Gown and Method of Constructing the Same

Abstract

A gown ( 100 ) includes a front body covering portion ( 101 ), a rear body covering portion ( 102 ), a first sleeve ( 103 ), and a second sleeve ( 104 ). The front body covering portion can be thermally bonded to the rear body covering portion at a first shoulder seam ( 207 ) and a second shoulder seam ( 208 ). The first sleeve can be thermally bonded to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion along a first continuous sleeve attachment seam ( 308 ), while the second sleeve is thermally bonded to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion along a second continuous sleeve attachment seam ( 408 ). The first sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion can share a continuous thermally bonded seam ( 502 ) extending from a base ( 503 ) of the gown to a termination location ( 504 ) on the first sleeve.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A gown, comprising:
 a front body covering portion;   a rear body covering portion;   a first sleeve; and   a second sleeve;   wherein:
 the front body covering portion is thermally bonded to the rear body covering portion at a first shoulder seam and a second shoulder seam, separated by a neck opening; 
 the first sleeve is thermally bonded to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion along a first continuous sleeve attachment seam; 
 the second sleeve is thermally bonded to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion along a second continuous sleeve attachment seam; and 
 the first sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion share a continuous thermally bonded seam extending from a base of the gown to a termination location on the first sleeve. 
   
     
     
         2 . The gown of  claim 1 , wherein the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion share a second continuous thermally bonded seam extending from the base of the gown to a second termination location on the second sleeve. 
     
     
         3 . The gown of  claim 2 , wherein the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion each define a first partial arm insertion aperture, further wherein the first partial arm insertion aperture is disposed between the continuous thermally bonded seam and the first shoulder seam. 
     
     
         4 . The gown of  claim 3 , wherein the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion each define a second partial arm insertion aperture, wherein the second partial arm insertion aperture is disposed between the second continuous thermally bonded seam and the second shoulder seam. 
     
     
         5 . The gown of  claim 3 , wherein the first continuous sleeve attachment seam and the second continuous sleeve attachment seam are oriented at an angle of between sixty and one-hundred and twenty degrees relative to the first shoulder seam and the second shoulder seam, respectively. 
     
     
         6 . The gown of  claim 5 , wherein each of the first sleeve and the second sleeve terminate at a thumb loop. 
     
     
         7 . The gown of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first sleeve, the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion is manufactured from a spunbond-meltblown-meltblown-spunbond (SMMS) material. 
     
     
         8 . The gown of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first sleeve, the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion is manufactured from a poly-ethylene coated SMMS material 
     
     
         9 . The gown of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first sleeve, the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion is manufactured from a spunbond-meltblown-spunbond (SMS) material. 
     
     
         10 . The gown of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first sleeve, the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion is manufactured from a poly-ethylene coated SMS material. 
     
     
         11 . The gown of  claim 6 , wherein each of the first sleeve, the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion is manufactured from a poly-ethylene coated spunbond material. 
     
     
         12 . The gown of  claim 6 , wherein the rear body covering portion defines an opening extending from the base of the gown toward, but not to, the neck opening. 
     
     
         13 . The gown of  claim 10 , further comprising one or more tie members. 
     
     
         14 . A method, comprising:
 sealing a front body covering portion and a rear body covering portion with a thermal bond at a first shoulder seam and a second shoulder seam;   attaching a first sleeve to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion by applying a first continuous sleeve attachment seam between the first sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion;   attaching a second sleeve to the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion by applying a second continuous sleeve attachment seam between the second sleeve, the front body covering portion, and the rear body covering portion; and   applying a first continuous thermally bonded seam to both:
 couple the front body covering portion and the rear body covering portion together; and 
 couple a first side of the first sleeve to a second side of the first sleeve. 
   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising applying a second continuous thermally bonding seam to couple the front body covering portion together, as well as to couple another first side of the second sleeve to another second side of the second sleeve. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising creating a thumb loop in each of the first sleeve and the second sleeve. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprising creating an opening extending from a base of the rear body covering portion toward, but not to, a neck opening disposed between the first shoulder seam and the second shoulder seam. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising attaching a first tie to a first side of the opening. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising attaching a second tie to a second side of the opening. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising manufacturing each of the front body covering portion, the rear body covering portion, the first sleeve, and the second sleeve from polyethylene coated SMS.