ES2217982A1 - Disposable absorbent e.g. sanitary towel includes a single colour product matching the underwear to remain invisible - Google Patents

Abstract

The disposable absorbent e.g. sanitary towel has an absorbent core sandwiched by top and bottom identical-colour layers the same colour, not white, as the underwear. When the towel incorporates e.g. flaps, these, being of identical colours are not noticed by the observer.

Description

Female compress or pantyhose protector colors.

Field and background of the invention

Currently they can be found in the market some types of color disposable absorbent articles, such as disposable diapers. In the case of compresses sanitary and pantyhose protectors, is preferably used the white color, looking for the discretion of the garment. Nevertheless, women's underwear is not necessarily white, but of various colors that can be combined with outerwear, so which is proposed by the present invention the manufacture of sanitary pads and protective pantyhose colors that can match the color of the user's underwear, and package the item in such a way that in the same package the user can find pantyhose pantyhose or protectors as well as several colors so you can choose the article of according to your underwear.

There is some background to the manufacture of fibrous films, such as nonwoven fabrics, of colors. In this order of ideas, US Patent 6,096,167, of SCA Hygiene, describes the process for manufacturing a fibrous material of color, mentioning that said material can be used as best agree. On the other hand, US Patent 6,022,447, assigned to Kimberly-Clark describes a process for the treatment of fibrous materials so that color is imparted to the same, as well as the article (non-woven fabric) obtained Through this process.

On the other hand, US Patent 6,264,640, entitled "Catamenial Device," by Wanda Sutton, describes buffers that they have the thread used to remove the buffer and discard it, of colors, so that it can be used, for example, with suits of bath or bikinis without it noticing. Also, said patent describes the packing of tampons with the thread to remove and discard different colors, in a single package, so that the user You can choose the color that suits you according to the garment that use Said patent also mentions the use of a lower layer of colors for panty pads and pads. Nevertheless, considering that an undergarment such as a panties has a inner part that faces the user's body and a part outside, when the woman uses a compress or a protective pantyhose with wings or bras that fold down and attach to the outer part of the undergarment, the fact that the layer bottom of the item be colored does not help at the discretion of the garment, rather it is required that at least the top layer of the compress or pantyhose protector is the color of the garment, for that by folding the wings or fasteners and holding them by the part Outside of the garment, do not notice.

Therefore, the present invention raises the manufacture of female pads and pantyhose protectors with al minus the top layer of colors.

Brief Description of the Invention

An objective of the present invention is to achieve greater discretion while using a female compress or a pantyhose protector that is worn with an undergarment of color.

Another objective of the model is that even when the female compress or pantyhose protector has fins or side fasteners, the discretion raised in the First objective, when using a top layer of color.

A further objective of the invention is that both upper and lower layers of the female compress or protector of pantyhose are the same color.

A further objective of the invention is that the Single pack of female compress or protector pantyhose, in case you wear it, be the same color as the cape Top of the article.

Another objective of the present invention is that in a single package the user can find several products colors.

Brief description of the drawings

- Figure 1 shows a female compress with fins or side fasteners.

- Figure 2 shows an undergarment in the that the female compress or protector of pantyhose.

- Figure 3, is a section through the plane A-A 'of figure 1 with fins or fasteners sides folded down, just as they fold to place In the undergarment.

- Figure 4 shows a package containing panty pads or protectors of different colors.

- Figure 5 shows a modality of the invention.

Detailed description of the invention

The present invention relates to manufacturing of female pads or pantyhose protectors that have at least the upper cover of a certain color. This type of Articles are basically formed, as shown in Figure 1, by an upper cover (12), a lower cover (14) and a absorbent matrix (16) placed between them, and also has means clamping, not shown in the figure, to fasten the article to the undergarment of the user. In addition, it may have wings or side fasteners (18).

One of the main characteristics that these articles should have, in addition to the protection and comfort they should provide to the user, is their discretion, that is, it is important that the female compress or pantyhose protector is not noticed, especially when the user wears tight or even slightly transparent outerwear. To impart this characteristic to the article, and given that the undergarment in which the female compress or pantyhose pad is to be used, is not necessarily white, the manufacture of colored female pads is proposed, preferably using the same color for the top cover (12) and for the cover
lower (14).

In figure 2, an undergarment is illustrated in which is going to put the female compress or the protector of pantyhose (10). It has an internal part (22) and an external part (24), as well as a front zone (26), a rear zone (28) and a zone of crotch (30).

It is proposed, by the present invention, the manufacture of female pads and pantyhose protectors with upper (12) and lower (14) layers of color, so that they can be wear with colored undergarments, thus achieving that Do not notice.

The use of compresses is increasingly common Feminine and pantyhose protectors with fins or bras lateral (18), as shown in figures 1 and 3. Al place an item with fins or fasteners (18) on the garment inside, they bend down and join each other or to the undergarment on the outside (24) of the crotch area (30) of the undergarment, exposing the top layer (12) from the article. This is why it is proposed that at least this layer upper (12) of the compress or pantyhose protector is colored, so that, at least the exposed part of the article is of the Same color as the undergarment. Preferably both layers, upper (12) and lower (14), of the garment, are the same color.

Usually, female pads and / or Pantyhose protectors are individually packaged in order to that the user can carry one or more items in her bag hand without being contaminated. In addition, the individual package, which is Usually polyethylene, used to wrap the item and Discard after use. The present invention also contemplates the possibility that the individual package is the same color as the internal and external covers, so that the user can easily identify the color of the compress or pantyhose protector, thus choosing the item of the color that most It suits you.

A package (50) is also protected (see figure 4) in which the user can find compresses or protectors of pantyhose of at least two colors, one of which may be the White.

In some female pads and protectors of pantyhose is used a type of top layer in which the part Central (32) is made of a material and the side parts (34), including the wings or bras if you wear them, they are from another material, as shown in figure 5. If the item bears such a cover, the present invention proposes that at minus the side parts (34) of the upper cover (12) are of color, since it is these lateral parts that when placing the compress on the undergarment and bend the wings or fasteners towards the outer part of the garment (24) by the crotch part of the same (30), are exposed and must be the same color as the garment. Preferably, the outer layer (14) is the same color than the side parts (34) of the top layer. In other alternative of the invention, both the outer layer (14) and all the inner layer (12), including the central part (32) and the side parts (34), are the same color.

While the invention has been described in function of its preferred modalities, its scope includes any type of change or modification that may be evident to a technician in The matter.

Claims (9)

1. Disposable absorbent article, such as a female compress or pantyhose protector, consisting basically of an upper layer, a lower layer and an absorbent matrix placed between the two, characterized in that both layers, upper and lower, are of the same different color of white. 2. Disposable absorbent article, such as a female compress or pantyhose protector, consisting basically of an upper layer, a lower layer and an absorbent matrix placed between them, characterized in that at least the upper layer is of a different color from white. 3. Disposable absorbent article, such as a female compress or pantyhose protector, consisting basically of an upper layer which in turn is composed of a central part and two lateral parts attached to this central part, a lower layer and an absorbent matrix placed between the two, characterized in that the lateral parts of the upper layer are a different color from the white. 4. Disposable absorbent article according to claim 3, characterized in that the central part of the upper layer is the same color as the side parts thereof. 5. Disposable absorbent article according to claim 3, characterized in that the bottom layer is the same color as the side parts of the layer
higher. 6. Disposable absorbent article according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the article has fins or extensions
lateral. 7. Disposable absorbent article according to any of claims 1, 2 and 6, characterized in that each article is individually packaged and the individual package is the same color as the top layer of the article. 8. Disposable absorbent article according to claims 3, 4, 5 and 6, characterized in that each article is individually packaged and the individual package is the same color as the top layer of the article. 9. Package for disposable absorbent articles as described in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that articles of at least two colors are placed inside the package.