Folded protective garment

• US 4,783,854 A
• Filed: 02/01/1988
• Issued: 11/15/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Axtrade Care AB
• Original Assignee: Landstingens Inkopscentral, LIC Ekonomisk Forening
• Inventors: Bjorklund, Mats
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHROEDER, WERNER
• Assistant Examiner(s): Olds, J. L.
• Application Number:
  US07/149,077
• Time in Patent Office: 288 Days
• Field of Search: 2/51, 2/114, 2/DIG. 7, 2/69
• US Class Current: 2/51
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1209 Surgeons' gowns or dresses

Abstract

A folded protective garment is enclosed in a wrapping maintaining sterility. The folded garment has its entry opening at one edge of the package formed by the folded garment. The entry opening is surrounded by a collar obtained by turning the edge portion of the garment inside out so that the outside of the collar is formed by the inside of the garment. For the remainder, the garment is folded such that the outside of the collar has uncovered surfaces which can be gripped by unprotected hands when the garment is folded out and put on, the garment also having front and back portions which are alike and joined together at the edges.

Claims

1. A folded, protective garment, which is enclosed in a wrapping maintaining sterility, the garment being provided with sleeves, and in its folded-out state having a front and back which are substantially alike and joined together at their edges, the folded-out garment having a length such that it at least covers the user'"'"'s trunk, characterized in that the lower end portions of the front and the back of the folded garment inside the wrapping are folded backwards to form a collar round the entry opening of the garment, the outside of the collar being the inside of the folded-out garment, and the collar having a length in the longitudinal direction of the garment such that the presumptive user'"'"'s hand can grip around the outer and folded end edges of the collar without the fingers reaching over the collar and coming into contact with the rest of the garment, and in that the folded garment inside the wrapping is folded such that the outer end portion of the collar is preferably folded sideways about at least one folding line parallel to the longitudinal direction of the garment.

2. Garment as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the collar extends up to the sleeve area.

3. Garment as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the sleeves are folded in towards each other and that the collar extends over the folded-in sleeves.

4. Garment as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the lower end edges of the garment are each extended by an end flap and in that these flaps are folded outwards and back again over the front and back of the collar while leaving sufficient free surfaces on the collar at the sides of, and below the end flaps, so that these free surfaces can be gripped by the user'"'"'s fingers when putting the garment on, said surfaces being on the inside of the garment after putting it on, putting on the garment being terminated, if required, by pulling the end flaps to stretch the garment on the user.

5. Garment as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it is slit at least along a part of its side edges.

6. A garment in which the front and back of the garment are pleated, the pleats being transverse between the side edges of the garment to form a bellows-like packet, and the sleeves are turned so that their outsides are inside along their entire length and are pulled through the pleated packet, thereafter to be turned inside out along a portion of their free length from the ends of the sleeves to form two muffs having their ends outside both ends of the folded packet so that the user can insert his hands directly into the muffs at one side edge of the packet.