A hospital gown including an upper body portion and a lower body portion. The upper body portion includes a neck opening, a front opening extending vertically along the upper body portion and in communication with the neck opening, and a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along the front opening so that the front opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition. The lower body portion includes a pair of legs extending downwardly from the upper body portion, an opening extending vertically along the inseam of each leg of the pair of legs, and a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along each opening such that each opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition.
1. A medical gown comprising:
an upper body portion comprising:
a neck opening;
a front opening extending vertically along the upper body portion and in communication with the neck opening, the front opening disposed at an anterior location relative to a wearer of the medical gown and extending upwardly toward the neck opening from an end point of the front opening positioned vertically above a crotch portion of the medical gown;
a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along the front opening so that the front opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition;
a back opening extending vertically along the upper body portion, the back opening disposed at a posterior location relative to the wearer that is opposite to the anterior location; and
a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along the back opening so that the back opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition; and
a lower body portion comprising:
a distal end;
a pair of legs extending downwardly from the upper body portion to the distal end;
an opening extending vertically along an inseam of each leg of the pair of legs, each of the openings in the lower body portion extending downwardly from an end point of the opening positioned vertically below the crotch portion to a bottom of the inseam of the corresponding leg at the distal end; and
a series of complementary closures disposed vertically along each opening to the distal end such that each opening is configured to transition between an open condition and a closed condition, wherein:
the complementary closures of one opening of the lower body portion comprise a first series of female closure portions and a first series of male closure portions, and the complementary closures of the other opening of the lower body portion comprise a second series of male closure portions and a second series of female closure portions,
the lower body portion is transformable between a pant configuration and a skirt configuration,
in the skirt configuration, the first series of female closure portions and the second series of male closure portions are fastened to one another, and the first series of male closure portions and the second series of female closure portions are fastened to one another, so that the pair of legs are configured to form a single circumferential opening at the distal end of the lower body portion so that when the lower body portion is in the skirt configuration both legs of a wearer extend through and are exposed below the single circumferential opening, and
the crotch portion is made up of material that extends between the end point of the front opening and the end points of the openings in the lower body portion so that the medical gown remains intact at the crotch portion when the front opening, the back opening and the openings in the lower body portion are in the open condition.
2. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the upper body portion further comprises sleeves.
3. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the upper body portion further comprises a drawstring configured to adjust a size of the neck opening.
4. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the upper body portion and the lower body portion are joined with one another so as to form a unitary garment.
5. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the upper body portion further comprises a stretchable member extending around a portion thereof.
6. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the lower body portion further comprises a stretchable waistband.
7. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the closures of at least one of the upper body portion or the lower body portion are comprised of complementary snaps.
8. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein the closures of at least one of the upper body portion or the lower body portion are selected from the group consisting of: snaps, a button and slit, a zipper and zipper track, hook-and-loop fasteners, adhesive sections, buckles and draw-strings.
9. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the upper body portion or the lower body portion is comprised of a material selected from the group consisting of: wool, cotton, silk, linen, plant fiber, nylon, spandex, rayon, polyester, acrylic and blends thereof.
10. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein at least the upper body portion is sized such that the medical gown has a reversible orientation.
11. The medical gown of claim 1 , wherein, in the pant configuration, the first series of female closure portions and the first series of male closure portions are fastened to one another, and the second series of male closure portions and the second series of female closure portions are fastened to one another.