Hospital garment

• US 3,144,661 A
• Filed: 08/10/1960
• Issued: 08/18/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Elizabeth A. Buser
• Original Assignee: Elizabeth A. Buser
• Inventors: Buser, Elizabeth A.
• Application Number:
  US04/048,707
• Time in Patent Office: 1,469 Days
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 10/04 Oxygen tents ; Oxygen hoods

Claims

1. A HOSPITAL GARMENT FOR USE IN OXYGEN TENTS COMPRISING A CENTRAL BACK PANEL AND TWO SIDE PANELS ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED OVER A PATIENT'"'"''"'"'S CHEST IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP, ALL OF SAID PANELS HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME SIZE AND SHAPE INCLUDING A NECKLINE AND OPPOSED SHOULDER, ARM HOLE DEFINING, AND SIDE EDGE LINES AND A BOTTOM EDGE LINE, SAID PANELS HAVING A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO EXTEND FROM THE NECK TO A LINE BELOW THE HIPS OF AN AVERAGE SIZED PERSON AND A WIDTH TO EXTEND FULLY FROM SIDE TO SIDE OF AN AVERAGE SIZED PERSON, THE INNER SIDE EDGES AND SHOULDER LINES OF SAID SIDE PANELS BEING JOINED BY COMMON SEAMS TO THE CORRESPONDING LINES OF SAID BACK PANEL, A PAIR OF SLEEVES JOINED TO THE ARMHOLE DEFINING LINES BETWEEN SAID COMMON SIDE AND SHOULDER LINE SEAM, A HOOD PART HAVING A HEAD-COVERING PORTION AND A LOWER EDGE LINE JOINED BY A COMMON SEAM TO THE NECK LINE OF SAID CENTRAL PANEL, SAID LOWER EDGE LINE AND SAID COMMON SEAM EXTENDING FROM SAID CENTRAL PANEL IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS PARTLY ALONG THE NECK LINES OF SAID SIDE PANELS, A PLURALITY OF TIES ALONG EACH OUTER SIDE EDGE AND SHOULDER LINE OF SAID SIDE PANELS, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID TIES ON ONE OF SAID SIDE PANELS BEING IN THE SAME CORRESPONDING POSITION AS AT LEAST SOME OF THE TIES ON THE OTHER OF SAID SIDE PANELS, A PLURALITY OF TIES ON ONE SIDE OF SAID GARMENT ALONG ONE OF SAID PAIR OF COMMON SIDE EDGE AND SHOULDER LINE SEAMS, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID TIES CORRESPONDING IN POSITION TO AT LEAST SOME OF THE FIRST MENTIONED TIES ALONG SAID OUTER SIDE EDGE AND SHOULDER LINES, AND A PLURALITY OF TIES ALONG THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF COMMON SIDE EDGE AND SHOULDER LINE SEAMS ON THE SIDE OF SAID GARMENT OPPOSITE THE LAST MENTIONED TIES, AT LEAST SOME OF SAID TIES ALONG SAID LAST MENTIONED SEAM CORRESPONDING IN POSITION TO AT LEAST SOME OF SAID FIRST MENTIONED TIES.