Sanitary napkin with attachment straps
OwnerJennifer Spaldinginventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a wearable sanitary napkin having a front panel having an absorbent sanitary napkin and one or more straps for attachment to the body. In one embodiment, the front panel is substantially triangular in shape and the straps are connected to the corners of the triangle to form a thong style underwear. In still another embodiment, the wearable sanitary napkins are made of inexpensive material so that they are disposable. The absorbent sanitary napkins panties can be made with different levels of absorptive capacity and can be in different configurations and designs.
Claims3
A disposable, wearable sanitary napkin comprising:
- a substantially triangular front panel having (i) an outer layer with an inner surface;
- (ii) a permeable inner layer;
- and (iii) an absorbent sanitary napkin;
- the outer layer and the inner layer being coupled together at their peripheries to form a pocket to receive the absorbent sanitary napkin, the absorbent sanitary napkin thereby being held between the inner surface of the front panel outer layer and the permeable inner layer;
- means for attaching the absorbent sanitary napkin to the inner surface of the front panel outer layer;
- a hip strap in the shape of a circular loop attached to a base of the substantially triangular front panel;
- and,
- a rear strap having one end attached to an apex of the substantially triangular front panel and the other end of the rear strap attached to the hip strap.
A disposable, wearable sanitary napkin comprising:
- a substantially triangular front panel having an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface is an absorbent sanitary napkin;
- a hip strap in the shape of a circular loop attached to a base of the substantially triangular front panel;
- and,
- a rear strap having one end attached to the apex of the substantially triangular front panel and the other end of the rear strap is attached to the hip strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.