US 12,458,079 B2
Multifunctional labor support gown
Melanie Webster, Lacey, WA (US)
Assigned to BIRTHINGS, LLC, Olympia, WA (US)
Filed by Melanie Webster, Lacey, WA (US)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,483.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/225,774, filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027051 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 1/21 (2018.01); A41D 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/21 (2018.01) [A41D 13/1236 (2013.01); A41D 2300/30 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gown, comprising:
a first piece and a second piece, the first piece detachably connected to the second piece along a first end of the second piece, the first piece comprising a bodice having shoulder straps, the second piece comprising a plurality of overlapping panels, wherein the first end of the second piece oppositely disposed to a second end of the second piece;
a plurality of fasteners, comprising:
a first fastener detachably connecting the first piece to the second piece along the first end of the second piece;
a second fastener detachably connecting a front strap to a back strap of each of the shoulder straps;
a third fastener disposed along a central longitudinal axis detachably connecting a left side and a right side of the bodice; and
a plurality of strings, the plurality of strings further comprising a set of four strings configured to be strung through a plurality of eyelet openings disposed along the first end of the second piece;
the plurality of eyelet openings configured for receiving the set of four strings, the set of four strings comprising a first, second, third, and fourth string, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth string each have two terminal ends on opposite furthermost tips, wherein a first terminal end of the two terminal ends of each string within the set of four strings are connected to the second piece, and wherein a second terminal end of the two terminal ends of the first string is configured to tie to a second terminal end of the two terminal ends of the second string; and
further wherein the second terminal end of the two terminal ends of the first string is configured to tie crosswise to a second terminal end of the two terminal ends of the third string, and the second terminal end of the two terminal ends of the second string is configured to tie crosswise to a second terminal end of the two terminal ends of the fourth string; and
each string within the set of four strings traverses through the second piece along the first end of the second piece by way of the plurality of eyelet openings;
the second piece is selected from a group consisting of: nursing cover, car seat cover, and diaper changing pad.