Incontinence shield for men
AssigneeMolnlycke AB
InventorMaj I. Ternstrom
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an incontinence shield for men, intended to embrace the penis. The invention is characterized in that the shield has a front-piece and a back-piece and a center-piece which is narrower in relation thereto; that the shield is arranged to embrace both the penis and the scrotum of the wearer; that to this end the back-piece has therein a recess extending from the end edge thereof; and in that wing-like portions formed on the back-piece by the recess on both sides thereof are arranged to be firmly clamped beneath the scrotum of the wearer, to hold the shield firmly in position.
Claims10
An incontinence shield for men intended to embrace the penis of the wearer either fully or partially in a container-like fashion, and comprising an outer-side made of liquid-impermeable material, an innerside made of liquid-permeable material, and an intermediate body of absorbent material, the shield further comprising a front-piece, a back-piece and a centre-piece which connects said front-piece and said back-piece and is narrower than said pieces and forms the bottom of said container;
- the shield being arranged to embrace both the penis and the scrotum of the wearer;
- the back-piece having a slit or recess which extends from the free edge thereof;
- wing-like portions formed by said slit or recess and located on respective sides thereof adapted to be clamped securely against the body of the wearer, beneath the scrotum thereof, the absorbent body being soft and compressible, and in addition to functioning as an absorption medium being also arranged to impart a given requisite stability to said wing-like portions, so as to be compressibly mouldable beneath the scrotum of the wearer, thereby to hold the shield firmly in position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.