Patent ID: 7553303
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. In a garment adapted to contain absorbent pads therein having leg openings, a crotch region supporting a plurality of absorbent pads within said garment, and front and rear panels, comprising a laterallyoriented trapezoidal aperture in one of the front and rear panels, said aperture within the crotch region and formed as a cut-out flap and having top and bottom edges each having a length wherein said length of said top edge is less than said length of said bottom edge and said bottom edge is contiguous to said cutout flap, each said absorbent pad extending from said aperture along said crotch region to one of said front or rear panels positioned on said garment at an end of said crotch region opposite another end of said crotch region adjacent said aperture whereby said cutout flap is extended and said absorbent pads extracted and inserted through said trapezoidal aperture by the wearer without removal of the garment from the wearer, and said cutout flap further provides access for cleansing the nether regions of a wearer.