ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,003, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DEPRE (Powell, Tenn.).
"Medical gown with tear guide feature" was invented by Ethan Edward Valentine (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical gown (100) configured for controlled doffing away from a user is disclosed herein. The medical gown may include a neck opening (150) and a tear guide (160) extending downwardly from the neck opening along a rear side (104) of the medical gown. The tear guide may extend between the neck opening and a nearest lower edge (144) of the rear side of the medical gown. The nearest lower edge may comprise an upper end of a flap opening of the rea...