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US 4,369,528 AGranted
Garment for maintaining body temperature and method of making same
AssigneeAlba-Waldensian, Inc.
InventorsH. Ryland Vest, Walter S. Boone
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AssigneeAlba-Waldensian, Inc.
InventorsH. Ryland Vest, Walter S. Boone
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A method and garment is provided for maintaining the body temperature of a patient undergoing surgery in an operating room where the ambient temperature is normally below the normal body temperature. The garment is constructed of cut segments of stretchable circular knit seamless fabric and includes arm and leg portions which extend beyond the length of the corresponding hands and feet of the patient. The cut segments are oriented so that the free open ends of the components of the garment are formed by the ends of the cut segments which will not ravel and it is not necessary to seam or hem the free open ends. The garment is constructed in an economical manner so that the garment may be disposed of after the surgical procedure is completed and the stretchable knit fabric provides a snug fit on a wide range of body sizes and shapes.
A garment for maintaining the body temperature of a patient, particularly during the time the patient is undergoing surgery in an operating room where the ambient temperature is usually maintained below the normal body temperature, said garment being constructed of cut segments of stretchable circular knit seamless fabric so that said garment has sufficient stretchability to fit a wide range of body sizes, said garment including an upper body portion comprising a cut fabric segment defining an upper trunk covering portion including an upper neck opening and having a free open lower end, said trunk covering portion being of a sufficient length to cover and extend below the waist of the wearer, a pair of sleeve openings, seams extending from opposite sides of said neck opening and to said sleeve openings, a pair of cut fabric segments defining a pair of sleeves having upper ends seamed to said sleeve openings of said trunk covering portion and having free open lower ends, said sleeves being of a sufficient length to cover and extend beyond the hands of the wearer, said cut fabric segments defining said upper trunk covering portion and said sleeves including opposing ends, one end of which will ravel and the other end of which will not ravel, said cut fabric segments being oriented so that said free open lower ends of said upper trunk covering portion and said sleeves are formed of the nonraveling raw cut ends of said cut segments, and a lower body portion including a pair of legs extending upwardly and covering at least the entire upper legs and extending downwardly and covering at least the feet of the wearer.
A garment for maintaining the body temperature of a patient, particularly during the time the patient is undergoing surgery in an operating room where the ambient temperature is usually maintained below the normal body temperature, said garment being constructed of cut segments of stretchable circular knit seamless fabric so that said garment has sufficient stretchability to fit a wide range of body sizes, said garment including an upper body portion comprising an upper trunk covering portion including an upper neck opening and having a free open lower end, said trunk covering portion being of a sufficient length to cover and extend below the waist of the wearer, a pair of sleeve openings, seams extending from opposite sides of said neck opening and to said sleeve openings, and a pair of sleeves having upper ends seamed to said sleeve openings of said trunk covering portion and having free open lower ends, said sleeves being of a sufficient length to cover and extend beyond the hands of the wearer, said upper trunk covering portion and said sleeves comprising cut fabric segments including opposing ends, one end of which will ravel and the other end of which will not ravel, said cut fabric segments being oriented so that said free open lower ends of said upper trunk covering portion and said sleeves are formed of the nonraveling raw cut ends of said cut segments.
A method of forming a garment for maintaining the body temperature of a patient, particularly during the time the patient is undergoing surgery in an operating room where the ambient temperature is usually maintained below the normal body temperature, said garment including an upper body portion comprising an upper trunk covering portion of sufficient length to cover and extend below the waist and having a free open lower end, and a pair of sleeves having upper ends seamed to said upper trunk covering portion and being of sufficient length to cover and extend beyond the hands of the wearer with free open lower ends, said method comprising the steps of providing a first stretchable circular knit seamless fabric of a predetermined diameter, providing a second stretchable circular knit seamless fabric of a smaller diameter than said first stretchable circular knit seamless fabric, transversely cutting said first stretchable circular knit seamless fabric to form a cut body segment of a sufficient length to form said upper trunk covering portion, said cut body segment including one raw end which will ravel and an opposing nonraveling raw end, transversely cutting said second stretchable circular knit seamless fabric to form a pair of cut sleeve segments of a sufficient length to form said sleeves, said cut sleeve segments each including one raw end which will ravel and an opposing nonraveling raw end, orienting said cut body segment so that said nonraveling end forms said free open lower end of said trunk covering portion, orienting said cut sleeve segments so that said nonraveling ends form said free open lower ends of said sleeves, and seaming said raveling ends of said cut sleeve segments to said cut body segment adjacent said raveling end thereof.
A method of forming a garment for maintaining the body temperature of a patient, particularly during the time the patient is undergoing surgery in an operating room where the ambient temperature is usually maintained below the normal body temperature, said garment including an upper body portion comprising an upper trunk covering portion of sufficient length to cover and extend below the waist and having a free open lower end, and a pair of sleeves having upper ends seamed to said upper trunk covering portion and being of sufficient length to cover and extend beyond the hands of the wearer with free open lower ends, said method comprising the steps of transversely cutting a first stretchable circular knit seamless fabric to form a cut body segment of a sufficient length to form said upper trunk covering portion, transversely cutting a second stretchable circular knit seamless fabric to form a pair of cut sleeve segments of a sufficient length to form said sleeves, said cut body segment and said cut sleeve segments each including one raw end which will ravel and an opposing nonraveling raw end, orienting said cut body segment so that said nonraveling end forms said free open lower end of said trunk covering portion, orienting said cut sleeve segments so that said nonraveling ends form said free open lower ends of said sleeves, and seaming said raveling ends of said cut sleeve segments to said cut body segment adjacent said raveling end thereof.
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