Surgical mat with disposable cover
AssigneePandel, Inc.
InventorAlfred R. Taylor
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Abstract
A protective floor mat system which includes a surgical mat designed for use in an operating room environment and which system includes a disposable cover for the floor mat, the disposable cover comprising an envelope enclosure to enclose the floor mat during its use and which envelope comprises a disposable sheet material, which sheet material is impervious to the penetration of liquids, such as blood, urine, disinfectants and body fluids, thereby preventing the contamination of the floor mat during use and permitting the outer, disposable envelope to be discarded after use.
Claims15
A protective floor mat system for protecting a cushioning floor mat from contamination by liquid spillage in the environment in which the mat is used, which system comprises in combination:
- a) a separate, reusable, insertable and removable floor mat composed of a sheet material for use in an environment in which the mat is subject to contamination by the spillage of liquid thereon, the floor mat of sufficient thickness and resiliency to reduce the fatigue of a user;
- b) an envelope mat enclosure means into which the floor mat may be separately inserted and removed for re-use to enclose the floor mat and provide protection from liquid spillage which enclosure means comprises a disposable sheet material forming an envelope in which the mat is placed, wherein the disposable sheet material comprises a fibrous exterior surface layer to aid in the absorption of the spilled layer and a thin, liquid, impervious plastic interior surface layer, the sheet material impervious to liquid spillage to prevent the penetration of spilled liquid onto the enclosed mat, the envelope subject to disposal after use and removal of the floor mat;
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- c) means to seal the enclosure means after enclosing the mat therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.