INVENTOR’S PRODUCT EXPANSION

QC’s Second Line of Clothing: Adaptive Clothing:
(People living with disabilities, injuries or recovering from surgery)

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.”  

Adaptive 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 (9) People with upper body limitations can put on and take off our shirts without pain or struggle as well as quickly and easily change the shirt in public without fear of body exposure, thereby providing “Privacy in Public.”

Product Instruction

To Put The Shirt On

1)      Unfasten the zipper on the left shoulder and the zipper under the left shoulder.

2)      Place the shirt around the wearer’s head and shoulder then put the right arm through the right sleeve. Close the zipper on the left shoulder and under the left arm.

 

To Take The Shirt Off

1)      Unfasten the two zippers one on the left shoulder and under the left arm.

2)      Unfasten the side zipper.

 

Instruction On Changing The Shirts In Public

1)      After completing the above instructions, repeat the instructions and place the 2^nd shirt over the 1^st shirt.

2)      Reach under the 2^nd shirt, from the top of the neck and unfasten the two shoulder zippers.

3)      Reach under the 2^nd shirt, from the bottom, and unfasten the zipper on the left side from the top down.

 
Comments made by wearers of QC Adaptive Clothing 

Julia Maury a college senior studying English has cerebral palsy and is a wheelchair user. Julia stated that she carries a stain removal product that she uses every day to remove food strains from her clothes after she eats because she is always spilling food or soft drinks on her shirts. If she reaches the stain removal within 5 seconds the stain may be removed but if she does not spray the removal within the 5 seconds she has to endure the spot on the shirt all day long. Julia said that with QC’s removal clothing she can change the shirt that has been soiled and wear the dry spotless QC shirt.

Jessica Delgado is 23 year old wheelchair user. She has osteogenesis imperfecta and has broken various bones in her body over 28 times. When she was young she broke her bones so often her mother had her covered with a sheet because she unable wear traditional clothing on her soft body. Jessica commented that had QC removal been available she would have avoided many situations when wearing a sheet for clothing. Jessica said the putting QC shirts makes getting dress easier and does not cause pain because the fasteners on the shirts makes it easy to get dress.

Linda Gates is a wheelchair user who weights well over 275 pounds. Getting dress each day was a major problem for her and her health care worker because of her size which made it extremely difficult for the worker to put on and take off Pamela’s shirt. Pamela has extreme difficult raising her arms. Pamela said that with QC shirts she does not have to raise her arms to get dress.

Janet Thomas, who is a health care worker, has used the QC shirts on patients that have various upper body disabilities or paralysis. Janet said at the end of her work day she use to get extremely tired dressing and undressing her consumers (patients).  Now that she dresses them in QC shirts the patients and her have made getting dressed and undressed a lighter task.

Jean Golden is a hemiplegic who is a wheelchair user unable to dress herself. She has a health care worker who helped her from 1 pm to 5 pm. Before 5 pm the health care worker put Jean in her night clothes. Prior to being introduced to Quick Change Clothing when Jean had company after 5 pm she was either in her night clothes or had on her regular clothes and had to sleep in her regular clothes because she was unable to undress herself. With QC shirts Jean could have her night clothes on under the QC shirt and with the use of one arm could take off her shirt after her company left thus affording the embarrassment of having to entertain company in night clothes

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