The Buckeye Cellulose Corporation

The Procter Gamble Company

Don W Oliver

John L Dale

Described herein is a drape for covering an overhead table. The drape includes a doubled flap connected to the underside of each of a first pair of juxtaposed stacks of panels made by folds around parallel fold lines, in turn shortened transversely from each end to form a second pair of stacks of panels. The folded drape is positioned adjacent a reference edge of the table to be draped, and transversely unfolded so that the fold lines of each stack of the first pair of stacks are parallel to the table edge. The reference edge is covered, preparatory to positioning of the table, by the doubled flap which is folded atop one of first pair of stacks. The edges other than the reference edge can then be draped by unfolding one of the stacks of panels to cover them. The flap is held in position hanging over the reference edge of the table by the weight of the unfolded stack of panels above the flap and by the rest of the drape. The table can then be positioned over the patient and the stack of panels which retains the flap in position, and thus the flap as well, pulled down onto the patient.

Overhead table drape

Surgical drape

A surgical head drape of a single sheet of flexible material which is a barrier to bacterial migration provided with a pair of opposed and spaced apart side slits extending oppositely inwardly of both side edges to define a connecting tab portion integrally connecting a base sheet panel portion adapted to be inserted under the patient's head and covering the head end portion of an operating table with a turban sheet panel portion adapted to be wrapped around the patient's head with the turban sheet panel portion folded to overlie the base sheet panel portion during initial presentation (i.e., approach to the patient). The slits are dog-legged or jogged at the inner end portion thereof defining an offset connecting fold line therebetween and the drape is folded therearound to position the turban sheet panel portion on the base sheet panel portion with the leading edges of the base and turban sheet panel portions being offset so that the base sheet panel portion extends beyond the turban sheet panel portion. The drape is further folded to encourage aseptic handling during presentation and enabling it to be picked up and applied or positioned to drape the patient's head and the underlying head end portion of the operating table without the nurse having to reposition her hands on the drape so that she may therefore maintain complete control of the drape and thereby substantially reduce the danger of contamination.

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Memphis, TN, United States of America

Don W Oliver