Patent ID: 7540036

Claim:
A bib for use in medical or dental procedures comprising: a hole, a chest protection portion, a means of attachment, and a headrest cover portion, where the hole is of a sufficient size such that a patient's neck will fit inside of the hole, and where the hole is small enough that the areas around the patient's neck are not unnecessarily exposed, where the chest protection portion is located over the chest and below the face of the patient when the bib is worn by the patient, where the width of the chest protection portion is greater than the width of the hole, where the length of the chest protection portion is sufficient to protect the patient's chest area from unwanted liquids and other substances from contacting his or her clothes or skin, where the means of attachment secures the bib to the patient, where the means of attachment is located on one side of the bib, where the means of attachment secures the bib to the patient by securing together two overlapping layers of the bib, where the materials used to manufacture the bib comprise absorbent materials, water repellent materials, or both, and where the bib is designed and manufactured to be disposable so that the bib is not intended to be used on multiple different patients, and where the headrest cover portion is located behind the head of the patient when the bib is worn by the patient, where the width of the headrest cover portion is greater than the diameter of the hole, and where the length of the headrest cover portion is sufficient to prevent a patient's head from coming in direct contact with any support located beneath his or her head, where the headrest cover portion comprises a hairnet, where the hairnet comprises an elastic portion, where the elastic portion can stretch around the patient's head.