US1775047A - Myles victor papps - Google Patents

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Sept. 2, 1930. M. v. PAPPS 1375,04?

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INVENTOR I; WITNESS: I ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 2, 1930 PATENT OFFICE MYLES VICTOR PAPPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MORTUARY GOWN Application filed December This invention relates to improvements in mortuary gowns and has particular reference to a paper gown which may be constructed very cheaply and destroyed after one use.

Heretofore, it has been the practice of hospitals to use a regulation linen gown for mortuary purposes when delivering a corpse to an undertaker with the consequent result that the gown would never be returned, thus the hospital sufiers a needless loss which in a course of time amounts to a costly maintenance item. Therefore, the primary object of this invention is to provide a paper gown which is equally as practical as the present linen gowns, more suitable for the purpose for which it is intended, less expensive than the regular linen bed gowns, and which costs much less than a linen gown to produce.

Another object of the invention resides in the simplicity of construction wherein two identical sheets of paper are joined together to form the gown without necessitating the use of expensive dies for cutting the material into gown shape.

With these and other objects in View, the invention resides in certain novel construction and combination and arrangement of parts, the essential features of which are hereinafter fully described, are particularly pointed out in the appended claim, and are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved mortuary gown.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof.

Figure ,3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on the line 44: of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a plan view of the upper section of the gown in flat condition.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view of the lower section of the gown in flat condition.

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, the numeral 10 designates my improved paper mortuary gown in its entirety which includes an upper garment section 11 3, 1928. Serial No. 323,496.

and a lower garment section 12. the latter constituting a skirt. Both of the garment portions are constructed of identical rectangular lengths of crepe paper, the skirt section being folded on the longitudinal fold lines 13 to form a continuous front 14 and rearwardly foldable back portions 15. 15, each of which is approximately one-half the width of the front 14- so that normally thev terminate in close proximity to each other as shown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

. The upper garment section 11 is provided with a central neck opening 16, while the material is slit from the opening to the rear edge as at 17, the edges of the slit being in alignment with the longitudinal edges of the back portions 15 when the two sections are fixedly jolned together in a manner presently to be explained. The corners of the blank are cutaway as at 18 so that when the section is folded on the longitudinal fold line 19, the opposed edges will meet and shape the section into sleeves 20. The sleeves are formed by stitching the meeting cutaway edges as at 21. The straight front and back longitudinal edge of the upper sections are stitched to the upper edge of the lower section as at 22, whereupon a gown open at the back and closed at the front is provided.

The edges of the neck opening 16 are reinforced by a binding of fabric 23 which is stitched thereto, the ends being free as at 24 to enable the tying of the same about the neck of a corpse. Reinforcing strips 25 also bridge the joint between the upper and lower garment sections and are stitched to the edges adjacent thereto as clearly seen in Figure 2 of the drawing.

The gown may be easily placed upon a corpse as the entire back is open without fear of tearing the gown as the paper is relatively tough and capable of withstanding any reasonable amount of strain. It will be seen that hospitals may substitute this paper gown for the present linen gown when delivering a corpse to an undertaker, and thus effect a great saving, as in most instances the undertaker fails to return the same. The paper mortuary gown will also be found more sanitary as it may be thrown away after one use without any great loss.

Although I have specifically stated that the gown is primarily intended for mortuary purposes, I do not wish to limit the same to this one use, as it may be used by doctors,

surgeons, dentists and the like in administergarment section,

ing to patients. A fresh clean gown can be worn when treating different patients without a great expense and in a more sanitary manner than the present linen gown.

The gown may be compactly folded for packing and storage purposes, and if desired the same may be enclosed in sealed packages for sanitary reasons.

While I have described what I deem to be the most desirable embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many of the details may be varied without in any way departing from the spirit of my invention, and I therefore do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein set forth nor to anything less than the whole of my invention limited only by the appended claim.

What is claimed as new is A; mortuary gown comprising an upper both of said garment sections being constructed of rectangular lengths of paper, the upper garment section having a neck openlng therein and a slit extending from .said neck opening to one of the edges of said upper garment section, the lower garment section being folded longitudinally and fixedly secured to opposite edges of said upper garment section with the longitudinal edges in alignment with the edges of said slit to provide an open back extending the length of said gown, a binding tape secured to the edges of said neck opening and having its ends free'to per mit tying thereof, and binding tape secured to the aligned edges of said upper and lower garment sections and bridging the joint therebetween. e

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature.

MYLES VICTOR PAPPS.

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