Bed Garments Patents (Class 2/114)
  • Patent number: 11958256
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of making at least a portion of a garment that includes at least one three-dimensional contour. The disclosed method includes providing a fiber and solvent mixture that includes fibers and a solvent capable to causing a plurality of covalent bonds to be created between the fibers. In many embodiments, the plurality of covalent bonds form when a catalyst, such as heat, is provided to the fiber and solvent mixture. The process can be performed using, for example, either a 3D printer or mold form. The fibers used can be natural, synthetic, or a blend of natural and/or synthetic fibers. The solvent preferably includes ionic salts in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Simplifyber, Inc.
    Inventors: Maria Intscher-Owrang, Philip Cohen, Yee Do Chun, Yizhou Sang, Svena Rui Xin Yu, William Benjamin Montgomery Tew
  • Patent number: 11903428
    Abstract: The sleep sack can include a back panel, a front panel, and a flap. The sleep sack is used by placing the front panel over the back panel. The front panel extends from the shoulder to under the arm of the infant or toddler. The sleep sack is used by placing the flap over the front panel once placed. The flap extends from the shoulder to under the arm of the infant or toddler. The flap can be releasably attached to an outer surface of the sleep sack to adjust the compression of the torso of the infant or toddler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Hindi R. Zeidman
  • Patent number: 11849874
    Abstract: The storage assembly for isolation clothing capable of being put on and taken off quickly includes: isolation clothing which includes an one-piece integrated protective clothing body, a putting-on and taking-off opening provided in one face of the protective clothing body which has a “” shaped structure similar to a structure of the protective clothing body, and hasps and binding belts which are matched with each other and provided on two sides of the putting-on and taking-off opening; a storage rack which includes: a base plate, a vertical plate perpendicularly arranged on one side of the base plate, and two sets of supporting ribs which are provided on the vertical plate and parallel to the base plate; wherein fixing holes which are arranged at an outer side of each trouser leg and an outer side of each sleeve of the isolation clothing are sleeved on the supporting ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Liangxi (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaoqiang Li, Lianchen Li, Yang Wu, Shuguang Wang, Bingyang Liu, Caixian Huang, Mingjun Gao, Zhengjun Gu
  • Patent number: 11825889
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a medical garment that resembles a shirt. The medical garment includes a body that includes a front portion attached to a back portion by one or more non-partable seams. The medical garment includes first and second sleeves on opposite sides of the medical garment. The first and second sleeves are coupled to the front portion and the back portion of the medical garment. The medical garment includes a partable seam having a zippered opening formed in the medical garment that extends from a collar area of the medical garment toward a bottom part of one of the sleeves where the sleeve attaches to the body. The partable seam also includes a zipper to close the zippered opening and hold the zippered opening in a closed position. The medical garment is configured to expose the patient's chest area when the zippered opening is in an open position, and resembles a standard shirt when the zippered opening is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Emilio Nares Foundation
    Inventors: Luz A. Quiroga, Corina Elizabeth Quiroga Banzer
  • Patent number: 11812795
    Abstract: A swaddling device is described. The swaddling device is Y-shaped pod shaped and configured to substantially enclose a baby. The device includes sleeves having at their ends foldover mitten cuffs or similar selectively openable fasteners. The cuffs allow a caregiver to expose the hand or hands of the baby so as to provide skin-to-skin contact. Alternatively, the caregiver can close the cuffs if scratching is a concern. The device is shaped to provide support and snugness for the baby in its mid-section, while also providing sufficient space for hips and knees to flex. The design of the Swaddle Sack with swaddle snugness provides support and partial suppression of the Moro Reflex without arm restraints and allowing sufficient range of motion for baby's upper section which will reduce risk of suffocation for baby in the event that baby rolls over to prone position, because baby will be able to use his or her arms to reposition his or her head to get access to air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: SwaddleDesigns, LLC
    Inventors: Lynette Damir, Jeffrey Damir
  • Patent number: 11813819
    Abstract: Articles comprising an outer fabric layer and a laminate are provided. The laminate may include a barrier film layer and an inner fabric layer, in which the outer fabric layer at least partially encircles and overlies the laminate. The outer fabric layer comprises an outer fabric layer seal and the laminate comprises a laminate seal that is separate and distinct from the outer fabric seal. The articles may be devoid of any bonds between the outer fabric layer and the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc.
    Inventor: Rongguo Zhao
  • Patent number: 11692289
    Abstract: An article may include first and second components comprising non-woven textiles and a third component positioned between the first two components. A first surface of the third component that is adjacent the first component comprises a thermoplastic polymer material, and the third component is fused with a first region of the first component and unfused with a second region of the first component. A method of manufacturing the article, which may be an article of wear, includes arranging the components to form a stacked configuration so that the third component is positioned between the first and second components. Heat and compression may be applied to at least a first region of the first component to fuse the first region with the third component, whereas a second region of the first component may remain unfused to the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhupesh Dua, Karen A. Hawkinson, Benjamin A. Shaffer
  • Patent number: 11602181
    Abstract: A garment, particularly a garment useful in a medical setting, comprising a gown that provides an acceptable barrier between a wearer and certain contaminants as well as easy doffing, the gown having a neck opening, two sleeves, a body portion including a front body portion and a back body portion, one or more panels, and/or one or more doffing features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Angelo Palomo, Eric Dale Euteneuer, Lianhong Wang, Kyle Alexander Cushman, Rogelio Reyes, Armando Quinonez, Stephen James Cox
  • Patent number: 11589624
    Abstract: A disposable medical gown (100) includes a body covering portion (101) and optionally one or more sleeves (107,108). The body covering portion (101) defines a head insertion aperture (104) between a frontal body covering portion (103) configured to cover a frontal body portion of a wearer and a rear portion (203) configured to cover at least parts of shoulder blades of the wearer. A torso opening (201) is disposed on a side of the rear portion (203) opposite the head insertion aperture (104), and extends distally from the rear portion (203). One or more perforations (202) extend across the rear portion (203) at least partially between the torso opening (202) and the head insertion aperture (104), and facilitate easy removal of the gown (100). A user removes the gown (100) by pulling the front portion (103), thereby tearing the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventors: Stephanie Pasko, Atieno Ouma
  • Patent number: 11559089
    Abstract: A medical gown includes a main body having a neck edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The first side edge may extend from the neck edge. The second side edge may extend from the neck edge, opposite the first side edge. The neck edge may define a neck engagement feature between the first and second side edges. The medical gown may further include a first strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a first loop with the first side edge. The medical gown may further include a second strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a second loop with the second side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Expedonn LLC
    Inventor: Anoop Kumar Holalakere Sreenivasa Rao
  • Patent number: 11553744
    Abstract: A surgical gown folded in a unique pattern that provides for a smaller sized gown that can be packaged in a smaller sized outer wrap as well as provide for an easily donnable gown that maintains its sterility. The fold pattern provides for the interior surfaces of the gown to be visible, and preferably, a portion of the interior surfaces, while maintaining sterility of the exterior surfaces by keeping them inside of the gown. A method of folding the gown in this new pattern is provided herein as well as a method of donning the folded gown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventors: Sheng Hua Wang, Ti Lu
  • Patent number: 11547160
    Abstract: A garment (300) includes a body-covering portion (301). A sleeve (100) is attached to the body-covering portion at a seam (310) and extends to a terminal edge (102) defining a first linear portion (104), a second linear portion (105), and a curved portion (106) spanning the first linear portion and the second linear portion. A first fastener (107) is coupled to the first linear portion on an interior side (201) of the terminal edge, while a second fastener (108) is coupled to the second linear portion on an exterior side (101) of the terminal edge. A third fastener (212) is coupled to the seam on an exterior side of the seam, while a fourth fastener (211) coupled to the seam on an interior side of the seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Medline Industries, LP
    Inventors: Rachel Randall, Teri Burke
  • Patent number: 11528948
    Abstract: One or more embodiments of the disclosure include a medical garment for exposing a person's upper torso and a method of making the garment. The garment can resemble a shirt, in that sleeves may extend to about the elbows or wrists, the garment may extend down to the waist, and other than one or more flaps configured to open to expose an upper torso the medical garment is substantially free of openings. The garment may include a body with a front portion attached to a back portion by non-partable seams. The sleeves can be coupled to the front and back portions. The flap(s) may include a partable seam that extends from a top portion of the body toward but not substantially beyond a bottom part of the sleeves where they attach to the body. The flap(s) may also include a fastener to hold the partable seam in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Emilio Nares Foundation
    Inventors: Luz A. Quiroga, Corina Elizabeth Quiroga Banzer
  • Patent number: 11510445
    Abstract: A medical apparatus can include a garment having a body portion with an outward facing surface and an inward facing surface and defines an access opening. The access opening provides access from the outward facing surface to the inward facing surface. An anchor secured on the outward facing surface can be configured for releasable securement of a first portion of a medical device. An outer panel can span at least a portion of the access opening and define a selectively closesable pocket configured to retain a second portion of the medical device. The garment can have a sleeve that defines an opening through which a third portion of the medical device extending through the arm opening can be routed and secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Ben Guard Healthcare Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Rhonda McPartland Bentley
  • Patent number: 11470893
    Abstract: A medical gown includes a main body having a neck edge, a first side edge, and a second side edge. The first side edge may extend from the neck edge. The second side edge may extend from the neck edge, opposite the first side edge. The neck edge may define a neck engagement feature between the first and second side edges. The medical gown may further include a first strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a first loop with the first side edge. The medical gown may further include a second strap feature coupled with the main body and defining a second loop with the second side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Anoop Kumar Holalakere Sreenivasa Rao
  • Patent number: 11452320
    Abstract: A disposable contact isolation gown for protection from hospital-acquired infections is provided. The contact isolation gown includes a front panel including a front collar edge, a pair of front shoulder edges, a pair of front side edges, and a front bottom edge. The gown also includes a back panel coupled to the front panel at a pair of side seams. The back panel includes a back collar edge, a back line of weakness extending from the back collar edge to the back bottom edge, and a pair of back panel portions coupled together at the back line of weakness. The gown also includes a pair of arm panels coupled between the front panel and the back panel. Each arm panel includes an arm panel back edge, an arm panel front edge, and an arm panel collar edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ascension Health Alliance
    Inventor: Maria Louise Buffalini
  • Patent number: 11395517
    Abstract: A new or alternative swaddling garment that swaddles infants by sufficiently restraining movement of the limbs to suppress the startle reflex, yet allowing movement of hand to mouth thereby facilitating non-nutritive sucking and allowing the infant to self-soothe by sucking the hands or the fabric of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BIG BEINGS USA PTY LTD
    Inventor: Hana-Lia Krawchuk
  • Patent number: 11382371
    Abstract: Medical apparatuses for securing, protecting, retaining, and/or concealing various medical devices such as catheters or electrical leads are disclosed herein. The medical apparatus can be a garments which for use by a patient having a central venous catheter in place. Medical garments as disclosed herein can be used for a wide variety of medical devices attached to a patient, by implantation or otherwise, for varying lengths of time. Medical garments described herein may be used with any of a variety of medical devices which include or comprise one more conduits used for medical treatment or diagnosis, including conduits which comprise catheters as well as electrical conduits such as electrical leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ben Guard Healthcare Solutions LLC
    Inventor: Rhonda McPartland Bentley
  • Patent number: 11357268
    Abstract: A new or alternative swaddling garment that swaddles infants by sufficiently restraining movement of the limbs to suppress the startle reflex, yet allowing movement of hand to mouth thereby facilitating non-nutritive sucking and allowing the infant to self-soothe by sucking the hands or the fabric of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: BIG BEINGS USA PTY LTD
    Inventor: Hana-Lia Krawchuk
  • Patent number: 11304840
    Abstract: An upper body garment with an integrated internal pocket. The upper body garment includes a shirt member that has a front portion and a rear portion with a pair of side openings. A plurality of fasteners is embedded along the side openings that allow a wearer to close the side openings. The fasteners attach the front portion to the rear portion. The internal surface of the front portion has an integrated pocket to receive a forearm of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventors: David Trujillo, Patricia Trujillo
  • Patent number: 11191307
    Abstract: An article of clothing, comprising an infant clothing pod configured to contain an infant, the infant having a birth weight in a range of 1 pound to 11 pounds; the infant clothing pod having a cavity configured to contain upper appendages, lower appendages and torso of the infant, wherein the upper appendages comprise a left arm and a right arm, and the lower appendages comprise a left leg and a right leg; the infant pod having an openable and closeable infant ingress-egress aperture extending longitudinally along a length of the pod; and the infant pod having an anterior sub-torso aperture and a posterior sub-torso aperture which are positioned to be located between the left leg and the right leg of the infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: NeoNesh Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott P. Geraghty
  • Patent number: 11166500
    Abstract: A personal protective equipment (PPE) rear opening isolation gown is provided that can be used by workers in the healthcare industry. The isolation gown is reusable and can provide for ease of doffing, such as in a pull forward manner that is consistent with how current users of disposable isolation gowns are accustomed to removing such gowns, without substantial risk of damaging (e.g., tearing) the gown and without substantial risk of the transfer of potentially harmful microorganisms, body fluids, and/or particulate material, to the neck or hair on the head or neck of a wearer. The reusable, rear opening isolation gown is provided with an easy release fastener(s) that provides a safe and secure hold when fastened but permits the gown to be removed easily, quickly, and more safely than other reusable options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Standard Textile Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Stewart, Kimberly A. Turner
  • Patent number: 11122844
    Abstract: A method of donning a magnetically-fastened upper garment is disclosed. The method and garment are configured for being carried out and worn, respectively, by a post-operative physically challenged individual using one arm only. The upper garment is configured for easy donning and removal without requiring another person's assistance, thus promoting independence of the individual. The upper garment has a front which is vertically separated from the rear at one side of the garment. A plurality of front and rear magnets are embedded in corresponding locations in the free edges along the vertical separation to effect closure of the garment and retention of the garment on the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Inventors: John E. Coban, John E. Coban, II, Mary A. Coban
  • Patent number: 11116261
    Abstract: A medical work support system according to an embodiment includes an interface apparatus, a reception unit, and a control unit. The interface apparatus accepts operation by the user, outputs a signal corresponding to the accepted operation, and is detachably attached to wearing clothing configured to be worn by the user. The reception unit receives a signal output from the interface apparatus. The control unit executes predetermined processing based on a reception signal received by the reception unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Medical Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kobayashi, Reiko Hashimoto, Takuya Sakaguchi, Kyojiro Nambu
  • Patent number: 11076648
    Abstract: A gown, comprising: a body member having integral or attached side panels extending behind a front of the body member; wherein the side panels overlap each other behind the front of the body member; means for attaching together the side panels where they are overlapped; wherein the body member defines a neck opening and left and right arm openings; and wherein the gown comprises left and right sleeves attached at the left and right arm openings, respectively. The means for attaching comprises one of the group consisting of welding, spot welding, sonic welding, heat welding, hot or cold glues, adhesives, tapes, hook and loop fasteners, micro adhesives and dry adhesives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Aspen Surgical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Barbara J Benson, John M Sopcisak
  • Patent number: 11058569
    Abstract: Various apparatus, e.g., braces or supports, and methods for stabilizing a shoulder and/or arm of a subject are provided herein. In certain variations, a shoulder stabilization apparatus includes one or more inelastic, non-stretchable and/or rigid components which restrict or limit various types of shoulder and/or arm motion, e.g., abduction. The shoulder stabilization apparatus may include various accessory straps which restrict or limit various types of shoulder and/or arm motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Top Shelf Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Fair, Robert J. McCune
  • Patent number: 11051562
    Abstract: A garment in a preferred embodiment includes front, rear and first and second side panels and a hood all formed from a single piece of a high performance, water-proof, breathable material. The user may use releasable fasteners affixed above fixed connection points along each opposite side of the front and rear panels to adjust the size of the sleeve openings. Releasable fasteners are provided below the fixed connection points to allow the user to open or close the side edges of the front and rear panels below the fixed connection points. A plurality of releasable fasteners is provided along the bottom edges of the front and rear panels to allow the user to selectively adjust the fit about the user's torso.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Brella Brella LLC
    Inventor: Hugh J. Rundle
  • Patent number: 11019860
    Abstract: A gown is formed with a front, a back, a left side, a right side, a left lateral arm opening, and a right lateral arm opening. A plurality of flaps are each formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration with a lower horizontal section coupled to the gown. The gown has a openings positioned beneath the flaps. Fixed hook and loop fasteners around each of the openings and separable hook and loop fasteners on each flap are adapted to couple and uncouple. The flaps are adapted to be lowered to provide for use by a care giver when administering to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Wendy Dale Pierce
  • Patent number: 10842205
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an apparel thermo-regulatory system that actively heats or cools a wearer. The apparel thermo-regulatory system comprises an apparel item, a dimensionally stable frame comprising at least one aperture that is affixed to an outer-facing surface of the apparel item at a predetermined location, an absorbent material applied to an exposed face of the dimensionally stable frame, and at least one thermoelectric module that is releasably positioned within the aperture of the dimensionally stable frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Hoonjoo Lee, Matthew D. Nordstrom
  • Patent number: 10779590
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a medical garment that resembles a shirt. The medical garment includes a body that includes a front portion attached to a back portion by one or more non-partable seams. The medical garment includes first and second sleeves on opposite sides of the medical garment. The first and second sleeves are coupled to the front portion and the back portion of the medical garment. The medical garment includes a flap formed on the front portion and configured to open to expose a portion of a person. The flap includes a partable seam that extends along a top of the body and a portion of a side of the body down to but not beyond a bottom part of the first sleeve where the first sleeve attaches to the body. The flap further includes a fastener to hold the partable seam in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Emilio Nares Foundation
    Inventors: Luz A. Quiroga, Corina Elizabeth Quiroga Banzer
  • Patent number: 10729188
    Abstract: The invention relates to a suit for aquatic activities, having a central part intended to cover the torso of the wearer as a close fit, the central part being formed between a ventral panel and a dorsal panel which are connected to one another laterally creating a top opening. The suit also includes two lateral openings and two lower openings with the ventral panel having a main slit extending between the upper opening and a lower end, the main slit to being equipped with a reversible opening device to allow the suit to be put on and taken off by transversely opening the ventral panel. The suit comprising an additional slit which extends in the dorsal panel between two ends, respectively an upper end and a lower end, the additional slit being equipped with a reversible opening device so as to allow the dorsal panel to be released transversely to make the suit easier to take off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: DECATHLON
    Inventors: Olivia Meillassoux, Marie-Thérèse Cotza
  • Patent number: 10729190
    Abstract: Hospital gowns and methods of making hospital gowns are provided. For example, a hospital gown is provided that includes a front panel comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface and a back panel comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface. The front panel can be releasably securable to the back panel at different locations to create a gown with the interior surface of the front panel facing the interior surface of the back panel to form a releasable right shoulder portion, a releasable left shoulder portion, a releasable right side portion and releasable left side portion of the gown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: HAMPTON HOUSE MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Carolyn H. McCollum, Gail P. Spooner
  • Patent number: 10709182
    Abstract: A garment of general loose fit is provided surrounding the back and torso with sides extended to overlapping front panels and multiple points and/or regions of coupling to provide segmental and/or incremental access to regions of the body of the wearer for visual diagnostic access and for ease of access for application of treatment materials; data and treatment conduits and lines; and functions such as nursing by a mother.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Henry Healy, Samantha Claire Kyle-Healy
  • Patent number: 10653572
    Abstract: A gown dispenser system has a plurality of gowns, each having a back region, the gowns folded and stacked back region facing up, such that, pulling on the back region of a gown on top of the stack removes that gown from the stack and exposes the back region of the next gown in the stack, an enclosure containing the stack of gowns, the enclosure having an opening exposing the back region of the gown at the top of the stack, enabling a user to grasp the exposed back region and pull the topmost gown from the enclosure, exposing the next gown in the stack. Gowns are drawn from the enclosure one-at-a-time, at need.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Inventor: Neil Andrew Louwrens
  • Patent number: 10638803
    Abstract: A patient gown includes a panel made from a single piece of fabric, the panel including an edge finish extending around an outer perimeter of the panel, a neck opening formed centrally in the panel, the neck opening connected to the edge finish through a slit, and a first set of ties, each of the first set of ties connected to the panel at one end and having a free extending across the slit, the first set of ties configured to secure the slit and close the neck opening around a neck of a user when the user is wearing the patient gown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: Patricia Graham
  • Patent number: 10632714
    Abstract: Articles comprising an outer fabric layer and a laminate are provided. The laminate may include a barrier film layer and an inner fabric layer, in which the outer fabric layer at least partially encircles and overlies the laminate. The outer fabric layer comprises an outer fabric layer seal and the laminate comprises a laminate seal that is separate and distinct from the outer fabric seal. The articles may be devoid of any bonds between the outer fabric layer and the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: AVINTIV Specialty Materials, Inc.
    Inventor: Rongguo Zhao
  • Patent number: 10602786
    Abstract: Described herein are laminated articles along with methods of making and/or using the same, including a continuous process for making laminated articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Harris, Barbara Lawless
  • Patent number: 10589136
    Abstract: This invention concerns a disposable protective garment comprising a protective fabric, the garment being provided with at least one continuous line of flexible sealing material extending from the neck opening to at least one other opening in the garment, the continuous line of sealing material forming a liquid-impervious seal between the first and second parts of protective fabric in the garment; wherein the sealing material has a tensile strength less than the tensile strength of the protective fabric and the continuous line of flexible sealing material can be torn open by the wearer for doffing of the garment. This invention also concerns a disposable protective garment wherein the at least one continuous line of flexible sealing material extends from a torso opening to at least one pants sleeve opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION, INC.
    Inventor: Muriel Samaniego
  • Patent number: 10555568
    Abstract: The premature infant clothing is a therapeutic garment. The premature infant clothing is configured for use with a patient. The patient is a low birthweight infant receiving medical therapy. The therapy further comprises medical tubing. The premature infant clothing comprises a plurality of panels and a plurality of detachable fasteners. The plurality of panels are interconnected using the plurality of detachable fasteners to form a plurality of garments. Each of the plurality of panels is a textile. The plurality of detachable fasteners removably attach one or more panels selected from the plurality of panels to form a garment selected from the plurality of garments. The plurality of detachable fasteners are adjustable such that any detachable fastener selected from the plurality of detachable fasteners can be reconfigured to accommodate the insertion of the medical tubing through the selected detachable fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Inventor: Shikeya Walker-Baldwin
  • Patent number: 10512289
    Abstract: A disposable surgical gown is provided. The gown includes a front panel and sleeves formed from a first spunbond layer, a nonwoven (e.g., SMS) laminate, and a liquid impervious, moisture vapor breathable elastic film disposed therebetween. The gown also includes a first and second rear panels formed from a nonwoven laminate that is air breathable and allows for an air volumetric flow rate ranging from about 20 standard cubic feet per minute (scfm) to about 80 scfm. The gown further includes a collar formed from an air breathable knit material positioned adjacent a proximal end of the gown. The collar defines a neck opening having a v-neck shape adjacent the front panel. The v-neck shape forms an angle of greater than 90° at the neck opening. The combination of features results in a reduced-glare gown that is stretchable and impervious to liquids, yet can still dissipate heat and humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: O&M Halyard, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerald T. Jascomb
  • Patent number: 10441005
    Abstract: A pair of pants made of a stretchable elastic form fitting material. The pants include a waist band, a first leg sleeve and a second leg sleeves. The first and second leg sleeves extend downward from the waist band. The present invention further includes a strap. The strap may include a first end and a second end each attached to an outer surface of the first leg sleeve below a knee portion. A loop is formed in between the strap and the first leg sleeve. A user may grasp the strap to help with stretching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Louis Nicholas Albanese
  • Patent number: 10441010
    Abstract: A disposable medical gown (100) includes a body covering portion (101) and optionally one or more sleeves (107,108). The body covering portion (101) defines a head insertion aperture (104) between a frontal body covering portion (103) configured to cover a frontal body portion of a wearer and a rear portion (203) configured to cover at least parts of shoulder blades of the wearer. A torso opening (201) is disposed on a side of the rear portion (203) opposite the head insertion aperture (104), and extends distally from the rear portion (203). One or more perforations (202) extend across the rear portion (203) at least partially between the torso opening (202) and the head insertion aperture (104), and facilitate easy removal of the gown (100). A user removes the gown (100) by pulling the front portion (103), thereby tearing the perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Pasko, Atieno Ouma
  • Patent number: 10433600
    Abstract: A garment includes a front and a back. The garment also includes an openable seam separating the front and the back and a releasable closure to secure the openable seam together. The garment also includes a closing feature to draw the front and the back together and engage the releasable closure to enclose the openable seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Shumsky Therapeutic Pillows, LLC
    Inventor: Michael J. Emoff
  • Patent number: 10398589
    Abstract: A device for warming a human body. The device is a gown (100, 1500) that has a thorax portion (110, 1502) and a leg portion (112, 1504). One embodiment prevents redistribution hypothermia with a distributor (206) attached to the inside of the leg portion (112). The sleeves (108), leg portion (112), and posterior of the gown (100) are heat reflective. The anterior of the thorax portion (110) of the gown is non-reflective. The distributor (206) inflates when heated air is supplied and exhausts air into the gown (100). Temperature is maintained at a desired level for the extremities, while preventing the thorax area from being elevated to an uncomfortable level. Another embodiment is a perioperative warming device. The device is a gown (1500) that has a thorax portion (1502) and a leg portion (1504). Each portion has an independent air chamber and inlet. The two portions are releasably connected. The sleeves (1508), leg portion (1504), and anterior of the gown (1500) are heat reflective.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: THE SURGICAL COMPANY INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Robertus Gerardus Van Oudenallen, Berend Jan Teunissen
  • Patent number: 10334895
    Abstract: A gown is provided for medical and other uses which allows the person wearing the gown or an assistant to quickly and easily tie the straps to close the open gap in the back of the gown. The gown includes an elongated first strap having a first end fixed to a back edge of the gown, and then extending upwardly over the shoulder, with a free end hanging in front of the gown. The elongated strap is releasably and temporarily secured near the shoulder of the gown. The person wearing the gown or the assistant can grasp the loose end of the strap and pull, so as to release the strap from the attachment mechanism, and then pull the strap upwardly to pass around the back of the person's neck and downwardly along the opposite side, and then tying to a second strap at a location in front of their body. The straps eliminate the need to reach behind the person's back to tie the gown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Inventor: Ian Levine
  • Patent number: 10271594
    Abstract: A post-surgical garment includes: a body portion having a neck opening located at a top of the body portion, a waist opening at a bottom of the body portion distal from the neck opening, and opposing first and second sides; a sleeve attached to the first side of the body portion; an armhole opening formed on the second side of the body portion opposite the sleeve, wherein the body portion is split between a bottom of the armhole opening and the bottom of the body portion; and a first closure mechanism located on opposing sides of the split formed on the body portion, the first closure mechanism for securing a front side of the split body portion to a back side of the split body portion to secure the post-surgical garment on a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Inventor: Vesta Jo Cook
  • Patent number: 10219558
    Abstract: A medical gown (10) includes a front side (11) joined to a back side (12) along a top seam (23) having a front side (24) and a back side (25) which are releasably joined together. The top seam front side includes an elongated strip of very small hook type fasteners (28). The top seam back side includes a pair of outer high strength loop type fasteners (31) (high bonding strength) spaced apart to allow the exposure of the exterior surface (20) of the gown back side which forms small loops that are considered an area of low strength loop type fasteners (34) (low bonding strength). The mating of the high strength loop type fasteners with the hook type fasteners provides a higher degree of separation resistance compared to that between the low strength loop type fasteners and the hook type fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Encompass Group, LLC
    Inventor: Kelley Terrell
  • Patent number: 10165809
    Abstract: An upper body garment has a first access seam spanning a first sleeve of the garment on an underside from a cuff to an arm pit and spanning a body of the garment from the arm pit to a lower hem. The first access seam can be secured by magnets or other fasteners located intermittently along the sleeve and body which are easily opened for access to treatment areas. Furthermore, when the magnets are opened, the first access seam opens completely on one side of a patient body to peel away over IV needles and other connections for removal using a neck opening and a second sleeve. When the garment (or a new garment) is put back on by the patient through the neck and second sleeve, the first sleeve can be re-secured over connections to the body by rejoining opposing magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Inventor: Alice Wai Yee Tong
  • Patent number: 10165945
    Abstract: A mechanism is provided for interactively indicating information associated with a patient on a hospital garment. A set of questions is identified utilizing a set of information received from a plurality of sources within a medical facility. The set of information is analyzed for a set of key elements. The set of key elements is utilized to identify one or more questions from a search question database. The one or more questions are submitted to a request processing pipeline implemented by a healthcare cognitive system. Responsive to receiving a response from the request processing pipeline, one or more communications are identified to be sent to one or more hospital garments associated with the patient and/or medical staff. The one or more communications are sent to the one or more hospital garments to cause the one or more hospital garments to change a visual cue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Fernando J. Suarez Saiz, Masaaki Takamiya, Vamshi Krishna Thotempudi, Adrian P. Vrouwenvelder
  • Patent number: 10149502
    Abstract: A jacket (1) having a hood (4.1 and 4.2) which has a hood opening and having a zipper which begins at the lower end of the jacket front side (1.1 and 1.2) and which has two opposing strips (rows) (3.1 and 3.2) of zipper coupling members, which begin at the lower end in the two sections (I; II) along the coupling member rows (3.1 and 3.2) centrally in its longitudinal direction, and in that the strips (rows) (3.1 and 3.2) of zipper coupling members extend continuously and centrally over the entire jacket front side and jacket rear side along the edges of the hood (4.1; 4.2) bordering the hood opening up to the jacket rear side (2.1 and 2.2) and end at the lower end of the jacket rear side, and in that the strips (rows) (3.1; 3.2) are associated with another zipper slider (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: TURNABLE UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
    Inventor: Bolko Boris Otto Scheid