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US 5,325,543 AGranted
Undergarment with a pocket for releasably securing an absorbent pad
OwnerTanya R. Alleninventor
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Abstract
A disposable undergarment for releasably securing an absorbent pad in a pocket located in the crotch portion of the undergarment and a method for making the same is disclosed. The undergarment is made with a body portion and pocket portion. The pocket portion overlays the crotch portion and is attached to the body portion along a sufficient portion of its peripheral edge to form a pocket therebetween. The pocket is sufficient in size to secure or store an absorbent pad or the like. Preferably, the undergarment is made of an inexpensive material so that it may be disposable.
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An improved undergarment comprising:
- a body portion configured initially in an hour-glass shape to partially form a pair of leg openings laterally spaced and separated by a crotch portion, and two pairs of body sides, each pair being longitudinally spaced;
- a one piece pocket portion sized to be substantially coextensive with a standard sanitary napkin and configured to fit between said leg openings and having a peripheral edge defined by a pair of longitudinally spaced transverse edges and a pair of laterally spaced side edges;
- each pair of body sides being joined to form a waist opening and complete the formation of the pair of leg openings;
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- said pocket portion overlaying said crotch portion and being attached to the body portion along the side edges to form a pocket and a pair of longitudinally spaced openings between the pocket portion and the body portion so that a user's fingers may be inserted within either one of the openings to grasp an end of the sanitary napkin and pull the sanitary napkin through the other opening and into a desired location within the pocket.
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An improved undergarment comprising:
- a body portion having a pair of leg openings laterally spaced and separated by a crotch portion, and a waist opening;
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- a pocket portion configured to fit between said leg openings and having a peripheral edge with a pair of longitudinally spaced transverse edges and a pair of laterally paced side edges;
- said pocket portion overlaying said crotch portion and being attached to the body portion along the side edges to form a pocket and a pair of longitudinally spaced openings between the pocket portion and the body portion so that a user's fingers may be inserted within either one of the openings to grasp an end of the sanitary napkin and pull the sanitary napkin through the other opening and into a desired location within the pocket.
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An improved undergarment comprising:
- a body portion having a pair of leg openings laterally spaced and separated by a crotch portion, and two laterally spaced pairs of body sides, each pair being longitudinally spaced;
- a single piece pocket portion configured in an hour-glass shape and sized to be substantially coextensive with a standard sanitary napkin and sized to fit between said leg openings and having a peripheral edge which includes a pair of laterally spaced side edges and a pair of longitudinally spaced transverse edges;
- each pair of body sides being joined to form a waist opening and complete the formation of the pair of leg openings;
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- said pocket portion overlaying said crotch portion and being attached to the body portion along said laterally spaced side edges to form a pocket with a pair of longitudinally spaced openings between said pocket portion and said body portion, both transverse edges being free of attachment and of sufficient length to allow easy insertion of the sanitary napkin into either opening of the pocket with the side edges sufficiently laterally spaced from one another adjacent the crotch portion to snugly store the sanitary napkin with the pocket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.