Patent ID: 6167731
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: A41D,D04B

Abstract:
A method for fabricating surgical gowns comprising the steps of: (a) fabricating main body robe portions for the surgical gowns, each robe portion having a pair of sleeves terminating at respective body openings therein; (b) knitting on a circular knitting machine a plurality of discrete individual annular cuff blanks for the surgical gowns, the knitting of each blank comprising the steps of forming on the circular knitting machine an annular turned welt presenting a finished cuff edge as one end of the blank, knitting integrally to the welt an annular main cuff body portion entirely of a single-ply knitted construction terminating in a single-ply end opposite the welt, and discharging from the knitting machine the integral welt and main cuff body portion as a discrete complete cuff blank upon completion of the knitting of the main cuff body portion; and (c) affixing the single ply end of the main cuff body portion of one respective cuff blank in a single ply thickness thereof to each sleeve of each robe portion in surrounding relation to the sleeve's body openings, without cutting, folding or other structural modification of the cuff blanks.