DIGNITY HOSPITAL GOWN

• US 20120204317A1
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Leela R. Bolla
• Original Assignee: Leela R. Bolla
• Inventors: Bolla, Leela R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,521,871 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1245 for the upper part of the body

Abstract

A hospital gown including separable portions is provided. The hospital gown includes a one piece back panel, a two piece front panel, and left and right shoulder panels which cooperatively define a neck opening and left and right arm openings. The hospital gown includes an apron adapted to extend over at least a portion of the two piece front panel. The apron includes a left edge and a right edge detachably connected to the back panel or to the front panel. The shoulder panels include a plurality of fasteners to detachably connect the shoulder panels to the two piece front panel. The two piece front panel includes a right panel and a left panel and a telemetry pocket included thereon.

Claims

1. A hospital gown for a patient comprising:

a left front panel and a right front panel cooperatively defining a front top edge and a front bottom edge;

a back panel opposite the left and right front panels, the back panel defining a back top edge and a back bottom edge;

left and right shoulder panels each including a front edge detachably joined to the left and right front panels, respectively, and a back edge joined to the back panel; and

an apron adapted to extend over at least a portion of the left and right front panels.

2. The hospital gown of claim 1 wherein the left and right shoulder panels and the back panel cooperatively define a neck opening.

3. The hospital gown of claim 1 wherein the left and right shoulder panels, the back panel and the front panels cooperatively define left and right arm openings.

4. The hospital gown of claim 1 further comprising a first tie extending from the left front panel and a second tie extending from the right front panel to form a tie closure for releasably joining the left front panel to the right front panel.

5. The hospital gown of claim 1 wherein one of the left front panel and the right front panel includes a telemetry pocket.

6. The hospital gown of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of snaps to detachably join the left and right shoulder panels to the respective left and right front panels.

7. The hospital gown of claim 1 wherein the apron includes an upper left edge and an upper right edge each being detachably connectable to the left and right shoulder panels, respectively.

8. A hospital gown comprising:

a back panel including a back top edge, a back bottom edge, a back left edge and a back right edge;

a front panel including a front top edge, a front bottom edge, a front left edge and a front right edge, the front panel defining a generally vertical opening between the left front edge and the right front edge; and

left and right shoulder panels each including a front edge detachably joined to the front panel and including a back edge joined to the back panel, wherein the left and right shoulder panels, the front panel and the back panel cooperatively define left and right arm openings and wherein the left and right shoulder panels and the back panel cooperatively define a neck opening.

9. The hospital gown of claim 8 further comprising an apron adapted to extend over at least a substantial portion of the generally vertical opening in the front panel.

10. The hospital gown of claim 9 wherein the apron includes an upper left edge and an upper right edge each being detachably connectable to the left and right shoulder panels, respectively.

11. The hospital gown of claim 9 wherein the apron includes a left tie and a right tie each being detachably connectable to one of the back panel and the front panel.

12. The hospital gown of claim 8 wherein the generally vertical opening extends from the front top edge to the front bottom edge to define a left front panel and a right front panel.

13. The hospital gown of claim 12 further comprising a first tie extending from the left front panel and a second tie extending from the right front panel to form a tie closure for releasably joining the left front panel to the right front panel.

14. The hospital gown of claim 8 wherein the front panel includes a telemetry pocket.

15. The hospital gown of claim 8 further comprising a plurality of snaps to detachably join the left and right shoulder panels to the front panel.

16. The hospital gown of claim 8 wherein the front left edge is sewn to the back left edge and the front right edge is sewn to the back right edge.

17. A privacy gown comprising:

a one piece back panel;

a two piece front panel including a left front section and a right front section;

left and right shoulder panels joined to the one piece back panel and the two piece front panel to cooperatively left and right arm openings; and

an apron adapted to extend over at least a portion of the two piece front panel.

18. The privacy gown of claim 17 wherein the apron includes an upper left edge and an upper right edge each being detachably connectable to the left and right shoulder panels, respectively.

19. The privacy gown of claim 17 further comprising a plurality of snaps to detachably join the left and right shoulder panels to the two piece front panel.

20. The privacy gown of claim 17 wherein the two piece front panel includes a telemetry pocket.