Patents by Inventor Mary M. Galloway

Mary M. Galloway has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4771480
    Abstract: A mammography cape which permits the selective exposure of a breast by a subject during a mammography procedure or the like, while otherwise preventing unwanted body exposure, is disclosed. The cape is formed of drapable sheet material having a neck opening formed in the center thereof. The cape has a front and back portion of generally equal dimensions which are connected together only along a transverse center line. Both the front and back portions of the cape have distally spaced draping panels on opposite sides, the front and back draping panels cooperating together to conceal the upper torso of a wearer on both sides of the cape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Wake Forest University
    Inventors: Betty T. Stimson, Mary M. Galloway