Disposable isolation hospital gown

• US 8,056,146 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2009
• Issued: 11/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GoGown, LLC
• Original Assignee: Virginia Porowski
• Inventors: Porowski, Virginia
• Primary Examiner(s): WORRELL JR, LARRY D
• Application Number:
  US12/533,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20110023210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 224/7, 290/1, 2 6/9, 2 9/4, 2 5/2, 2 8/5, 2 8/7, 211/4
• US Class Current: 2/51
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1209 Surgeons' gowns or dresses
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/44 Donning facilities
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/52 Disposable

Abstract

A disposable isolation hospital gown is provided having a main body and a pair of sleeves. Integrally formed with the hospital gown is a disposable wrapper that is particularly positioned or placed such that the gown can be rolled or folded into a bundle, after which the disposable wrapper is reversed and in the process of reversing the disposable wrapper, the bundled gown is stuffed or placed into the reversed disposable wrapper for disposal.

Claims

1. A method of removing and disposing of a disposable gown wherein the disposable gown comprises a main body having a front area, a back area, and inner and outer surfaces;

a pair of sleeves extending from the main body, and a disposable wrapper in the form of sheet material for wrapping and enclosing the disposable gown when the gown assumes a bundled configuration; and

wherein the disposable wrapper is secured on the inner surface of the main body about a lower portion of the front area of the main body, such that in a wearing configuration the wrapper forms a panel that is secured about outer portions to the inner surface of the main body and the panel extends across the inner surface of the main body, and wherein the method comprises;

removing the gown from a person;

rolling or folding the removed gown into a bundle to form a bundled gown;

positioning the bundled gown adjacent the wrapper; and

engaging the wrapper while holding the bundled gown and pulling the wrapper away from the adjacent inner surface of the main body of the gown and wrapping the wrapper around the entire bundled gown such that one portion of the wrapper overlaps another portion of the wrapper and the entire disposable bundled gown is encircled and enclosed by the overlapping wrapper that is wrapped around the disposable bundled gown.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein rolling or folding the disposable gown into a bundle includes positioning portions of the inner surface of the gown over the outer surface of the gown such that portions of the inner surface are exposed and cover portions of the outer surface of the gown such that the disposable gown can be contacted for the purpose of rolling or folding the gown without contacting the outer surface of the gown.

3. The method of claim 1 further including:

turning the sleeves inside-outward to form inside-outward sleeves;

folding the inside-outward sleeves and a portion of the back area over the outer surface of the front area such that portions of the inside-outward sleeves and the inner surface of the back area are exposed and overlie the front area of the main body; and

thereafter folding or rolling the disposable gown into a bundle.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the disposable wrapper includes a closing tab and the method includes encircling the bundled gowned in the wrapper and utilizing the closing tab to close the wrapper around the enclosed bundled gown.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the disposable wrapper includes a terminal edge and wherein there is a closing tab that projects from the terminal edge of the disposable wrapper, and where the method includes encircling the bundled gown with the wrapper such that the wrapper wraps around the bundled gown and securing the wrapper in a closed position by securing the closing tab to a portion of the wrapped wrapper.