SURGEON'S GOWN WITH CUMMERBUND

• US 3,803,640 A
• Filed: 04/19/1973
• Issued: 04/16/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard E. Ericson
• Original Assignee: Richard E. Ericson
• Inventors: Ericson, Richard E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Application Number:
  US05/352,788
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: 2/DIG.7,2,47,48,51,52,87,114
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1209 Surgeons' gowns or dresses

Abstract

A back-opening surgeon'"'"''"'"'s gown having a water resistant panel attached to one vertical edge of the gown and adapted to wrap around the front of the user'"'"''"'"'s body, covering the gown from chest level to just below the waist, the free end of the panel having a removable tab for use in positioning it, and suitable fastening means, such as an adhesive strip.

Claims

1. A back-opening surgeon'"'"''"'"'s gown having first and second vertical back edges, a waist tie secured to the first edge, a second waist tie secured to the interior of the gown at a substantial distance from the second edge, a panel of water resistant material having right and left ends one of said ends being secured to the second edge at mid-section height, and means on the other of said ends for removably affixing said other end to the outer surface of the gown, the length of said panel from end to end being sufficient to cover the user'"'"''"'"'s mid-section from side to side.

2. A surgeon'"'"''"'"'s gown according to claim 1 wherein the affixing means comprises a strip of adhesive adjacent one edge of the panel.

3. A surgeon'"'"''"'"'s gown according to claim 1 wherein the affixing means comprises strips of adhesive adjacent one edge and one end of the panel.

4. A surgeon'"'"''"'"'s gown according to claim 1 which includes a grasping tab removably attached to said other end of the panel.

5. A surgical gown according to claim 1 in which the gown is of a non-woven material and thE panel is a fluid-impervious plastic.

6. A surgical gown according to claim 1 wherein the panel is rectangular and is secured at one of its short edges to the edge of the gown.

7. A surgical gown according to claim 4 wherein the panel is fan-folded initially adjacent to said second edge, the tab being adapted to serve as a handle for unfolding the panel.

8. A surgical gown according to claim 7 wherein the panel is held in fan-folded position by a releasable adhesive.

9. A back-opening surgical gown having first and second vertical free rear edges, a waist-high tie attached to the first rear edge, another waist-high tie attached to the interior of the gown at a substantial distance from the second rear edge, whereby the fastening together of said ties can hold said second rear edge and adjacent areas of the gown in overlapping relation to said first rear edge and areas of the gown adjacent said first rear edge, a sheet of fluid-impervious material secured at one vertical edge to the second rear edge of the gown and self-activating means for attaching an opposite vertical edge of said sheet to the outer surface of the gown, said sheet being long enough to extend from side to side of the gown and having a vertical dimension such that it can cover the front mid-section of the gown from approximately chest height to below the waist.