ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,848, issued on April 22, was assigned to Protection Products Inc. (Hickory, N.C.).
"Disposable medical drape" was invented by Jeffrey Wayne Hale (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drape systems, apparatuses and methods are provided. In some aspects a drape may create an impervious barrier for preventing medical contaminants from contaminating a medical table and/or a medical table base. One drape embodiment includes a central portion, a first end cover and a second end cover, and first and second side portions having fold portions for forming troughs. A drape embodiment may include an absorbent surface having a discontinuou...