A garment for skin-to-skin bonding with an infant, comprising a back, a lower front, an upper front, a hem, sleeve holes and a collar, a receiving flap and a plurality of fasteners. The garment further comprises a receiving portion comprising a substantially lateral break in the upper front. The receiving flap is operable to be removably joined by operation of said fasteners to a portion of said upper front to cover said receiving portion and to cause said upper front to take the visual appearance of a known article of clothing.

Disclosed is an article that allows for removable attachment of an adornment. The article has an inner layer of material and an outer layer of material. The outer layer of material is adjacent to an exterior surface of the inner layer of material, the outer layer forming an aperture around a first portion of the exterior surface of the inner layer. A coupling mechanism attaches the outer layer to the inner layer at an attachment location surrounding the aperture. A cavity adjacent to the aperture and between the inner layer and the outer layer receives the adornment for removable attachment of the adornment to the article.

A personal tactical system including a load-bearing garment, a pouch with one or more batteries enclosed in the pouch, at least one power distribution and data hub, and at least one camera. The camera is incorporated into or removably attachable to the load-bearing garment, the pouch is removably attachable to the load-bearing garment and the one or more batteries are operable to supply power to the at least one power distribution and data hub. The at least one power distribution and data hub is operable to supply power to at least one peripheral device. A plurality of personal tactical systems is operable to form an ad hoc network to share images and other information for determining object direction, location, and movement.

A supportive clothing article is provided for a wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCDA belt includes a first end with a first portion of a fastener and a second end with a second portion of the fastener. The belt is structured to fasten around the torso of patient below the chest area of the patient. The belt includes a first conductive mesh portion adjacent the first end of the belt or the second end of the belt, two straps. A back portion extends from the belt at an intermediary position on the belt to each of the two straps. The back portion includes a conductive mesh, a first support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to one of the two straps, and a second support receptacle attached to and extending from the belt and attachable to the other of the two straps.

A clasp is disclosed wherein two housings with fingers are interlocked in a transition fit and then secured by a central lock bar. The clasp is beneficially applied to open space between garment edges whereby the garment is fastened and sized.

A garment worn on the upper body is disclosed having a right and left body portions that are joined at the front and rear by a corresponding fastening mechanism. This allows the right body portion and left body portion to separated from one another and interchanged with other body portions to vary the visual characteristics of the garment. The right and left body portions can have different visual characteristics.

An adjustable hospital gown is designed to cover the bodies of users of varying shape and size. The gown has a torso-covering garment, a pair of backflaps, and an adjustable fastener. The torso-covering garment is used to cover the front side of the user's body. The pair of backflaps are connected along backflap seams that are positioned on opposite sides of the torso-covering garment. As a result, the pair of backflaps can be transitioned between an opened and a closed configuration. The adjustable fastener is connected in between one of the backflaps and the torso-covering garment such that the backflap can be repositioned to cinch the gown around the body of the user. By connecting the adjustable fastener to various anchor points, the size of the gown can be modified to accommodate user's of varying shape.