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Disposable hospital gown

a hospital gown and disposable technology, applied in the field of gowns, can solve the problems of spreading of contamination found on the exterior of the gown, and achieve the effect of facilitating the folding and bundling of the gown

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-02-03
POROWSKI VIRGINIA
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[0007]The present invention also entails a disposable hospital gown that includes donned gloves or gloves that are integral with sleeves of the gown or tethered to the gown. This enables the gloves to be removed from the hands as the gown is being removed from a person such that the gloves can be contained within the bundle and placed inside the disposable wrapper. In addition, the disposable gown includes folding seams or lines formed vertically across the front of the gown. These folding seams or lines facilitate the folding and bundling of the gown for disposal.

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One of the concerns with disposable hospital gowns is that the removal of a gown from a person will spread germs, bacteria and other infections that might affect the person wearing the gown or other people in and around the gown and carried to later infect others the individuals come in contact with, Generally, no matter how much care is exercised in the conventional handling of a disposable hospital gown, there is a chance that contamination found on the exterior of the gown will spread.

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[0038]With further reference to the drawings, a disposable hospital gown is shown therein and indicated generally by the numeral 10. Hospital gown 10 can be constructed of various materials such as conventional materials that are typically used in the construction of hospital gowns, especially disposable isolation hospital gowns, disposable surgical gowns, or disposable patient gowns that are exposed to contamination. Hospital gown 10 includes a main body indicated generally by the numeral 12 and a pair of long sleeves 14 that project from the upper portion of the main body. Main body 12 includes two basic areas, a front area 12A and a back area 12B. Front area 12A is particularly shown in FIG. 1 and the back area is shown in FIG. 2. Back area 12B is split and includes terminal edges 18. This is illustrated in FIG. 2 and enables the gown 10 to be easily placed on and taken off a person. It is appreciated that the main body 12 includes an outer surface and an inner surface. In FIG. 1...

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Abstract

A disposable hospital gown is provided having a main body and a pair of sleeves. Integrally formed with the hospital gown is a disposable wrapper that is particularly positioned or placed such that the gown can be rolled or folded into a bundle, after which the disposable wrapper is reversed and in the process of reversing the disposable wrapper, the bundled gown is stuffed or placed into the reversed disposable wrapper for disposal. The disposable hospital gown is suitable for use as an isolation hospital gown, a surgical gown, or a patient disposable gown.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 533,383 filed Jul. 31, 2009 entitled “Disposable Isolation Hospital Gown.” The content of this application is expressly incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to gowns, and more particularly to a disposable hospital gown.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Disposable hospital gowns are well known. They are worn by doctors, nurses, other healthcare providers, hospital workers and visitors in hospitals and healthcare facilities in the course of treating or handling patients with serious contagious diseases, infections, potential infections or compromised immune systems. One of the concerns with disposable hospital gowns is that the removal of a gown from a person will spread germs, bacteria and other infections that might affect the person wearing the gown or other people in and around the gown and carried...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D85/18A41D13/12
CPCA41D13/1209A41D13/129A41D2400/52A41D2400/44
Inventor POROWSKI, VIRGINIA
Owner POROWSKI VIRGINIA
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