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SURGICAL GOWN AND METHOD OF FOLDING

  • US 3,721,999 A
  • Filed: 01/24/1972
  • Issued: 03/27/1973
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A folded surgical gown having only its interior surfaces exposed while in a folded condition before use, said gown having a body portion and sleeve portions integral therewith, said body portion including a front panel and two back panels and a belting means attached thereto, said back panels having creased flaps folded inwardly along the edges of said back panels, said flaps being maintained in folded position by attachment through aseptic gown closure means to complementary flap closure means disposed near the top of said gown, each of said back panels being folded longitudinally inwardly toward the center of said gown upon themselves, said sleeve portions being drawn inwardly through themselves so that a length of said sleeve portions lies in inside-out fashion parallel and adjacent one another and substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said gown, the body portion of said gown being folded upwardly upon itself in a plurality of sections, the top edge of the last section so folded lying adjacent the armpits of said sleeve portions, the remaining section of said gown being folded downwardly upon said plurality of sections folded upwardly, the collar points of said body portion of said gown being tucked between said remaining section and said plurality of sections, said sleeve portions and said body portion underlying them being folded toward the center of the gown, and said gown being folded in half in such a manner that the openings for the arms of the gown wearer formed by said inwardly drawn sleeve portions face in the same direction, so that said gown may be grasped within said openings and moved from place to place without danger of inadvertently unfolding.

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