Lithotomy drape

Claim 2

A surgical drape having a central portion comprising a rectangular strip of drape material having a middle panel, end portions of said strip being gathered inwardly to form panels haVing their inner edges lying on spaced lines extending across said strip from one edge of said strip downwardly to the opposite edge of said strip, leaving intervening portions of said strip in folded relation one upon the other forming pockets having fold lines at the bottoms of the pockets and presenting mouths extending along said spaced lines, edges of said strip in said intervening portions being sealed along at least a portion of the sides of said pockets.

Claim 3

A surgical drape as claimed in claim 1 wherein the pockets formed by said intervening portions present mouths extending diagonally across said rectangular strip in opposite directions at opposite ends of said strip.

Claim 4

A surgical drape as claimed in claim 1 wherein the middle panel is rectangular in shape and the pockets formed by the intervening portions of the strip present mouths extending perpendicularly transversely of said rectangular strip.

Claim 5

A surgical drape comprising a rectangular strip of drape material including a middlE panel having the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, portions of said strip material connected to the non-parallel sides of said middle panel being folded under said middle panel and forming a pair of pockets depending from said middle panel; said pockets presenting openings which face diagonally outwardly with respect to said middle panel, and separate pieces of material adhered to the top and bottom edges of said folded strip to enlarge the overall area of said drape.

Claim 6

A surgical drape comprising a rectangular strip of drape material including a middlE panel having the shape of an isosceles trapezoid, portions of said strip material connected to the non-parallel sides of said middle panel being folded under said middle panel and forming a pair of pockets depending from said middle panel; said pockets presenting openings which face diagonally outwardly with respect to said middle panel, and separate pieces of material adhered to the top and bottom edges of said folded strip to enlarge the overall area of said drape.

Claim 7

A surgical drape as claimed in claim 4 wherein the pockets present openings facing diagonally upwardly and outwardly at the ends of the middle panel.

Claim 8

A surgical drape comprising a rectangular strip of drape material including a middle panel having the shape of an isosceles trapezoid flanked by end panels portions of which are folded under said middle panel and connected to said middle panel by intervening panels sandwiched by folds between said folded-under end panels and said middle panel and joined to the middle panel along fold lines coincident with the non-parallel sides of said trapezoidal middle panel and joined to the end panels along fold lines extending parallel to the opposite parallel edges of said middle panel, each end panel and its adjacent connecting panel having side edges sealed together to form a pocket having an opening facing diagonally outwardly at the ends of said middle panel.

Claim 9

A surgical drape comprising a rectangular strip of drape material including a middle panel having the shape of an isosceles trapezoid flanked by end panels portions of which are folded under said middle panel and connected to said middle panel by intervening panels sandwiched by folds between said folded-under end panels and said middle panel and joined to the middle panel along fold lines coincident with the non-parallel sides of said trapezoidal middle panel and joined to the end panels along fold lines extending parallel to the opposite parallel edges of said middle panel, each end panel and its adjacent connecting panel having side edges sealed together to form a pocket having an opening facing diagonally outwardly at the ends of said middle panel.

Claim 10

A surgical drape as claimed in claim 6 wherein the end edges of the folded under panels lie in alignment with the shorter longitudinal edge of said trapezoidal middle panel as continuations thereof.