CA1074501A - Panty with sanitary napkin holder - Google Patents
Panty with sanitary napkin holderInfo
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- CA1074501A CA1074501A CA286,522A CA286522A CA1074501A CA 1074501 A CA1074501 A CA 1074501A CA 286522 A CA286522 A CA 286522A CA 1074501 A CA1074501 A CA 1074501A
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Abstract
PANTY WITH SANITARY NAPKIN HOLDER
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A panty-type garment having a fluid-tight compartment for conveniently supporting an absorbent material therein, as a sanitary napkin, whereby the napkin is exposed through an opening to receive fluids discharged from the body of the user to which the garment is applied and restrained from relative movement.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A panty-type garment having a fluid-tight compartment for conveniently supporting an absorbent material therein, as a sanitary napkin, whereby the napkin is exposed through an opening to receive fluids discharged from the body of the user to which the garment is applied and restrained from relative movement.
Description
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The present invention relates to an improved sanitary napkin holder, and more particularly to improved means for the effective sealed confinement of the napkin du~ing an inte~val of use.
It is already ~ell known, according to the sanitary napkin holde~ of U S. ~atent 3,079,922, that ease and com~ort during the use of a sanitary napkin can he effectively pro-moted by suspe"ding the holder from an appropriate belt or harness. This type suppo~t~ however~ detracts fro~ fluid-lQ ti~ht confinement of the na~kin, which is an equally impo~tant~equixemer.t.
Broadly~ it is an object of the present i~vention ta provide an e~ectively sealed sanitary ~apkin holder ove~coming the foregoing and other shartcomings of the prior ~t. Specifically~ it is an object t~ embody the holder in a .
panty s~ as to utilize the elastic thereo~, particularly about the leg openings~ ta contribute to ~he sealing o~ the napki~.
A panty with a built-in sanitary napkin ho~dex d~onstratiny objects and adva~tages of the pxesent inven~ion ~20 is one havinq a ~ront~ rear and opposite sides cooperating î
to de~ine a lower torso garmept having an upper elasticize~
waist ~ening and right and left elasticiæed l~g openings.
sanitary napkin compartment is formed of two fluid-tight plies disposed in fqcing, superposed relation to each other in the crotch area of the panty. The compartment is oriented to extend between the front and rear o the panty and in spanning relation between the elasticized leg openings, sUch .
10745~1 that length portions of the elastics of the leg openings ~orm the opposite side edges of the compartment. In this manner, gripping contact of the elastic length portions is esta~lishe~ with the user's legs to contribute to an optimum sealed confi~ement oi the sanitary napkin in said compa~tment duxing wearing service of the panty~
~ The a~ve ~rief description, as well as further ~ q~jects, features and advantages of the present invention~
~ill be more fully appreciated by reference to the following d~tailed description of a presently preferred but nonetheless i~lust~ative embodiment in accorda~ce with the present invention, when taken in conjunction with the acco~panying drawin~s, : wperein;
Fig. 1 is a front elevational vie~ of a panty embodying the present inVention;
: Fig. 2 is a rea~ elevational vieW of sald panty;
Fig 3 is a diagramatic vleW of the sanita~y napkin compartment of the pant.y~ the other portions of the panty bein~ illust~ated in phantom perspectiVe to better i~lustra~e said compa~tment;
~ Fiy. 4 is a par.tial viSeW, on an enlarged scale, o~
the sanitary napkin compart~ent;
Fi~, 5 is a side elevational view, in section taken on ~ine 5-5 of Fi~. 4, illustrating further structural details of ~e compa~tment;
Fig 6 is a partial detailed view ill~lstrating ~he flap of the compartme~t; and 107451~
Fig 7 diagramatically illustrates a typical prior art sanitary n~pkin holder, which the within panty is intended to replace As a preliminary ta the description of the improved panty 10 of the present invention, as illustrated in Figs 1-6, reference should first be made to the diagramatic illustration in ~ig. 7 o~ a typical prior art sanitary napkin holder 12. As generally understood, and as is set forth in the description ~; o~ the holde~ 12 in prior U. S. Patent 3,079,922, holder 12 includes a const~uction 14 w~ich is located in the area co-extensive with the crotch of the user and includes fab~ic or plastic piies appropriately stitched togethe~ so as t form ~
compartment 16 ~or a sanita~-y napkin 1~. After placement o~ the napkin 18 in t4e compartment 16, the napkin holder or construction - 14 is held in proper location on the user by an appropriate harn~ss 2~ which typically includes a~ elastic waist~encircling strap ~2 and front and rear connecting ~embers 24 and 26. Pu~ing wea~ing ~ervice of the prior a~t sanitary napkin holder 12, it is contemplaked tllat vaginal qischarge will be absorbed py the ; 20 sanitary napkin 18 by virtue of the communication established With ~he napki~ 18 through the c~mpa~tment opening 16.
As a~ improvement over a harness-suPported sanita~y napkin holder, as exemplified by the holder 12, it i4 proposed, according to the present i~vention, to use the panty 10 of ~igS. 1-6. One of the important aspects of the present invention is the recognitian that structural aspects of th~ panty 10 c~
be effectively utilize~ to significantly contribute to the 107~501 ahility of a holding str~cture to contain a sanitary napki~
in fluid ti~ht condition. Specifically, as is well understood, the construction of a panty 10 includes right and left le~
openings 30 and 32 which have elas~ic material stitched along the edges bounding these openin~s~ as at 34 and 36. As Will Pe explained i~ detail subsequent~y~ the length portions 38, 40 of the elastics 34, ~6 respectively, which are strategically located along the marginal. edges o~ the crotch area of the panty~ are utilized as the side edges of the compartment ~or the sanitary ~apkin, ~hus, during Wearing service of the panty ~0~ a firm, practica~y fluid-tight gripping conta~t is es~ablished between the elastic lengths 38 and 40 and the user~s le~s~ and such cantact has ~een found to cantribute to an opt.imum sealed confinement of the sanitary napkin in : the compartment during wearing service of the panty, all as ~: Will now Pe desc~iPed in detail.
~: Panty 10, as generally understood~ includes elastic fapric ~hich is cut to.pattexn so as to p~ovide a front 42~
a ~ear 44, and opposite sides 46 ~nd 48. In a well understood ~an~er~ the aforesaid c40perate ~o defi~e a garment which is adap~ted to fit the lower.torso.?~ In addition to the already notqd elasticized leg openings 30 and 32, panty 10 also i~cludes an elasticized waist opening 5~.
In accordance With the present invention, a sanitary napkin holde~ ge~erally designated 52 in ~igs. 3, 4 and 5, is effectively incorporated as a part of the panty 10. Holde~ 52, in the prefer~ed form il~ustrated~ is fabricated out of water-~0'745~)1 proof material, preferably polyurethane, and consists ofupper and lower plies 54, 56 arranged in superposed relation to each other and appropriately secured together to form a sanitary napkin compaxtme~t 58. As is perhaps best illustrated - in Figs . 4, 5, one e~fective way of joining together the plies 54 and 56 is to catch these two plies in the seam which applies the elastic loops 34 and ~6 about the leg openings 30 and 32.
This ~s readily done on a high post sewing machine or the like.
As already noted, since the holder 52 extends the entire width of the crotch area of the panty 10, or stated another way~ is of a width which spans the distance between the leg openin~s 30 and 32~ it effectively utilizes the elastic length po~tions 38 and 40 o~ these le~ openings a~ its side edges, A1SO as already noted~ these elastic sides 38, qO
cont~ibu~e to the establishment o~ a fluid-tight seal with the user~s le~s and, in tur~, contribute to an effective ~luid-tight co~inement of the sanitary napkin.
Preparatory to use of the panty 10, a conventional absorbe~t sanitary ~apkin 60 is placed in the compa~tment 5~.
To establish communica~io~ ~or ~he napkin 60, the upper ply ~6, as best il~ustrated in ~i~. 4~ has an oval opening 62. To assist in confining napki~ 60 within compartment 58, the edge bounding the ope~ipg 62 is folded into a hem 64 and an elastic 66 is ~nse~ted in the hem an~ stitched i~ place (see in partic~lar Fig. 5~. The hem 64 minimizes chafing contact of the elastic 66 against the user.
From the description thus ~ar~ it should ~e apparent that the proper location for the holder 52 is in the area 1074S0~
coextensive with the crotch area of the panty 10. To provide this position, as already noted the opposi~e sides of the holder 10 form a part of the leg openings 30 and 32, and the front and rear of the holder are respectively stitched, as at 6~, ta the front and rear panels of the panty 10.
rro facilitate removal of the napkin 60~ proVisiQ~
is made fo~ enlarging the oval opening 62 of compaxtment 58.
Speoifically~ as illustrated in Figs. ~, 6, at each of the ~- opposite ends of the opening 62 a tab or flap 70 is formed o in ~he upper ply 56, Velcro, in patch shapes 72, are appro-priately secured i~ facing relation to each other on flap 70 and in the area of the ply whicll is beneath the flap, to thereby fGrm a closure for the opposit~ ends of the oval opening 62 which can ~e opened to enlarge the opening incident to ; ~emoying the pad 60, Fro~ the foregoing it should be readily appreciated that there h~s ~een desoribed herein a sanitary napkin holder 52 embodied in the construction of a panty 10 so as to effectively utilize the elasticized portion of the panty to cont~i~ute ~o more effective fluid-tight confinement o~ the sanitary naPk~
~ A lati~ude of modificàtion, change a~d substitution is i~tended i~ the foregoi~g disclosure, and in so~ne insta~ces some features of the i~ye~tion Will be employed without a cor~esponding use of other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appe~ded c~aims ~e construed broadly and in a manner CQ~SiStent with the spirit and scope of the invention herein.
~ r~~
For ease of explanation reference has been made herein to a panty-type garment. ~hose s~illed in the art will readily recognize that such articles of wear may include garments that are made without legs such as is illustra-ted and has been previously described and with legs or leg receiving openings, as leotards, panty-hose~and the like, Such panty ~ype garments have a form fit engagement with the desire~ lowe~ torso and thus in~ibit shifting or movement of the compartment opening relative to the body opening fro~
whi~h the fluid discharge is received.
1,
The present invention relates to an improved sanitary napkin holder, and more particularly to improved means for the effective sealed confinement of the napkin du~ing an inte~val of use.
It is already ~ell known, according to the sanitary napkin holde~ of U S. ~atent 3,079,922, that ease and com~ort during the use of a sanitary napkin can he effectively pro-moted by suspe"ding the holder from an appropriate belt or harness. This type suppo~t~ however~ detracts fro~ fluid-lQ ti~ht confinement of the na~kin, which is an equally impo~tant~equixemer.t.
Broadly~ it is an object of the present i~vention ta provide an e~ectively sealed sanitary ~apkin holder ove~coming the foregoing and other shartcomings of the prior ~t. Specifically~ it is an object t~ embody the holder in a .
panty s~ as to utilize the elastic thereo~, particularly about the leg openings~ ta contribute to ~he sealing o~ the napki~.
A panty with a built-in sanitary napkin ho~dex d~onstratiny objects and adva~tages of the pxesent inven~ion ~20 is one havinq a ~ront~ rear and opposite sides cooperating î
to de~ine a lower torso garmept having an upper elasticize~
waist ~ening and right and left elasticiæed l~g openings.
sanitary napkin compartment is formed of two fluid-tight plies disposed in fqcing, superposed relation to each other in the crotch area of the panty. The compartment is oriented to extend between the front and rear o the panty and in spanning relation between the elasticized leg openings, sUch .
10745~1 that length portions of the elastics of the leg openings ~orm the opposite side edges of the compartment. In this manner, gripping contact of the elastic length portions is esta~lishe~ with the user's legs to contribute to an optimum sealed confi~ement oi the sanitary napkin in said compa~tment duxing wearing service of the panty~
~ The a~ve ~rief description, as well as further ~ q~jects, features and advantages of the present invention~
~ill be more fully appreciated by reference to the following d~tailed description of a presently preferred but nonetheless i~lust~ative embodiment in accorda~ce with the present invention, when taken in conjunction with the acco~panying drawin~s, : wperein;
Fig. 1 is a front elevational vie~ of a panty embodying the present inVention;
: Fig. 2 is a rea~ elevational vieW of sald panty;
Fig 3 is a diagramatic vleW of the sanita~y napkin compartment of the pant.y~ the other portions of the panty bein~ illust~ated in phantom perspectiVe to better i~lustra~e said compa~tment;
~ Fiy. 4 is a par.tial viSeW, on an enlarged scale, o~
the sanitary napkin compart~ent;
Fi~, 5 is a side elevational view, in section taken on ~ine 5-5 of Fi~. 4, illustrating further structural details of ~e compa~tment;
Fig 6 is a partial detailed view ill~lstrating ~he flap of the compartme~t; and 107451~
Fig 7 diagramatically illustrates a typical prior art sanitary n~pkin holder, which the within panty is intended to replace As a preliminary ta the description of the improved panty 10 of the present invention, as illustrated in Figs 1-6, reference should first be made to the diagramatic illustration in ~ig. 7 o~ a typical prior art sanitary napkin holder 12. As generally understood, and as is set forth in the description ~; o~ the holde~ 12 in prior U. S. Patent 3,079,922, holder 12 includes a const~uction 14 w~ich is located in the area co-extensive with the crotch of the user and includes fab~ic or plastic piies appropriately stitched togethe~ so as t form ~
compartment 16 ~or a sanita~-y napkin 1~. After placement o~ the napkin 18 in t4e compartment 16, the napkin holder or construction - 14 is held in proper location on the user by an appropriate harn~ss 2~ which typically includes a~ elastic waist~encircling strap ~2 and front and rear connecting ~embers 24 and 26. Pu~ing wea~ing ~ervice of the prior a~t sanitary napkin holder 12, it is contemplaked tllat vaginal qischarge will be absorbed py the ; 20 sanitary napkin 18 by virtue of the communication established With ~he napki~ 18 through the c~mpa~tment opening 16.
As a~ improvement over a harness-suPported sanita~y napkin holder, as exemplified by the holder 12, it i4 proposed, according to the present i~vention, to use the panty 10 of ~igS. 1-6. One of the important aspects of the present invention is the recognitian that structural aspects of th~ panty 10 c~
be effectively utilize~ to significantly contribute to the 107~501 ahility of a holding str~cture to contain a sanitary napki~
in fluid ti~ht condition. Specifically, as is well understood, the construction of a panty 10 includes right and left le~
openings 30 and 32 which have elas~ic material stitched along the edges bounding these openin~s~ as at 34 and 36. As Will Pe explained i~ detail subsequent~y~ the length portions 38, 40 of the elastics 34, ~6 respectively, which are strategically located along the marginal. edges o~ the crotch area of the panty~ are utilized as the side edges of the compartment ~or the sanitary ~apkin, ~hus, during Wearing service of the panty ~0~ a firm, practica~y fluid-tight gripping conta~t is es~ablished between the elastic lengths 38 and 40 and the user~s le~s~ and such cantact has ~een found to cantribute to an opt.imum sealed confinement of the sanitary napkin in : the compartment during wearing service of the panty, all as ~: Will now Pe desc~iPed in detail.
~: Panty 10, as generally understood~ includes elastic fapric ~hich is cut to.pattexn so as to p~ovide a front 42~
a ~ear 44, and opposite sides 46 ~nd 48. In a well understood ~an~er~ the aforesaid c40perate ~o defi~e a garment which is adap~ted to fit the lower.torso.?~ In addition to the already notqd elasticized leg openings 30 and 32, panty 10 also i~cludes an elasticized waist opening 5~.
In accordance With the present invention, a sanitary napkin holde~ ge~erally designated 52 in ~igs. 3, 4 and 5, is effectively incorporated as a part of the panty 10. Holde~ 52, in the prefer~ed form il~ustrated~ is fabricated out of water-~0'745~)1 proof material, preferably polyurethane, and consists ofupper and lower plies 54, 56 arranged in superposed relation to each other and appropriately secured together to form a sanitary napkin compaxtme~t 58. As is perhaps best illustrated - in Figs . 4, 5, one e~fective way of joining together the plies 54 and 56 is to catch these two plies in the seam which applies the elastic loops 34 and ~6 about the leg openings 30 and 32.
This ~s readily done on a high post sewing machine or the like.
As already noted, since the holder 52 extends the entire width of the crotch area of the panty 10, or stated another way~ is of a width which spans the distance between the leg openin~s 30 and 32~ it effectively utilizes the elastic length po~tions 38 and 40 o~ these le~ openings a~ its side edges, A1SO as already noted~ these elastic sides 38, qO
cont~ibu~e to the establishment o~ a fluid-tight seal with the user~s le~s and, in tur~, contribute to an effective ~luid-tight co~inement of the sanitary napkin.
Preparatory to use of the panty 10, a conventional absorbe~t sanitary ~apkin 60 is placed in the compa~tment 5~.
To establish communica~io~ ~or ~he napkin 60, the upper ply ~6, as best il~ustrated in ~i~. 4~ has an oval opening 62. To assist in confining napki~ 60 within compartment 58, the edge bounding the ope~ipg 62 is folded into a hem 64 and an elastic 66 is ~nse~ted in the hem an~ stitched i~ place (see in partic~lar Fig. 5~. The hem 64 minimizes chafing contact of the elastic 66 against the user.
From the description thus ~ar~ it should ~e apparent that the proper location for the holder 52 is in the area 1074S0~
coextensive with the crotch area of the panty 10. To provide this position, as already noted the opposi~e sides of the holder 10 form a part of the leg openings 30 and 32, and the front and rear of the holder are respectively stitched, as at 6~, ta the front and rear panels of the panty 10.
rro facilitate removal of the napkin 60~ proVisiQ~
is made fo~ enlarging the oval opening 62 of compaxtment 58.
Speoifically~ as illustrated in Figs. ~, 6, at each of the ~- opposite ends of the opening 62 a tab or flap 70 is formed o in ~he upper ply 56, Velcro, in patch shapes 72, are appro-priately secured i~ facing relation to each other on flap 70 and in the area of the ply whicll is beneath the flap, to thereby fGrm a closure for the opposit~ ends of the oval opening 62 which can ~e opened to enlarge the opening incident to ; ~emoying the pad 60, Fro~ the foregoing it should be readily appreciated that there h~s ~een desoribed herein a sanitary napkin holder 52 embodied in the construction of a panty 10 so as to effectively utilize the elasticized portion of the panty to cont~i~ute ~o more effective fluid-tight confinement o~ the sanitary naPk~
~ A lati~ude of modificàtion, change a~d substitution is i~tended i~ the foregoi~g disclosure, and in so~ne insta~ces some features of the i~ye~tion Will be employed without a cor~esponding use of other features. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appe~ded c~aims ~e construed broadly and in a manner CQ~SiStent with the spirit and scope of the invention herein.
~ r~~
For ease of explanation reference has been made herein to a panty-type garment. ~hose s~illed in the art will readily recognize that such articles of wear may include garments that are made without legs such as is illustra-ted and has been previously described and with legs or leg receiving openings, as leotards, panty-hose~and the like, Such panty ~ype garments have a form fit engagement with the desire~ lowe~ torso and thus in~ibit shifting or movement of the compartment opening relative to the body opening fro~
whi~h the fluid discharge is received.
1,
Claims
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. In combination, a panty and the like having a front, rear and opposite sides cooperating to define at least a lower torso garment having a waist opening and edges bounding right and left leg openings, elastic secured along said waist and leg openings to urge said edges of the latter into gripping contact with the user's legs to contribute to an optimum sealed confinement for a sanitary napkin during wearing service of said panty, and a sanitary napkin compartment formed of plies of fluid-tight material disposed in facing, superposed relation to each other in the crotch area of said panty, said compartment being oriented to extend between the front and rear of said panty and in substantial spanning relation between said elasticized leg openings, said compartment being further adapted to receive as a sanitary napkin a fluid absorbent material that is exposed to the interior of said panty through an opening defined in one of said plies in the interior of said panty, said opening extending for a substantial portion of the length of said compartment and for a width of said compartment sufficient to receive fluids discharged from the body of the user without side leakage from said compartment, and elastic secured along said compartment opening oriented substantially parallel to the elastic of said leg openings to retain the sides of said compartment opening about the absorbent material in said compartment with adverse effect on said seal of said elasticized leg openings, said panty supporting said compartment in position on the user such that the opening is restrained from movement relative to the body so that the compartment opening will remain in position to enable the absorbent material to receive the discharged body fluids.
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4352356A (en) * | 1980-01-25 | 1982-10-05 | Humanicare International Inc. | Urinary incontinence garment |
| US6960197B1 (en) * | 1995-02-02 | 2005-11-01 | Sca Hygiene Products Ab | Absorbent pants |
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Cited By (2)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4352356A (en) * | 1980-01-25 | 1982-10-05 | Humanicare International Inc. | Urinary incontinence garment |
| US6960197B1 (en) * | 1995-02-02 | 2005-11-01 | Sca Hygiene Products Ab | Absorbent pants |
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