Disposable examination garment

Claim 1

A DISPOSABLE EXAMINATION GARMENT ESPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR COVERING THE UPPER TORSO OF A FEMALE EXAMINEE COMPRISING AN ESSENTIALLY RECTANGULAR SHEET HAVING SIDE EDGES AND FRONT AND REAR END EDGES THERETO SAID SHEET FURTHER HAVING A HEAD RECEIVING APERTURE INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SAID SHEET BEING FOLDED ALONG A LINE PERPENDICULAR TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE THEREOF IN COINCIDENCE WITH SAID APERTURE TO FORM FRONT AND BACK COVERING PORTIONS THERETO, SAID FRONT PORTION HAVING A PREFORMED SLIT DISPOSED ALONG THE LONGITUDINAL CENTERLINE THEREOF AND EXTENDING FROM SAID FRONT EDGE UPWARDLY AND TERMINATING AT A POINT SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY BELOW THE FRONT EDGE OF SAID APERTURE TO DIVIDE THE LOWER PART OF SAID FRONT PORTION INTO TWO INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE PANELS, AND FASTENING MEANS INTEGRAL WITH SAID GARMENT POSITIONED ADJACENT SAID SIDE EDGES THEREOF AND CONNECTING THE SIDE EDGES OF THE FRONT PORTION TO CORRESPONDING SIDE EDGES OF THE BACK PORTION TO CLOSE THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID GARMENT, SAID GARMENT WHEN DONNED BY A FEMALE EXAMINEE BEING DISPOSED SO THAT THE UPPER END OF SAID ELONGATED OPENING TERMINATES PROXIMATE THE EXAMINEE''S BREAST AREA AND SAID FASTENING MEANS ARE DISPOSED ADJACENT THE AXILLARY PORTION OF THE BREAST.