IP Library Granted Patent US 12,402,674
Granted Patent B2
US 12,402,674 · App. 15/285,145 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Gown with concentric sleeves and corresponding methods

Inventors: Alan Genender (Northbrook, IL); Audrey Putnam (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Medline Industries LP
A41D13/1227A41D27/10A41D13/1209
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Patent No.
US 12,402,674
App. No.
15/285,145
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gown ( 100 ) includes a body covering portion ( 101 ). A first sleeve ( 107 ) and a second sleeve ( 108 ) each extend distally away from the body covering portion and terminating at a retention device ( 109,110 ). A first concentric sleeve ( 119 ) is coupled to the first sleeve at a first connection location ( 121 ) and extends along an exterior of the first sleeve toward the retention device. A second concentric sleeve ( 120 ) is coupled to the second sleeve at a second connection location ( 122 ) and extends along the exterior of the second sleeve toward the retention device.

Claims (21)

1. A gown, comprising:

a body covering portion;

a first sleeve and a second sleeve, each extending distally away from the body covering portion and terminating at a thumb loop;

a first concentric sleeve coupled to the first sleeve at a first connection location disposed at a shoulder of the first sleeve and extending along an exterior of the first sleeve toward the thumb loop to a first termination boundary landing at a wrist location of the first sleeve, the first termination boundary selectively slidable along the first sleeve toward the first connection location; and

a second concentric sleeve coupled to the second sleeve at a second connection location disposed at a shoulder of the second sleeve and extending along the exterior of the second sleeve toward the thumb loop to a second termination boundary landing at a wrist location of the second sleeve, the second termination boundary selectively slidable along the second sleeve toward the second connection location.

2. The gown of claim 1 , the first termination boundary disposed between the thumb loop and the first connection location.

3. The gown of claim 2 , the second termination boundary disposed between the thumb loop and the second connection location.

4. The gown of claim 3 , the first concentric sleeve comprising an elastic gathering drawing the first concentric sleeve toward the first sleeve, the elastic gathering disposed between the first connection location and the first termination boundary.

5. The gown of claim 4 , the elastic gathering disposed closer to the first termination boundary than the first connection location.

6. The gown of claim 5 , the elastic gathering disposed at the first termination boundary.

7. The gown of claim 4 , the second concentric sleeve comprising another elastic gathering drawing the second concentric sleeve toward the second sleeve, the another elastic gathering disposed between the second connection location and the second termination boundary.

8. The gown of claim 3 , the first concentric sleeve comprising a cuff defining the first termination boundary, the second concentric sleeve comprising another cuff defining the second termination boundary.

9. The gown of claim 1 , the first sleeve and the first concentric sleeve manufactured from the same material.

10. The gown of claim 1 , the first concentric sleeve manufactured from different materials.

11. The gown of claim 1 , wherein the body covering portion, the first sleeve, and the second sleeve are manufactured from polyethylene.

12. The gown of claim 1 , the body covering portion comprising a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion is longer than the rear portion.

13. The gown of claim 12 , the front portion configured to cover a frontal portion of a wearer, the rear portion configured to cover only shoulders of the wearer.

14. The gown of claim 1 , wherein the body covering portion, the first sleeve, and the second sleeve comprise a single, unitary, contiguous piece of liquid impervious material.

15. The gown of claim 1 , wherein the gown is configured to meet the PB70 Standard of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).

16. The gown of claim 1 , the body covering portion defining an opening comprising a slit having a left side and a right side that abut.

17. The gown of claim 16 , the slit running the length a rear side of a back of the gown.

Assignments (6)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 28, 2026
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 075643/0462 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2025
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 071672/0100 →
CONVERSION OF ENTITY FROM CORPORATION TO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Recorded Oct 31, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
Reel/Frame 057977/0436 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057927/0091 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2021
From: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, LP
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
Reel/Frame 058040/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2016
From: GENENDER, ALAN; PUTNAM, AUDREY
To: MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC
Reel/Frame 040102/0266 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180092412A1 · Apr 5, 2018
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