Patent ID: 6440112
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable elasticized absorbent pad arranged to be worn under clothing by a person to trap and collect urine, said pad being a flexible member having an un-tensioned cup-shaped configuration and a tensioned flattened configuration having a central longitudinal axis, said member when in said un-tensioned cup-shaped configuration having upstanding marginal side portions, said pad when in said flattened configuration being of a generally flat oval shape, said pad comprising a top-sheet, a fluid acquisition layer, an absorbent core, and a back-sheet, said back-sheet being formed of a fluid impervious material and having an opposed pair of arcuate end portions and an opposed pair of linear side edges, said linear side edges of said back sheet extending parallel to said longitudinal central axis and being confined to approximately the central half of said longitudinal central axis, each of said arcuate end portions of said back-sheet terminating in an arcuate edge, said top-sheet being formed of a fluid pervious material and having an opposed pair of arcuate end portions and an opposed pair of side portions, each of said arcuate end portions of said top-sheet terminating in an arcuate edge, each of said side portions of said top-sheet being of a generally trapezoidal shape and terminating in a side edge, said arcuate end portions of said top-sheet being disposed over and secured to respective ones of said arcuate end portions of said back-sheet, said fluid acquisition layer being located over said core and under said top-sheet, said core being located over said back-sheet, each of said side portions of said top-sheet being folded along a respective fold line around a respective linear side edge of said back-sheet into engagement with said back-sheet, said fold lines extending parallel to said longitudinal central axis and being confined to approximately the central half of said longitudinal central axis, with said side edges of said side portions of said top sheet being located closely adjacent respective linear side edges of said back-sheet, said side portions of said top-sheet being adhesively secured to said back-sheet to form a pair of side shields, said side shields being elasticized and tensioned along said fold lines, whereupon said pad naturally assumes said cup-shape configuration, wherein said side shields project upward along portions of said core to form said upstanding marginal sides.