Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604393000 | Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad | 29 |
20090062765 | Discretion in absorbent garments - A hygiene discretion system includes at least two articles where at least one is an absorbent garment including a shell with an absorbent member attached to the shell and at least one non-absorbent garment. The shell of the disposable absorbent garment substantially matches the non-absorbent garment. In some aspects, a secondary garment is also provided which coordinates with one of the other garments. In some aspects, replacement garments are provided. Any number of the garments may be placed in the same container. | 03-05-2009 |
20100069876 | Baby Napkin Aid | 03-18-2010 |
20140276526 | SUPPORT FOR AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A reusable sheath-like support for use with absorbent articles, and specifically used with ostomy appliances. The absorbent article provides an additional level of security and comfort to an ostomate already utilizing a two-piece or one-piece ostomy appliance of the type which is secured to the body with a faceplate. The faceplate provides an adhesive securement means such as a hydrocolloid adhesive member or a combination of hydrocolloid adhesive member and an integral or non-integral adhesive non-woven fabric or adhesive tape. | 09-18-2014 |
20150320119 | ATHLETIC GARMENT WITH INTEGRAL CUP ASSEMBLY - An athletic garment generally includes a short member, a supporter, and a plurality of straps. The short member may include a front panel, rear panel, two side panels, and a waistband. The supporter is dimensioned to releasably receive an athletic protective cup. The straps are coupled to one end of the supporter and are attached to the opposing rear panel of the short member. | 11-12-2015 |
604394000 | Abdominal enclosing type | 20 |
20100286647 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BELT OR A SIDE PANEL OF AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE, LAMINATE AND ABSORBING ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing a belt ( | 11-11-2010 |
20120022491 | Flexible Reusable Outer Covers For Disposable Absorbent Inserts - Flexible reusable outer covers for disposable absorbent inserts. | 01-26-2012 |
20120022492 | High-Capacity Disposable Absorbent Inserts For Reusable Outer Covers - High-capacity disposable absorbent inserts for reusable outer covers. | 01-26-2012 |
20130304015 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE DESIGNED TO FACILITATE AN EASY CHANGE - A disposable absorbent article to be worn about the lower torso of a wearer that facilitates an easy, intuitive change is provided. The disposable absorbent article includes at least one serviceable indicium that facilitates an easy change by providing alignment of the article relative to an anatomical feature of the wearer or by externally highlighting one or more components of the article thereby indicating alignment and fit about the wearer's lower torso. | 11-14-2013 |
20130310798 | Absorbent Article Having Multiple Graphic Zones - An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed and the absorbent article has two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the first waist region or the second waist region include a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article. | 11-21-2013 |
20140257230 | FASTENING ZONE CONFIGURATIONS FOR OUTER COVERS OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES - A reusable outer cover configured to be engaged with a disposable absorbent insert is provided. The reusable outer cover comprises front and rear waist regions configured to be joined together by a fastening zone. The fastening zone comprises a first side on the front waist region and a second side on the rear waist region. The first side comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a first fastening component and the second portion comprises a second fastening component. The second side comprises a third portion and a fourth portion. The third portion comprises a third fastening component and the fourth portion comprises a fourth fastening component. The first and third fastening components have a first fastening property and the second and fourth fastening components have a second, different fastening property. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257231 | OUTER COVERS AND DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT INSERTS FOR PANTS - The present disclosure is generally directed to pants that include reusable outer covers and disposable absorbent inserts. | 09-11-2014 |
604395000 | With openable or removable crotch portion | 1 |
20140303589 | FIXING AND CARRYING DEVICE FOR A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT INCONTINENCE PAD - A fixing and carrying device for a disposable absorbent incontinence pad includes a girdle having a front stomach region, a rear back region and a left-hand and a right-hand side region, and girdle closure elements for detachable closure of the girdle on itself so as to form a continuous hip opening in a hip-circumferential direction, the girdle having respective flap sections extending from the back region and the stomach region in a longitudinal direction toward a crotch region of a user; and closure elements respectively provided on a body-facing side of each flap section and being constructed for interaction with complementary closure elements on a body-averted side of the incontinence pad in a detachably adhesive manner, wherein prior to use of the fixing and carrying device the closure elements are folded in onto the body-facing side of the flap section, and the flap sections are respectively folded in onto the front stomach region and rear back region. | 10-09-2014 |
604396000 | With endless waist encircling band (e.g., panty type) | 12 |
20100318057 | Diaper and pants with pockets - Pants composed of impervious material are provided with pockets on its inside wall to removably hold a diaper until the diaper is heavy with urine or feces at which time the diaper separates from the pants when the pants are turned upside down. Each pocket may be large enough to hold an entire end of a diaper or it may be smaller and hold only a corner of a diaper. Instead of pockets, the pants may be provided with bands which hold the corners of a diaper to its inside wall. | 12-16-2010 |
20100324525 | DIAPER AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A diaper for holding an absorbent article in close bodily contact in the crotch region of the wearer. The diaper comprises a front region, a crotch region having a specified Crotch Holding Force, and a rear region. The crotch region of the diaper typically is elastically extensible in both the longitudinal and lateral directions. The diaper provides an upward holding force against the absorbent article in the crotch region to hold the article in close bodily contact. A system comprising the diaper and an absorbent article for use therewith, and a method for holding such an article in close bodily contact by wearing the diaper, is also disclosed. | 12-23-2010 |
20100324526 | DIAPER AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A diaper for holding an absorbent article in close bodily contact in the crotch region of the wearer. The diaper comprises a front region, a crotch region having a specified Crotch Holding Force, and a rear region. The crotch region of the diaper typically is elastically extensible in both the longitudinal and lateral directions. The diaper provides an upward holding force against the absorbent article in the crotch region to hold the article in close bodily contact. A system comprising the diaper and an absorbent article for use therewith, and a method for holding such an article in close bodily contact by wearing the diaper, is also disclosed. | 12-23-2010 |
20120116345 | Urine-free underwear - An underwear garment for wearing on lower torso of a wearer includes an underwear fabric, a waistband, a liquid controlling layer and means for securing the liquid controlling layer onto the inner side of the underwear fabric. The underwear fabric defines a buttocks covering section, a hip covering section, a bottom covering section, a front covering section, and a pair of leg holes. The waistband is provided on a top edge portion of the underwear fabric. The liquid controlling layer is provided on an inner side of the underwear fabric on at least one of the bottom covering section and the front covering section of the underwear fabric for blocking liquid to come into contact with the front covering section of the underwear fabric. | 05-10-2012 |
20120150138 | MESH UNDERPANTS AND METHOD OF PUTTING ON SAME - Provided are mesh underpants and a method of putting on same, whereby soiling due to nighttime leakage is inhibited even if the wearer is unused to wearing an absorbent pad. The provided mesh underpants have a waist opening and a pair of leg openings and can be attached to the outside surface of a roughly-rectangular absorbent pad. When worn outside a disposable diaper that is worn so as to cover the outside surface of the absorbent pad, the provided mesh underpants can cover roughly the entire length of the disposable diaper. | 06-14-2012 |
20120277714 | Designer underwear with special hidden absorbent pad wing support area - This invention relates to an item of underwear that is specifically worn in combination with sanitary pads, the kind that extend between the legs of the wearer over at least the pail of the crotch. Sanitary pads are for example, used by women during menstruation and are maintained in position by virtue of being adhered to the wearer's underwear by an adhesive strip and wings which are exposed by the removal of a protective sheet. The adhesive wings, which fold under the crotch of the underwear and are known to secure the pad into place, are normally visible. | 11-01-2012 |
20120283687 | DIAPER COVER - A diaper cover comprising a front part, a back part and an intermediate part located between the front part and the back part in a front-back direction, a right waist part and a left waist part extending from the back part in a width direction, and a right flap part and a left flap part extending from the front part in the width direction, wherein each of the right flap part and the left flap part is provided with a first attachment, the right flap part, the left flap part and the intermediate part are stretchable, and the first attachment is attachable to a position on a dorsal side of a wearer in a state where the right flap part and the left flap part are stretched. | 11-08-2012 |
20130096528 | PANTS-TYPE ABSORBENT WEARING ARTICLE - A pants-type wearing article adapted to inhibit a decrease in the effective area of the buttocks covering portion to cover the wearer's buttocks. A pants-type diaper having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a front-back direction, and including a front panel adapted to cover a front waist region of the wearer, a rear panel adapted to cover a rear waist region of the article wearer and a crotch panel connected to the front panel and the rear panel so as to cover a crotch region of the article wearer. The rear panel is formed with a rear waist covering portion having a dimension in the longitudinal direction substantially the same as a dimension of the front panel and a buttocks covering portion contiguously extending downward from the rear waist covering portion and adapted to cover at least partially the wearer's buttocks. The crotch panel includes an absorbent core and gasket cuffs extending in the front-back direction along lateral portions of the absorbent core and having gasket elastics adapted to be elastically contractible. The buttocks covering portion has buttock elastics extending in the transverse direction. The buttocks covering portion and the crotch panel are joined to each other in a zone defined between the gasket cuffs opposite to each other in the transverse direction and not joined to each other at portions in which the gasket cuffs are disposed. | 04-18-2013 |
20140243778 | GARMENT SEAM POSITIONING AND CONSTRUCTION - Disclosed herein are undergarments having a seam in a crotch region thereof and methods of manufacturing such undergarments. A seam in the undergarments is formed by joining first and second sections of material each having an inner surface and an outer surface and a perimeter about the inner and outer surfaces thereof. A portion of an inner surface of a panty liner contacts a portion of the inner surfaces of the first and second sections of material and the seam. The location of the seam is such that when the undergarment is worn by a user, the seam cannot be seen by viewing the front side or back side of the user. | 08-28-2014 |
20140350509 | PELVIC-ABDOMINAL SUPPORT GARMENT - A pelvic-abdominal support garment including a waist encircling band having shorts secured to the lower edge thereof, the shorts having a receptacle for receiving an ice pack, and a strap member secured at one end thereof to the back of said waist encircling band and the other end thereof attachable to the front of the waist encircling band after passing under the crotch region of the shorts to apply pressure to the crotch area of the wearer. | 11-27-2014 |
20140378936 | UNDERGARMENT WITH REMOVABLE LINER - An undergarment including a pocket extending from an anterior crotch portion of the undergarment to a posterior crotch portion of the undergarment, the pocket closed along three sides and opening in a direction of the anterior crotch, a hood arranged on the anterior crotch portion concealing the opening of the pocket, and an absorbent pad removable from the pocket, wherein the hood is configured to be pulled aside to expose the opening of the pocket to remove and insert the absorbent pad from the pocket. | 12-25-2014 |
20150088088 | Textured Laminate Structure, Absorbent Articles With Textured Laminate Structure, And Method for Manufacturing - A textured laminate structure and absorbent articles having a component formed of the textured laminate structure are disclosed. The textured laminate structure may have a first layer formed of a nonwoven web having a preexisting pattern of first apertures therethrough, a second layer, and one or more elastic members disposed between the first and second layers in a prestrained condition. The laminate structure may be discontinuously joined or bonded such that the first layer is joined or bonded to the structure in first portions and unjoined or unbonded to the structure in second portions. The structure provides a stretch laminate with tactilely and visually interesting features, and may be used to form components of a disposable absorbent article such as a side panel thereof. | 03-26-2015 |
604397000 | Pad support having means to restrain absorbent pad | 2 |
20140114273 | REUSABLE HOLDER FOR ABSORBENT MATERIAL - A reusable holder for absorbent material for absorbing menstrual flow is made from a liquid permeable inner layer affixed to an outer liquid impermeable layer at the peripheral edges to form a pouch between the two layers. An opening in the inner layer provides access to the pouch so that disposable or reusable absorbent material such as paper or cloth may be placed in the pouch to absorb menstrual flow. After use, the absorbent material may be removed from the pouch via the opening so that the used absorbent material may be disposed of or washed for re-use. Wings extending from the sides of the reusable holder allow the holder to be fastened around an undergarment to keep the holder in place. Alternatively, strings are attached to the reusable holder to allow it to be worn like a g-string. | 04-24-2014 |
20150290455 | PROTECTIVE PATCH FOR PROTECTING THE IMPLANT SITE OF A TRIAL NEUROSTIMULATION LEAD - A protective patch or bandage is provided for use with an implantable trial neurostimulation lead for implant within a patient. In one example, the lead is routed through the patch to a trial neurostimulation generator. In another example, the patch includes an internal electrical connector for connecting the trial neurostimulation lead to a connection line from the trial neurostimulation generator. In either case, the patch is sealed over an implant site to protect and hygienically isolate the site. A central chamber of the patch is provided to hold medical gauze and to further hold a coiled portion of the neurostimulation lead. In some examples, the patient can shower while wearing the protective patch. | 10-15-2015 |
604401000 | With body attaching means for pad support | 2 |
20130331808 | Medical Bra Assembly For Post-Surgical Breast Reconstruction And Cosmetic Breast Procedures - A medical bra assembly facilitates post-surgical care for a patient having undergone a breast reconstruction or cosmetic surgical procedure. The medical bra has a cup with an inside surface. The assembly includes (a) an absorptive skirt bandage attachable to a lower portion of the bra cup inside surface for absorbing secreted bodily fluids from a post-surgical patient's surgical incision, (b) a nipple tube bandage for encasing and absorbing secreted bodily fluids from the patient's reconstructed nipple, (c) a half-moon dome bandage interposable between the nipple tube bandage and the bra cup inside surface, which covers and protects the nipple tube bandage adhered to the patient's breast skin, and (d) an areola pad bandage interposable between the patient's breast skin and the bra cup inside surface for absorbing secretions from a re-pigmented tattoo region around the patient's reconstructed nipple when the bra is being worn by the patient. | 12-12-2013 |
20140243779 | Modular Body-Adhering Absorbent Article - An absorbent article system includes a support member having anterior and posterior ends, a first anchor connection zone adjacent one of the anterior and posterior ends, and an absorbent article component connection zone between the anterior and posterior ends. The system also includes a first anchor configured to be connectable to the first anchor connection zone, wherein one of the first anchor and the first anchor connection zone includes an anchor attachment mechanism, wherein the first anchor has a body-facing side and an attachment side, the body-facing side including a body adhesive, and a second anchor connection zone adjacent the other of the anterior and posterior ends, and a second anchor configured to be connectable to the second anchor connection zone, wherein the second anchor has a body-facing side and an attachment side, the body-facing side including a body adhesive. | 08-28-2014 |
604402000 | Pad holding or suspending device | 1 |
20140163513 | Diapering Assistance System and Method - A diapering assistance system utilizes a diaper and a diaper holding member which retains the top end of the diaper and suspends its bottom end. A belt member attached to the diaper holding member, encircles the waist of the individual being diapered. The belt member has connection devices, such as hook and loop connectors, and constitutes the sole component used for attaching the system to the individual. The method of use includes securing the top end of the diaper to the diaper holding member, suspending the diaper therefrom and behind the individual to be diapered, encircling the individual with the belt element, and securing it around the individual's waist. The bottom end of the diaper is then lifted between the legs and to the front of the individual. The diaper is attached to the individual and the diaper holding member and belt member are removed. | 06-12-2014 |