Protective gown
First Claim
1. A disposable protective gown comprisinga. a body portion having an upper part formed to extend over the shoulders of the wearer of the gown, said upper part having a central head aperture,b. a pair of sleeves extending outwardly from opposite sides of said upper part, each sleeve comprising a tubular member secured at one end to said upper part over an angle of attachment of the one end of said sleeve to said upper part of greater than 180°
- and less than 300°
, andc. a thumb loop formed in each said sleeve at the opposite end thereof and shaped to engage the saddle of the thumb of a wearer.
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Abstract
A disposable protective gown and process for making the gown. The gown is composed of a body portion which extends over the shoulders of the wearer and which has a pair of sleeves which extend outwardly from opposite sides. Each sleeve is attached to the body portion over an angle of attachment greater than 180° and less than 300°. A thumb loop is formed at the end of each of the sleeves and is shaped to engage the saddle of the thumb of a wearer. In forming the gown, after the body portion has been cut and the sleeves formed, the sleeves are attached to the body portion by heat sealing half the sleeve, then rotating the sleeve so that a second portion of the sleeve is attached to the gown, with the total angle of attachment not exceeding 300°. In order to prevent inadvertent sealing of both sides of a sleeve together, each sleeve includes a circumferential notch which extends for a length up to that comprising the portion of a the sleeve that is not attached to the body of the gown.
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20 Claims
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1. A disposable protective gown comprising
a. a body portion having an upper part formed to extend over the shoulders of the wearer of the gown, said upper part having a central head aperture, b. a pair of sleeves extending outwardly from opposite sides of said upper part, each sleeve comprising a tubular member secured at one end to said upper part over an angle of attachment of the one end of said sleeve to said upper part of greater than 180° - and less than 300°
, andc. a thumb loop formed in each said sleeve at the opposite end thereof and shaped to engage the saddle of the thumb of a wearer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
- and less than 300°
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8. A process of forming a disposable protective gown, comprising the steps of:
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a. forming a body portion having an upper part shaped to extend over the shoulders of the wearer of the gown, b. forming a central head aperture in said upper part, c. forming a pair of tubular sleeves, and d. attaching said sleeves to opposite sides of said upper part, including the steps of i. securing a first portion of one end of each sleeve to said upper part over an angle of attachment of approximately 180°
, andii. securing a second portion of said one end of each sleeve to said upper part over an angle of attachment of greater than 0° and
less than 120°
, such that the aggregate angle of attachment of each sleeve to said upper part is greater than 180° and
less than 300°
. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A disposable protective gown comprising
a. a body portion having an upper part formed to extend over the shoulders of the wearer of the gown, said upper part having a central head aperture, and opposite sides of said upper part having a first attachment segment extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of said body portion and a second attachment segment extending outwardly at an oblique angle to said axis, and b. a pair of tubular sleeves extending outwardly from the opposite sides of said upper part, each sleeve having a first portion attached to said first segment and a second portion attached to said second attachment, said portions comprising in the aggregate an angle of attachment greater than 180° - and less than 300°
. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
- and less than 300°
Specification