Hospital gown

• US 5,150,477 A
• Filed: 03/06/1992
• Issued: 09/29/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Joyce E. Elberson, Mary F. Ritchey
• Original Assignee: Joyce E. Elberson, Mary F. Ritchey
• Inventors: Elberson, Joyce E., Ritchey, Mary F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chapman, Jeanette E.
• Application Number:
  US07/846,888
• Time in Patent Office: 207 Days
• Field of Search: 2/46, 2/48, 2/50, 2/51, 2/69, 2/69.5, 2/75, 2/80, 2/105, 2/106, 2/114, 2/115, 2/DIG. 7
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1236 Patients' garments

Abstract

The invention comprises a gown of the type such as used in hospitals or offices of a physician to cover the torso and shoulder region of an otherwise relatively nude person, the gown including a relatively narrow front panel connected at one end to a substantially wider rear panel of which the elongated side portions comprise flaps of the latter and are adapted to be adjustably lapped over side edge portions of the front panel, the connected area of the panels having a head-receiving opening, and elongated tie members respectively extend from the outermost edges of the rear panel and across the front panel and are tied in a bowknot to detachably secure the respective panels in enclosing manner on the torso of a person while permitting ready arrangement of the panels to permit medical examination or for toilet purposes. A variation of the foregoing gown comprises a modification of one shoulder region of the gown by separating the region into a pair of small flaps adapted to be arranged in overlapping manner over the shoulder of the person and suitable additional tie members extend from the flaps and are adapted to be tied in a bowknot.

Claims

1. A one-piece hospital gown formed from a unitary area of woven sheet-like material and comprising a relatively narrow front panel having parallel opposite side edges and being of predetermined length and said front panel being integral at shoulder regions with a corresponding end of a wider rear panel of which opposite side edge portions comprise integral elongated flaps having smoothly tapering and diverging outer edges respectively adapted to overlap appreciable opposite side edge portions of said front panel in a manner to effectively cover especially a person'"'"'s torso when wearing the gown, said gown also having an opening in said shoulder region where said panels are integrally connected and through which a person'"'"'s head is adapted to extend when mounting the gown for wearing, and said flaps respectively intermediately of said opposite elongated edges thereof having elongated tie members connected to and formed by extensions of channel-type textile binding extending around and secured to substantially all edges of said integral front and rear panels and said tie members being adapted to extend across the exterior of said front panel when the gown is worn and are releasably connected to each other, said arrangement of the panels being such as to provide substantially complete encirclement and coverage of the torso of a person when wearing said gown and said panels being adapted to permit ready movement thereof to expose said torso of the person for medical, as well as toilet operations.

2. The gown according to claim 1 further including at one side of said head opening a separation of one shoulder region of the gown in a manner to provide a pair of flap members arranged and adapted to extend in overlapping manner to each other over one shoulder of a person wearing the gown, and additional tie members respectively attached at one end to said flap members in spaced relation to the outer ends thereof in a manner to be tied in a bowknot to connect said flap members in said overlapping relation and thus permit the gown to be used by persons not able to extend their heads through said openings or otherwise.