Patent ID: 9314382
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: A61F,A61H

Claim Text:
1. An incontinence pad comprising: a base having an outer surface capable of being established against clothing of a user when said incontinence pad is worn by said user, with said base having a centerline, and said base having a front and a back; a forward absorptive pocket at said front of said base; an absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge established at said back of said base and above at least part of said base on at least a portion of said centerline, said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge terminating at said forward absorptive pocket at said front of said base, said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge situated adjacent to said forward absorptive pocket at said front of said base, said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge having a left and a right side, wherein said left side is filled with absorbent material, wherein said right side is filled with absorbent material, and wherein said left side and said right side have roughly equalized fill amounts of absorbent material, and wherein said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge has a height, shape, and stiffness configured to effect application of a targeted, localized pressure against a urethra of said user, said targeted, localized pressure sufficient to substantially block urine flow through said urethra so as to mitigate incontinence; an inner surface capable of being established adjacent skin of said user when said incontinence pad is worn by said user; and an anterior end and a posterior end of said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge, said anterior end of said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge positioned adjacent said forward absorptive pocket at said front of said base, and said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge configured so that, when said incontinence pad is worn by said user, said posterior end can be established in and terminates in an intergluteal cleft of said user while at least a portion of said raised ridge is established under a perineum of said user, wherein said absorbent filled, stiff raised ridge is also small enough, in width in a coronal plane cross-section, to provide said targeted, localized pressure against said urethra when said incontinence pad is worn by said user.