Sanitary panty garment

Claim 2

A sanitary panty garment having a laminated crotch section comprising an inner layer of a flexible resilient plastic foam material having an exposed surface which has a relatively high coefficient of friction for frictionally holding a sanitary napkin placed thereon in position in the crotch section, and an outer layer of a stretchable fabric bonded to said inner layer, said inner and outer layers interacting to provide a stretchable elastic laminate with a high-coefficient-of-friction inside surface for frictionally engaging and forming a snug pocket around a sanitary napkin placed in the crotch section.

Claim 3

A sanitary panty garment as set forth in claim 1 wherein said exposed surface of said plastic foam inner layer has an open cellular texture providing said relatively high coefficient of friction.

Claim 4

A sanitary panty garment as set forth in claim 2 wherein said exposed surface of said plastic foam inner layer is a cut surface.

Claim 5

A sanitary panty garment having a body portion of thin fabric material, an elastic waistband encircling the upper end of the body portion and stitched thereto and a crotch section, the body portion comprising front and back sections joined at stitched side seams, the body portion and crotch section being shaped to provide leg openings, the crotch section having front and back margins extending from one leg opening to the other, the front and back margins of the crotch section being stitched throughout their length to the body portion, the leg openings having side margins, said leg side margins being encircled by elastic bands stitched thereto, the crotch section being a laminated material comprising an inner layer of flexible stretchable plastic foam material having an exposed surface which has a relatively high coefficient of friction for frictionally holding a sanitary napkin in position within the crotch section and an outer layer of stretchable fabric bonded to said inner layer, said inner and outer layers interacting to provide a stretchable elastic laminate with a high-coefficient-of-friction inside surface for frictionally engaging and forming a snug pocket around a sanitary napkin placed in the crotch section.

Claim 6

A sanitary panty garment having a body portion of thin fabric material, an elastic waistband encircling the upper end of the body portion and stitched thereto and a crotch section, the body portion comprising front and back sections joined at stitched side seams, the body portion and crotch section being shaped to provide leg openings, the crotch section having front and back margins extending from one leg opening to the other, the front and back margins of the crotch section being stitched throughout their length to the body portion, the leg openings having side margins, said leg side margins being encircled by elastic bands stitched thereto, the crotch section being a laminated material comprising an inner layer of flexible stretchable plastic foam material having an exposed surface which has a relatively high coefficient of friction for frictionally holding a sanitary napkin in position within the crotch section and an outer layer of stretchable fabric bonded to said inner layer, said inner and outer layers interacting to provide a stretchable elastic laminate with a high-coefficient-of-friction inside surface for frictionally engaging and forming a snug pocket around a sanitary napkin placed in the crotch section.

Claim 7

A sanitary panty garment as set forth in claim 4 wherein the shape of the crotch section, before it is assembled with the body portion, is generally trapezoidal, the front and back margins thereof being generally parallel and the side margins thereof being tapered inwardly toward said back margin.

Claim 8

A sanitary panty garment as set forth in claim 5 wherein the side margins of the crotch section are gathered under the elastic bands encircling the leg openings and stitched thereto.

Claim 9

A sanitary panty garment as set forth in claim 4 wherein the crotch section, before it is assembled with a body portion, is of generally elongate rectangular shape.

Claim 10

A sanitary garment as set forth in claim 7 wherein the side margins of the crotch section are gathered under the elastic bands encircling the leg openings and stitched thereto.

Claim 11

A sanitary garment as set forth in claim 4 wherein the shape of the crotch section before it is assembled with the body portion is such that the front and back margins are convex and the side margins are concave, the portion adjacent the back margin being wider than the portion adjacent the front margin

Claim 12

A sanitary garment as set forth in claim 9 wherein the side margins of the crotch section are gathered under the elastic bands encircling the leg openings and stitched thereto.