Garment with discrete medical tags

Abstract

A garment, or article of clothing, particularly for children, has two labels that identify a need for special medical attention and instruct about a medical response if needed. The exterior label sewn to the left sleeve of the garment alerts and reminds caregivers about the medical attention need. The interior tags, sewn inverted upon the interior rear of the garment, accepts writing to describe the medical condition and steps to be taken immediately. The interior tag is concealed, keeping the medical information out of public view, but provides ready display of the information in a crisis when a caregiver responds by pulling the garment to reveal the interior tag.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates generally to clothing, particularly for children, and more specifically, to placing medical information upon the clothing in an accessible, though still private, manner. [0002] From time to time, people have a medical condition. Some conditions have manifest symptoms, visible to the senses, while other conditions remain hidden or viewable by medical instruments and tests. Some conditions are chronic where the person bears the condition for an extended time and others are acute where the person endures the symptoms, often intense, for a short time. Chronic conditions may remain hidden for years while acute conditions manifest symptoms that may incapacitate a person. When suffering from an acute condition, a person may not be able to explain their condition to another. The person may be incapacitated due to the condition, infirmity, or youth. For example, children become afflicted with medical conditions that require spe...

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Benefits of technology

[0024] It is, therefore, the principal object of this invention to provide an improved identification system for young children with medical conditions integral with their daily appearance, as in clothing, that identifies the child and then provides vital information about the child's medical care.

[0026] Another object of this invention is to provide an improved identification system for young children with medical conditions to safeguard the privacy of the child and the medical information while allowing immediate access to that information in an emergency or other event requiring prompt attention.

[0027] Another object of this invention is to provide an improved identification system for young children with medical conditions with a tag installed upside down within clothing that can be read by a caregiver from above.

[0028] Another object of this invention is to provide an improved identification system for young children with medical conditions that instructs caregivers to seek out a concealed and accessible second tag.

[0029] Another object of this invention is to provide an improved identification system for young children with medical conditions that prevents entanglement, choking, electrical shock, allergic reactions, discomfort, and embarrassment experienced by warning bracelet or chain wearers.

[0030] Another object of this invention is to provide an improved identification system for young children with medical conditions that attracts the attention of a caregiver unlike a warning bracelet, occasionally concealed by sleeves, pant legs, socks, and the like.

Problems solved by technology

For children of tender years, often under five, a chain becomes a safety hazard to the wearer.

The chain can entangle in clothing or machines, encounter electric wires and shock the wearer, and can potentially choke the wearer.

The chains induce discomfort in youngsters not accustomed to wearing them and who may then succeed in removing them.

Dialing for information from a database consumes much needed moments better spent tending to a child in a medical crisis.

However, this tag loses effectiveness in a childcare environment as caregivers are generally much taller than children wearing such tags and may not see the tags.

Those tags also lose their immediate link to a child when shoes are removed for nap time or other activities.

However, this approach has the tags hidden under feet when the shoes are worn which defeats the goals of providing a visible reminder and accessible information to caregivers.

For children with concealed conditions, such as a fatal allergy to nuts, relying upon a caregiver to find quickly information during a crisis is unreasonable.

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