Patent ID: 6012166
Filing Date: 2000-01-11
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A hospital gown comprising first and second panels secured to one another along a gown edge which is foldable and which is reversible in direction of folding between a first and a second folded position, said first and second panels each having first and second faces which are located interiorly and externally respectively of the gown with said first edge of the gown in the first folded position and which are located exteriorly and interiorly respectively of the gown with said first edge of the gown in the second folded position, said panels each having panel edge regions, the panel edge region of said first panel having first and second tie strings and the panel edge region of said second panel being provided with first and second loops, one on each face of said second panel, said first loops being positioned exteriorly of said gown to receive said ties and to hold said panel edge regions against one another with the gown edge in the first folded position and said second loops being positioned exteriorly of the gown to receive said ties and hold the panel edge regions against one another with the gown edge in the second folded position.