does not imply that any or all of the items are mutually exclusive, unless expressly specified otherwise.

The terms “a”, “an” and “the” mean “one or more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.

Devices or system modules that are in at least general communication with each other need not be in continuous communication with each other, unless expressly specified otherwise. In addition, devices or system modules that are in at least general communication with each other may communicate directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries.

A description of an embodiment with several components in communication with each other does not imply that all such components are required. On the contrary a variety of optional components are described to illustrate the wide variety of possible embodiments of the present invention.

As is well known to those skilled in the art many careful considerations and compromises typically must be made when designing for the optimal manufacture of a commercial implementation any system, and in particular, the embodiments of the present invention. A commercial implementation in accordance with the spirit and teachings of the present invention may configured according to the needs of the particular application, whereby any aspect(s), feature(s), function(s), result(s), component(s), approach(es), or step(s) of the teachings related to any described embodiment of the present invention may be suitably omitted, included, adapted, mixed and matched, or improved and/or optimized by those skilled in the art, using their average skills and known techniques, to achieve the desired implementation that addresses the needs of the particular application.

Those skilled in the art will readily recognize, in light of and in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, that any of the foregoing steps may be suitably replaced, reordered, removed and additional steps may be inserted depending upon the needs of the particular application. Moreover, the prescribed method steps of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented using any physical and/or hardware system that those skilled in the art will readily know is suitable in light of the foregoing teachings. For any method steps described in the present application that can be carried out on a computing machine, a typical computer system can, when appropriately configured or designed, serve as a computer system in which those aspects of the invention may be embodied. Thus, the present invention is not limited to any particular tangible means of implementation.

The present invention will now be described in detail with reference to embodiments thereof as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

There are various types of garment assemblies that may be provided by preferred embodiments of the present invention. In one embodiment of the present invention, the garment assembly may include a plurality of garments that utilize oversized fasteners, such as large buttons and ties, to join each garment together for adorning and disrobing, and also to reveal specific body parts for examination. In this manner, the entire garment may not have to be disrobed to examine a specific area of the body. In one embodiment, the garment assembly may include a front garment and a back garment that join by strategically-positioned buttons and ties. The buttons and ties detach in proximity to areas of the body to reveal a specific body part, including, without limitation, a breast, a leg, an arm, a shoulder, and a back. In one embodiment, the garment assembly may allow faster and easier physical access to a medical patient, while improving the personal privacy of the medical patients.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the garment assembly may include a plurality of garments that interchangeably join to cover and reveal various areas of the body. The garment assembly may be sized and dimensioned to cover a section of the body. A front garment may be configured to be operable to cover a front area of a body, including, breasts, front torso, front legs, and front shoulders. A rear garment may be configured to be operable to cover a rear area of the body, including, back, shoulder blades, rear legs, and buttocks. The front garment may combine with a rear garment from a different garment assembly. The rear garment may include no slits or apertures, whereby the buttocks and other private areas may remain covered. However, in other embodiments, the plurality of garments may include additional garment pieces that cover other areas of the body, including, without limitation, patches of material, buttocks covers, genital covers, long sleeves, feet covers, and a head cover. Each of these garment pieces may attach and detach through the same means as the front garment and the rear garment. In this manner, the desired areas of the body for examination may be accessed without disrobing completely.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of fasteners may help secure the plurality of garments together, and also cover and uncover sections of garment for exposing areas of the body. The plurality of fasteners may include, without limitation, large buttons and tie-strings. The buttons may include 12 sets of 1″ buttons positioned along the torso and sleeve sidewall of both the front garment and the rear garment. However, in other embodiments, additional or less buttons may be utilized. The tie-strings may include two strings on each respective end of each garment for attachment. For example, without limitation, the side torso area may include two 3″ twill tie-strings along the longitudinal axis of the garment for each side of the body. In this manner, either side of the torso may be uncovered to reveal, for example, a left rib, or a right armpit. Those skilled in the art, in light of the present teachings, will recognize that the large buttons may help a user with a weak grip or limited hand functions, such as the elderly and the seriously ill, to better manipulate and operate the buttons for disrobing and adorning the garment. The large buttons may also help medical staff to better manipulate and operate the buttons when they are wearing gloves, have moist hands or during procedures when they need to disrobe the patient in a very fast manner. It is contemplated that some embodiments may be implemented with various different types of fasteners other than buttons and tie-strings including, without limitation, hook-and-loop fasteners, hook-and-eye fasteners, and buttons that secure through slits similar to what you find on modern dress shirts.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the front garment and/or the rear garment may be detached at various locations throughout the garment assembly for exposing the desired body area. For example, without limitation, untying the right tie strings on the lower torso of the garment assembly may expose a right leg. Unbuttoning a button on the left sleeve may expose a left shoulder. In one embodiment, the garment assembly may be easily removed before surgery and reapplied immediately after without having to move the patient.

FIGS. 1A and 1B illustrate detailed perspective views of an exemplary garment assembly, where FIG. 1A illustrates an exemplary frontal view, and FIG. 1B illustrates an exemplary rear view, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a garment assembly 100 may include a plurality of garments that utilize oversized fasteners, such as large buttons and ties, to join each garment together for adorning and disrobing, and also to reveal sections of at least part of a body for examination. In this manner, the entire garment may not have to be disrobed to examine a specific area of the body. The garment assembly may include, without limitation, a hospital gown, a surgery gown, a kitchen gown, and a surgery dress.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the garment assembly may include a front garment 102 and a rear garment 104 that join by strategically-positioned plurality of fasteners 106, such as buttons and tie-strings. However, in other embodiment, the plurality of fasteners may include, without limitation, zippers, hook and loop fasteners, magnets, snap buttons, and pins. The buttons and ties detach in proximity to areas of the body to reveal a specific body part, including, without limitation, a breast, a leg, an arm, a shoulder, and a back. In one embodiment, the garment assembly may allow faster and easier physical access to a medical patient, while improving the personal privacy of the medical patients. Suitable materials for the garment assembly may include, without limitation, cotton, cotton flannel, polyester, nylon, wool, paper, and thin polymers. In yet another embodiment, the garment assembly may be disposable.

Those skilled in the art, in light of the present teachings, will recognize that the garment assembly may minimize work and stress on a caregiver and a patient. For example, without limitation, rather than requiring a caregiver to lift an immobile patient to complete a change or apply a catheter, the garment assembly may allow those and other procedures to be easily conducted without any physical stress upon the patient or caregiver. If the patient needs to receive a medical test, such as an electrocardiogram, the test may be conducted without having to completely expose the patient during the procedure. Only the section of the body requiring examination need be revealed by detaching a few fasteners in proximity to the body part under examination. Revealing only the body part under examination may help to keep the caregiver's attention on the procedure at hand. In addition, this may also help the patient remain calm and comfortable. If the patient is not calm and comfortable some tests and procedures may be negatively affected.

FIG. 2 illustrates a detailed perspective view of an exemplary front garment detached from an exemplary rear garment, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the garment assembly may include a plurality of garments that interchangeably join to cover and reveal various areas of the body. The garment assembly may be sized and dimensioned to cover either all, or specific areas of the body. A front garment may be configured to be operable to cover a front area of at least part of a body, including, breasts, front torso, front legs, and front shoulders. A rear garment may be configured to be operable to cover a rear area of the at least part of a body, including, back, shoulder blades, rear legs, and buttocks. The front garment may combine with a rear garment from a different garment assembly. The rear garment may include no slits or apertures, whereby the buttocks and other private areas may remain covered. However, in other embodiments, the plurality of garments may include additional garment pieces that cover other areas of the at least part of a body, including, without limitation, patches of material, buttocks covers, genital covers, long sleeves, feet covers, and a head cover. Each of these garment pieces may attach and detach through the same means as the front garment and the rear garment. In this manner, the desired areas of the at least part of a body for examination may be accessed without disrobing completely.

FIGS. 3A and 3B illustrate detailed perspective views of an exemplary plurality of fasteners, where FIG. 3A illustrates exemplary buttons, and FIG. 3B illustrates an exemplary tie-strings, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, a plurality of fasteners may help secure the plurality of garments together, and also cover and uncover sections of garment for exposing areas of the at least part of a body. The plurality of fasteners may include, without limitation, large buttons and tie strings. The tie strings may include two strings on each respective end of each garment for attachment. For example, without limitation, the side torso area may include two twill-tie strings along the longitudinal axis of the garment for each side of the at least part of a body. In this manner, either side of the torso may be uncovered to reveal, for example, a left rib, or a right armpit. Those skilled in the art, in light of the present teachings, will recognize that the large buttons may help a user with a weak grip or limited hand functions, such as the elderly and the seriously ill, to better manipulate and operate the buttons for disrobing and adorning the garment.

FIGS. 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D, 4E, 4F, and 4G illustrate an front garment and an exemplary rear garment detached at various fasteners to expose a body area, where FIG. 4A illustrates a fully covered body, FIG. 4B illustrates a right shoulder exposed, FIG. 4C illustrates a left shoulder exposed, FIG. 4D illustrates a right torso exposed, FIG. 4E illustrates a left torso exposed, FIG. 4F illustrates an upper body exposed, FIG. 4G illustrates a lower body exposed, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the flexible nature of the garment assembly allows for numerous combinations of the body to be exposed simultaneously for examination and manipulation of the body. In this manner, the whole body does not have to be exposed for examining a single area of the body. In some embodiments, the front garment and/or the rear garment may be detached at various locations throughout the garment assembly for exposing at least part of a body 400. For example, without limitation, untying the right tie strings on the lower torso of the garment assembly may expose a right leg. Unbuttoning a button on the left sleeve may expose a left shoulder. In one embodiment, the garment assembly may be easily removed before surgery and reapplied immediately after without having to move the patient. In some applications multiple areas of the body may be exposed simultaneously.

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate detailed perspective views of various patterns and colors for exemplary garment assemblies, where FIG. 5A illustrates a polka dot pattern, and FIG. 5B illustrates a solid color, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the garment assembly may be colored, textured, and sized to fit on any sized body, aesthetics, and facilitated identification. In yet another embodiment, a logo may be positioned on the garment assembly for marketing. In some embodiments, a male and a female garment assembly have different colors.

In one alternative embodiment, the garment assembly may include more than two garment pieces, whereby each part of the body has its own garment piece, e.g., buttocks garment, leg garment, torso garment. In yet another alternative embodiment, each garment piece is color coded for facilitated identification. In yet another alternative embodiment, the rear garment comprises a detachable patch in proximity to the buttocks for facilitated bathroom functions.

All the features disclosed in this specification, including any accompanying abstract and drawings, may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise. Thus, unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent or similar features.

It is noted that according to USA law 35 USC §112 (1), all claims must be supported by sufficient disclosure in the present patent specification, and any material known to those skilled in the art need not be explicitly disclosed. However, 35 USC §112 (6) requires that structures corresponding to functional limitations interpreted under 35 USC §112 (6) must be explicitly disclosed in the patent specification. Moreover, the USPTO's Examination policy of initially treating and searching prior art under the broadest interpretation of a “mean for” claim limitation implies that the broadest initial search on 112 (6) functional limitation would have to be conducted to support a legally valid Examination on that USPTO policy for broadest interpretation of “mean for” claims. Accordingly, the USPTO will have discovered a multiplicity of prior art documents including disclosure of specific structures and elements which are suitable to act as corresponding structures to satisfy all functional limitations in the below claims that are interpreted under 35 USC §112 (6) when such corresponding structures are not explicitly disclosed in the foregoing patent specification. Therefore, for any invention element(s)/structure(s) corresponding to functional claim limitation(s), in the below claims interpreted under 35 USC §112 (6), which is/are not explicitly disclosed in the foregoing patent specification, yet do exist in the patent and/or non-patent documents found during the course of USPTO searching, Applicant(s) incorporate all such functionally corresponding structures and related enabling material herein by reference for the purpose of providing explicit structures that implement the functional means claimed. Applicant(s) request(s) that fact finders during any claims construction proceedings and/or examination of patent allowability properly identify and incorporate only the portions of each of these documents discovered during the broadest interpretation search of 35 USC §112 (6) limitation, which exist in at least one of the patent and/or non-patent documents found during the course of normal USPTO searching and or supplied to the USPTO during prosecution. Applicant(s) also incorporate by reference the bibliographic citation information to identify all such documents comprising functionally corresponding structures and related enabling material as listed in any PTO Form-892 or likewise any information disclosure statements (IDS) entered into the present patent application by the USPTO or Applicant(s) or any 3^rd parties. Applicant(s) also reserve its right to later amend the present application to explicitly include citations to such documents and/or explicitly include the functionally corresponding structures which were incorporate by reference above.

Thus, for any invention element(s)/structure(s) corresponding to functional claim limitation(s), in the below claims, that are interpreted under 35 USC §112 (6), which is/are not explicitly disclosed in the foregoing patent specification, Applicant(s) have explicitly prescribed which documents and material to include the otherwise missing disclosure, and have prescribed exactly which portions of such patent and/or non-patent documents should be incorporated by such reference for the purpose of satisfying the disclosure requirements of 35 USC §112 (6). Applicant(s) note that all the identified documents above which are incorporated by reference to satisfy 35 USC §112 (6) necessarily have a filing and/or publication date prior to that of the instant application, and thus are valid prior documents to incorporated by reference in the instant application.

Having fully described at least one embodiment of the present invention, other equivalent or alternative methods of implementing a multi-piece garment that attaches with fasteners and exposes a part of a body according to the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Various aspects of the invention have been described above by way of illustration, and the specific embodiments disclosed are not intended to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed. The particular implementation of the multi-piece garment that attaches with fasteners and exposes a part of a body may vary depending upon the particular context or application. By way of example, and not limitation, the multi-piece garment that attaches with fasteners and exposes a part of a body described in the foregoing were principally directed to hospital gowns that allowed for exposure of specific body parts by detaching buttons and tie-strings implementations; however, similar techniques may instead be applied to fashionable garments that provide a fresh fashion statement with detachable sections of the garment, which implementations of the present invention are contemplated as within the scope of the present invention. The invention is thus to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the following claims. It is to be further understood that not all of the disclosed embodiments in the foregoing specification will necessarily satisfy or achieve each of the objects, advantages, or improvements described in the foregoing specification.

Claim elements and steps herein may have been numbered and/or lettered solely as an aid in readability and understanding. Any such numbering and lettering in itself is not intended to and should not be taken to indicate the ordering of elements and/or steps in the claims.

The corresponding structures, materials, acts, and equivalents of all means or step plus function elements in the claims below are intended to include any structure, material, or act for performing the function in combination with other claimed elements as specifically claimed.

The Abstract is provided to comply with 37 C.F.R. Section 1.72(b) requiring an abstract that will allow the reader to ascertain the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to limit or interpret the scope or meaning of the claims. The following claims are hereby incorporated into the detailed description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment.

Claims

1. An assembly comprising:

a front garment, said front garment being configured to be operable to cover at least part of a body;

a rear garment, said rear garment being configured to cover said at least part of a body; and

a plurality of fasteners, said plurality of fasteners being disposed to align along said front garment and said rear garment, said plurality of fasteners being configured to join said front garment and said rear garment, said plurality of fasteners being configured to be operable to detach for exposing said at least part of a body.

2. The assembly of claim 1, in which said assembly comprises a medical gown.

3. The assembly of claim 1, in which said assembly comprises cotton flannel.

4. The assembly of claim 1, in which said assembly comprises a male medical gown.

5. The assembly of claim 4, in which said medical gown comprises said plurality of fasteners on said front garment.

6. The assembly of claim 1, in which said assembly comprises a female medical gown.

7. The assembly of claim 6, in which said medical gown comprises said plurality of fasteners on said rear garment.

8. The assembly of claim 1, in which said front garment covers a breast and/or front legs and/or front arms.

9. The assembly of claim 1, in which said rear garment covers a back and/or rear legs and/or rear arms and/or buttocks.

10. The assembly of claim 1, in which said rear garment comprises a solid piece of material.

11. The assembly of claim 1, in which said plurality of fasteners comprise buttons.

12. The assembly of claim 11, in which said buttons comprises oversize buttons.

13. The assembly of claim 12, in which said buttons comprise twelve sets of snap buttons.

14. The assembly of claim 13, in which said snap buttons comprise a one inch diameter.

15. The assembly of claim 14, in which said snap buttons are disposed to position on a torso and sleeve sidewall of said front garment and said rear garment.

16. The assembly of claim 1, in which said plurality of fasteners comprise tie-strings.

17. The assembly of claim 1, in which said tie-strings comprise three inch twill-tie segments.

18. The assembly of claim 17, in which said twill-tie segments are disposed to position on a torso sidewall.

19. A system comprising:

means for positioning a front garment in alignment with a rear garment;

means for joining said front garment with said rear garment around a body;

means for fastening a plurality of fasteners on said front garment and said rear garment;

means for unfastening at least one fastener; and

means for exposing at least a part of a body for examination.

20. A system consisting of:

a front garment, said front garment being configured to be operable to cover a front area of a body;

a rear garment, said rear garment being configured to cover a rear area of a body, said rear garment being operable to join with said front garment; and

a plurality of fasteners, said plurality of fasteners being disposed to align along said front garment and said rear garment, said plurality of fasteners comprising buttons, said buttons comprising snap buttons, said snap buttons comprising a one inch diameter, said plurality of fasteners further comprising tie-strings, said tie-strings comprising three inch twill-tie segments, said plurality of fasteners being configured to join said front garment and said rear garment, said plurality of fasteners being configured to be operable to detach for exposing said at least part of a body.