US 12,245,652 B2
Surgical cap and method
Alan Genender, Northbrook, IL (US); and Hannah Zundel, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Jun. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/358,565.
Application 17/358,565 is a continuation of application No. 15/204,742, filed on Jul. 7, 2016, granted, now 11,044,959.
Prior Publication US 2021/0321706 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A42B 1/012 (2021.01); A42B 1/208 (2021.01); A42B 1/22 (2006.01); A42C 1/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A42B 1/012 (2021.01) [A42B 1/22 (2013.01); A42C 1/00 (2013.01); A42B 1/208 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of fabricating a surgical cap, the method comprising:
providing a single piece of material forming a body and a plurality of panels, the plurality of panels depending from the body and being coupled together to form a sidewall portion having a closed-loop configuration;
folding the plurality of panels of the single piece of material into a first folded configuration;
securing a resilient member to a portion of the single piece of material while the plurality of panels are in the first folded configuration;
folding the plurality of panels of the single piece of material from the first folded configuration to a second folded configuration to form at least two inner layers of the single piece of material and at least four outer layers of the single piece of material, the at least two inner layers being inward of the resilient member and the at least four outer layers being outward of the resilient member, wherein the portion of the single piece of material to which the resilient member is secured is at least one of the at least four outer layers; and
securing at least one of the at least two inner layers against an interior surface of the body, wherein the least two inner layers and at least four outer layers comprise:
a first outer layer;
a second outer layer that is connected to the first outer layer at a first fold;
a third outer layer that is connected to the second outer layer at a second fold;
a first inner layer that is connected to said third outer layer at a third fold;
a second inner layer that is connected to said first inner layer at a fourth fold; and
a fourth outer layer that is connected to said second inner layer at a fifth fold.