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- ABSTRACT A hospital gown has portions thereof encircling a wearers body which bear a cohesive-adhesive material to enable an adjustably snug fit.
- a doctor dons a back-closing operating room gown by putting his hands and arms into the sleeves thereof and the gown is pulled up around his body so that it will close in back.
- some type of fastening means holds the gown closed near the back of the wearers neck.
- This has sometimes been a tie strip sewn or otherwise fastened, as by taping, for example, to each neck edge of the gown, with an extended length for tying for comfortable fit.
- These tie strings hang free and may touch a non-sterile area and become contaminated. They also may require an assistant to secure.
- a Velcro strip has been employed on facing edges of the neck opening. The wearer then presses the Velcro portions together for a good fit. There is less danger of contamination with a strip of Velcro but the cost is often prohibitive, especially in the case of disposable gowns.
- the belt extends around to the back of the wearer and consequently, if aseptic conditions are to be maintained, an assistant applies the belt around the doctor or other wearers body.
- Belts unattached to the gown have been utilized in the past. This requires the handling of two separate items, the gown and the belt, and increases the problem of maintaining aseptic conditions due to the relative ease of accidentally dropping the belt during the belting procedure, etc.
- Hartigan U.S. Pat. No. 3,648,290. While eminently more desirable than a separate belt, the Hartigan type of belt requires that some sort of housing arrangement be provided to avoid having the belt unfold or unroll and flap about, thereby causing a possible contamination problem. There is, of course, additional cost in manufacturing and applying this type of belt.
- most operating room gowns have a stockinette type cuff stitched to the lower portion of the sleeve for gathering the material and forming a snug-fitting wrist portion. Any manufacturing procedure whereby a separate piece is stitched on a gown 2 adds to the cost of the gown, and this obviously is a disadvantage of the stockinette type cuff.
- the present invention provides an improved means for adjustably fitting areas of hospital gowns, especially operating room gowns.
- the invention utilizes woven or nonwoven portions of elastic or inelastic fabric coated or impregnated with, or otherwise bearing, a cohesive-adhesive material which has affinity only to itself.
- a cohesive-adhesive material I mean a material which, after being attached to a surface or substrate, has affinity only for itself and consequently has little or no tack for surfaces other than those similar to itself. Examples of such materials are crepe rubber and latex rubber.
- cohesive-adhesives suitable for use include aqueous emulsions or solvent solutions of rubber base adhesives. natural or synthetic.
- Certain acrylic base pressure sensitive adhesives can also be used, provided they are capable of adhering to or have an affinity for bonding only to themselves.
- the cohesive-adhesive material may be brushed on, or the fabric submerged in a bath of the cohesive-adhesive material and thereafter pressed through rollers and dried. Other methods of incorporating the material into or on the fabric may be utilized. With pulling pressure over and above the stress which would be put upon a hospital gown in normal usage, surfaces bearing cohesive-adhesive which have cohered together can be released thereafter re-cohered.
- closure and close fitting of all areas desired to be adjustably fitted on a hospital gown can be achieved quickly, easily, inexpensively and without danger of contamination. No additional pieces need be stitched to the gown.
- the areas which encircle parts of a wearers body and which have a plurality of portions bearing cohesiveadhesive material may be inter'gral with the material of which the gown is constructed.
- strips bearing the cohesive-adhesive material can be affixed to the areas of the gown where closure and fitting is desired as by taping, etc.
- Any woven or nonwoven fabric recognized in the art as appropriate for the manufacture of operating room gowns or drapes, e.g. paper, plastic, cotton fabrics, nonwoven reinforced fabrics, etc. can be treated to have the cohesive-adhesive material in the area desired. If strips are used, it is not required that they be of the same construction material as the remainder of thegown so long as they are securely affixed thereto.
- an important feature of my invention is that the cohesive-adhesive material is elongated in the direction of encirclement of the portion of the body required to be fitted.
- the direction of elongation is circumferentially of the wrist; when the waist is being fitted, the direction of elongation is circumferentially of the waist; etc.
- the width of the surfaces bearing the cohesive-adhesive, in the direction of encirclement of a portion of a wearers body is at least several times the width that would be required merely to affix two portions of the gown area to each other at the margins.
- the width of the surfaces bearing the cohesiveadhesive will be at least about one-fifth of the distance encircled by the areas of the gown containing the surface.
- FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a gown having one embodiment of the waist fitting means of the invention, showing the crimped or pleated end portions and a preferred attachment;
- FIG. 2 is a fragmentary view similar to FIG. 1 and showing the end portions of the waist fitting means of FIG. I pulled out in an extended position to enable the wearer to encircle the waist therewith;
- FIGS. 3 and 4 are front elevational views illustrating the sequence of steps in closing the waist area of a gown in accordance with the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of a gown showing an alternative form of waist fitting means of the invention.
- FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of another alternative waist fitting means of the invention.
- FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view of the embodiment of the invention showing the adjustable neck closure
- FIG. 8 shows a portion ofa gown, including the lower sleeve portion and arm of the wearer, and showing the wrist snugging means of the invention
- FIG. 9 is a fragmentary view of the sleeve and shows one embodiment of the wrist snugging means of FIG. 8 prior to placement of a wearers gloves;
- FIG. 10 is a fragmentary view of the sleeve end showing another embodiment of the wrist snugging means of FIG. 8 prior to placement of a wearers gloves;
- FIG. 11 is a view, partially broken away, of the embodiment of FIG. 10, with the glove on the wearer.
- the waist closure area may comprise an elastic or inelastic belt, or strip, of woven or nonwoven material sufficiently long to fit about the midsection of a wearer, with ample length to spare for ease of fit around various-sized wearers.
- a plurality of portions thereon defining surfaces, or all of the belt carry a cohesive-adhesive material, such as crepe rubber. From a production standpoint it is most often desirable to coat or impregnate the entire length of the belt or strip. However, for the purposes of my invention, it is sufficient if the end portions of the belt or strip are treated to bear the cohesive-adhesive at least on facing portions when overlapped.
- the end portions should constitute at least one-fifth of the length of the belt or strip.
- a portion of the strip is securely attached to the gown to make it integral therewith.
- This attachment is at about waist level on the gown and intermediate the end portions.
- a convenient point for attachment in this instance is at the side area of the gown.
- a half-belt can be used having one end portion for pulling around a wearers waist, with that end portion bearing cohesive-adhesive on at least the inside face thereof. In that instance the other end of the half-belt is firmly attached to the gown to make it integral therewith.
- This attachment can be at any convenient area on the gown, at about waist level, so long as the attachment is on the overlapping margin of the gown.
- the end portions of the belt are then folded back upon themselves and pressed together, or gathered together and pleated or crimped by means of the portions bearing cohesiveadhesive being brought into contact with each other to form a cohesive bond.
- the belt length is thereby decreased sufficiently that the ends do not hang down much below about waist level when the gown is picked up by a wearer for donning purposes.
- the wearer pulls out only so much of the excess circumferential material of the strip as is required for a close fit and coheres the strip as by bringing the end portions or lengths into cohering contact.
- the remainder of the strip if any, remains pressed or gathered together, thereby maintaining the close fit.
- the tip end portion at any free end of the strip may be constructed and positioned that the wearer has no trouble picking up the end and pulling the folded or gathered portion of the belt to its extended or partially extended position for fitting around the area of the wearers body being encircled.
- this tip end portion may be completely free of cohesive-adhesive, may have a tab-like cover portion thereover and removable if desired, or may be folded back upon itself slightly to form a tab for pulling.
- the area encircling a gown wearers waist in a gown which is longitudinally closable by a first marginal portion overlapping a second marginal portion may have a plurality of portions bearing cohesive-adhesive that extend circumferentially from the first marginal opening or portion of the gown to the second marginal opening or portion of the gown sufficiently so that when pressed together into cohering contact the area encircling the waist is closely fitted to the wearers waist.
- the portions may be cohered to some predetermined degree prior to the wearer donning the gown. In this instance the putting on of the gown may release some of the plurality of portions of coherence sufficiently to fit about the wearer without releasing the remainder of the portions.
- the wearer and/or an assistant can then re-cohere certain of the plurality of portions to provide a close fit which will remain so fitted until it is desired that the fit be released.
- the portions bearing cohesiveadhesive may be on both sides of the gown at at least the margin areas or, alternatively, a marginal edge may be folded over sufficiently to insure a closure when the portions are pressed together with cohering contact.
- the area encircling the wearers neck also has a plurality of portions bearing cohesive-adhesive that extend circumferentially sufficiently from the first marginal opening or portion of the gown and the second marginal opening or portion to provide an adjustable fit around the wearers neck.
- the entire circumference of the neck of the gown may bear cohesive-adhesive if de sired.
- the area encircling the neck is closely fitted to the wearers neck.
- the portions bearing cohesive-adhesive may be on both sides of the gown at at least the margin areas (i.e. facing edges), or, alternatively, a marginal edge may be folded over sufficiently to ensure a closure when the portions are pressed together into cohering contact.
- the wrist or cuff area of the gown carry the cohesive-adhesive material at the lower arm, or sleeve edge.
- a plurality of portions in the area of the sleeve which encircle the wrist carry a cohesiveadhesive material on a surface thereof substantially continuously around the wrist in the direction of the encirclement.
- the lower end of the sleeve can thereby be gathered or pulled in to adjustably decrease its size in said direction by cohering said portions.
- the sleeve end may be partially decreased in size in this manner before the wearer dons the gown.
- the gown After the gown is placed on, it may be desired to more snugly lit the wrist, or cuff portion. This is readily accomplished by firmly grasping the wrist portion of the gown and crimping it together around the wrist to bring the portions which carry cohesive-adhesive into cohering contact. The wrist portion will thereafter remain crimped, or gathered, with no likelihood of pulling apart in normal use.
- FIG. 1 shows a flexible belt, or strip, generally 10, having a first end portion, generally 11, a second end portion generally 12, and an intermediate portion, generally 14.
- Belt is integral with a gown, generally by being secured thereto as for example at 16.
- the attachment 16 to make belt 10 integral may be by any conventional means, such as stitching, taping, etc.
- Portions l7 and 18 of end portions 11 and 12, respectively, are shown crimped or gathered to reduce the length of belt 10 sufficiently to prevent the ends from falling much below about waist level at the point in the gowning procedure when the wearer first dons the gown.
- end portions generally 11 and 12 bear cohesive-adhesive, which is identified in the drawings by the shading.
- end portion generally 11 is shown grasped by the wearer and crimped portion 17 is extended to the desired length.
- End portion generally 6 12 is shown grasped by an assistant, generally 20, with crimped portion 18 being extended to its desired length.
- end portions 11 and 12 may have tab 19 which can be removably secured to the end portions or integral therewith, so as to make an easily graspable portion of the belt. Preferably this tab is not pressed back against the portion of the belt containing the cohesive-adhesive material or does not itself contain the cohesive-adhesive material.
- FIG. 3 shows the wearer with the belt end portions ll and 12 snugly pulled around the midsection and ready to be closed, or fastened, in place.
- FIGI4 shows the belt ends fastened by means of pressing the ends together whereby the cohesive-adhesive material is removably secured to the other cohesive-adhesive bearing portions of the belt to form a firm, yet removable, bond and thereby a snug fit.
- a portion 21 of gown 15, which portion will be generally under belt 10 at about the waist level, may also bear cohesive adhesive to aid in fitting the gown and keeping the belt at waist level.
- FIG. 5 shows a half-belt generally 46 attached to a portion of a gown generally 47 at about waist level and on an overlapping margin.
- Belt end portion 48 is crimped or gathered to substantially reduce its length.
- the wearer or an assistant grasps the tab portion 49 to extend portion 48 sufficiently to snugly fit gown 47 about the wearer.
- the gown has a waist portion 50, in the front thereof at about waist level, containing cohesive-adhesive. End portion 48 is brought into cohesive contact with portion 50 to provide a close fitting gown.
- FIG. 6 shows an alternative embodiment of the waistfitting procedure of my invention.
- gown generally 39 has a longitudinal back closing with overlapping margins 40 and 41 arranged to have one overlap the other, and bears cohesive-adhesive material on a plurality of portions, generally 43, elongated around the circumferential area of the gown at about the waist area. including the margins.
- the portions are brought into cohering contact to close the gown at the back and reduce the circumference of the gown at about the waist to closely fit the wearer.
- back 26 of gown 15 has a first margin 27 and a second margin 28 which is over lapped by margin 27 when the gown is worn.
- FIG. 7 shows no belt in place. Any waist fitting means may be used, preferably those shown and described herein.
- Neck area 30 of gown 15 has a plurality of portions, generally 31, elongated around the circumferential area of the gown at the neck area. The portions are brought into cohering contact to close the neck margins and reduce the circumference of the gown at the neck area. Both sides of the gown material at neck area 30 may bear cohesive-adhesive. Alternatively, margins 27 or 28 may be folded back upon itself to provide a coherent surface.
- gown 15 has sleeves, one of which is illustrated here as generally 34, having a lower edge portion 35 of sufficiently larger circumference than a wearers wrist that the hand and arm are easily inserted therethrough.
- This lower edge portion 35 is coated or impregnated with or otherwise bears a cohesive-adhesive on a plurality of portions 36 elongated around the circumferential area of the sleeve 34 at about the wrist area.
- FIG. 9 shows one means of decreasing the circumference of the lower edge portion 35, as by pulling the lower edge snugly about the wrist area and pressing the opposing portions of the remainder of edge portion 35 together to cohere them.
- FIG. 10 illustrates another way of fitting the lower edge about the wrist of the wearer, i.e.
- FIG. 11 shows a gloved hand with edge portion 35 snugly fitting around the wearers wrist underneath glove, generally 37.
- a hospital gown having an area which encircles a part of a wearers body in a given direction and is larger in size than necessary to encircle said part, which area requires a decrease in said size in said direction to provide close fitting to said part, the improvement comprising;
- said area having means including a plurality of portions defining surfaces elongated throughout said given direction of encirclement, said portions bearing a cohesive-adhesive material thereon, whereby by bringing any portion into contact with another portion they will cohere to each other to decrease the size of said area in said given direction thereby adjustably decreasing the size in said direction from said larger size to the smaller size required to provide a close fit to said part of said wearers body.
- a gown as set forth in claim 1 wherein said area encircles the midsection of a wearer at about the waist and said plurality of portions bearing cohesive-adhesive are discontinuous in the direction of encirclement and comprise a belt having a first end length and a second end length and an intermediate length between said first and second end lengths. at least said first and second end lengths having cohesive-adhesive thereon.
- said plurality of portions bearing cohesive-adhesive on said area encircling said wearer at about the midsection are discontinuous in the direction of encirclement and comprise a belt having a first end length and a second end length and an intermediate length between said first and second end lengths, at least said first and second end lengths having cohe-
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