Disposable catamenial device

Claim 1

FOR USE ON A FEMALE WEARER, A DISPOSABLE COMBINATION CATAMENIAL PAD AND BELT, COMPRISING A PAD FOR DISPOSITION IN THE CROTCH AREA OF A WEARER, SAID PAD BEING OF ABSORBENT MATERIAL HAVING A FORWARD END INCLUDING TWO CORNERS AND A REARWARD END, THE FORWARD END OF SAID PAD BEING STRAIGHT, THE REARWARD PORTION OF SAID PAD BEING CURVED INWARDLY ON EACH SIDE EDGE TO CONFORM TO THE INNER THIGH PORTIONS OF THE LEGS OF A WEARER AND NARROWING TO DEFINE A BLUNT REARWARD END, AN OPEN MESH FABRIC ENCASING THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL, A BELT STRUCTURE FOR HOLDING THE PAD AGAINST THE BODY OF A WEARER, SAID BELT STRUCTURE INCLUDING A SMALL LOOP CONNECTED TO THE REARWARD END OF SAID PAD, STRAPS CONNECTED TO THE FORWARD END OF THE PAD ON THE CORNERS THEREOF, AND HOOKS CONNECTED TO THE FREE ENDS OF SAID STRAPS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID LOOP AND SAID PAD BEING OF SUFFICIENTLY SHORT LENGTH TO FIT ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CROTCH AREA OF A WEARER AND SAID LOOP BEING SUFFICIENTLY SHORT THAT IT ENGAGES SAID STRAPS IN THE LOWER INTER-BUTTOCK AREA OF A WEARER TO ELIMINATE BULGES, SAID LOOP AND STRAPS BEING CONSTRUCTED OF A FINE, STRONG, ELASTIC MATERIAL, AND A THIN PLASTIC WATERPROOF LAYER ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PAD.