Medical Gown

Abstract

A medical gown has a neck opening entirely surrounded by continuous material of the gown, wherein the neck opening is round at a front side of the gown and extends to a point at a rear side of the gown. Another medical gown has a neck opening entirely surrounded by continuous material of the gown, and having a slit at a rear side extending from a bottom edge of the gown to a point short of the neck opening.

1 . A medical gown having a neck opening entirely surrounded by continuous material of the gown, wherein the neck opening is round at a front side of the gown and extends to a point at a rear side of the gown. 
     
     
         2 . A medical gown according to  claim 1 , having a slit at a rear side extending from a bottom edge of the gown to a position facing the point of the neck opening. 
     
     
         3 . A medical gown according to  claim 1 , wherein said position to which the slit at the rear side extends is not more than 6 inches from the neck opening. 
     
     
         4 . A medical gown according to  claim 1 , comprising a body panel and two sleeve panels, folded along a top edge, the sleeve panels joined to the body panel by seams at bases of the sleeve panels, the sleeve panels seamed at lower edges to form sleeves, and the body panel seamed at side edges below the sleeves to form a body. 
     
     
         5 . A medical gown according to  claim 1 , further comprising a waist tie of elastic material bonded to a body of the gown at a middle portion of the waist tie and having free end portions at both sides of the middle portion, wherein the free end portions in an unstretched condition are shorter than the distance from the middle portion to a bottom edge of the gown, and wherein the waist tie is elastically stretchable to a length greater than a waist circumference of a largest intended wearer of the gown. 
     
     
         6 . A medical gown comprising:
 a body having a bottom edge; and   a waist tie of elastic material bonded to the body at a middle portion of the waist tie and having free end portions at both sides of the middle portion;   wherein the free end portions of the waist tie in an unstretched condition are shorter than the distance from the middle portion to the bottom edge of the gown, and   wherein the waist tie is elastically stretchable to a length greater than a waist circumference of a largest intended wearer of the gown.   
     
     
         7 . A medical gown according to  claim 6 , having a neck opening entirely surrounded by continuous material of the body of the gown, and having a slit at a rear side extending from a bottom edge of the gown to a point short of the neck opening. 
     
     
         8 . A medical gown according to  claim 7 , wherein the waist tie is bonded to the rear side of the gown laterally offset from the slit. 
     
     
         9 . A medical gown according to  claim 7 , wherein said point to which the slit at the rear side extends is not more than 6 inches from the neck opening. 
     
     
         10 . A medical gown according to  claim 6 , comprising a body panel and two sleeve panels, folded along a top edge, the sleeve panels joined to the body panel by seams at bases of the sleeve panels, the sleeve panels seamed at lower edges to form sleeves, and the body panel seamed at side edges below the sleeves to form said body. 
     
     
         11 . A medical gown having a neck opening entirely surrounded by continuous material of the gown, and having a slit at a rear side extending from a bottom edge of the gown to a point short of the neck opening. 
     
     
         12 . A medical gown according to  claim 11 , wherein said point to which the slit at the rear side extends is not more than 6 inches from the neck opening. 
     
     
         13 . A medical gown according to  claim 11 , comprising a body panel and two sleeve panels, folded along a top edge, the sleeve panels joined to the body panel by seams at bases of the sleeve panels, the sleeve panels seamed at lower edges to form sleeves, and the body panel seamed at side edges below the sleeves to form a body. 
     
     
         14 . A method of making a medical gown, comprising:
 forming a body panel with a central neck opening and with a slit extending from one end to a point short of the neck opening;   attaching two sleeve panels to the body panel on either side of the neck opening;   folding the sleeve and body panels across the middle to form a top edge of the gown;   seaming edges of the sleeve panels opposite the top edge to form sleeves; and   seaming side edges of the body panel to form a body.   
     
     
         15 . A method of removing a medical gown according to  claim 11 , comprising parting the material of the gown from the slit to the neck opening.