Disposable garment and method
First Claim
1. A sterile disposable garment comprising, a gown having a back, a front, a pair of side margins adjacent side edges of the gown, a pair of sleeves, and strap means extending from the gown adjacent one of said side margins and defining an opening to receive the wearer'"'"'s arm and retain said one side margin in position on the wearer while passing the remainder of the gown around the wearer.
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Abstract
A sterile disposable garment comprising, a gown having a back, a front, and a pair of side margins adjacent side edges of the gown. The gown has strap means extending from the gown adjacent one of the side margins and defining an opening to receive the wearer'"'"'s arm and retain the one side margin in position on the wearer while passing the remainder of the gown around the wearer.
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30 Claims
- 1. A sterile disposable garment comprising, a gown having a back, a front, a pair of side margins adjacent side edges of the gown, a pair of sleeves, and strap means extending from the gown adjacent one of said side margins and defining an opening to receive the wearer'"'"'s arm and retain said one side margin in position on the wearer while passing the remainder of the gown around the wearer.
- 7. A sterile disposable garment comprising, a gown having an inner surface, an outer surface, a front, a neck, a pair of side edges defining a pair of back flaps extending from opposed sides of the gown front for covering the back of the wearer, a pair of sleeves, and a strap having a portion retained on one of said back flaps and defining an opening to receive an arm of the wearer and retain said one back flap in position on the wearer.
- 25. A sterile disposable garment comprising, a gown having an inner surface, an outer surface, a front, a neck, a pair of sleeves adjacent sides of the gown front, a pair of side edges defining a pair of back flaps extending from opposed sides of the gown front for covering the back of the wearer, a strap having an upper end secured to one of said back flaps adjacent the juncture of the gown neck and the side edge defining said one back flap, said strap having a lower end secured to said one back flap adjacent the side edge defining said one back flap and at a location spaced a sufficient distance below the gown neck to define an opening between the strap and gown for receiving an arm of the wearer, and said gown having an elongated assist tab having an end secured to the other of said back flaps adjacent the juncture of the gown neck and the side edge defining said other back flap, said assist tab facilitating placement of the gown about the wearer after the wearer'"'"'s arm has been received in said opening.
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27. A method of securing a back flap of a sterile, disposable, open-back gown having a pair of sleeves on a wearer, comprising the steps of:
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passing a first arm of the wearer through an opening defined by a strap on the gown to retain one side of the back flap against the wearer'"'"'s back; placing the other arm of the wearer in a sleeve adjacent the other side of the back flap; and
placing said first arm in the other sleeve.
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28. A method of placing a sterile disposable gown of the open-back type on a wearer, comprising the steps of:
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securing a first back flap of the gown on an arm of the wearer prior to placement of the arm into a sleeve of the gown; passing the remainder of the gown around the wearer'"'"'s body while inserting both arms into a pair of sleeves on the gown; and securing a second back flap of the gown to the first back flap to close the back of the gown. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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