Hospital gowns and method of making the same

1. A hospital gown comprising;

a front panel comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface;

a back comprising an exterior surface and an opposite interior surface; and

the front panel 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 and to form a releasable right shoulder portion, a releasable left shoulder portion, a releasable right side portion and a releasable left side portion of the gown;

a neck opening being formed between the sable right shoulder portion and the releasable left shoulder portion, a right arm opening being formed between the releasable right shoulder portion and the releasable right side portion and a left arm opening being formed between the releasable left shoulder portion and the releasable left side portion;

the front panel being releasebly securable to permit detachment and reattachment to the back panel at different locations by a plurality of fastener devices disposed on the interior surfaces of the front and back panels to form the releasable right shoulder portion, the releasable left shoulder portion, the releasable right side portion and the releasable left side portion; and

fastener devices that form the releasable right side portion are positioned along an axis that bisects the releasable right shoulder portion and is at a distance farther inward from respective right side edges of the front than the releasable right shoulder portion to provide free sections of the front and back panel with no fastener devices in the free sections of the front panel and the back panel on the right side edges to permit gripping the exterior surface on the free sections of either the front panel or the back panel to release the right side fastener devices while the fastener devices that form the releasable left side portion are positioned along an axis that bisects the releasable left shoulder portion and is at a distance farther inward from respective left side edges of the front and back panels than the releasable left shoulder portion to provide free sections of the front and back panel with no fastener devices in the free sections of the front panel and the back panel on the left side edge to permit gripping the exterior surface the free sections of either the front panel or the back panel to release the left side fastener devices.

2. The hospital gown according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener devices each comprises a plurality of individual fasteners.

3. The hospital gown according to claim 2 , wherein the individual fasteners of the plurality of individual fasteners comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of snap fasteners, mating male/female fasteners, or hook and loop fasteners.

4. The hospital gown according to claim 1 , wherein the fastener devices each comprises a hook and loop fastener.

5. A hospital gown comprising:

a front panel comprising an exterior surface end an opposite interior surface, the front panel further comprising a head end, bottom end, a left side and a right side;

a back panel comprising an exterior surface and opposite interior surface, the back panel further comprising a head end bottom end, a left side and a right side;

a right shoulder fastener device comprising a front panel right shoulder fastener member attached to the right side of the head end of the interior surface of the front panel and corresponding back panel right shoulder fastener member attached to the right side head end of the interior of the back panel, the front panel right shoulder fastener member being releasably securable to the corresponding back panel right shoulder fastener member;

a left shoulder fastener device comprising a front panel left shoulder fastener member attached to the left side of the head end of the interior surface of the front panel and a corresponding back panel left shoulder fastener member attached to the left side head end of the interior surface of the back panel, the front panel left shoulder fastener member being releasebly securable to the corresponding back panel left shoulder fastener member;

a right side fastener device comprising a front panel right side fastener member attached to the right side of the interior surface of the front panel and a corresponding back panel right side fastener member attached to the right side of the interior surface of the back panel, the front panel right side fastener member being releasably securable to the back panel left side fastener member;

a left side fastener device comprising a front panel right side fastener member attached to the left side of the interior surface of the front panel and a corresponding back panel left side fastener member attached to the left side of the interior surface of the back panel, the front panel left side fastener member being releasably securable to the back panel left side fastener member;

wherein the left and right shoulder fastener devices are spaced apart from one another at the head end to form a neck opening, the right shoulder fastener device and the right side fastener device are spaced apart from one another at the head end to form a right arm opening, and the left shoulder fastener and the left side fastener are spaced apart from one another at the head end to form a left arm opening□

wherein the front and back right side fastener members are positioned at a distance that s farther inward from respective right side edges of the respective front and back panels than the respective front and back right shoulder fastener members to provide free sections of the front and back panel with no fastener devices in the free sections of the front panel and the back panel on the right side edges to permit gripping the exterior surface on the free sections of either the front panel of the back panel to release the right side fastener members and the front and back right side fastener members are positioned along an axis that bisects the respective front and back right shoulder fastener members; and

wherein the front and back left side fastener members are positioned at a distance that l farther inward from respective left side edges of the respective front and back panels than the respective front and back left shoulder fastener members to provide free sections of the front and back panel with no fastener devices in the free sections of the front panel and the back panel on the left side edges to permit gripping the exterior on the free sections of either the front panel or the back panel to release the left side fastener members and the front and back left side fastener members are positioned along an axis that bisect the respective front and back left shoulder fastener members.

6. The hospital gown according to claim 5 , wherein the right shoulder fastener, left shoulder fastener, right side fastener, and left side fastener each comprises a plurality of individual fasteners.

7. The hospital gown according to claim 6 , wherein the individual fasteners of the plurality of individual fasteners comprise at least one select d from the group consisting of snap fasteners, mating male/female fasteners, or hook and loop fasteners.

8. The hospital gown according to claim 5 , wherein the right shoulder fastener device, left shoulder fastener device, right side fastener device, and left side fastener device each comprises a hook and loop fastener.