Method for making a surgical drape

The method comprises of advancing a first continuous web forming a body portion of a surgical drape along a first longitudinal axis to a cutting and bonding location. Then locating a second web having first and second long edges parallel to a second longitudinal axis so that the first long edge of the second web is adjacent to the cutting and bonding location, and the second longitudinal axis is perpendicular to the first longitudinal axis. Then forming a curvilinear seam between the first and second webs along a path extending into the second web, the path originating and terminating proximate the intersections of the first long edge of the second web and the first and second long edges of the first continuous web, respectively. Then cutting the first continuous web and second web generally along the path so that a first portion of the second web forms a fitted portion on the body portion of a first surgical drape and a second portion of the second web forms a screen portion attached to the body portion of a second surgical drape in the series of surgical drapes.