Medical examination dress

• US 8,549,665 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2011
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrea Lynn Putfark
• Original Assignee: Andrea Lynn Putfark
• Inventors: Putfark, Andrea Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): ANDERSON, AMBER R
• Application Number:
  US13/135,217
• Publication Number:
  US 20130000012A1
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 211/4, 2 7/81, 2 8/3, 221/7, 222/2, 223/1, 2 4/7, 2 7/4, 2 7/5, D27/20, D28/40
• US Class Current: 2/114
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/22 Clothing specially adapted for women, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/1236 Patients' garments
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/44 Donning facilities

Abstract

A medical examination dress for women that is suitable for the patient to wear in public for a physician appointment, hospital stay, recovery, etc. The medical exam dress sufficiently covers the body eliminating exposure while maintaining a woman'"'"'s modesty and dignity and is designed with button mechanics for quick access to specific areas of the body or convertible to a bifurcated garment. The exam dress has buttons at the shoulders straps allowing access to both front and back upper torso areas and down both. The exam dress also buttons down both right and left sides allowing the garment to be folded up and reattached to upper side buttons for access to either front and/or back lower torso areas. There are no metal parts, thereby, allowing use in x-ray and imaging devices.

Claims

1. A medical examination dress designed to facilitate the raising or lowering of sections of the dress exposing any or all body parts for examinations or procedures, consisting of:

a. two separate material sections defining a front section and a back section, wherein the front section and back section each have a top, a bottom, and two lateral sides;

b. a plurality of buttonholes down each lateral side of the front section;

c. a plurality of buttons down each lateral side of the back section, wherein the number of buttonholes on the front section is equal to the number of buttons on the back section;

d. the back section of the dress having two corners at the intersection of each lateral side with the bottom, wherein a buttonhole is located at each of the two corners;

e. two shoulder straps located at the top of the back section, said two shoulder straps each having a proximal end attached to the top of the back section and a distal end unattached to the back section, said distal end of each strap having a buttonhole for the purpose of attaching to buttons located at the top of the front section of the dress; and

f. gathered elastic-encased yokes at the top of both front and back sections of the dress, wherein said buttons located at the top of the front section of the dress are attached to the yoke of the front section.

2. The medical examination dress of claim 1, whereby the front and back sections may be joined together by the buttons and buttonholes down each lateral sides of the front and back sections to form a complete dress or the buttons may be unbuttoned at any or all locations to modify the dress.

3. The medical examination dress of claim 1, whereby the straps may be unbuttoned allowing either or both front and back sections to be folded down.

4. The medical examination dress of claim 1 whereby the front section may be unbuttoned at the bottom, folded up and buttoned at a higher level button.

5. The medical examination dress of claim 1, whereby the bottom of the back section may be folded up and buttoned to buttons at a higher level.