Patent ID: 7223260
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A collecting bag for human body wastes, comprising: a bag member formed by a first and a second film blank with joined edges, an inlet opening being provided in one of said first and second film blanks; a discharge portion defining a longitudinal direction and starting at a proximal end at a distance from the inlet opening and extending between two end sections of said film blanks to a distal end, a length of said second film blank being greater than a length of said first film blank to form an extension extending beyond a distal edge of said first film blank; a discharge opening being formed between said extension and said distal edge of the first film blank; said discharge portion being foldable and unfoldable by at least one folding in said longitudinal direction between the distal and proximal ends to bring the discharge portion from an open unfolded condition to a closed folded condition and vice versa; a locking device provided at the discharge portion for locking the bag in said closed folded condition of the discharge portion; and a first plate member positioned on the first film blank adjacent said distal edge and a second plate member positioned on the extension of the second film blank adjacent said discharge opening, each plate member having a height defined in the longitudinal direction of the discharge portion between respective proximal and distal edges of said plate member, a width defined in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction, and a thickness, each plate member being formed from a relatively stiff material lacking in suppleness in a thickness direction, and a distance between the distal edge of the first plate member and the proximal edge of the second plate member being smaller than the thickness of the first plate member.