Medical patient's gown
First Claim
1. A medical patient'"'"'s gown formed of fabric proportioned for wrapping around said patient'"'"'s torso and having an upper region shaped for defining a neck opening, right and left shoulder regions and right and left arm openings, wherein the improvement comprises:
- said gown having a configuration and proportions which enable wrapping of said fabric around said patient'"'"'s torso in an asymmetric arrangement wherein a first side edge of said fabric extends along said patient'"'"'s back while a second opposite side edge of said fabric overlaps said first side edge thereof and extends along a predetermined side of said patient'"'"'s torso, the overlapped portions of said fabric being selectively separable from each other throughout their lengths including at the neck region of said gown,first means for releasably fastening the overlapped portions of said fabric together at said predetermined side of said patient'"'"'s torso, andsecond means for releasably fastening the upper ends of said first and second side edges of said fabric to the shoulder regions of said gown.
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Abstract
A fabric gown is proportioned for wrapping around a medical patient'"'"'s torso in an arrangement where a first edge of the fabric extends along the patient'"'"'s back while the opposite edge overlaps the first edge and extends along one side of the patient. The overlapped portions of the fabric are fastenable at that side of the patient. The gown preferably has sleeves and a slit extends from the neck opening along each shoulder and the adjacent sleeve, the slits being normally closed by fasteners but being openable to enable access to the upper torso without removal of the gown. The shoulder slit fasteners are preferably cloth buttons and all other fasteners are also preferably formed of textile material. The gown does not gape open and embarass the patient but does provide for easy access to the patient'"'"'s torso region when necessary. The gown facilitates nursing of infants, can be economically manufactured and maintained and, in the preferred form, does not have components which can disrupt X-ray images, muclear magnetic resonance scans or the like.
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Citations
12 Claims
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1. A medical patient'"'"'s gown formed of fabric proportioned for wrapping around said patient'"'"'s torso and having an upper region shaped for defining a neck opening, right and left shoulder regions and right and left arm openings, wherein the improvement comprises:
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said gown having a configuration and proportions which enable wrapping of said fabric around said patient'"'"'s torso in an asymmetric arrangement wherein a first side edge of said fabric extends along said patient'"'"'s back while a second opposite side edge of said fabric overlaps said first side edge thereof and extends along a predetermined side of said patient'"'"'s torso, the overlapped portions of said fabric being selectively separable from each other throughout their lengths including at the neck region of said gown, first means for releasably fastening the overlapped portions of said fabric together at said predetermined side of said patient'"'"'s torso, and second means for releasably fastening the upper ends of said first and second side edges of said fabric to the shoulder regions of said gown. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A medial patient'"'"'s gown formed of fabric proportioned for wrapping around said patient'"'"'s torso and having an upper region shaped for defining a neck opening, right and left shoulder regions and right and left arm openings, wherein the improvement comprises:
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said gown having a configuration and proportions which enable wrapping of said fabric around said patient'"'"'s torso in an arrangement wherein a first side edge of said fabric extends along said patient'"'"'s back while a second opposite side edge of said fabric overlaps said first side edge thereof and extends along a predetermined side of said patient'"'"'s torso, and means for releasably fastening the overlapped portions of said fabric together at said predetermined side of said patient'"'"'s torso, wherein said gown includes a main panel of said fabric proportioned for wrapping around said patient'"'"'s torso in said overlapping arrangement and having an upper edge extending between said first and second side edges, said upper edge having a first concave indentation which defines the forward portion of said neck opening, said first indentation being located sufficiently closer to said first side edge than said second side edge to provide for said overlapping of said first and second side edges, said upper edge having second and third concave indentations located at opposites sides of said first indentation to define said arm openings, further including a pair of sleeve and shoulder pieces each being joined to said upper edge of said main panel along a separate one of said first and second indentations therein, each of said sleeve and shoulder pieces having fastening means for releasably securing opposite edges of the sleeve and shoulder pieces together in the shoulder regions of said gown.
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12. A fabric gown for covering the torso of a medical patient, said gown having a torso encircling region, a neck opening, right and left shoulder regions and right and left sleeves, the fabric of said torso encircling region being asymmetrically proportioned to overlap at the back of said patient'"'"'s torso a distance sufficient to enable a first side edge thereof to extend along the patient'"'"'s back while an overlapped opposite side edge extends along a side of the patient'"'"'s torso, the overlapped portions of said fabric being selectively separable from each other throughout their lengths including at the neck region of the gown, said gown further having a pair of slit openings each of which extends from said neck opening along a separate one of said shoulder regions and along the adjacent one of said sleeves, first fastening means for releasably securing the overlapped portions of said fabric together at said side of said patient'"'"'s torso, second fastening means for coupling the upper end of said first side edge to one of said shoulder regions of said gown and for coupling the upper end of said second side edge to the other shoulder region of said gown, and third fastening means for releasably securing the margins of each of said slit openings together at said shoulder regions of said gown.
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