Male incontinence device
Assignee4 Mankind Inc.
InventorsMelissa Kay Tammen, Rhonda Kay Wright
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Abstract
The present invention includes a male incontinence collection container comprising: a walled absorbent cored absorption chamber with an elastic aperture adapted to allow a penis to be in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the chamber is shaped to deflect urine away from a body during urination, and wherein the elastic aperture is defined further as a breathable, tubular material to aid in the placement and retention in place of the penis; a hydrophobic material positioned between the chamber and the body to prevent contact of the urine with the body; and an absorbent material in the chamber that converts fluid to gel in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the absorbent material absorbs and retains urine, while keeping a user dry and free from urine contact.
Claims6
A male incontinence collection container shaped and integral with a boxer or a brief, comprising:
- an inner layer and an outer layer joined together to form at least a front portion of a waistband of the boxer or brief, the inner layer configured for direct contact with a body of a user, the inner layer and the outer layer enclosing a chamber therebetween, the chamber extending from a lower abdomen of the user through an entire length of a crotch region of the user;
- wherein the chamber includes an aperture formed through the inner layer to allow a penis to be in fluid communication with the chamber, wherein the aperture comprises a tubular structure configured to roll outwardly from the chamber over a corona of the penis to a neck of the penis to aid in the placement and retention of the penis, wherein the tubular structure comprising an elasticated, hydrophobic, and breathable material that has protrusions, indentations, or stitching, and is formed such that the tubular structure permits gas to traverse from an outside environment into and out of the chamber;
- an absorbent material disposed in the chamber, the absorbent material configured to convert urine to gel upon absorbing the urine received through the aperture into the chamber;
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- a deflector layer disposed within the chamber for channeling urine into the absorbent material, the deflector layer extending along a front portion of the chamber and separating the absorbent material from the aperture;
- wherein the inner and outer layers are formed of a hydrophobic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.