Patent ID: 6858023

Claim:
A reusable collecting bag for human body wastes comprising a bag member formed by two film blanks with joined edges, an inlet opening provided in one of said film blanks, connecting elements surrounding said inlet opening for connection of the bag to a body orifice, a narrowed, elongated discharge portion 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 discharge opening formed in said discharge portion in the vicinity of said distal end, said discharge portion being foldable and unfoldable by at least one folding along a folding line transverse to the longitudinal direction of the discharge portion between said distal and proximal ends to bring the discharge portion from an open unfolded condition to a closed folded condition and vice versa, a locking means for locking the discharge portion in said closed folded condition thereof, and a series of stacked, sequentially peelable protective members adhered to each of two surface sections of the discharge portion at either side of arid adjacent the discharge opening such that removal of each protective member exposes a clean external surface of a next underlying protective member.