Patent ID: 7935097

Claim:
A colostomy bag belt to be worn by a person to help secure a colostomy bag to that person in an environment, the colostomy bag belt comprising: a liquid impermeable layer; a liquid permeable layer fixed against the liquid impermeable layer at a belt first end and a belt second end to form a waste channel between the belt first end, the belt second end, the liquid permeable layer, and the liquid impermeable layer, where the liquid permeable layer is elastic; an absorbent core located in the waste channel to absorb waste spillage from the colostomy bag and a stoma; an adhesive backing; an adhesive layer sandwiched between the liquid permeable layer and the adhesive backing, where the adhesive layer is a flat, rectangular shape layer extending from a belt top to a belt bottom, where the belt is configured to be inverted so that the belt bottom may face one of downward and upward when the colostomy bag belt is worn by a person and a colostomy bag is secured to the colostomy bag belt; a first hook and loop fastener attached to the liquid permeable layer at the belt first end; a second hook and loop fastener attached to the liquid impermeable layer at the belt second end; and a colostomy bag hole formed through the liquid permeable layer, the absorbent core, and the liquid impermeable layer, where the adhesive layer is positioned around the colostomy bag hole, where the waste channel has a first waste channel opening at the belt top extending from the belt first end to the belt second, a second waste channel opening at the belt bottom extending from the belt first end to the belt second, and a third a waste channel opening extending around a colostomy bag hole perimeter of the colostomy bag hole, where the absorbent core is flush with the first waste channel opening, the second waste channel opening, and the third waste channel opening to be exposed directly to the environment at the first waste channel opening, the second waste channel opening, and the third waste channel opening; where the colostomy bag hole is centered within the adhesive layer and an adhesive layer length substantially is twice a colostomy bag hole diameter of the colostomy bag hole, where the liquid impermeable layer has a liquid impermeable layer length as measured between the belt first end and the belt second end, the liquid permeable layer has a liquid permeable layer length as measured between the belt first end and the belt second end, where the liquid impermeable layer length is greater than the liquid permeable layer length, where the absorbent core includes fluff pulp, where the adhesive layer includes a liquid permeable adhesive material, and where the liquid impermeable layer includes a sealing material to act as a barrier between a wearer of the belt and waste spillage absorbed into the belt.