US 12,245,649 B2
Patient gown
Martha Christine Heppard, U.S.A.F. Academy, CO (US)
Filed by Martha Christine Heppard, U.S.A.F. Academy, CO (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,120.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,942, filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330631 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/12 (2006.01); A41D 27/20 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1236 (2013.01) [A41D 27/205 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A patient gown, comprising:
a first portion configured to cover at least a portion of an upper torso of a patient, the first portion comprising:
a body with two sleeves extending therefrom, wherein the body includes a front and a back;
wherein the front of the first portion includes a first fastening region extending from a top to a bottom of the front of the first portion, wherein a right side of the front of the first portion comprises one side of the first fastening region, wherein a left side of the front of the first portion comprises another side of the first fastening region, wherein the first fastening region comprises a first fastener and a second fastener configured to connect the right side of the front of the first portion with the left side of the front of the first portion, wherein the first fastener and the second fastener are configured to at least partially close the first fastening region, wherein the back of the first portion includes a second fastening region extending from a top of the back of the first portion to a bottom of the back of the first portion, wherein a right side of the back of the first portion comprises one side of the second fastening region, wherein a left side of the back of the first portion comprises another side of the second fastening region, wherein the second fastening region includes at least one third fastener configured to connect the right side of the back of the first portion with the left side of the back of the first portion, wherein the at least one third fastener is configured to at least partially close the second fastening region; and
a second portion configured to cover at least a portion of a lower body of the patient, the second portion comprising:
a front and a back;
wherein a top of the second portion is configured to engage with the bottom of the first portion to form a waistline, wherein the back of the second portion includes a third fastening region in alignment with the second fastening region of the back of the first portion, wherein a right side of the back of the second portion comprises one side of the third fastening region, wherein a left side of the back of the second portion comprises another side of the third fastening region, wherein the third fastening region includes at least one third fastener configured to couple the right side of the back of the second portion with the left side of the back of the second portion, wherein the at least one third fastener is configured to at least partially close the third fastening region, wherein the first fastening region extends approximately diagonally from a collar of the top of the front of the first portion directly towards the bottom of the front of the first portion such that the first fastening region ends at either an end of the left side of the front of the first portion or an end of the right side of the front of the first portion,
wherein the front of the first portion includes at least one first coupler on an exterior surface of a shoulder of the patient gown, wherein the at least one first coupler is configured to selectively mate with the a portion of the first fastener of the first fastening region and a portion of the second fastener of the first fastening region while one of the right side or the left side of the front of the first portion remains closed.