Patent ID: 8647316

Claim:
An ostomy receiving bag comprising: front and rear walls sealed along a rim of the bag, the bag having a lateral midline located between an upper end of the bag and a bottom end of the bag, the bag defining an inlet opening nearer to the upper end of the bag than to the bottom end of the bag, said inlet opening being to only opening in the bag, the bottom end of the bag for holding part of a collecting volume of the bag; and a cover sheet attached to the upper end of the bag at the rim and covering at least part of one of the front and the rear walls to form a pocket and provided with an unattached edge placed between the upper end of the bag and the bottom end of the bag; the collecting volume of the bag being reduced by at least 25% when the bottom end of the bag is placed under the cover sheet to a position between the lateral midline and the upper end of the bag.