Patent ID: 7507225
Filing Date: 2009-03-24
Classification: A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An interlabial pad having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, the interlabial pad comprising: a vestibular floor contacting region consisting of a first fiber aggregate for contacting a vestibular floor of a wearer, the vestibular floor contacting region straddling a central axis in the longitudinal direction and extending over a range of between 5 mm and 25 mm in the lateral direction, and a pair of inner wall contacting regions respectively positioned at side portions of the interlabial pad and each consisting of a second fiber aggregate, the side portions being positioned adjacent to laterally opposing sides of the vestibular floor contacting region and having external sides for contacting internal walls of the wearer's labia, wherein the interlabial pad has a substantially elongated shape, is worn by being folded in two along a folding axis on the central axis in the longitudinal direction, and each of the pair of inner wall contacting regions includes a non-skin contacting face that is capable of making contact with the other non-skin contacting face when the interlabial pad is folded, wherein the vestibular floor contacting region is more easily deformable than each inner wall contacting region, such that the inner wall contacting region is capable of following a shape variation of the labia interior that occurs with the movement of the wearer, wherein the tensile strength of a face of the vestibular floor contacting region consisting of the first fiber aggregate that is in contact with the wearer when the interlabial pad is worn, in a state of 5% extension in said longitudinal direction, is no less than 40 cN/inch and no more than 1000 cN/inch, and wherein the tensile strength of a face of each inner wall contacting region consisting of the second fiber aggregate that is in contact with the wearer when the interlabial pad is worn, in the state of 5% extension in said longitudinal direction, is no less than 40 cN/inch and no more than 1500 cN/inch.