Surgical Cap and Method
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorsAlan Genender, Hannah Zundel
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Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical cap is provided that includes a cover having a head-receiving cavity and a resilient member connected to the cover and extending about less than the entire head-receiving cavity. The cover includes a plurality of layers comprising at least one layer inward from the resilient member adapted to separate the resilient member from a head received in the head-receiving cavity and at least two outer layers outward from the resilient member to which the resilient member is secured. In accordance with another aspect, a method of fabricating a surgical cap is provided.
Claims17
A method of fabricating a surgical cap, the method comprising:
- providing a cover of the surgical cap;
- folding a portion of the cover to form first and second layers;
- securing a resilient member to the first and second layers;
- positioning at least one layer of the portion of the cover on an opposite side of the resilient member from the first and second layers;
- and
- securing the at least one layer to the first and second layers.
A surgical cap comprising:
- a cover having a head-receiving cavity;
- a resilient member connected to the cover and extending about less than the entire head-receiving cavity;
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- a plurality of layers of the cover including at least one inner layer inward from the resilient member adapted to separate the resilient member from a head received in the head-receiving cavity and at least two outer layers outward from the resilient member to which the resilient member is secured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.