Ann P Lazar

US Patent:

20110030598, Feb 10, 2011

Filed:

Sep 18, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/496521

Inventors:

Ann Patricia Lazar - Lafayette NJ, US
Marie Patricia Bloxham - Andover NJ, US

International Classification:

D05B 1/00

US Classification:

11247501

Abstract:

A dual access pocket for supporting and/or storing medical devices such as insulin pumps and portable defibrillation devices and methods of manufacturing a garment including same. The garment into which the dual access pocket is sewn includes one or more front panel or panels, each of which have an outside surface and an inside surface. The dual access pocket has one or two openings secured on the inside surface of the front panel of the garment, wherein one of said openings is located internal to said front panel of the garment and one of said openings is in communication with a slit through the front panel to provide external access to said dual access pocket. The dual access pocket is therefore accessible from the inside of the garment and the outside of the garment.