Drainable ostomy appliance

A drainable ostomy appliance including:

• first and second walls connected to each other at or near their peripheries, the first wall having a stoma-receiving opening;
• a collecting cavity defined between the first and second walls;
• a connection member connected to the first wall for attaching the appliance to a user or for attaching the appliance to a flange for attaching the appliance to the user;
• an outlet which extends away from the stoma-receiving opening, the outlet terminating at an opening;
• a first stiffening member positioned immediately adjacent the opening on a wall of the outlet that, when in use, faces the user, the first stiffening member extending across the outlet;
• and
• a second stiffening member positioned next to the first stiffening member, further away from the outlet than the first stiffening member and on the same wall as the first stiffening member, the second stiffening member also extending across the outlet,
• wherein the first and second stiffening members have first and second sides which extend across the outlet and the first side is positioned closer to the stoma-receiving opening than the second side;
• wherein at least a portion of the thickness of the second stiffening member increases as it extends from the second side towards the first side.