U.S. patent application number 13/471752 was filed with the patent office on 2013-01-10 for hospital gown for breast radiation treatments.
Invention is credited to Maria Lucas.
Application Number | 20130007942 13/471752 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 47437747 |
Filed Date | 2013-01-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130007942 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Lucas; Maria |
January 10, 2013 |
Hospital Gown for Breast Radiation Treatments
Abstract
A one piece wrap around hospital garment to be worn by women
during breast cancer radiation treatments. The garment is an
alternative to standard issue hospital gowns. The garment is
designed for comfort, security and style specifically for women
undergoing radiation treatments for breast cancer. The garment
opens in the back, but wraps around the body and is fully closed
when worn. The back can be opened during medical treatment and the
wrap around side panels allow for opening and closing with ease
without any fasteners, extraneous ties, Velcro, buttons or snaps.
The garment is made in one size, and can be adjusted for fit and
comfort with the belt panels. This alternative garment, which is
worn by women during radiation treatments for breast cancer, will
provide women with a feminine, secure and comfortable alternative
to the standard multi-purpose, ill-fitting, unflattering unisex
hospital gown.
Inventors: |
Lucas; Maria; (Napa,
CA) |
Family ID: |
47437747 |
Appl. No.: |
13/471752 |
Filed: |
May 15, 2012 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61501230 |
Jun 26, 2011 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
2/114 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41D 13/1245
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
2/114 |
International
Class: |
A41D 13/12 20060101
A41D013/12 |
Claims
1. An alternative hospital gown for women to wear during Breast
Cancer Radiation treatments comprising a wrap-around garment that
allows for full opening in the back when needed for treatment and
full closure in the back when needed for modesty and comfort; said
garment comprises no extraneous ties, snaps, buttons, or Velcro to
open or close the garment
2. An alternative hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 comprising, a
pair of substantially identical sleeve pattern panels attached to a
main body panel. The body pattern panel includes a hemmed neck
portion, each of said sleeve panels being affixed to respective
ones of the body panels along a sleeve-body panel seam. Right and
left side panels are attached to the main body panel, the right
side panel is inserted into the slit on the left body panel, thus
creating a wrap-around garment that ties in the front, utilizing
the ends of the fabric of the right and left side panels.
3. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein the neck hem has a
V-shape at the frontal portion.
4. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein the garment
measures 32 inches in length.
5. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein the garment
measures 144 inches in width.
6. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein two bell sleeves
have a bottom opening of 10.58 inches.
7. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein as part of the
garment embodies a right and left side panel that provide unique
wrap around functionality.
8. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein the side panels
both taper off into a 31/2 inch belt.
9. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein the wrap around
functionality allows the two panels to be tied in front for
closure.
10. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein there is a left
side "slit" hemmed opening of 3.5 inches to insert right side panel
end.
11. A hospital gown as claimed in claim 1 wherein said releasable
fastening means is a frontal tie created out of the belts created
by the tapering off ends of left and right side panels.
Description
CROSS REFERENCED TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This Application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional
Patent Application Ser. No. 61/501,230, filed on Jun. 26, 2011 by
the present inventor.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH
[0002] None.
SEQUENCE LISTING
[0003] None
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] 1. Field of Invention
[0005] The invention relates to a patient hospital gown,
specifically to an alternative hospital gown to be worn by women
during breast cancer radiation treatments. The garment opens in the
back, but wraps around the body and is fully closed when worn and
tied in the front. The back can be easily opened during medical
treatment; the wrap around side panels allow for opening and
closing with ease without any fasteners, extraneous ties, Velcro,
buttons or snaps. This garment relates to hospital gowns that are
normally longer; knee to ankle length, unisex, ill fitting and open
in the back. These hospital gowns can be uncomfortable and leave
the wearer feeling exposed and vulnerable. Hospital gowns are also
multi-purpose, so there are no specific garments to be used for
specific procedures and treatments. This hospital garment for
Breast cancer Radiation treatments is specifically designed for
women to be worn during radiation treatments. The garment provides
the user with a wrap-around design, that will open in the back as
needed for treatment and examination, but will also close when
patient is waiting to be seen. The garment is made specifically for
women. This garment is one size fits all yet provides a secure and
comfortable fit for all differing sizes of patients leaving them
with a secure and comfortable fit. This alternative garment is worn
by women during radiation treatments who must disrobe from the
waist up, therefore allowing for this shortened style of gown. This
alternative garment, which is worn by women during radiation
treatments for breast cancer, will provide women with a feminine,
secure and comfortable alternative to the standard multi-purpose,
long and unisex hospital gown.
[0006] 2. Description of Prior Art
[0007] The following United States patents were discovered and
disclosed within this provisional patent application for utility
patent. All relate to hospital gowns. Both U.S. Pat. No. 5,088,117
to Fulmer (1992) And patent application Ser. No. 12/814,960 to
Howlett (2010) show a versatile hospital gown, however these gowns
have openings in both front and rear and have hooks and fasteners.
Howlett's gown extends to below the knee. U.S. Pat. No. 6,484,321
to Shamman (2002) has a fully closed back and has snaps for opening
and closing on the shoulder and sleeve panels. U.S. Pat. No.
6,694,522 to Neal (2004) has multiple adjusting elements and has
the opening in the rear with rear fasteners. Neal also has multiple
strips of Velcro throughout the garment. U.S. Pat. No. 4,964,173 to
Gordon (1990) has a fully closed back with Velcro fasteners. U.S.
Pat. No. 5,444,872 to Johnson (1995) overlaps but has no wrap
around side wing panels and the front portion overlaps with an
extraneous tie.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] A number of different styles of alternative hospital gowns
have been patented that allow for different configurations, looks,
access locations, sizes and fasteners. They allow for different
medical treatments and procedures and insertion of medical devices.
No other gown has been specifically made solely for the use of
women to wear during radiation treatments for Breast Cancer. No
other gown has the novel wrap-a-round feature that allows for full
closure and modesty while still allowing ease in opening the
garment when the treatment is being administered. All other
garments have cumbersome ties, snaps, fasteners, Velcro and buttons
which make it difficult to easily and quickly open and close the
garment during and after treatment. Most of the hospital gowns fall
to the knee. This garment is shorter than the standard hospital
gown, measuring 32 inches from shoulder to bottom hem, which falls
to the upper thigh. This design has side belt panels which allow
for one size fits all, adjusting to all sizes by tightening or
loosening the belts thus providing a comfortable and secure fit for
all women.
DRAWINGS
[0009] The following Drawings are submitted with this Utility
Patent Application:
[0010] FIG. 1 is a front view of the breast cancer radiation
hospital garment showing the ties on front left side
[0011] FIG. 2 is a front view of the breast cancer radiation
hospital garment when fully opened showing the sides of the garment
that wrap around.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0012] FIG. 1 is a frontal view of the garment, shown how it is to
be worn and tied in front on the left side (10). The garment
measures 32 inches from the shoulder to the hem. The sleeves are
wide, bell sleeves (1) allowing for blood pressure apparatus and IV
tubes. There is a V-neckline (2). The garment opens in the back,
but when tied in front by left panel (9), which wraps around to the
front right of the body (7), and right panel (8), which goes
through side slit (5) and comes through to left side of body (3),
the back is covered. Side panels (7, 3) meet on front left side and
are tied together, leaving two dangling pieces (4, 6) from below
tied loop (10).
[0013] FIG. 2 is a frontal view of the garment when fully opened.
The width of the garment measures 140 inches from end to end (6,
4). The left back panel (9, 7) is cut wider to wrap around the
back, to the right, and the right back panel (8, 3) is cut thinner
to wrap around the back to the left but to slide through left slit
(5). Belt ends (6, 4) meet in the front and are tied together as
shown in FIG. 1.
[0014] The garment is sewn together using one large body panel, two
side panels and two sleeve panels. There are no buttons, Velcro or
snap fasteners, and no additional ties. The only tie is the one
created by looping belt panel 4 & 6 together.
OPERATION
[0015] In operation women use the garment before, during and after
breast cancer radiation treatments. The user puts their arms
through the sleeves. The user slides the right side panel belt end
through the slit on the left side of the garment, then wraps the
left back panel of the garment around them and closes it by tying
the two belts together. During treatment the belts are untied and
the garment allows for the back to open and the front of the
garment to be manually pulled down below the breast area.
[0016] After treatment, the left side belt is pulled taut while the
right back panel is wrapped around to the front and the belts are
looped together for closure. This wrap around garment allows for
full closure when not being treated and for easy opening for breast
exposure during radiation treatment. This garment is comfortable,
easy to take on and off, easy to open and close, and provides for
modesty and style. The garment has no extraneous ties, buttons,
snaps or Velcro.
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