Apparel – General structure
Patent
1997-04-08
1999-01-26
Chapman, Jeanette E.
Apparel
General structure
2 83, 2114, 2105, 2115, A41D 1300, A41D 2700
Patent
active
058625259
ABSTRACT:
A surgical gown in an improved folded arrangement, as well as methods and apparatus for producing same. Like prior art book-folds, the folded arrangement includes left and right hand pockets to facilitate aseptic donning by a medical professional. Unlike prior art book-folds, however the folded arrangement of the invention employs a unique fold sequence particularly amenable to automated processing. Methods of the invention are directed to the specific fold sequences that can be utilized to produce the folded arrangement. Apparatus for producing the folded arrangement includes a number of operative sections functionally arranged in series.
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U.S. Ser. No. 895,506, Willett et al., filed Jul. 16, 1997.
"Universal 1500 Textile Folder," by Southland Equipment Co., Inc., Loganville, Georgia.
Tankersley Terry N.
Will Stephen G.
Willett Richard A.
Chapman Jeanette E.
Kimberly--Clark Worldwide, Inc.
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