# US 5,704,370 A · Operation table cover and method of producing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,704,370 A - Document ID: US5704370A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/604,223 - Filed: 1996-02-22 - Granted: 1998-01-06 - Earliest claimed: 1995-02-22 - Assignees: GFM Maschinenbau GmbH - Inventors: Herbert Gawarecki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5704370A ## CPC - A61G 13/10: Parts, details or accessories (surgical drape sheets A61B46/00) - A61B 46/10: specially adapted for instruments{, e.g. microscopes} - A61G: TRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS (appliances for aiding patients or disabled persons to walk A61H3/00); OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES (embalming corpses A01N1/00) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract An operation table cover is composed of a foil hose of thermoplastic material with a closed bottom region and an open head region provided with a circumferential reversed rim, with side edges closed by welding seams. The operation table cover is formed so that despite its substantially refuse-free manufacture, it can be fitted over the supporting surface of an operation table with a simple handling. For this purposes the side edges in the vicinity of the bottom region and directly under the reversed rim are provided with inwardly directed offset regions, and the reversed rim has the same width as the central region of the foil hose located between the offset regions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operation table cover, comprising a foil hose of a thermoplastic material having a closed bottom region, an open head region provided with a circumferential reversed rim, and side edges connected with one another by welding seams, said side edges in the vicinity of said bottom region and directly under said reversed rim being provided with inwardly directed offset regions which form a central region therebetween, said reversed rim having a width corresponding to a width of said central region located between said offset regions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said offset regions in said side edges have length under said reversed rim which is insignificantly greater than a length of said reversed rim. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said regions in said side edges have a length in the vicinity of said bottom region which is equal to a length of said reversed rim. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said regions in said side edges have a length in the vicinity of said bottom region which is insignificantly smaller than a length of said reversed rim. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said regions in said side edges have a length in the vicinity of said bottom region which is insignificantly greater than a length of said reversed rim. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said offset regions have ends which merge into said side edges of said central region and said reversed rim in form of a rounding. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) An operation table cover as defined in claim 6, wherein said rounding is formed as a quarter circle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein one of said offset regions has a width under said reversed rim which is equal to a width of the other of said offset regions in the vicinity of said bottom region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said bottom region has a folding edge. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) An operation table cover as defined in claim 1, wherein said bottom region has a welding seam which closes said bottom region. ### Claim 11 A method for producing an operation table cover of a foil hose composed of thermoplastic material with a closed longitudinal edge in a bottom region and an open longitudinal edge in a head region, comprising the steps of drawing a foil hose in a transporting longitudinal direction by drawing means; providing welding seams and recesses extending transversely to the transporting direction; forming a reversed rim in the head region after a longitudinal folding in a central region and two longitudinal folds at opposite sides; connecting side edges of said reversed rim by welding seams; subjecting the foil hose to a separating welding for forming offset regions at side edges of the operation table cover under the reversed rim and in the vicinity of the bottom region; providing the foil hose in the central region of the side edges between the offset regions with a perforation welding seam extending transversely to the longitudinal transporting direction and closing both sides by welding; providing the reversed rim before separation of individual operation table covers at its both side edges with perforation welding seams and closing both sides by welding. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) A method as defined in claim 11; and further comprising the step of simultaneously separating the perforation welding seams in the central region and at the reversed rim. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) A method as defined in claim 11; and further comprising the step of reducing the operation table covers their separation by further longitudinal and transverse folding to a ready to use folding pack. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) A method as defined in claim 11; and further comprising the step of rolling the connected operation table covers after producing of the perforation welding seams in the central region and at the reversed rim on a roller; and then tearing off of the operation table covers along their perforation welding seams in the central region and at the reversed rim. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) A method as defined in claim 11, wherein the reversed rim is provided with a perforation welding seam and closed at both sides by welding after a further longitudinal folding with interposition of a supporting metal plate between the central region and the reversed rim longitudinally folded on it. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) A method as defined in claim 11, wherein the foil hose is composed of a single layer synthetic plastic foil which is folded exactly in its center parallel to the transporting direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) A method as defined in claim 11, wherein the foil hose is composed of two congruent superimposed individual foils which are provided in the bottom region with a continuous welding seam extending parallel to the transporting longitudinal direction.