Surgical drape with arm board cover

Claim 1

A surgical drape for use with an operating table having arm boards extending laterally therefrom, said drape comprising, when in a flat position, a generally rectangular body portion having a top edge, a bottom edge and two opposing side edges, a one-piece arm board portion having a top edge, a bottom edge and two opposing side edges and an upper surface and a lower surface, and said arm board portion being divided in width into a central area and two side areas, the bottom edge of the central area overlapping and being secured to the top edge of the body portion along a line of attachment, each of the side areas comprising a first segment underlying the upper surface of the drape and having a part which is secured to the top edge of the body portion on a continuation of the line of attachment of the central area and a second part which is integral with a second segment, said second segment overlying the first segment and forming the upper surface of the arm board portion, said first segment capable of unfolding to conform to the junction of the operating table and the arm boards of the operating table.

Claim 5

A method of forming a surgical drape providing a generally rectangular sheet of drape material having an upper edge, a lower edge and two opposing side edges, making a cut from the lower edge inwardly of the sheet of material a distance of from 1/4 to 1/3 of its dimension along a side edge, making a cut at 90° from the first cut in both directions to a distance approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of the dimension along a top or bottom edge, folding the drape along lines extending at a 45° angle from both ends of the second cut so that the upper surfaces of material are in face-to-face contact, making a second 45° fold which is 90° from the first fold, securing the thus folded arm board portion of a drape to the top edge of the body portion of a surgical drape, along a continuous line of attachment and folding each of the side sections of the drape along the last fold line to form arm board covers in the drape.

Claim 6

A method of forming a surgical drape providing a generally rectangular sheet of drape material having an upper edge, a lower edge and two opposing side edges, making a cut from the lower edge inwardly of the sheet of material a distance of from 1/4 to 1/3 of its dimension along a side edge, making a cut at 90° from the first cut in both directions to a distance approximately 1/4 to 1/3 of the dimension along a top or bottom edge, folding the drape along lines extending at a 45° angle from both ends of the second cut so that the upper surfaces of material are in face-to-face contact, making a second 45° fold which is 90° from the first fold, securing the thus folded arm board portion of a drape to the top edge of the body portion of a surgical drape, along a continuous line of attachment and folding each of the side sections of the drape along the last fold line to form arm board covers in the drape.