Infant's sleepers which are in a sense convertible are known in the art. The garment includes sleeves on the outer surface of which at the distal end thereof is provided a pouch. The pouch is formed by a layer of material overlaying the front or the back of the sleeve, which layer is stitched into the side seams and bottom hem of the sleeve, and accordingly, the pouch has a blind-bottom.
The pouch is invertible over the end of the sleeve so as to close the sleeve end and thereby prevent the hand of an infant from projecting beyond the sleeve end. When the pouch is inverted in this manner, it tends to reduce the length of the sleeve, and to bunch up several thicknesses of material into the sleeve end. Since the sleeves of the garment must be made sufficiently long to accommodate the hands of the infant within the sleeves when these are closed by the pouches, it follows that the hands will not tend to project beyond the sleeve ends when these are uncovered, and the garment as a whole tends to be oversized and not to conduce to the comfort of the infant. While the sleeves could conceivably be rolled back on the garment so as to expose the infant's hands, this would also expose the hems and seams, and would present an unattractive appearance.
It is an object of this invention to provide improved wearing apparel which is of use for more controllably and more attractively converting between one mode in which a limb appendage is covered and another mode in which the limb appendage is uncovered.