Abstract: Surgical drape support apparatus including a generally U-shaped horizontal base frame having a longitudinal section, transverse sections extending from the longitudinal section adjacent to the ends thereof substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal section, a support section extending generally vertically from the longitudinal section adjacent one of the transverse sections, an upper section extending from the support section adjacent the free end thereof, the upper section extending generally horizontally from the support section substantially parallelt to and above the transverse section closest thereto, the upper section and the support section having passages therethrough and the upper section and the suport section having a plurality of spaced openings along at least a portion of their lengths with the openings being oriented toward the area circumscribed by the base frame.