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US3707969A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Incontinence device

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1970-12-14
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Granted: 1973-01-02
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Expires: 1990-12-14
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Abstract

Abstract An incontinence device formed from an elongated sheet of flexible, planar, waterproof material having a front panel, an intermediate panel, and a rear panel. The front panel is formed to extend over the pubic area between the furrows of the groin, and the rear panel is formed to extend partially over the buttocks, while the intermediate panel is formed to extend from the front panel, between the legs, to the rear panel and to form a receptacle for moisture absorbent material and to receive the genital organs. The sheet is gathered to an elastic strip along its edges that extend between the front panel and rear panel to provide yieldable expansion. The intermediate panel is folded along lines extending generally longitudinally of the sheet in a direction away from the front panel to provide pleat-like walls that are expandable tranversely of the sheet for the genital organs and moisture absorbent material, and a relatively wide transversely extending pleat extending between the side edges of the intermediate panel provides a pair of opposed walls defining opposite sides of a forwardly opening recess to receive and restrict rearward flow of moisture within the forward portion of the receptacle toward the rear panel. The front panel is held in position by elastic bands releasably secured thereto and to the rear panel, to releasably hold the device in position, and to permit forward dropping of the panel to remove moisture laden material and to enable replacement without removal of the device.

Inventors

  • 👤 M Sanford

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 16:58
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F5/00; A61F5/44; A61F5/4401; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/45; A61F13/49; A61F13/49007; A61F13/49009; A61F13/56; A61F13/64; A61F2013/49068; A61F2013/49076; A61F13/51; A61F13/514; A61F13/51401; A61F2013/51409; A61F13/51474; A61F2013/51486; A61F2013/51492; A61F2013/5694

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 178 words
An incontinence device to be worn by a wearer; a. an elongated sheet of flexible, waterproof material having a front panel, an intermediate panel and a rear panel respectively adapted to extend over the pubic area, between the legs, and over the buttocks of a person when in operative position on such wearer, b. said intermediate panel having corresponding side edges extending longitudinally of said sheet extending between said front panel and said rear panel yieldably extensible to engage the inner surfaces of the legs along the crotch, and a pouchlike portion depending from said edges and from said front panel to receive the genital organs of said wearer and to hold a supply of moisture-absorbent material when in said operative position, c. a transversely-extending, forwardly opening pleat in said sheet extending continuously thereacross between said side edges spaced between said rear panel and said front panel over which such absorbent material is adapted to extend when in said portion to restrict rearward passage of moisture deposited onto said sheet in said pouch-like portion ahead of said pleat.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 178 words
An incontinence device to be worn by a wearer; a. an elongated sheet of flexible, waterproof material having a front panel, an intermediate panel and a rear panel respectively adapted to extend over the pubic area, between the legs, and over the buttocks of a person when in operative position on such wearer, b. said intermediate panel having corresponding side edges extending longitudinally of said sheet extending between said front panel and said rear panel yieldably extensible to engage the inner surfaces of the legs along the crotch, and a pouchlike portion depending from said edges and from said front panel to receive the genital organs of said wearer and to hold a supply of moisture-absorbent material when in said operative position, c. a transversely-extending, forwardly opening pleat in said sheet extending continuously thereacross between said side edges spaced between said rear panel and said front panel over which such absorbent material is adapted to extend when in said portion to restrict rearward passage of moisture deposited onto said sheet in said pouch-like portion ahead of said pleat.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
In a device as defined in claim 1; d. a pair of pleats formed in said intermediate panel at opposite sides of a medial line extending longitudinally of said sheet adjacent to said front panel and between said front panel and said transversely-extending pleat.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 169 words
In a device as defined in claim 2; e. an elastic strip secured to said sheet along said side edges, said strip and said edges being gathered to enable yieldable extension of said edges, said strip extending to opposite edges of said front panel at points adapted to be positioned at the lower ends of the groin furrows of said wearer to yieldably draw said points toward said lower ends of said groin furrows when said device is on said wearer, f. a pair of elastic bands extending between the rear panel and said front panel for yieldably holding said rear panel and said front panel against the buttocks and pubic area when said intermediate panel extends between the legs of the wearer, and g. means for releasably securing one of the ends of said bands to said front panel adjacent the terminal outer end thereof whereby said front paneL may be dropped for replacement of moisture material within said pouch-like portion without removing said device from the wearer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 42 words
In a device as defined in claim 1; d. means on said rear panel adjacent to one terminal end of said sheet for releasably holding a moisture-absorbent pad thereon in a position extending from said rear panel to said transversely extending pleat.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 18 words
In a device as defined in claim 4; e. a moisture-absorbent pad removably held on said last-mentioned means.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1976-01-02 1976-07-03 1977-01-02 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1980-01-02 1980-07-03 1981-01-02 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1984-01-02 1984-07-03 1985-01-02 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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