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US 11,019,860 B1Granted
Hospital gown
OwnerWendy Dale Pierceinventor
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Abstract
A gown is formed with a front, a back, a left side, a right side, a left lateral arm opening, and a right lateral arm opening. A plurality of flaps are each formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration with a lower horizontal section coupled to the gown. The gown has a openings positioned beneath the flaps. Fixed hook and loop fasteners around each of the openings and separable hook and loop fasteners on each flap are adapted to couple and uncouple. The flaps are adapted to be lowered to provide for use by a care giver when administering to a patient.
Claims10
A garment comprising:
- a gown formed with a front and a back and a left side and a right side and a left lateral arm opening and a right lateral arm opening;
- a plurality of flaps, each flap formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration with a lower horizontal section coupled to the gown, the gown having a plurality of openings positioned respectively beneath the flaps, fixed hook and loop fasteners around each of the openings, separable hook and loop fasteners on each flap, each flap adapted to couple and uncouple with respect to an associated fixed hook and loop fastener, the flaps adapted to be lowered providing for use by a care giver, wherein one of the plurality of flaps comprises an abdominal flap;
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- a left passageway on the left side of the gown and a right passageway on the right side of the gown, each passageway being located beneath the abdominal flap for use by the care giver.
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A garment for maintaining privacy at all times of a patient in a hospital while allowing access by a health care provider to various body parts of the patient comprising, in combination:
- a gown formed with a front, and a back, and a left side, and a right side, the gown being of a one piece construction with a head opening above, cords at a back of the head opening to secure the garment in position, and a leg opening below, and a left lateral arm opening and sleeve, and a right lateral arm opening and sleeve, the gown being a pull over garment;
- a left mid-chest flap and a right mid-chest flap, and an enlarged abdominal flap located below the left mid-chest flap and the right mid-chest flap, and a central pocket flap between the left mid-chest flap and the right mid-chest flap, and a rear pocket flap, a tab extending upwardly on each flap facilitating opening and closing the flaps, each flap formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration with a lower horizontal section coupled to the gown, the gown having openings positioned respectively beneath the left mid-chest flap and the right mid-chest flap, and the abdominal flap, and the central pocket flap, and the rear pocket flap respectively, the pocket flaps adapted to removably receive telemetry and other devices in association with the providing medical care to the patient, fixed hook and loop fasteners in an inverted U-shaped configuration around each opening, separable hook and loop fasteners in an inverted U-shaped configuration around each flap adapted to couple and uncouple with respect to an associated fixed hook and loop fastener, the flaps adapted to be lowered providing for use by the care giver when administering to the patient;
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- a left passageway on the left side of the gown and a right passageway in the right side of the gown, each passageway being located beneath the abdominal flap for use by the care giver when administering to the patient.
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A garment, comprising:
- a medical gown comprising a front, a back, a left side, a right side, a left lateral arm opening and a right lateral arm opening;
- an access opening in the gown, wherein the access opening provides access to a patient body part;
- a flap covering the opening, the flap comprising:
- a top flap section;
- flap sides;
- a lower flap section that is fixed to the gown,
- wherein a detachable portion of the flap is detachably coupled to the gown whereby detachably uncoupling the detachable portion of the flap reveals the access opening;
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- a pocket coupled to the flap wherein the flap comprises an abdominal flap;
- and wherein the garment further comprises a left passageway on the left side of the gown and a right passageway on the right side of the gown, each passageway being located beneath the abdominal flap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.