Patent ID: 8118797
Filing Date: 2012-02-21
Classification: A61F,A61L,B29C,B29K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A biodegradable body waste collection pouch particularly suitable for flush toilet disposability; said pouch having a pair of walls secured together along their peripheral edges to define a waste-receiving chamber therebetween; one of said side walls having a waste-receiving opening therethrough communicating with said chamber; and external attachment means provided about said opening for attachment of said pouch to a wearer; said walls of said pouch being cut from a laminate comprising (a) a layer of thin heat-sealable film impermeable to liquid and solid body wastes and of a composition comprising a biodegradable aliphatic polyester, or a biodegradable aliphatic-aromatic copolyester, or blends thereof, plasticized by one or more biodegradable plasticizers and (b) a water-disintegratable biodegradable cover layer of water-dispersible fibers having one of its surfaces uninterruptedly bonded thereto; said water-dispersible fibers along at least a portion of the outer surface of said pouch being coated with a water-soluble hydrophilic lubricating agent, said hydrophilic lubricating agent coated on said water-dispersible fibers being capable of becoming slippery when exposed to water and, upon subsequent drying, again becoming water-soluble upon re-exposure to water.