Disposable gown

• US 6,378,136 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2001
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Inventors: Matsushita, Michiyo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hale, Gloria M.
• Application Number:
  US09/828,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20010034891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 2 6/9, 211/4, 224/31, 210/5, 210/6, 210/8, 2 8/5, 2 9/3, 211/5, 211/3
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1209 Surgeons' gowns or dresses
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1245 for the upper part of the body

Abstract

A disposable gown is composed of a basic trunk portion having front and rear trunk regions and both sleeves, wherein the rear trunk region includes first and second rear trunk halves. Collar elements, by which the first and second rear trunk halves may be kept closed is formed from a front collar member attached to the front trunk region and surrounding front half of a neck opening, a first rear collar member attached to the first rear trunk half and surrounding rear half of the neck opening, and a second rear collar member attached to the second rear trunk half and surrounding rear half of the neck opening. Two pairs of engaging fasteners are formed on respective ends of the front collar member and the first and second rear collar members. The engaging fasteners detachably fasten the collar members to each other.

Claims

1. A disposable gown comprising a basic trunk portion which has a front trunk region covering the breast and belly of a wearer and a rear trunk region covering the back of the wearer, and both sleeves attached to both sides of an upper end of said basic trunk portion, with a neck opening in the upper end and a hem opening in a lower end of said basic trunk portion, wherein said rear trunk region comprises a first rear trunk half contiguous to one side edge of said front trunk region and a second rear trunk half contiguous to the other side edge of said front trunk region, wherein:

a collar element by means of which said first rear trunk half and said second rear trunk half may be kept closed extends along the edge of said neck opening in its circumferencial direction, said collar element being formed from a front collar member attached to said front trunk region and surrounding substantially front half of said neck opening, a first rear collar member attached to said first rear trunk half and extending toward said second rear trunk half so as to surround substantially a rear half of said neck opening, and a second rear collar member attached to the second rear trunk half and extending toward said first rear trunk half so as to surround substantially a rear half of said neck opening, a first pair of engaging means being formed on respective ends of said front collar member and said first rear collar member facing said second rear collar member, the first pair of engaging means detachably fastening said collar members to each other, a second pair of engaging means being formed on respective ends of said front collar member and said second rear collar member facing said first rear collar member so that the second pair of engaging means may detachably fasten said collar members to each other.

2. The gown according to claim 1, wherein said basic trunk portion and each of said sleeves are formed with a hydrophobic nonwoven fabric or a laminated sheet of hydrophobic nonwoven fabric and a flexible thermoplastic synthetic resin sheet, and said collar element is formed by a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric.