Patient gown
First Claim
1. A patient gown, comprising:
- a) a garment constituted of a soft, flexible sheet material and having an access opening overlying a portion of a patient'"'"'s body when worn; and
b) a drape constituted of a soft, flexible sheet material and attached to the garment for upward movement from a covered position in which the drape covers the access opening to conceal, and maintain patient privacy of, said portion of the patient'"'"'s body, to an exposed position in which the drape is uncovered from the access opening to expose, and enable access to, said portion of the patient'"'"'s body, the drape constituting a panel having an upper edge sewn along a generally horizontal seam along the garment above and spaced from the access opening, the panel being freely suspended from the upper edge entirely over the access opening in the covered position, the panel having reinforced edgings at opposite sides thereof to maintain a shape of the freely suspended panel in the covered position.
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Abstract
A patient gown includes a garment having an access opening overlying a portion of a patient'"'"'s body when worn; and a drape attached to the garment for movement between a covered position in which the drape covers the access opening to conceal, and maintain patient privacy of, the portion of the patient'"'"'s body, and an exposed position in which the drape is uncovered from the access opening to expose, and enable access to, the portion of the patient'"'"'s body. The patient'"'"'s modesty is maintained while at the same time allowing unfettered access by a health care professional to different portions of the patient'"'"'s body. The gown is medical personnel convenient especially for medical procedures, while retaining wanted coverage of the patient so as to avoid embarrassment due to unavoidable, undesired exposure of the body of the patient.
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18 Claims
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1. A patient gown, comprising:
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a) a garment constituted of a soft, flexible sheet material and having an access opening overlying a portion of a patient'"'"'s body when worn; and
b) a drape constituted of a soft, flexible sheet material and attached to the garment for upward movement from a covered position in which the drape covers the access opening to conceal, and maintain patient privacy of, said portion of the patient'"'"'s body, to an exposed position in which the drape is uncovered from the access opening to expose, and enable access to, said portion of the patient'"'"'s body, the drape constituting a panel having an upper edge sewn along a generally horizontal seam along the garment above and spaced from the access opening, the panel being freely suspended from the upper edge entirely over the access opening in the covered position, the panel having reinforced edgings at opposite sides thereof to maintain a shape of the freely suspended panel in the covered position. - View Dependent Claims (5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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