Surgery – Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material – Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
Patent
1994-03-25
1998-10-13
Weiss, John G.
Surgery
Means and methods for collecting body fluids or waste material
Absorbent pad for external or internal application and...
604391, 604317, 604348, 604402, 2401, A61F 1315
Patent
active
058206205
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a garment for use with sanitary napkins and cloth or disposable nappies or pads for babies and incontinent children and adults.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An important requirement of sanitary napkins and nappies or pads for babies and incontinent children and adults is a capacity to prevent leakage. In particular, the leakage of body fluids from nappies or pads can have a devastating social impact on incontinent children and adults.
The term "absorbent products" is herein understood to mean sanitary napkins and cloth or disposable nappies or pads for babies and incontinent children and adults.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a garment for use with absorbent products to maintain the absorbent products in position and to retain any body fluids that may leak from the absorbent products.
According to the present invention there is provided a garment for use with an absorbent product, the garment being adapted to fit around the crotch of a user to hold the absorbent product against the user, the garment comprising a layer of liquid-resistant or liquid-impervious material to contact the outer surface of the absorbent product to minimise leakage of body fluids from the absorbent product, and the layer of liquid-resistant or liquid-impervious material having darts extending at least partially along each side of the garment which define leg openings of the garment to minimise lateral movement of the absorbent product with respect to the garment and to form wet guards to minimise leakage of body fluids through the leg openings.
It is preferred that the garment be generally rectangular in configuration and comprises ends and sides which define waist and leg-openings, respectively, of the garment when the garment is positioned on the user.
It is preferred that the garment comprises fastening means to releasably hold the garment around the waist of the user.
It is particularly preferred that the fastening means comprises hook and loop fasteners.
It is particularly preferred that the hoop and loop fasteners be arranged so that the fastening is to the rear of the user.
It is preferred that the ends and sides comprise borders of stretchable fabric to hold the garment snugly to the waist and legs of the user.
It is preferred that the darts be elasticised.
It is particularly preferred that each dart be formed by fixing a stretched length of elastic material in a fold of the liquid-resistant or liquid-impervious material along one of the sides of the garment and stitching together the sides of the fold to enclose the stretched elastic material and thereby form the dart.
It is preferred that the garment further comprises a dart along the end which forms the front of the garment when positioned on the user.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The present invention is described further with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of a garment formed in accordance with the present invention as it would appear stretched flat prior to positioning on a user;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the garment shown in FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a section along the line 3--3 in FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
The garment shown in the figures is formed from an inner layer 3 and an outer layer 5 of liquid-resistant fabric, such as coated nylon (which can "breathe"), and an intermediate layer 6 of a padding material, such as polyester wadding, enclosed within the inner and outer layers 3, 5.
The garment is generally rectangular in configuration when stretched flat as shown in FIG. 1 and comprises ends 7 and sides 9 which form the waist and leg openings, respectively, of the garment when the garment is positioned on a user. The ends 7 and sides 9 comprise borders 11 of stretchable fabric to hold the garment snugly to the waist and the legs of the user.
The garment further comprises elasticised darts 15 extending at least partially along the sides 9 of the garm
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Reichle K. M.
Weiss John G.
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