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US 12,383,439 B2Granted
Minor urinary discharge capture (incontinence) device
AssigneePowers & Son, Inc.
InventorsMichael Powers, Larry Powers
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Abstract
A product for mitigating the ill-effects of post-coital discharge, post-medical-procedure discharge, and post-urination discharge in men. A sleeve-like pouch includes an inside and an outside, with a top layer disposed on the inside of the sleeve-like pouch, and a bottom layer disposed on the outside of the sleeve-like pouch. An absorbent layer is disposed between the top layer and bottom layer. The sleeve-like pouch is configured to be slid onto and securely surround a male appendage.
Claims17
A product comprising:
- a sleeve-like pouch having an inside and an outside, and a top defining an opening, the sleeve-like pouch including
- a top layer disposed on the inside of the sleeve-like pouch,
- a bottom layer disposed on the outside of the sleeve-like pouch,
- an absorbent layer disposed between the top layer and bottom layer,
- wherein a width of the sleeve-like pouch at its narrowest point is 1.2 inches,
- wherein the sleeve-like pouch is configured to be slid onto and securely surround a male appendage, and
- wherein the sleeve-like pouch includes a first tapered portion at the top of the sleeve-like pouch that tapers along at least a portion of a length of the sleeve-like pouch until a non-tapered portion is reached.
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A product comprising:
- an absorbent pad including
- a top layer,
- a bottom layer sealed against the top layer,
- a first lateral side,
- a second lateral side,
- a top defining an opening, and
- a folding portion;
- wherein the absorbent pad is configured to be folded back onto itself at the folding portion to form a sleeve-like pouch when
- the first lateral side is sealed against itself, and
- the second lateral side is sealed against itself,
- wherein a width of the sleeve-like pouch at its narrowest point is 1.2 inches, and
- wherein the sleeve-like pouch includes a first tapered portion at the top of the sleeve-like pouch that tapers along at least a portion of a length of the sleeve-like pouch until a non-tapered portion is reached.
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A method of producing a sleeve-like pouch out of an absorbent pad comprising:
- selecting an absorbent pad sized and shaped to be slid onto an end of a human appendage after being folded to produce the sleeve-like pouch;
- folding the absorbent pad upon itself such that a first lateral side of the absorbent pad overlays itself and a second lateral side of the absorbent pad overlays itself;
- adhering the first lateral side to itself;
- and,
- adhering the second lateral side to itself,
- wherein a width of the sleeve-like pouch at its narrowest point is 1.2 inches,
- wherein the sleeve-like pouch includes a top layer disposed on an inside of the sleeve-like pouch, a bottom layer disposed on an outside of the sleeve-like pouch, and a top defining an opening, and
- wherein the sleeve-like pouch includes a first tapered portion at the top of the sleeve-like pouch that tapers along at least a portion of a length of the sleeve-like pouch until a non-tapered portion is reached.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.