Surgical drape

Claim 1

For isolating an object to minimize contamination, a foursided foldable tubular surgical drape having matching front and back panels closed at one end and at an adjacent side and open at the opposite end, the open end being bounded by front and back outer cuffs adapted to be guided around and fitted upon the object, the closed side being in alignment with an axial zone of the drape adapted for placement directly over and upon the top surfaces of the object, the drape being transversely folded on the front panel with the closed end positioned partly under the front cuff and partly exposed by means of a cooperating diagonal fold to define a visible hand-grasping area of the closed end below the front cuff, the drape being further folded by means of a rollback fold bringing the closed side margin in upon the front cuff to expose a portion of the back cuff sufficient to define a handreceiving pocket, the diagonal fold being made on a line between the closed side and the closed end and being wider than the exposed portion of the back cuff, whereby the drape can be cooperatively manipulated with one hand in the hand-receiving pocket and the other hand at the handgrasping area to unfold and hold up the drape at both ends in a single uninterrupted spacing motion for placing the drape upon the object while avoiding manually contacting exposed surfaces of the cuffs and open end.