Hospital dressing gown construction

Abstract

A hospital dressing gown construction 10 adapted to accommodate medical tubing, monitor wires, drains etc., wherein the construction includes a dressing gown member 20 having a generally T-shaped front 40 and rear 30 panels wherein the front panel 40 is provided with a deep V-neck opening 44 and an enlarged aperture 45 covered by a pocket flap 50 that is dimensioned to receive a heart monitor; and, wherein, the front 40 and rear 30 panel members are joined to one another by both permanent seams 39/49 and a plurality of pairs of cooperating hook and loop fasteners 36/46 37/47 etc., to both facilitate the donning of the construction by a patient and to provide unfettered access to the patient's torso by medical personnel.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A hospital dressing gown construction adapted to accommodate medical tubing, monitor wires, drains, etc., wherein the construction comprises: 
 a dressing gown member having generally T-shaped front and rear panels wherein the front panel has a torso covering portion that includes a V-shaped neck opening and an enlarged aperture covered by a pocket flap and the rear panel has a torso covering portion that includes a rounded neck opening; and,    a plurality of cooperating pairs of hook and loop fasteners disposed on selected opposed portions of the front and rear panels.    
     
     
         2 . The construction as in  claim 1;  wherein, one of said plurality of cooperating pairs of hook and loop fasteners is disposed along one of the opposed sides of the torso covering portions of the front and rear panels.  
     
     
         3 . The construction as in  claim 2;  wherein, the other of the opposed sides of the torso covering portions of the front and rear panels are connected together by a permanent seam.  
     
     
         4 . The construction as in  claim 1;  wherein, the front and rear panels of the dressing gown member are provided with a pair of sleeves having a top and a bottom edge.  
     
     
         5 . The construction as in  claim 4;  wherein, at least one of the top and bottom opposed edges of the pair of sleeves is provided with a pair of cooperating hook and loop fasteners.  
     
     
         6 . The construction as in  claim 5;  wherein, at least two of the top and bottom opposed edges of the pair of sleeves are provided with two pairs of cooperating hook and loop fasteners.  
     
     
         7 . The construction as in  claim 6;  wherein, the remaining two of the top and bottom opposed edges of the pair of sleeves are provided with permanent seams.  
     
     
         8 . The construction as in  claim 7;  wherein, the top edges of the pair of sleeves are provided with said two pairs of cooperating hook and loop fasteners.  
     
     
         9 . The construction as in  claim 3;  wherein, the front and rear panels of the dressing gown member are provided with a pair of sleeves having a top and a bottom edge.  
     
     
         10 . The construction as in  claim 9;  wherein, at least one of the top and bottom opposed edges of the pair of sleeves is provided with a pair of cooperating hook and loop fasteners.  
     
     
         11 . The construction as in  claim 10;  wherein, at least two of the top and bottom opposed edges of the pair of sleeves are provided with two pairs of cooperating hook and loop fasteners.  
     
     
         12 . The construction as in  claim 11;  wherein, the remaining two of the top and bottom opposed edges of the pair of sleeves are provided with permanent seams.  
     
     
         13 . The construction as in  claim 12;  wherein, the top edges of the pair of sleeves are provided with said two pairs of cooperating hook and loop fasteners.