About Us - Quick Change Clothing,
Inc.
Quick Change Clothing, Inc. (QC), began
business in January 2002 shortly after being granted United States
Patent and Trademark statutory rights under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121
or 365 ©. The office is opened six days a week Monday through
Saturday 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for retail and wholesale
business. Our staff can be reached at 1-212-362-0393. QC’s fax
number is 212-362-0393. Our email address is
qchange123@aol.com Viewing
of QC shirts are via appointment only, please call 212-362-0393. All
shirts designed by inventor Melvin L. Drakeford.
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QC
Mission Statement (Dignity and Privacy in Public)
Our mission is
twofold: (1) to provide people with options enabling them to
change our clothing (shirts) in public without fear of body
exposure and (2) for people living with disabilities or injuries
the ability to put on and/or take off our shirts without pain or
having to struggle as well as being able to change in public
without fear of body exposure.
QC
Goal
To provide eloquent
solutions to long existing problems that people have concerning
an inability to change their clothing when desired and for
people living with disabilities getting dressed without pain or
also changing in public without fear of body exposure.
QC
Values
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We believe people
should be able to change clothing (our shirts) in public
with dignity.
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We
care about the innovative freedom that our design provides
people.
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We
treat the public with respect and listen to their concerns.
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We
believe the public will support innovation and change.
Our Story
Quick Change Clothing, Inc.,
an innovative clothing designer and manufacturer observed a
series of clothing-related problems and came up with patented
solutions. Some utility examples are:
(1)
Women athletes can now change their shirts in public without
fear of body exposure.
(2) People living with disabilities and/or people who have been
injured
who have difficulty
raising their arms above their shoulders or have pain when doing
so can wear our shirts and change without distress.
(3)
Women in public locations such as airports, train and bus
facilities devoid of suitable access to restrooms can use Quick
Change products to change shirts with no fear of body exposure.
(4)
Women breast-feeders wearing and changing into
QC
shirts can avoid being seen in public with embarrassing spots on
their shirts.
Product Description
Quick Change Clothing, Inc.,
is a manufacturer of specially designed clothes that can be worn
and then replaced with other clothes in public without fear of
personal exposure. The patented products feature strategically
located detachable fasteners that allow the wearer to remove and
replace the clothing being worn with the clothing one desire to
wear.
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Purpose &
Utility Of The Product -
QC’s First line of clothing: (Sports and General Wear)
The "Quick
Change Clothing"
concept was developed exclusively for the purpose of enabling
people to change specially designed clothes in pubic. The
general public can wear our changeable garments in populated
places like airports or train stations when a dressing room or a
secluded place may not be convenient or available to change from
one shirt to another. The products eliminate having to find a
dressing room or seclusion.
The utility of "Quick
Change Clothing " is vast. Clothing changes can
be done individually, in the public, within a matter of seconds.
A remarkable utility occurs in sports e.g., women tennis
players. The rules of tennis prohibit a player from leaving the
tennis court once the match begins, except for a brief rest room
break. For obvious reasons, women tennis players cannot change
theirs shirts in public, during the match, as men do.
Recreational players have problems caused by limited
availability of public lockers or restrooms and therefore are
also in need of removable clothing.
Problem
Solver
The shirts of tennis
players become sweaty and uncomfortable during the course of a
match. Some men players change shirts three or more times during
a match.
The rules of professional tennis do not allow women to leave the
court during a match, and these shirts allow them to change
on-court without fear of exposure.
By using "removable tennis shirts" women tennis players can now
change shirts on the court as often as necessary. This task can
be accomplished in a matter of a few seconds.
The company is
located in Teaneck, New Jersey. The company was established
shortly after Mr. Drakeford invented a revolutionary tennis
shirt for women.
Inventor's
Product Expansion
QC’s Second Line of Clothing: Adaptive Clothing:
(People living with disabilities or injuries)
Designing accessible clothing was not the
original intention of inventor, Mr. Melvin Drakeford, when he
started the Quick Change Clothing Company.
Enter Adaptive
Clothing
Mr. Drakeford realized that his shirts not only
offered people the ability to change in public, but for some
were also simpler to change into than regular t-shirts. This
realization opened up a whole new business opportunity for his
product. By targeting customers who have difficulty with
changing, he could market the fact that these shirts were
quicker and easier to use than regular shirts. The Adaptive
Clothing Line was designed to provide specially designed
utilitarian clothing for people with limited use of their hands,
wrists, arms, trunk and/or shoulders. The QC clothing line
enthusiastically promotes the competitive advantage of the
products which enable wearers to put on and take off “Disability
Shirts” without pain or struggle and further enables a person to
quickly and easily change the shirt in public without fear of
body exposure, thereby providing “Privacy in Public.”
Removable
Clothing Benefits
Benefits are
(1)
Ability to change shirts in public without exposure,
(2)
Takes only a few seconds to change shirts,
(3)
Convenient and easy to change,
(4)
Hair untouched,
(5)
Can be washed/cleaned regularly with no damage (wash when
assembled),
(6)
Durable and fashionable,
(7)
Adds comfort while playing sports and
(8)
Changeable in public
locations, e.g. airports, train or bus stations, parties and/or
other social affairs.
Revolutionary women’s tennis shirts (for women athletes in all
sports and for general wear)
The utility of "Quick
Change Clothing " is vast. Clothing changes can
be done individually, in the public, within a matter of seconds.
A remarkable utility occurs in sports e.g., women tennis
players. The rules of tennis prohibit a player from leaving the
tennis court once the match begins, except for a brief rest room
break. For obvious reasons, women tennis players cannot change
theirs shirts in public, during the match, as men do.
Recreational players have problems caused by limited
availability of public lockers or restrooms and therefore are
also in need of removable clothing. The shirts can be used by
women playing other sports on professional or recreational
levels
How The Product Works ?
The shirts can be
worn and changed by releasing fasteners located in various
places on the garment enabling the wearer to put on and take off
the apparel in the open without exhibition. This changeable
process is made possible through the strategic location of
fasteners such as velcro, zippers, and/or buttons.
Such apparel easily
can be fastened together or taking apart and slipped off after a
second shirt is placed over the garment one wishes to remove.
The speed of the change is only a few seconds. The shirts can be
washed and worn as often as any other shirt or blouse and will
retain its changeable quality and capability.
Product Instructions
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Play tennis in 1st
shirt.
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After shirt
becomes sweaty place a 2nd shirt over the 1st shirt.
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Reach under 2nd
shirt, from the top of the neck and unzip the two front zippers.
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Reach under 2nd
shirt, from the bottom, and unzip the zipper on the left side
from the top down.
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Pull 1st shirt
from under the 2nd shirt, without exposure.
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Continue tennis
play in 2nd shirt.
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Repeat above
listed steps to change into 3rd, 4th, or 5th shirts.
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Shirts should be
washed when assembled.
Product
Marketability
There is a large market for removable
apparel because it fills a long existing need for people to be
able to change their garments in public. Also, women tennis
players for the first time can feel more comfortable on the
court via having the ability to change their soiled tennis
shirts as often as they desire. Instead of using one shirt per
match players using "Quick
Change Clothing"
can and will use several shirts per match.
