Disposable protective garment

Abstract

An emergency protective garment covers a wearer who must remove clothing to go through a decontamination process. Tear-away strips around garment openings and the garment length allow the wearer to fit the garment to the wearer's size. A continuous perforated seam separates the single-paneled body such that the garment can be removed without re-contaminating the wearer.

1 . An improved disposable protective garment formed from a single piece of material having an exterior, an interior, a top edge, a bottom edge, the improvement comprising: 
 at least one opening for fitting the garment over a human body; and    at least one tear away opening strip with a perforated edge, adjacent to the at least one opening wherein the tear-away opening strip is separated from the garment by tearing the strip away at the perforated edge, adjusting the size of the opening.    
   
   
       2 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 1  wherein the at least one opening comprises a neck hole.  
   
   
       3 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 1  wherein the at least one opening comprises a neck hole and two arm holes.  
   
   
       4 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 1  further comprising at least one tear away length strip with a perforated edge, adjacent to the bottom edge of the garment, wherein the tear away length strip is separated from the garment by tearing the strip away at the perforated edge, adjusting the length of the garment.  
   
   
       5 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 2  further comprising at least one tear away length strip with a perforated edge, adjacent to the bottom edge of the garment, wherein the tear away length strip is separated from the garment by tearing the strip away at the perforated edge, adjusting the length of the garment.  
   
   
       6 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 3  further comprising at least one tear away length strip with a perforated edge, adjacent to the bottom edge of the garment, wherein the tear away length strip is separated from the garment by tearing the strip away at the perforated edge, adjusting the length of the garment.  
   
   
       7 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 4  wherein the at least one tear away length strip adjacent to the bottom edge of the garment measures six inches between the bottom edge and the perforated edge.  
   
   
       8 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 1  wherein the material is low-density polyethelene.  
   
   
       9 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 8  wherein the material comprises polyethelene having a thickness ranging from 2.0 to 3.0 millimeters.  
   
   
       10 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 4 , comprising at least a first and second tear away length strip with perforated edges wherein: 
 the first tear away length strip is adjacent to the bottom edge of the garment, and the second tear away length strip is adjacent to the first tear away length strip.    
   
   
       11 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 10 , wherein the at first and second tear away length strips measure six inches in width.  
   
   
       12 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 2  further comprising: 
 a continuous perforated seam extending from the neck hole to the bottom edge, wherein the garment is opened by separating the continuous perforated seam.    
   
   
       13 . The improved disposable garment of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one ear away opening strip has a uniform thickness of one inch.  
   
   
       14 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 2  further comprising: 
 a continuous perforated seam extending from the neck hole to the bottom edge, wherein the garment is opened by separating the continuous perforated seam.    
   
   
       15 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 4  further comprising: 
 a continuous perforated seam extending from the neck hole to the bottom edge, wherein the garment is opened by separating the continuous perforated seam.    
   
   
       16 . An improved disposable protective garment formed from a single piece of material having an interior, an exterior, a top edge, a bottom edge, a neck hole, and a body opening extending from the bottom edge through the interior of the garment, the improvement comprising: 
 a continuous perforated seam extending from the neck hole to the bottom edge, wherein the garment is opened by separating the continuous perforated seam.    
   
   
       17 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 16 , further comprising instructions printed on the garment exterior.  
   
   
       18 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 16  wherein the material is low-density polyethelene.  
   
   
       19 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 18  wherein the material comprises polyethelene having a thickness ranging from 2.0 to 3.0 millimeters.  
   
   
       20 . The improved disposable protective garment of  claim 14  further comprising arm holes.