US 12,465,097 B2
Isolation gown with adjustable neck closure
Xiaoyan Song, Washington, DC (US); Jules Sherman, Washington, DC (US); and Rahul K. Shah, Washington, DC (US)
Assigned to CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Washington, DC (US)
Appl. No. 18/553,691
Filed by CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Washington, DC (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 30, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/022578
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 2, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/212528, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,252, filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0188657 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A41D 13/12 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1209 (2013.01) [A41D 13/129 (2013.01); A41D 2300/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An isolation gown, comprising:
a garment body including a shoulder portion, a neck opening and a body opening;
sleeves extending distally from the garment body, each of the sleeves having sleeve openings;
one or more neck restraints configured to contract the neck opening;
one or more sleeve opening restraints configured to contract the sleeve openings; and
one or more midsection restraints configured to contract the garment body at a predetermined point,
wherein the one or more neck restraints include an actuatable portion configured to contract the one or more neck restraints and fix the neck opening at a contracted neck circumference position, wherein the contracted neck circumference is smaller than a circumference of the body opening,
wherein the actuatable portion is further configured to loosen the one or more neck restraints to fix the neck opening at an expanded neck circumference position, and wherein the expanded neck circumference is larger than the contracted neck circumference,
wherein the shoulder portion is located between the neck opening and sleeves, and
wherein in each of the contracted neck circumference position and the expanded neck circumference position, the actuatable portion is positioned along a shoulder line of the shoulder portion.