Patent ID: 8230519

Claim:
A disposable gown adapted to assume a wearing configuration and a disposable configuration, comprising: the disposable gown in the wearing configuration comprising: a main body; the main body having a front area, back area, and including an inner surface and an outer surface; a pliable wrapper for encircling and encasing the gown when bundled; the pliable wrapper forming a panel of sheet material that is secured to the inner surface of the main body of the disposable gown and wherein the panel extends across the inner surface of the main body of the gown; the disposable gown in the disposable configuration comprising: a bundle formed by the gown and wherein the bundle lies adjacent the inner surface of the main body; and wherein in the disposable configuration, the wrapper is moved from the position the wrapper assumes in the wearing configuration to the disposable configuration where the wrapper is wound around and encircles the entire bundled gown such that the bundled gown is enclosed by the wound wrapper, and wherein one portion of the wound wrapper overlaps another portion of the wound wrapper and the entire bundled gown is enclosed in the wound and overlapped wrapper.