Protective gown with integral tie straps

• US 4,951,318 A
• Filed: 02/01/1990
• Issued: 08/28/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: TIDI Products LLC (TIDI Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Sage Products Incorporated
• Inventors: Newton, John J. Jr., Harreld, Donald R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Biefeld, Diana L.
• Application Number:
  US07/473,100
• Time in Patent Office: 208 Days
• Field of Search: 2/46, 2/48, 2/49 R, 2/69, 2/DIG. 7, 2/114, 2/69.5, 2/50, 2/51, 2/52, 2/243 B, D 2/226
• US Class Current: 2/48
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1209 Surgeons' gowns or dresses
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/901 Antibacterial, antitoxin, or clean room

Abstract

A disposable protective gown with a pair of integral neck tie straps. 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°. A score is provided adjacent the head aperture in the gown to define the pair of tie straps which can be used to create a tighter or looser fit about a wearer'"'"'s neck, as described.

Claims

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 shaped to accomodate a wearer'"'"'s head passing therethrough without severing of any portion of said upper part,

b. a pair of sleeves extending outwardly from opposite sides of and secured at one end to said upper part, and

c. means forming a pair of integral neck tie straps in said upper part, including a severable score in said upper part extending outwardly at an oblique angle from said head aperture and defining said tie straps on opposite sides of said score, said score being normally unsevered.

2. A disposable protective gown according to claim 1 in which said upper part terminates at a rear edge of said gown, said score extending between said head aperture and said rear edge.

3. A disposable protective gown according to claim 2 in which said score extends in a curvilinear fashion between said head aperture and said rear edge.

4. A disposable protective gown according to claim 2 in which said score extends from a location at said head aperture proximate one side of said upper part to a location at said rear edge proximate the other side of said upper part.

5. A disposable protective gown according to claim 2 in which one of said tie straps is located between said score and said rear edge, and the other of said tie straps is located between said score and said head aperture.

6. 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 extending to a rear edge of said gown, said head aperture being shaped to accomodate a wearer'"'"'s head passing therethrough without severing of any portion of said upper part,

b. opposite sides of said upper part formed for attachment of sleeves thereto, and

c. means forming a pair of complementary, integral neck tie straps in said upper part, said means forming including a severable score in said upper part extending at an oblique angle between said head aperture and said rear edge and defining said tie straps on opposite sides of said score, said score being normally unsevered.

7. A disposable protective gown according to claim 6 in which said score extends in a curvilinear fashion between said head aperture and said rear edge.

8. A disposable protective gown according to claim 6 in which said score extends from a location at said head aperture proximate one side of said upper part to a location at said rear edge proximate the other side of said upper part.

9. A disposable protective gown according to claim 6 in which one of said tie straps is located between said score and said rear edge, and the other of said tie straps is located between said score and said head aperture.