Easy donning garment
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1. A sterile protective garment comprising:
- a body portion;
a right leg and a left leg, where both legs extend from the body portion;
a right sleeve and a left sleeve, where both sleeves extend from the body portion; and
a sheath on an interior surface of a portion of each leg and each sleeve and an anchor strip within the sheath, where the anchor strip may be used to foreshorten the legs and sleeves;
where each leg and each sleeve further comprise an opening, the opening distal to the body portion, and a donning loop associated with the opening,where the garment comprises a donning configuration where the sleeves and legs are foreshortened,where the donning loop associated with each leg opening is associated with said leg opening such that the foot of the wearer of said garment engages said donning loop as the foot of the wearer is extended out of said leg opening when the wearer is donning the garment, andwhere the donning loop associated with each sleeve opening is associated with said sleeve opening such that a portion of the hand of the wearer of said garment engages said donning loop as the hand of the wearer is extended out of said sleeve opening when the wearer is donning the garment.
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Abstract
A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The garment includes one or more foreshortening structures within the garment that allows for the arms and legs to be shorted into a donning configuration. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment or allowing any portion of the garment to touch another surface. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
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1. A sterile protective garment comprising:
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a body portion; a right leg and a left leg, where both legs extend from the body portion; a right sleeve and a left sleeve, where both sleeves extend from the body portion; and a sheath on an interior surface of a portion of each leg and each sleeve and an anchor strip within the sheath, where the anchor strip may be used to foreshorten the legs and sleeves; where each leg and each sleeve further comprise an opening, the opening distal to the body portion, and a donning loop associated with the opening, where the garment comprises a donning configuration where the sleeves and legs are foreshortened, where the donning loop associated with each leg opening is associated with said leg opening such that the foot of the wearer of said garment engages said donning loop as the foot of the wearer is extended out of said leg opening when the wearer is donning the garment, and where the donning loop associated with each sleeve opening is associated with said sleeve opening such that a portion of the hand of the wearer of said garment engages said donning loop as the hand of the wearer is extended out of said sleeve opening when the wearer is donning the garment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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