Care Bottoms

Abstract

These bottoms are for caregivers to wear and reduce the effort required by caregivers. The bottoms are divided into a front body, a waist belt that goes around the waist, and a back body with only a back belt, and the crotch is sewn as usual. The front and back are fastened with open zippers from the waist to the hem on both sides, and when worn, the shape is the same as bottoms for able-bodied people. The fastening is done at the front center of the front body, and the back body belt and the front body belt are connected at two points on the left and right with buttons and buttonholes, and the left side is connected with a dot button. By providing this opening, people with lower limb disabilities can wear them without lifting their legs. The inside of the waist belt of the back body and the back center of the waist belt that connects to the front body are fastened with a tongue tape. When excreting, the buttons on both sides are removed, the zippers on both sides are lowered to the knees, and the back body that is fastened with the tongue tape at the center of the back is removed and lowered. At this time, the belt remains around the waist, so the main body will not fall off the body. The front body remains with the waist belt, so wiping from behind is possible, and the sense of shame felt by disabled people is reduced because the front body remains and the body is not visible. The open zippers on both sides can be opened all the way to the bottom hem, allowing underwear to be changed. When sitting on the toilet, the removed back body can be fastened to both legs with elastic bands inserted in the waist belt of the back body to prevent it from dripping onto the floor and getting dirty. In addition, the seam that runs from under the belt at the center of the back through the tailbone to the crotch can cause bedsores, so the seam has been removed and made into a chain cut. The open zippers on both sides of the bottoms have two sliders, so the bottom hem can be opened while wearing the bottoms, and they can also be separated into front and back. This makes it easy to attach and remove urine collection bags when necessary. Usually, a caregiver must support the entire weight of a person with a lower limb disability to remove their pants, and then, once the cleaning task is complete, lift them up again to put them back on. However, by having the person with a lower limb disability wear the caregiver's pants of this invention, the number of times that the person with a lower limb disability must be lifted is reduced by undoing the zippers on both sides and pulling the back of the pants out from under the crotch beforehand, and the caregiver's work becomes dramatically easier.

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