HOSPITAL PATIENT GOWN
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1. A hospital gown comprising:
- (a) a rear body portion for substantially covering the posterior torso of the patient;
(b) a first and a second frontal panel, each of said panels being formed adjacent and operably linked to said rear body portion on the patient substantially by a first and second seam extending substantially vertically along the left and right lateral portions of said patient;
(c) a first fastening means attached to said first frontal panel for opening and closing said first frontal panel, and for operably attaching said first frontal panel to a first fastening means located substantially along said first seam formed between the opposing frontal panel and said rear body portion;
(d) a second fastening means attached to said second frontal panel for opening and closing said second frontal panel, and for operably attaching said second frontal panel to a second fastening means located substantially along said second seam formed between the opposing frontal panel and said rear body portion; and
(e) a first and a second operably openable sleeve, each of said sleeves formed of a first part attached to said rear body portion, and a second part attached to respective ones of said first and said second frontal panels, and having top edges.
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Abstract
Disclosed are hospital patient and medical gowns designed to facilitate not only convenient and unobstructed access to the patients body by medical personnel, but also provide an improved fit, ease of wearing, and an enhanced level of modesty and privacy when compared to conventional rear-access hospital gowns.
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1. A hospital gown comprising:
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(a) a rear body portion for substantially covering the posterior torso of the patient; (b) a first and a second frontal panel, each of said panels being formed adjacent and operably linked to said rear body portion on the patient substantially by a first and second seam extending substantially vertically along the left and right lateral portions of said patient; (c) a first fastening means attached to said first frontal panel for opening and closing said first frontal panel, and for operably attaching said first frontal panel to a first fastening means located substantially along said first seam formed between the opposing frontal panel and said rear body portion; (d) a second fastening means attached to said second frontal panel for opening and closing said second frontal panel, and for operably attaching said second frontal panel to a second fastening means located substantially along said second seam formed between the opposing frontal panel and said rear body portion; and (e) a first and a second operably openable sleeve, each of said sleeves formed of a first part attached to said rear body portion, and a second part attached to respective ones of said first and said second frontal panels, and having top edges. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A hospital gown formed substantially from three separate sheets of material, the first of said sheets forming substantially the entire rear portion of the gown, the second of said sheets forming substantially a first frontal panel of said gown, and said third of said sheets forming substantially a second frontal panel of said gown;
- wherein said first frontal panel is operably attached to a first vertical edge of said rear portion substantially by a first seam extending substantially vertically along the left lateral portion of said gown, said first seam connecting said first frontal panel to said first vertical edge of said rear portion, and wherein said second frontal panel is operably attached to a second vertical edge of said rear portion substantially by a second seam extending substantially vertically along the right lateral portion of said gown;
said second seam connecting said second frontal panel to said second vertical edge of said rear portion;
said gown comprising;(a) a first and a second sleeve, each of said sleeves formed of a first sleeve part attached to said rear body portion, and a second sleeve part attached to respective ones of said first and said second frontal panels, wherein each pair of said sleeve parts is fixably closed along their lower edges, and operably closable along their upper edges, wherein said upper edges of said sleeve comprise at least a first closure means for closing said sleeve parts along the shoulder region of said sleeve; (b) a first fastening means attached to the outer edge of said first frontal panel for securing said first frontal panel to a second fastening means located substantially at a position along said first seam corresponding to the mid-axillary region of a patient wearing said gown; and (c) a third fastening means attached to the outer edge of said second frontal panel for securing said second frontal panel to a fourth fastening means located substantially at a position along said second seam corresponding to the mid-axillary region of a patient wearing said gown. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
- wherein said first frontal panel is operably attached to a first vertical edge of said rear portion substantially by a first seam extending substantially vertically along the left lateral portion of said gown, said first seam connecting said first frontal panel to said first vertical edge of said rear portion, and wherein said second frontal panel is operably attached to a second vertical edge of said rear portion substantially by a second seam extending substantially vertically along the right lateral portion of said gown;
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47. A medical gown comprising:
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(a) a first body portion for covering substantially an anterior or posterior surface of the torso of a human patient; (b) first and second panels, each of said panels being operably linked to said first body portion substantially by first and second seams extending substantially vertically along the left and right lateral edges of said first body portion; (c) a first fastening means attached to said first panel for operably securing said first panel to a first fastening means located substantially along said first seam formed between the opposing panel and said first body portion; (d) a second fastening means attached to said second panel for operably securing said second panel to a second fastening means located substantially along said second seam formed between the opposing panel and said first body portion; and (e) first and second operably openable sleeves, each of said sleeves formed of a first part attached to said first body portion, and a second part attached to respective ones of said first and said second panels, wherein at least one of said sleeves is operably openable along its upper shoulder seam.
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