Total protection garment fold
AssigneeO&M Halyard, Inc.
InventorsNamita A. Mithani, Brian E. Lin, Samuel G. Israel
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Abstract
A folded article formed from a protective garment, and a method of folding a protective garment to prepare the garment for donning, expose sleeve openings of the garment for ease of donning. The protective garment is folded into a folded article that is configured to be grasped by an inner surface of the garment and prevent touching the outer surface of the garment during donning. Thus, the sterility of the protective garment can be maintained during donning. The protective garment may further include a hood and visor, and the folded article formed from the protective garment may have the same size and shape as the visor.
Claims19
A folded article comprising:
- a garment comprising a body and two sleeves, wherein the garment includes an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein each sleeve is connected to the body at a sleeve opening on the inner surface of the garment, the garment further comprising a hood, the hood including a visor having a length and a width;
- wherein the garment is folded in a configuration such that the sleeve openings are exposed for ease of donning the garment and none of the outer surface of the garment is exposed;
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- wherein the folded article comprises a shape and size that matches the length and width of the visor.
A method of folding a garment comprising the steps of:
- providing a garment comprising a body, a first sleeve and a second sleeve, wherein the garment includes an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the first sleeve is connected to the body at a first sleeve opening on the inner surface of the garment and the second sleeve is connected to the body at a second sleeve opening on the inner surface of the garment;
- turning the garment inside-out such that the inner surface of the garment is exposed;
- tucking a lower portion of the first sleeve within an upper portion of the first sleeve and tucking a lower portion of the second sleeve within an upper portion of the second sleeve such that the lower portion of the first sleeve and the lower portion of the second sleeve are each in contact with the outer surface of the garment;
- folding a distal end of the body of the garment along a first body fold line toward a proximal end of the body of the garment;
- folding the body of the garment one or more times to form at least one S-shaped fold;
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- folding the upper portion of the first sleeve over the body of the garment along a first upper sleeve fold line to expose the first sleeve opening and folding the upper portion of the second sleeve over the body of the garment along a second upper sleeve fold line to expose the second sleeve opening.
A method of preparing a protective garment for donning, the method comprising steps of:
- providing a garment having a body, a first sleeve and a second sleeve, a hood and a visor, wherein the garment includes an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the first sleeve is connected to the body at a first sleeve opening on the inner surface of the garment and the second sleeve is connected to the body at a second sleeve opening on the inner surface of the garment;
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- folding the garment such that the garment is configured to be grasped by a wearer by the inner surface of the garment without touching the outer surface of the garment,
- wherein the garment is folded such that the wearer is configured to insert their arms into the first sleeve opening and the second sleeve opening of the inner surface of the garment prior to accessing the body of the garment, and
- wherein the garment is folded such that that the visor is accessible to the wearer without touching the outer surface of the garment after the wearer inserts their hands into the sleeve openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.