Hospital gown
First Claim
1. A patient'"'"'s gown comprising a body portion having a yoke region and an aperture in said yoke region, said body portion, when laid out flat, being substantially rectangular and being foldable at said yoke region thereby defining a front panel and inner and outer back panels;
- said front panel having first and second side edges, said inner back panel having a third side edge abutting said first side edge of said front panel when said body portion is folded at said yoke region, and said outer back panel having a fourth side edge abutting said second side edge of said front panel when said body portion is folded at said yoke region;
said inner and outer back panels each having respective center portions thereof, said center portion of said outer back panel overlapping substantially all of said center portion of said inner back panel;
whereby said patient'"'"'s gown is placeable on a patient'"'"'s torso with the patient'"'"'s head extending through said aperture so that said front panel and inner and outer back panels substantially cover the patient'"'"'s torso.
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Abstract
An improved patient'"'"'s hospital gown comprises a body portion having a front panel and overlapping inner and outer back panels. The back panels overlap for a substantial portion of their respective widths. The front panel is joined to the two back panels along each side by a series of spaced apart fasteners. In a first embodiment, a yoke portion is attached to the body portion of the gown and is closed around the neck of the patient when the overlapping back panels are each secured with fasteners to the respective opposite sides of the yoke portion. In a second embodiment, the yoke portion comprises a contiguous piece of fabric that is put on over the patient'"'"'s head, thereby preventing the gown from falling off of the patient'"'"'s shoulders when the back panels are unfastened.
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14 Claims
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1. A patient'"'"'s gown comprising a body portion having a yoke region and an aperture in said yoke region, said body portion, when laid out flat, being substantially rectangular and being foldable at said yoke region thereby defining a front panel and inner and outer back panels;
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said front panel having first and second side edges, said inner back panel having a third side edge abutting said first side edge of said front panel when said body portion is folded at said yoke region, and said outer back panel having a fourth side edge abutting said second side edge of said front panel when said body portion is folded at said yoke region; said inner and outer back panels each having respective center portions thereof, said center portion of said outer back panel overlapping substantially all of said center portion of said inner back panel; whereby said patient'"'"'s gown is placeable on a patient'"'"'s torso with the patient'"'"'s head extending through said aperture so that said front panel and inner and outer back panels substantially cover the patient'"'"'s torso. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A patient'"'"'s gown comprising a body portion which, when laid out flat, is substantially rectangular, having a yoke region surrounding the patient'"'"'s neck and foldable so as to drape over the patient'"'"'s shoulders defining a front panel for substantially covering a front portion of the patient'"'"'s torso, and first and second back panels for substantially covering a rear portion of the patient'"'"'s torso;
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one of said first and second back panels substantially overlapping the other of said first and second back panels at a center portion of said rear portion of the patient'"'"'s torso; said front panel having first and second side edges, said inner back panel having a third side edge abutting said first side edge of said front panel when said body portion is folded at said yoke region, and said outer back panel having a fourth side edge abutting said second side edge of said front panel when said body portion is folded at said yoke region. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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