Rear access labor, delivery, and postpartum gown with security bonding panel
A garment is provided having a closed front portion made of a pair of overlapping fabric panels that are joined along a seam. The garment also includes a lower front access portion where the pair of fabric panels overlap but are not joined and may therefore be parted, providing access to a portion of the wearer's body. A third fabric panel is joined to the overlapping pair fabric panels and is disposed in a chest area of the garment. A rear portion of the garment is openable to provide access to the wearer's spine.
1. A garment, comprising:
a pair of fabric panels that overlap in a front of the garment and are joined to close the front of the garment;
a lower front access portion of the closed front of the garment where the pair of fabric panels overlap but are not joined and may therefore be parted, providing access to a portion of the wearer's body;
a third fabric panel joined to the overlapping pair of fabric panels and is disposed in a chest area of the garment, wherein the third fabric panel is joined at a lower end to an interior surface of an innermost panel of the pair of fabric panels, and the top of the third fabric panel is not joined to any other part of the garment;
a rear portion of the garment defined by rear edges of the pair of fabric panels extending rearward toward each other and overlapping in the rear of the garment;
the rear edges of the pair of fabric panels each include at least one fastener;
an inside fastener panel joined to the garment at a first lateral side of the garment, wherein the inside fastener panel includes at least one fastener mateable with the at least one fastener of a first one of the rear edges of the pair of fabric panels; and
an outside fastener panel joined to the garment at a second lateral side of the garment, wherein the outside fastener panel includes at least one fastener mateable with the at least one fastener of a second one of the rear edges of the pair of fabric panels.
2. The garment of claim 1 , wherein each of the pair of fabric panels comprises a plurality of component panels joined together.
3. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the third fabric panel extends from the first lateral side of the garment to the second lateral side of the garment.
4. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the third fabric panel is joined to the first lateral side of the garment and to the second lateral side of the garment.
5. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the inside fastener panel comprises a plurality of fasteners arranged to allow for adjusting the garment to a wearer's body size.
6. The garment of claim 5 , wherein the inside fastener panel comprises an elastic material elastically responsive to a wearer's body size.
7. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the outside fastener panel comprises a plurality of fasteners arranged to allow for adjusting the garment to a wearer's body size.
8. The garment of claim 7 , wherein the outside fastener panel comprises an elastic material elastically responsive to a wearer's body size.
9. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the inside fastener panel is joined to a first lateral edge of the third fabric panel.
10. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the outside fastener panel is joined to a second lateral edge of the third fabric panel.
11. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the pair of fabric panels define armholes and shoulder straps.