Three-dimensional shaped feminine pad with absorbent in the elasticized edges
First Claim
1. An elongated catamenial or mild incontinence pad curved to the body shape having relatively long sides and narrowed ends for absorption of bodily excretions comprising a liquid-impermeable backing member, a reservoir lower absorbent inner member, liquid-permeable body-side member and a layer of reinforcing absorbent means immediately beneath said body-side member functioning to prevent bunching and twisting when said pad is worn, wherein said lower reservoir absorbent has a narrow center portion shape, said backing member, said body-side member and said reinforcing absorbent extend beyond said reservoir absorbent and have side edges forming flaps in the areas where the narrow portion of the soft lower absorbent does not overlay said backing, said flaps being gathered thereby raising said flaps to form an absorbent wall on each side of the narrower portion of said reservoir absorbent wherein the gathering of said flaps to form said walls is by elastic contraction, said reinforcing absorbent extends into said flaps and covers said elastic, and said reinforcing layer has a Gurley stiffness of between about 1,000 and 1,300 mg.
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Abstract
The invention is generally accomplished by providing a curved elongated absorbent pad for absorption of bodily excretions comprising a liquid-impermeable backing member, an upper reinforcing absorbent member, a reservoir absorbent member, and liquid-permeable body-side member. The upper reinforcing absorbent member is provided as a sheet below the permeable cover and extends substantially coextensively with the backing member at the edges of said pad. The lower absorbent reservoir member is shaped generally in a manner as to have an hourglass or dog-bone shape that provides a narrower middle portion of soft absorbent material. The middle portion of the lower absorbent, also in the preferred embodiment, is somewhat thicker than the reservoir absorbent portions at the ends of the pad. The pad is provided with upstanding side portions in the middle of each long edge in the area where the lower soft absorbent is narrower. The upper reinforcing absorbent sheet extends into the side edges. The preferred feminine pad further is curved so as to generally conform to the pudendum in the front and extend to about the area of the anus in the rear.
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- 1. An elongated catamenial or mild incontinence pad curved to the body shape having relatively long sides and narrowed ends for absorption of bodily excretions comprising a liquid-impermeable backing member, a reservoir lower absorbent inner member, liquid-permeable body-side member and a layer of reinforcing absorbent means immediately beneath said body-side member functioning to prevent bunching and twisting when said pad is worn, wherein said lower reservoir absorbent has a narrow center portion shape, said backing member, said body-side member and said reinforcing absorbent extend beyond said reservoir absorbent and have side edges forming flaps in the areas where the narrow portion of the soft lower absorbent does not overlay said backing, said flaps being gathered thereby raising said flaps to form an absorbent wall on each side of the narrower portion of said reservoir absorbent wherein the gathering of said flaps to form said walls is by elastic contraction, said reinforcing absorbent extends into said flaps and covers said elastic, and said reinforcing layer has a Gurley stiffness of between about 1,000 and 1,300 mg.
- 21. An elongated catamenial or mild incontinence pad curved to the body shape having relatively long gathered sides and narrowed ends for absorption of bodily excretions comprising a liquid-impermeable backing member, a reservoir lower absorbent inner member, liquid-permeable body-side member and a layer of reinforcing absorbent means functioning to prevent bunching and twisting when said pad is worn immediately beneath said body-side member, wherein said lower reservoir absorbent has a narrow portion shape, said backing member, said body-side member and said reinforcing absorbent extend beyond said reservoir absorbent and have side edges forming flaps in the areas where the narrower portion of the soft lower absorbent does not overlay said backing, said flaps being gathered thereby raising said flaps to form an absorbent wall wherein the edges are gathered by heat shrinkage of a generally inelastic polymer film to form generally inelastic edges.
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