Patent ID: 8286263

Claim:
A gown for a medical patient comprising: a first segment and a second segment, wherein each first and second segment comprises: a front portion and a back portion with each front and back portion extending from a patient's shoulder to at or near a knee area; an arm hole; at least one fastener on each front and back portion of the first and second segments, wherein the fasteners are located proximate an edge near a patient's neck; and at least one fastener attached to each side edge of the front and back portions of the first segment at or near a patient's waistline, wherein the first segment wraps around a first side of a patient's body and the second segment wraps around a second side of the patient's body, the first segment covering at least a portion of the front and back portions of the second segment and forming front and rear overlapping portions, wherein the first segment releasably fastens to the second segment at the overlapping portions by the fasteners located proximate the edge near the patient's neck, and wherein the front and back portions of the first segment releasably connect at or near the second side of the patient's body at or near the patient's waistline by the fasteners attached to each side edge of the front and back portions of the first segment.