Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
Reexamination Certificate
1998-10-01
2001-03-06
Weiss, John G. (Department: 3761)
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
C604S385090, C604S385240, C604S392000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06197011
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to incontinence diapers and more particularly pertains to a new male incontinence diaper for absorbing urine from a male user.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of incontinence diapers is known in the prior art.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,074,853; U.S. Pat. No. 5,531,732; U.S. Pat. No. 4,944,733; U.S. Pat. No. 4,338,939; U.S. Pat. No. 3,162,196; and U.S. Pat. No. 2,969,065.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new male incontinence diaper. The inventive device includes a back panel with a hole therethrough extending between the front and back faces of the back panel. A front flap is coupled to back panel along the side edges and the bottom edge of the back panel to cover the hole of the back panel. An elongate flexible belt strap is coupled to the back panel adjacent the top edge of the back panel.
In these respects, the male incontinence diaper according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of absorbing urine from a male user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of incontinence diapers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new male incontinence diaper construction wherein the same can be utilized for absorbing urine from a male user.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a back panel with a hole therethrough extending between the front and back faces of the back panel. A front flap is coupled to back panel along the side edges and the bottom edge of the back panel to cover the hole of the back panel. An elongate flexible belt strap is coupled to the back panel adjacent the top edge of the back panel.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new male incontinence diaper which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new male incontinence diaper which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new male incontinence diaper which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such male incontinence diaper economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new male incontinence diaper which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new male incontinence diaper for absorbing urine from a male user.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new male incontinence diaper which includes a back panel with a hole therethrough extending between the front and back faces of the back panel. A front flap is coupled to back panel along the side edges and the bottom edge of the back panel to cover the hole of the back panel. An elongate flexible belt strap is coupled to the back panel adjacent the top edge of the back panel.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new male incontinence diaper that prevents urine from running down the legs of a wearer unlike traditionally configured incontinence diapers.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
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Freitas Evelyn J.
Freitas Walter R.
Reichle K. M.
Weiss John G.
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