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.
Claims2
A method of fabricating a surgical cap, the method comprising:
- providing a single piece of material forming a sidewall portion, the sidewall portion configured such that opposing ends of the sidewall portion are coupled together to form a closed-loop body and a panel portion extending from the closed-loop body that extends less than the entire circumference of the closed-loop body;
- folding the panel portion to form first and second layers outward of the closed-loop body;
- securing a resilient member to at least the first and second layers;
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- securing the first and second layers against the interior surface of the closed-loop body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.