Patient Gown and Method of Assembling on a Patient
First Claim
1. A medical gown for a patient, the gown having two garment portions, each garment portion comprising:
- a first panel having a top and bottom generally lateral edge, an inside and outside generally vertical edge, a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge and a first releasable closure member located along the inside edge and adjacent the diagonal edge; and
a second panel which is generally a mirror image of the first panel, the second panel having a top and bottom generally lateral edge, an inside and outside generally vertical edge, a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge and a second releasable closure member located along the inside edge adjacent the diagonal edge;
wherein the garment portion is formed by joining the first panel to the second panel along the first and second top edges and joining the first and second outside edges such that an arm opening is formed between the first and second panels and defined by the top edges and outside edges, the garment portion thereby adapted to be secured to a patient by placing an arm through the arm opening and releasably joining the first and second closure members together under the patient'"'"'s opposite arm.
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Abstract
A medical gown and method of assembling a medical gown for a patient that provides coverage and dignity as well as easy of treatment and examination. The medical gown may include two garment portions. Each garment portion includes a first panel and a second panel which is generally a mirror image of the first panel. Each garment portion is formed by joining the first panel to the second panel along the first and second top edges and joining the first and second outside edges such that an arm opening is formed between the first and second panels. Each garment portion is thereby adapted to be secured to a patient by placing an arm through the arm opening and releasably joining the closure members together under the patient'"'"'s opposite arm.
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20 Claims
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1. A medical gown for a patient, the gown having two garment portions, each garment portion comprising:
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a first panel having a top and bottom generally lateral edge, an inside and outside generally vertical edge, a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge and a first releasable closure member located along the inside edge and adjacent the diagonal edge; and a second panel which is generally a mirror image of the first panel, the second panel having a top and bottom generally lateral edge, an inside and outside generally vertical edge, a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge and a second releasable closure member located along the inside edge adjacent the diagonal edge; wherein the garment portion is formed by joining the first panel to the second panel along the first and second top edges and joining the first and second outside edges such that an arm opening is formed between the first and second panels and defined by the top edges and outside edges, the garment portion thereby adapted to be secured to a patient by placing an arm through the arm opening and releasably joining the first and second closure members together under the patient'"'"'s opposite arm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A medical gown for a patient, the medical gown comprising:
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a first pair of first panels having a top and bottom generally lateral edge, an inside and outside generally vertical edge, a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge; a second pair of panels which are a mirror image of the first pair of panels, the second pair of panels having a corresponding top and bottom generally lateral edge, an inside and outside generally vertical edge, a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge; a first garment portion formed by a joining one of the first panels to one of the second panels along the top edges to form a first shoulder area and joined along the outside edges to form a first side, the first garment portion having a first arm opening formed between the first and second panels and defined by the shoulder region and the first side; and a second garment portion formed by a joining the other one of the first panels to the other one of the second panels along the top edges to form a second shoulder area and joined along the outside edges to form a second side, the second garment portion having a second arm opening formed between the first and second panels and defined by the shoulder area and the second side, wherein the first and second panels arranged to form a medical gown so that at least a portion of the first and second garment portions overlap, the first garment portion thereby secured along the inside edge adjacent the second side and the second garment portion secured along the inside edge adjacent the first side, the medical gown thereby being symmetric from front to back. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of assembling a medical gown comprising:
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providing a first pair of first panels having a top and bottom lateral edge, an inside and outside vertical edge, and a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge; providing a second pair of panels which are a mirror image of the first pair of panels, the second pair of panels having a top and bottom lateral edge, an inside and outside vertical edge, and a generally diagonal edge extending from the inside edge at an incline towards the top edge; joining one of the first panels to one of the second panels to form a first garment portion having a first arm opening; joining the other one of the first panels to the other one of the second panels to form a second garment portion having a second arm opening, the second garment portion separate from the first garment portion; placing the patient'"'"'s first arm through the first arm opening so that the first garment portion covers at least a portion of the patient'"'"'s body; securing at least a portion of the inside edges of the first garment portion together under the patient'"'"'s second arm; placing the patient'"'"'s second arm through the second arm opening so that the second garment portion overlaps at least a portion of the first garment portion; and securing at least a portion of the inside edges of the second garment portion together under the patient'"'"'s first arm; wherein the first and second garment portions interact to form a reversible medical gown such that the medical gown is symmetric from front to back.
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