Patent ID: 6595975
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A personal care article for receiving exudates and having a length and a width, said personal care article comprising:(a) a substrate, including a bodyside liner; (b) at least one aperture in said substrate, positioned to receive fecal material; (c) aperture support structure, said aperture support structure positioning and seating said at least one aperture in the gluteal fold between the buttocks of a user at or adjacent, and in alignment with, the anus, to receive fecal material; and (d) an exudate panel having a rear wall, and inwardly folded front edges defining a front wall, said front wall being secured to said substrate, thereby securing said exudate panel to said substrate and defining an exudate containment receptacle between said substrate and said exudate panel, said at least one aperture opening into said exudate containment receptacle, at least part of said front wall of said exudate panel conforming to said substrate, and thus to the body of a user, the effective length of at least said rear wall increasing in response to forces urging increase in length.