Title: Non-woven polyester wearing apparel

I claim:

1. A basic garment suitable for use as a medical examination gown or for other purposes calling for apparel which may be quickly opened to fully expose the body of the wearer, said garment being fabricated of a single blank of non-woven synthetic fiber material formed of sterilizable polyester sheeting contoured to define front and rear sections having complementary sleeve portions, with a fold line therebetween in the center of which is a neck opening, said front section being slit along a line extending from the neck opening to the lower end of the front section to define a pair of panels in edge-abutting relation that separate at the neck opening, the rear section being folded behind the front section and the two sections being ultrasonically welded together at their opposing side margins, and a plurality of hook and loop fabric fasteners whose male components are ultrasonically bonded to the margins of one panel at spaced positions therealong, the male components overlapping the edge of said one panel, and whose female components are ultrasonically bonded to the margin of the other panel at corresponding spaced positions at which the female components are engageable by the overlapping male components, whereby the panels may be opened to expose the body of the wearer or closed to protect the body, said fastener components being formed of nylon, and at least one of said components being ultrasonically bonded to said polyester through an intermediate polyester web having a heat-activatable adhesive layer in contact with the nylon component whereby when ultrasonic energy is applied, the polyester web is fused to the polyester sheeting and the adhesive is activated to effect an adhesive bond between the web and the nylon component.

2. A garment as set forth in claim 1, wherein said rear section is provided with a common foot extension which is folded behind said rear section and ultrasonically welded thereto at its margins to define a foot pocket that is normally not in use but which may be folded forward to enclose both feet of the wearer.


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Inventors: Lunt, Audrey T. (6371 Vermont Hill Rd., South Wales, NY, 14139)

Application Number: 05/814915
Filing Date: 1977-07-12
Publication_date: 1983-05-10
Assignee: Lunt, Audrey T.

Primary Class(es): 2/114 2/75, 2/80, 2/83, 2/69.500
Other Classes: A41D13/12; A61B19/08; B29C65/08; A61B19/00; A41D13/12; A41D11/00; A41B13/06
US Patent Ref:

0782819	February, 1905	Bikle	2/114
1462515	July, 1923	McElroy	2/114	Hospital gown
2576812	November, 1951	Siegel	2/80	Infant's garment
2598462	May, 1952	Strauss	2/695
2622248	December, 1952	Schaye	2/80	Fastener assembly for garments
2677130	May, 1954	O'Hayer	2/114	Infant's garment
3078467	February, 1963	Artzt	2/114	Garments and method of making the same
3111676	November, 1963	Artzt et al.	2/83	Foot construction for garments
3435461	April, 1969	Artzt	2/83	ALL-IN-ONE INFANT'S GARMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
3783061	January, 1974	Hahn	156/73.1
3817802	June, 1974	Meyer	156/73.1
3911499	October, 1975	Benevento et al.	2/114	Disposable medical gown

Other Refs: Other References: "For the Carriage Trade", P.N.R. #106, 1/5/70.

Primary Examiner: Bonck, Rodney H.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Ebert, Michael