CA2108952C - Disposable sanitary articles - Google Patents
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- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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Abstract
A disposable sanitary article comprising:
a first member comprising a pad of absorbent material;
a second member of impervious material in the form of a bag that is releasably attached to said first member; and at least one third member of impervious material which sealingly encloses a cleaning item, the or each said third member being itself enclosed by the said second member.
The or each said third member may be wrapped up in the said second member (i.e. be encompassed by an exterior surface of the said second member) or may be disposed inside the said bag (i.e. be encompassed by an interior surface of the said second member) or may be formed integrally with the said second member - in which case the or each said third member is frangibly separable (e.g. via tearable perforations) from the said second member.
The sanitary articles may be a sanitary napkin for the absorption of menstrual emissions, or an incontinence article, or (as is preferred) a nappy or diaper.
The or each cleaning item may be selected from a cleaning cloth moistened with a volatile cleaning fluid, or a dry cloth, or talcum powder, or cleansing cream or lotion, or a cream or lotion applicator (e.g, a cotton wool pad).
a first member comprising a pad of absorbent material;
a second member of impervious material in the form of a bag that is releasably attached to said first member; and at least one third member of impervious material which sealingly encloses a cleaning item, the or each said third member being itself enclosed by the said second member.
The or each said third member may be wrapped up in the said second member (i.e. be encompassed by an exterior surface of the said second member) or may be disposed inside the said bag (i.e. be encompassed by an interior surface of the said second member) or may be formed integrally with the said second member - in which case the or each said third member is frangibly separable (e.g. via tearable perforations) from the said second member.
The sanitary articles may be a sanitary napkin for the absorption of menstrual emissions, or an incontinence article, or (as is preferred) a nappy or diaper.
The or each cleaning item may be selected from a cleaning cloth moistened with a volatile cleaning fluid, or a dry cloth, or talcum powder, or cleansing cream or lotion, or a cream or lotion applicator (e.g, a cotton wool pad).
Description
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'his invention ralates.to disposable sanitary articles comprising an absorbent pad. Various forms of such l0 articles are known, e.g. nappies (or diapers), sanitary napkins for the absorption o~ menstrual emissions, incontinence axticles and the like.
Problems relating to the disposal of such sanitary articles have already bean addressed in the prior art. Examples include the constructtions proposed in UK Patent publications Nos. 151$40, 2060398 and x1.673T5. However none of such prior proposals is canaerned with the need to clean the body axea(s) before the fresh sanitary artiole ~.~s applied thereto in replacement of a used, usually soiled, san~.tary article that has bean removed. (~taually, of course, thc~ fresh replacement sanitary article is only necessary beoause such body area(s), and the old samitary article being replaced, ar~ in a soiled state). The present invention is primarily ooncerned with this ales»ing need.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a disposable sanitary article oomprising:
a tirst m~mber comprising a pad of absorbent materialf a second mermber of impervious material in the ~oxm of a bag that is releasably.,attaahed to said f~.ret m~ambar' and at least ono thixd member of impervious mat~rial which vealing~.y enoldseg $ cleaning itom, the or each said third member being itself onalosed by thd said second ~uembar.
21 ~~'~~) The or each said third,member may be wrapped up xn the said second member (i.e. be encompassed by an exterior surface of the said second member).
a Alternatively the or each said third member may ba disposed inside the said bag (i,.a. be encompassed by an interior surface of the said second member).
In another alternative, the or each said third member may be formed integrally with the said second member.
Preferably, in th~.s Gase, the or each said third member is fxangibly separable (e. g. v~.a tearable. pgrforatxons) from the said seadnd member.
The sanitary articles may be a sanitary napkin fax the absorption of menstrual emissions, or an incontinence article, or (as is preferred) a nappy or diaper.
advantageously'the said pat! of the first member has an 2o outer layer of impervious material, and the sa~.d second memb~rr is attached to said outAr layer by means including a releasable adhesiee.
Preferably said bag is faldstl up in the form of a rectangle arid is adhered to the said outer ~.ayer by a quick~releas~a contact adhesive and/or by an adhesive tape that extends aaror~s one or more cadges of the xeata~tgle. Wher~ the or each said third member is wrapped up Within the folds of the sbid second member, the adhesive gape may serve to r~tain the or each said third member in its condition of enclosure by the said second member.
Advantageously the or ~aah cleaning item is a selected one of the following (without duplioation):
a cleaning cloth moistened with a volatile meaning riuid~
a dry alotht i~~.~~$ri,) ro ..
t talcum powder;
cleansing Cream or lotion;
cream or lotion applicator (e. g, cotton v~ool pad), Preferably a pluxality of such third members is provided, those third members comprising sachets formed of a meta,llia foil or like material, the several sachets being edge-connected to one another.
Advantageaus~,y the edge-connected sachets axe disposed in fan-folded (concertina) fashion, ~y way of example one embodim~nt of this invention will now be described with reference to the accomp$nying drawings oil which:
Figure 1 iss a plan view of a sanitary~package according to this invention in a partly unfolded state, Figure 2 is a plan view of a bag (in folded up state) when removed from the package of Fig 1, Figure 3 is is a plan view of the bag of Fig Z when in it~t unfolded state, and Figuxe 4 is a schematic perspective view of interconnected sachets removed from the enclosing environment of the bag of Fig z.
The illustrated embodi~nant of the invention provides a single package 10 aompxiaing three mutually Combined or interconnected - though functionally separate ~ kinds of component a~rtiales.
The fixst, and main component is $ disposable sanitary article in the Form of an infant's nappy or diaper 1l. The nappy 11 aompri~ces a.main member i2 in the farfi of a pad r5f arisorbent material provided with an outex layer ~.3 of impervious material, the nappy having cut outs 14 in its sides adjacent elasticated side strips 15, and a pair of adhesive tapes 16 ad3acent one end to be fasten to the 2,:~.~1~~ ,?
-~ 4 other ez~d of the nappy,when securing the nappy about the infant.
~'he aeGOnd component is a disposal bag 2~. of impervious material in rolled up or, as shown, in a folded up state and which, in its rolled-up or folded-up state, is releasably attached to the outer layer 13 of the nappy 7t1.
xhis bag 21 serves to enclose the third component beFore the package is bpenod or aged (1.e. as part of the paal~age ) , and thereafter aar~ be used as a disposal bag far a soilsc~ nappy (e.g. that is to be replaced by the nappy 11 of this embadimenty.
The third component Comprises a plurality of sachets 31 each sealingly enclosing a Gleaming item, the several.
sachets 31 being edge-connected to one another in ga»~
folded (aonaertina) fashion arid being thefiselves ehalosed by the folded-up ox rolled-up bag 21.
2a mhe sachets 31 of this embodiment are Formed of metallic fail or a like impervious material, and each contains ~, cleaning item selected (without duplication) from the following:
a cleaning Cloth mo~.stened with a volatile cleaning fluid:
a dry aloth~
cleansing cream or loGiont a cream or lotion applicator (e.g. a cotton wool pad or wad ) talcum powder.
for example, a full-~s~ize saGttet 3~.,a, at on~ end may contain a folded-up cleaning alath moistened with a volatile cleaning fluids an_ adjoining full--sine sachet 31~ may contain a dry al.otht and two hall-sixe saahats 31.g and 31~
(connected °~o the Apposite edge of sachot 31~) may aonicain ras~peotively a cleansing croam (or lotiah) and talcum powdex.
~~(.lR~j) - J -xho fari~folded sachetsl3~, may be wrapped up in the rpl~,ed, up bag 21 (i.e. be encompt~ssed by an exterior surf$ce of the bag) . Alternatively the fan~folded sachets 31 may be disposed inside the rolled-up or folded-~up bag 21 (i.e. be encompassed by axe interior surface of the bag). xn yet another alternative, the sachets 15 may be formed integrally with the: bag (e.g. where the sachets and bag are of a similar material -~ for example a plastics material) and convenienetly in this case the sachets may be frangibly separable from the bag - e.g. y"~,~tearable perfaratiox~s.
The bag 27. is preferably folded up in the form of a rectangle and is adhered to the outer layer 13 of the nappy 22 in the full--line positiarl shown in Fig 1 or iri some other convenient position, e.g. one of the two alternative positions indicated by phantom lines in Fig 1. The disposal bag 21 can have any convenient size (both in its unfolded and/or unrolled state and in 3,t~s rol3.ed-up and/or fold~d-~up state ) and Care be sited i.n any suitable position on the nappyos outer layer ~,3. Attaahme»t of bag 21 to layer 13 is by a quickwrelease, contact adhesive and/or by an adhesive tape that extends across oa~e or rporg edges of the xeCtat~gle. Where the fan-folded sachets 31 are tarappad up within the folds of the folded-up bag 21, the adhesive tape may serve to retain the sachets in their condition of enclosure by the bag 21.
xn use the package 10 is opened to reveal. the three combined articles 11, 21 and 31, the bash 21 is separated from the nappy 11 and unfolded or unrolled, and the sachets 31 are removed. The used (soiled) nappy worn by the infant is removed and placed for.disposal inside the bag 21. The sachets 31$ to 31~ are opened end their therein-Contained cleaning items used sgquentie~lly to clean the infants soiled body areas. The used (and sny remaining a»us~d) cleaning items, as well as tho empty (and any unused) sachets, are then deposited into the disposal bag 21. The r fresh nappy 11 is than ,fastened in ~aaaos~ about tha a~ean~c~
body areas of the infant to cartclude t~tls nappy'Changinc~
operation in a c.let~t~ and efficaoia~s manner.
Xt will be apparent that the c~.saning materials or ite~es are provided in tha sachets ~1 as small one-ofd ~'dosesn within the same package as the i~resh nappy and tt~e dispoga7.
ba.g (that is for the soiled nappy being replaced by the fresh nappy) . This removes the need far the parent or ck~ild minder always to have an hand, particularly when away xrom home (s. g, whilst travelling, out shopping or an holiday), a number of separate large battles, jars and other containers of the various cleaning materials ~rh~.cYz would otherwise have to be carried with the cxpare ar replacement nappies.
Modifications and embodiments of the invent~.on other than those described above will ba readily apparent to those skilled xri this 'art. All sua~a modifica'~lons and embodiments are to be deemed within the ambit and scope of the invention, and the invention is not to be deemed limited to the particular embodiment(e) hereir~bafore described which may be varied in construction rend detail without departing from the scope of the pt~tant monopoly lxereby sought.
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'his invention ralates.to disposable sanitary articles comprising an absorbent pad. Various forms of such l0 articles are known, e.g. nappies (or diapers), sanitary napkins for the absorption o~ menstrual emissions, incontinence axticles and the like.
Problems relating to the disposal of such sanitary articles have already bean addressed in the prior art. Examples include the constructtions proposed in UK Patent publications Nos. 151$40, 2060398 and x1.673T5. However none of such prior proposals is canaerned with the need to clean the body axea(s) before the fresh sanitary artiole ~.~s applied thereto in replacement of a used, usually soiled, san~.tary article that has bean removed. (~taually, of course, thc~ fresh replacement sanitary article is only necessary beoause such body area(s), and the old samitary article being replaced, ar~ in a soiled state). The present invention is primarily ooncerned with this ales»ing need.
According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a disposable sanitary article oomprising:
a tirst m~mber comprising a pad of absorbent materialf a second mermber of impervious material in the ~oxm of a bag that is releasably.,attaahed to said f~.ret m~ambar' and at least ono thixd member of impervious mat~rial which vealing~.y enoldseg $ cleaning itom, the or each said third member being itself onalosed by thd said second ~uembar.
21 ~~'~~) The or each said third,member may be wrapped up xn the said second member (i.e. be encompassed by an exterior surface of the said second member).
a Alternatively the or each said third member may ba disposed inside the said bag (i,.a. be encompassed by an interior surface of the said second member).
In another alternative, the or each said third member may be formed integrally with the said second member.
Preferably, in th~.s Gase, the or each said third member is fxangibly separable (e. g. v~.a tearable. pgrforatxons) from the said seadnd member.
The sanitary articles may be a sanitary napkin fax the absorption of menstrual emissions, or an incontinence article, or (as is preferred) a nappy or diaper.
advantageously'the said pat! of the first member has an 2o outer layer of impervious material, and the sa~.d second memb~rr is attached to said outAr layer by means including a releasable adhesiee.
Preferably said bag is faldstl up in the form of a rectangle arid is adhered to the said outer ~.ayer by a quick~releas~a contact adhesive and/or by an adhesive tape that extends aaror~s one or more cadges of the xeata~tgle. Wher~ the or each said third member is wrapped up Within the folds of the sbid second member, the adhesive gape may serve to r~tain the or each said third member in its condition of enclosure by the said second member.
Advantageously the or ~aah cleaning item is a selected one of the following (without duplioation):
a cleaning cloth moistened with a volatile meaning riuid~
a dry alotht i~~.~~$ri,) ro ..
t talcum powder;
cleansing Cream or lotion;
cream or lotion applicator (e. g, cotton v~ool pad), Preferably a pluxality of such third members is provided, those third members comprising sachets formed of a meta,llia foil or like material, the several sachets being edge-connected to one another.
Advantageaus~,y the edge-connected sachets axe disposed in fan-folded (concertina) fashion, ~y way of example one embodim~nt of this invention will now be described with reference to the accomp$nying drawings oil which:
Figure 1 iss a plan view of a sanitary~package according to this invention in a partly unfolded state, Figure 2 is a plan view of a bag (in folded up state) when removed from the package of Fig 1, Figure 3 is is a plan view of the bag of Fig Z when in it~t unfolded state, and Figuxe 4 is a schematic perspective view of interconnected sachets removed from the enclosing environment of the bag of Fig z.
The illustrated embodi~nant of the invention provides a single package 10 aompxiaing three mutually Combined or interconnected - though functionally separate ~ kinds of component a~rtiales.
The fixst, and main component is $ disposable sanitary article in the Form of an infant's nappy or diaper 1l. The nappy 11 aompri~ces a.main member i2 in the farfi of a pad r5f arisorbent material provided with an outex layer ~.3 of impervious material, the nappy having cut outs 14 in its sides adjacent elasticated side strips 15, and a pair of adhesive tapes 16 ad3acent one end to be fasten to the 2,:~.~1~~ ,?
-~ 4 other ez~d of the nappy,when securing the nappy about the infant.
~'he aeGOnd component is a disposal bag 2~. of impervious material in rolled up or, as shown, in a folded up state and which, in its rolled-up or folded-up state, is releasably attached to the outer layer 13 of the nappy 7t1.
xhis bag 21 serves to enclose the third component beFore the package is bpenod or aged (1.e. as part of the paal~age ) , and thereafter aar~ be used as a disposal bag far a soilsc~ nappy (e.g. that is to be replaced by the nappy 11 of this embadimenty.
The third component Comprises a plurality of sachets 31 each sealingly enclosing a Gleaming item, the several.
sachets 31 being edge-connected to one another in ga»~
folded (aonaertina) fashion arid being thefiselves ehalosed by the folded-up ox rolled-up bag 21.
2a mhe sachets 31 of this embodiment are Formed of metallic fail or a like impervious material, and each contains ~, cleaning item selected (without duplication) from the following:
a cleaning Cloth mo~.stened with a volatile cleaning fluid:
a dry aloth~
cleansing cream or loGiont a cream or lotion applicator (e.g. a cotton wool pad or wad ) talcum powder.
for example, a full-~s~ize saGttet 3~.,a, at on~ end may contain a folded-up cleaning alath moistened with a volatile cleaning fluids an_ adjoining full--sine sachet 31~ may contain a dry al.otht and two hall-sixe saahats 31.g and 31~
(connected °~o the Apposite edge of sachot 31~) may aonicain ras~peotively a cleansing croam (or lotiah) and talcum powdex.
~~(.lR~j) - J -xho fari~folded sachetsl3~, may be wrapped up in the rpl~,ed, up bag 21 (i.e. be encompt~ssed by an exterior surf$ce of the bag) . Alternatively the fan~folded sachets 31 may be disposed inside the rolled-up or folded-~up bag 21 (i.e. be encompassed by axe interior surface of the bag). xn yet another alternative, the sachets 15 may be formed integrally with the: bag (e.g. where the sachets and bag are of a similar material -~ for example a plastics material) and convenienetly in this case the sachets may be frangibly separable from the bag - e.g. y"~,~tearable perfaratiox~s.
The bag 27. is preferably folded up in the form of a rectangle and is adhered to the outer layer 13 of the nappy 22 in the full--line positiarl shown in Fig 1 or iri some other convenient position, e.g. one of the two alternative positions indicated by phantom lines in Fig 1. The disposal bag 21 can have any convenient size (both in its unfolded and/or unrolled state and in 3,t~s rol3.ed-up and/or fold~d-~up state ) and Care be sited i.n any suitable position on the nappyos outer layer ~,3. Attaahme»t of bag 21 to layer 13 is by a quickwrelease, contact adhesive and/or by an adhesive tape that extends across oa~e or rporg edges of the xeCtat~gle. Where the fan-folded sachets 31 are tarappad up within the folds of the folded-up bag 21, the adhesive tape may serve to retain the sachets in their condition of enclosure by the bag 21.
xn use the package 10 is opened to reveal. the three combined articles 11, 21 and 31, the bash 21 is separated from the nappy 11 and unfolded or unrolled, and the sachets 31 are removed. The used (soiled) nappy worn by the infant is removed and placed for.disposal inside the bag 21. The sachets 31$ to 31~ are opened end their therein-Contained cleaning items used sgquentie~lly to clean the infants soiled body areas. The used (and sny remaining a»us~d) cleaning items, as well as tho empty (and any unused) sachets, are then deposited into the disposal bag 21. The r fresh nappy 11 is than ,fastened in ~aaaos~ about tha a~ean~c~
body areas of the infant to cartclude t~tls nappy'Changinc~
operation in a c.let~t~ and efficaoia~s manner.
Xt will be apparent that the c~.saning materials or ite~es are provided in tha sachets ~1 as small one-ofd ~'dosesn within the same package as the i~resh nappy and tt~e dispoga7.
ba.g (that is for the soiled nappy being replaced by the fresh nappy) . This removes the need far the parent or ck~ild minder always to have an hand, particularly when away xrom home (s. g, whilst travelling, out shopping or an holiday), a number of separate large battles, jars and other containers of the various cleaning materials ~rh~.cYz would otherwise have to be carried with the cxpare ar replacement nappies.
Modifications and embodiments of the invent~.on other than those described above will ba readily apparent to those skilled xri this 'art. All sua~a modifica'~lons and embodiments are to be deemed within the ambit and scope of the invention, and the invention is not to be deemed limited to the particular embodiment(e) hereir~bafore described which may be varied in construction rend detail without departing from the scope of the pt~tant monopoly lxereby sought.
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1. A disposable sanitary article comprising:
a first member comprising a pad of absorbent material;
a second member of an impervious material in a form of a bag having an internal surface and an external surface;
releasable attachment means for releasably attaching said first member to said external surface of said bag, said bag being detachable from said first member so as to receive therewithin a soiled first member of a previously used like disposable sanitary article;
a cleaning item;
a third member of an impervious material which sealingly encloses said cleaning item, said third member being enclosed by said second member; and frangible attachment means comprising tearable perforations formed between said second member and said third member, said frangible attachment means for attaching said third member integrally to said second member such as to be unitary therewith but frangibly separable therefrom by breaking said tearable perforations of said frangible attachment means.
a first member comprising a pad of absorbent material;
a second member of an impervious material in a form of a bag having an internal surface and an external surface;
releasable attachment means for releasably attaching said first member to said external surface of said bag, said bag being detachable from said first member so as to receive therewithin a soiled first member of a previously used like disposable sanitary article;
a cleaning item;
a third member of an impervious material which sealingly encloses said cleaning item, said third member being enclosed by said second member; and frangible attachment means comprising tearable perforations formed between said second member and said third member, said frangible attachment means for attaching said third member integrally to said second member such as to be unitary therewith but frangibly separable therefrom by breaking said tearable perforations of said frangible attachment means.
2. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 1, wherein said third member is wrapped up in said second member.
3. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 1, wherein said third member is disposed inside said bag.
4. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 1, wherein said pad of the first member has an outer layer of impervious material, and said releasable attachment means comprises a releasable adhesive between said outer layer and said second member.
5. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 4, wherein said bag is folded up in a form of a rectangle and said releasable adhesive is a quick-release contact adhesive.
6. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning item is selected from the group consisting of: a cleaning cloth moistened with a volatile cleaning fluid, a dry cloth, talcum powder, a cleansing preparation, and an applicator for a cleansing preparation.
7. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of cleaning items and a plurality of said third members, each of said third members containing a cleaning item which is different than another of said plurality of cleaning items.
8. The disposable sanitary article according to claim 7, wherein said plurality of cleaning items is selected, without duplication, from the group consisting of: a cleaning cloth moistened with a volatile cleaning fluid, a dry cloth, talcum powder, a cleansing preparation, and an applicator for a cleansing preparation.
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