A method of donning a magnetically-fastened upper garment is disclosed. The method and garment are configured for being carried out and worn, respectively, by a post-operative physically challenged individual using one arm only. The upper garment is configured for easy donning and removal without requiring another person's assistance, thus promoting independence of the individual. The upper garment has a front which is vertically separated from the rear at one side of the garment. A plurality of front and rear magnets are embedded in corresponding locations in the free edges along the vertical separation to effect closure of the garment and retention of the garment on the user.

An article of clothing is provided having a plurality of accesses for accessing, when the clothing is worn by a wearer, the area below the clothing without removing the clothing. In one example, the article of clothing is an upper-body garment with two arm accesses, an anterior torso access, and two side torso accesses. In another example, the article of clothing is a lower-body garment with two leg accesses, two knee accesses, and two hip accesses. In one example, each access is opened or closed by an incremental fastening device such as a one-way or two-way zipper.

A gown is formed with a front, a back, a left side, a right side, a left lateral arm opening, and a right lateral arm opening. A plurality of flaps are each formed in an inverted U-shaped configuration with a lower horizontal section coupled to the gown. The gown has a openings positioned beneath the flaps. Fixed hook and loop fasteners around each of the openings and separable hook and loop fasteners on each flap are adapted to couple and uncouple. The flaps are adapted to be lowered to provide for use by a care giver when administering to a patient.

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.

A garment is configured to facilitate wearing by an occupant of a seat assembly with a plurality of shoulder straps, such as a wheelchair or child car seat. The garment has an inner surface, an outer surface, and defines a slot that extends from the inner surface to the outer surface. The slot is sufficiently sized and positioned such that the shoulder straps are insertable through the slot when the garment is on the seating assembly.

A gown is disclosed with an opening in the back extending from the neck area to the bottom creating 2 panels. At least one elastic/flexible/stretchable strap is provided in the neck area of the gown. Each flexible strap has one end attached to each of the 2 panels of the open gown. The gown is designed for the first panel to extend over the second panel and can be weighted to minimize any movement of the first panel away from the second panel. In another embodiment a portion of the first panel extends to the user's side or front area and secured to the side or front of the gown.

A multi-piece surgical garment assembly which may include a head cover and a surgical gown that may be configured to be fastenable to one another wherein the surgical gown is contiguous across a circumference of the gown and covers substantially all of the body of the wearer. The head cover and gown may be fastened via at least one fastener and may be further fastened via a second fastener.

Provided is a protective garment that ensures facilitated doffing. A protective garment 10 according to one embodiment includes an upper part 12 of the garment, a lower part 14 of the garment, and an open/close portion 24. The upper part 12 of the garment includes a body portion 16, a pair of sleeve portions 18a, 18b, and a hood portion 20. The lower part 14 of the garment is connected to the upper part of garment. The open/close portion 24 is formed in a front body portion 16a of the body portion for donning and doffing the protective garment. A stretchable portion 32 is formed in a boundary between a back body portion of the body portion and the hood portion.

A garment for health care use is disclosed. The garment comprises at least one rear panel, at least two front panels and a plurality of releasable seams, positioned along peripheral regions of said at least one rear panel and said at least two front panels for releasably connecting said at least two front panels to said at least one rear panel. Each of the at least two front panels is permanently connected to the at least one rear panel at least one position. At least a portion of one the front panels overlaps the other. The rear and front panels each comprise a plurality of flaps or regions which can be folded over when in use as worn by a wearer, to expose different areas of said wearer's body.

A surgical gown folded in a unique pattern that provides for a smaller sized gown that can be packaged in a smaller sized outer wrap as well as provide for an easily donnable gown that maintains its sterility. The fold pattern provides for the interior surfaces of the gown to be visible, and preferably, a portion of the interior surfaces, while maintaining sterility of the exterior surfaces by keeping them inside of the gown. A method of folding the gown in this new pattern is provided herein as well as a method of donning the folded gown.