Disposable medical gown

• US 10,470,504 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Medline Industries Incorporated (Medline Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Pasko, Stephanie, Ouma, Atieno
• Primary Examiner(s): Haden, Sally
• Application Number:
  US13/925,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20130276203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,332 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/12 Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses operating gloves A61B42/10
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/44 Donning facilities

Abstract

A disposable medical gown (100) includes a body covering portion (101) and optionally one or more sleeves (107,108). The body covering portion (101) defines a head insertion aperture (104) between a frontal body covering portion (103) configured to cover a frontal body portion of a wearer and a rear portion (203) configured to cover at least parts of shoulder blades of the wearer. A torso opening (201) is disposed on a side of the rear portion (203) opposite the head insertion aperture (104), and extends distally from the rear portion (203). One or more perforations (202) extend across the rear portion (203) at least partially between the torso opening (202) and the head insertion aperture (104), and facilitate easy removal of the gown (100). A user removes the gown (100) by pulling the front portion (103), thereby tearing the perforations.

Claims

1. A gown, comprising:

a non-woven fabric layer defining a neck opening between a front portion and a rear portion, wherein a front portion length is greater than a rear portion length, the front portion comprises a front base member defining a concave-convex edge comprising a major central convex curvature centrally spanning two minor concave curvatures, and the rear portion defines an opening where the non-woven fabric layer terminates, the opening configured as a slit with a left side of the non-woven fabric layer and a right side of the non-woven fabric layer that abut, configured to assist a user in donning the gown;

one or more tie members extending from the non-woven layer; and

one or more perforations extending across the rear portion at least partially between the opening and the neck opening, the one or more perforations being configured to tear and split the rear portion when the front portion is pulled away from the user.

2. The gown of claim 1, further comprising:

sleeves extending distally away from an intersection of the front portion and the rear portion, each sleeve defining an arm insertion aperture.

3. The gown of claim 2, wherein the sleeves terminate with a thumb loop configured to engage a saddle of a thumb of the wearer.

4. The gown of claim 3, wherein the one or more perforations comprise a plurality of perforations, the plurality of perforations comprising a plurality of scores separated by lengths of material.

5. The gown of claim 4, wherein the plurality of scores are each about one inch long, further wherein the lengths of material are each about one half inch long.

6. The gown of claim 5, wherein the plurality of scores comprises four scores.

7. The gown of claim 4, wherein the plurality of scores are each about three-quarters of an inch long, further wherein the lengths of material are each about one quarter inch long.

8. The gown of claim 7, wherein the plurality of scores comprises nine scores.

9. The gown of claim 1, the one or more tie members comprising a first tie member disposed on a first side of the opening and a second tie member disposed on a second side of the opening.

10. The gown of claim 9, wherein the one or more tie members each comprise a score line extending across a width portion of the one or more tie members an interface of the one or more tie members with the non-woven fabric layer.