Patient's garment

A patient's garment which may be worn with comfort and dignity as either a housecoat or a gown and which is suitable for use for prolonged convalescence, the garment also permitting a wide variety of medical procedures, such as X-ray, to be performed without removal of the garment and which will also permit continuation of medical procedures while the garment is being removed;

• said garment comprising:
• a body portion which is adapted to be worn about the upper abdomen and thorax of a patient and extend from the patient's neck to about the knees of the patient, the body portion including a main panel adapted to cover one side of a patient and a pair of adjacent side panels adapted to cover the other side of the patient, each of the side panels having a generally vertically extending marginal edge, the main panel and side panels having a lower edge and an upper edge, the upper edge having sleeve-attaching sections and neck opening defining sections;
• first and second columns of vertically spaced apart X-ray transparent panel fasteners mounted on the side panels adjacent the marginal edges and being capable of holding the side panels together in overlapping relationship;
• a third column of vertically spaced apart X-ray transparent panel fasteners mounted on one of the side panels in parallel relationship to one of the columns of vertically spaced apart panel fasteners, the third column of panel fasteners being capable of cooperating with the other one of said first and second columns of panel fasteners to permit the girth of the garment to be varied;
• a pair of sleeves, each sleeve having an upper sleeve edge, parallel side edges, and a lower edge, at least a portion of the upper sleeve edge being secured to the sleeve-attaching section of the upper edge of the panels of the body portion, the parallel side edges normally extending from the patient's neck over the patient's shoulder and down the arm of the patient to the lower sleeve edge, and the lower sleeve edge normally being disposed at a location below the patient's antecubital fossa;
• and
• first and second columns of spaced apart X-ray transparent sleeve fasteners mounted on each sleeve adjacent the parallel side edges and capable of holding the parallel side edges of the sleeve together in overlapping relationship in a normal position, said sleeve fasteners being of the type having cooperating hook-forming pile threads and loop forming pile threads and which can be quickly secured together through the application of pressure and which can be quickly released through the application of a moderate pulling force.