Sanitary product
AssigneeCalla Lily Personal Care Ltd
InventorYu Sing Hooi
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Abstract
A sanitary product 1 for use by women for the absorption of menstrual fluid has a plug 2 and a pad 3 joined by a sheath 4. The plug 2 is substantially cylindrical so that it fits comfortably in a vaginal cavity. The pad 3 remains outside the vaginal cavity, but has an absorbent layer on an inward side 9 proximal to the plug 2 and a liquid impermeable layer on an outward side 10. The sheath 4 includes a tube of absorbent material for drawing excess menstrual fluid from the plug 2 to the pad 3 and has a layer of liquid impermeable material on its inside surface. It extends from an outward end 6 of the plug 2, proximal to the pad 3, both to and through the pad 3. In use, a wearer can insert a finger into the sheath 4 from the outward side 10 of the pad 3 assist with insertion of the plug 2 into the vaginal cavity.
Claims19
A sanitary product for insertion into a human vagina, the product comprising an internally wearable absorbent plug and an externally wearable absorbent pad joined to one another by a sheath that opens through the pad and is elastic in only a circumferential direction, which allows for radial expansion, such that a wearer's finger can be received in the sheath to assist insertion, and wherein the plug is connected to one end of the sheath and the pad is connected to the other end of the sheath.
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