Appeal No. 97-0115
Application 08/220,341
1. A surgical gown defining an opening adapted to
receive an individual’s neck, the gown comprising:
opposed back panels having non-parallel side edges
defining a slit having a length extending from the opening to
a bottom edge of the gown; and wherein
the opposed panels are adapted, when the gown is in use,
to overlap along the entire length of the slit.
4. A garment blank comprising:
a center part;
a first part having a pair of side edges spaced
apart by a bottom edge;
a second part having a pair of side edges spaced apart by
an upper edge wherein portions of the second part define a
slit, and wherein the second part is adapted to overly the
back of the wearer; and
wherein the first and second parts are joined to the
center part and wherein the length of the upper edge of the
second part is greater than the length of the bottom edge of
the first part.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of
obviousness are:
Coven 2,528,340 Oct. 31, 1950
Artzt 3,078,467 Feb. 26, 1963
Zimmon 3,353,189 Nov. 21, 1967
Brock et al. (Brock) 4,041,203 Aug. 9, 1977
Harreld et al. (Harreld) 4,829,602 May 16, 1989
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