Patent ID: 8156598

Claim:
A personal hygiene device to aid physically impaired users to clean their recto-genital area, comprising: an elongated absorbent pad of a length between twelve and twenty inches; an elongated flexible strip between thirty and forty-two inches long and between one and one-half inches and two and one-half inches wide, said strip comprising: a middle portion comprising a pocket for retaining the pad at a position substantially centered along the flexible strip; at least one sheet which is doubled-over on itself along a longitudinal fold and having a longitudinally extending side seam which forms the pocket; a first end portion extending from the middle portion in a first direction and having a distal end adapted to be gripped by a first hand of the user; and a second end portion extending from the middle portion in a direction opposite the first direction and having a distal end adapted to be gripped by a second hand of the user; wherein the distal ends of the first and second end portions are folded back toward the center of the flexible strip and affixed to the respective end portions to form respective reinforced ends; the reinforced end portions each including a respective thumb hole adapted to receive a respective one of the user's thumb's therethrough; the first and second end portions of the flexible strip further including at least one transverse intermediate seam; and wherein both the flexible strip and the absorbent pad are each comprised of a material which is suitable to be flushed down a toilet after a single use.