Patent Application
20080060177
These and other features and advantages of the present invention will be better understood by reading the following detailed description, taken together with the drawings wherein:
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The non-skid strips 306 play a helpful role in the design and use of the DTS 300. When the body is transferred from the embalming table to the dressing table, it is generally slid across from one surface to the next. The body is also rolled or lifted while on the table during the dressing process. The non-skid strips 306 keep the skirt in place on the table. The skirt needs to stay in place instead of being slid onto the floor during the transfer.
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The DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 may be placed over a special type of table used at a funeral home. The table may be a mortuary table, for example but not limited to, a dressing table, embalming table, or combination of mortuary table. The DTS may be assembled by hand. The DTS may be sewn on a sewing machine and serger. There may be several stitches involved depending upon the seam needs. The DTS may be sewn to be durable. They may be constructed from the best fabric available to be durable, functional, and disinfectable. The tabletop piece may be cut to fit the size of the dressing table. The non-skid strips can be attached several ways such as stitched or glued. The skirting fabric may be cut for height and hemmed. The top of the fabric to be attached to the tabletop piece can be gathered, pleated, or ruffled. It is then attached to the tabletop piece and double needle serged for durability and strength. The open seam is then finished if the DTS is a partial skirt, or serged together for a 360 degree skirt. The skirt is then inspected for quality and evenness of ruffles
Funeral homes may utilize the DTS for ID views. When a family must come into the funeral home to identify their loved one prior to cremation, many times the body is not in a casket. When the funeral home uses a DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 it covers the piece of equipment called a dressing table. This piece of equipment is narrow, tall and comes in various widths based upon their manufacturer. This piece of furniture may be a certain height, as when the body is done being embalmed; it is moved to this piece of equipment for dressing prior to casketing. Its height is specific to be a comfortable and ergonomic height for funeral directors dressing the body. Most of the tables collapse for easy storage and many of these tables have wheels so the body can be moved from the preparation room to the dressing room to the casketing room, and sometimes into the funeral home chapel. This piece of equipment often is the same for the ID view. To make this identification as comfortable as possible for the family, using the DTS 100 makes it more pleasant and is labor saving, and more sanitary.
Often the funeral home will polish the legs of the dressing table to make it more presentable. This skirt saves the labor and exposure to the chemicals as well as the possibility of ruining one's suit. Funeral Directors do just about everything dressed in a suit never knowing when the phone would ring with a death call, or a family coming in unexpectedly.
The DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 may be made to be easy to use as it may be a one piece unit. It doesn't rely on clips, tape, Velcro or multiple pieces to assemble. The DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 may be machine washable and tumbles dry. The DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 may also be disinfectable by washing with soap and vinegar if necessary in the event that the body has leaked fluids onto the skirt. The skirt can both temporarily hide the leak as well as keep it from spreading by absorbing the liquid. This prevents fluids from leaking onto a solid tabletop that might be touched or seen by a family member, saving the family member from embarrassing or disturbing leakage, which may cause additional pain and suffering.
The DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 can be made from several fabrics, such as cotton, polyester, etc. The fabric is sewn and serged in several places. The DTS 100, 200, 300, 400 may have a piece of fabric that covers the top of the table. Sewn and serged to the tabletop is the skirting. The skirting can be hemmed several ways, such as rolled hem, decorative hem, or hidden hem. The skirting at the top edge where it connects to the tabletop can be ruffled, gathered, elasticized, or pleated. The skirting can go all the way around the furniture, or stop short for just partial coverage. The top of the table may a useful feature for use in the funeral home. Under the fabric, on the surface that touches the table several strips of non-skid material are connected either via sewing or gluing. The narrow ends of the skirt may also have fasteners which allow said skirt ends to be tucked up in order to avoid said skirt ends becoming tangled or caught in the wheels during movement of the table.
The present invention is not intended to be limited to a device or method which must satisfy one or more of any stated or implied object or feature of the invention and is not limited to the exemplary or primary embodiments described herein. Modifications and substitutions by one of ordinary skill in the art are considered to be within the scope of the present invention.
The present application claims priority from U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/839,806, filed Aug. 24, 2006 entitled Dressing Table Skirt, incorporated by reference herein and for which benefit of the priority date is hereby claimed.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60839806 | Aug 2006 | US |
