Patent ID: 9687032
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. A surgical gown, consisting of: a front panel defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, and a pair of opposing arcuate shaped side edges wherein one of said pair of opposing arcuate shaped side edges is a free side edge and the other one of said pair of opposing arcuate shaped side edges is an attached side edge; a rear panel defined by another top edge contiguous with said top edge, another bottom edge contiguous with said bottom edge, a free curvilinear side edge and an attached curvilinear side edge, wherein said attached curvilinear side edge is attached to the attached side edge of the other one of said pair of opposing arcuate shaped side edges to provide said rear panel with an upper draping portion and a lower draping portion, wherein said upper draping portion and said lower draping portion enable self-donning of the surgical gown; wherein said front panel is provided with a pair of spaced apart openings providing access to a corresponding pair of sleeve members extending outwardly from a front surface area of said front panel; wherein one of said pair of openings is disposed adjacent to a juncture between said top edge of said front panel and said another top edge of said rear panel and another juncture between said top draping portion and said lower draping portion to provide a contour that enables the unimpeded extension of said top draping portion over a top portion of said front panel extending down to a mid-area of said front panel wherein a distal end portion of said top draping portion is removably secured to a quick-release transfer card to further enable self-donning of the surgical gown; wherein said quick-release transfer card includes a first segment and a second segment, wherein one end of said first segment is releasably attached to a free end of a front panel tie string and an opposite end of the front panel tie string is fixed to said front panel and a free end of a rear panel tie string is fixed at an opposite end of the rear panel tie string to said lower draping portion of the rear panel; wherein one end of said second segment is releasably secured to said distal end portion of said top draping portion and wherein another end of said second segment is releasably secured to another end of said first segment to enable said quick-release transfer card to be broken apart to free said first segment from said second segment to further enable the self-donning of the surgical gown; wherein upon the separation of the first segment from the second segment, said lower draping portion is movable from an initial donning position to a final donning position completely closing said front panel as said free curvilinear side edge of said rear panel is extended over said free arcuate shaped side edge of said front panel and further extended to said mid-area of said front panel wherein the free end of said front panel tie string when released from said first segment and the free end of said lower draping portion of said rear panel when released from said first segment are freed to be tied together to secure said front panel to said lower draping portion of said rear panel; and wherein upon the separation of said first segment from said second segment, said upper draping portion is moveable from one side of said mid-area of said front panel, and extended unimpededly over an opposite side of said top portion of said front panel extending down to an opposite side of the mid-area of said front panel wherein said distal end of said upper draping portion when releasably separated from said second segment is free to be attached to said front panel by a plurality of attachments partially disposed on said front panel and partially disposed on said distal end portion of said upper draping portion.