Patent ID: 7044133

Claim:
A folded medical instrument table cover made from a tubular web section, the cover for use in an operation room, the cover comprising: a first open end for pulling the cover onto the instrument table; a second closed end forming a stop for pulling the cover onto the instrument table; a handling aid disposed at a vicinity of said first open end for manually grasping the cover with a user's hand for pulling the cover onto the table, said handling aid consisting essentially of an edge section of the cover outwardly folded over at said open end to form a fold for engagement by the user's hand; and an intermediate section disposed, in a longitudinal direction, between said second end and said first open end, said intermediate section being reversely drawn inwardly into the tubular web section such that the table can be inserted into an opening formed by said reversely drawn intermediate section, wherein said reversely drawn intermediate section can be unfolded when the cover is pulled onto the table the table abuts said second end while the cover is being applied.