US 12,383,003 B2
Medical gown with tear guide feature
Ethan Edward Valentine, Knoxville, TN (US)
Assigned to DEPRE, Powell, TN (US)
Appl. No. 18/563,761
Filed by DEPRE, LLC, Powell, TN (US)
PCT Filed May 13, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/029263
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 22, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/250985, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 1, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,078, filed on May 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0285004 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A41D 13/12 (2006.01); A41D 27/24 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1209 (2013.01) [A41D 13/129 (2013.01); A41D 27/245 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical gown comprising:
a neck opening; and
a tear guide formed by a weakened strip of material, the tear guide extending downwardly from the neck opening along a rear side of the medical gown, and the tear guide having a V-shaped portion and a straight portion, the V-shaped portion including a pair of score lines extending downward from the neck opening and converging at a point, the straight portion including a score line extending downward from the point of the V-shaped portion, wherein each of the V-shaped portion and the straight portion are configured to direct a tear in the material as the medical gown is doffed from a user wearing the medical gown.