This invention is in the field of underwear and in particular a semi-disposable sanitary panty with a system for packaging and marketing.
There are many patents in the field of female underwear probably because the requirements of women in this area are numerous. A partial list of such requirements is that the underwear be comfortable; attractive to look at; feeling of femininity; preferably not visible from the rear side when wearing tight fitting slacks; secure feeling that the various parts of the panty stay in place; an absorbent material to catch daily light discharges; the possibility of use for catching heavier discharges like the menstrual flow; the ability to change soiled parts with ease; conveniently removable without removing slacks; and disposable when no longer fresh.
This invention addresses these requirements to reveal an innovation in this field of female underwear.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description present embodiments of the invention and are intended to provide an overview or framework for understanding the nature and character of the invention as it is claimed.
This invention reveals a semi-disposable sanitary panty comprising a supportive portion that can be wear more than one time and an attachable hygienic portion that can be replaced after one time use.
The supportive portion circumscribes the region of the user's waist and has at least one break with a hook member attached to each side of the break which hook members that are capable of being removably hooked onto each other for the purpose of opening and closing the supportive portion. The supportive portion further includes a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion and the back portion attached to the supportive portion on the top side and are connected by a middle portion on the crotch area. The middle portion comprising a base made of non-moisture absorbing material and an absorbent sanitary pad. There might be release and attachment means to detach and attach this middle portion from and to the front and rear portions, so after one use the all middle part can be replaced.
The front portion of the semi-disposable sanitary panty is a triangular shaped attached to the supportive portion on its wider edge. The rear portion of the semi-disposable sanitary panty might be narrow like a string thereby creating a thong or string bikini effect. Alternatively the rear portion could comprise more material covering the buttocks than a thong or string bikini, known in the art as Brazilian style underwear or even more material covering the buttocks than a Brazilian style, known in the art as regular bikini underwear.
The attachment of the front portion and the rear portion to the middle portion might be with a secure attach and detach method like for example Velcro.
The hook members on the supportive portion might have adjustable positions to enable the panty to fit comfortably on different sized wearers.
The base of the middle portion is made of a material that prevents liquids passing through the material like for example a plastic or a rubber compound. Plastic could be of a type that is impervious to liquids but allows air to pass through as this is preferable for the health of the user. The sanitary pad is sufficiently absorbent to absorb light daily discharges. Alternatively the pad could be sufficiently absorbent to absorb a menstrual flow.
The supportive portion includes the front and back portion is made of one or more of the following materials suitable for underwear: cotton, viscose, and polyester. Spandex, elastane or lycra might be added to provide elasticize and stretchy effect.
The supportive portion is to be wear more then one time therefore the designed of the supportive portion would be such to give the woman who wears the semi-disposable sanitary panties to feel comfortable, feminine and attractive. Packaging for semi-disposable sanitary panties is also revealed in this invention. The panties could be packaged for sale with one or more supportive portions that may be used once or more than once according to the desire of the user. Together with the supportive portion could be packaged a number of middle portions with same or different thickness sanitary pads.
Alternatively the base of the middle portion might be as one unit with the supportive portion and only the absorbent sanitary pad can be removable attached to the base of the middle portion to be replaced after being used.
If the supportive portion of the semi-disposable sanitary panties made of one unit with the middle portion then a package might be sold with at least one supportive portion and with a number of sanitary pads to be attached to the supportive portion and be replaced after use. The sanitary pads might come in different sizes and thickness.
Another option is that the whole panty would come as one unit wherein the absorbent pad would be part of the middle portion that would be attached to the supportive portion. In such option the sanitary panties would be one time used and package might be sold with a number of panties with few different size and thickness of the sanitary pads.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated into and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate various embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles and operations of the invention, by way of example only and not to limit the invention to these descriptions only.
As will be appreciated the present invention is capable of other and different embodiments than those discussed above and described in more detail below, and its several details are capable of modifications in various aspects, all without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description of the embodiments set forth below are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive.
The supportive portion 102 further includes the front portion 106 and the rear portion 108 that are connected to the middle portion 110 that joins the front portion 106 and the rear portion 108 on the crotch area. Release and attachment means 112 are placed to detach and attach the middle portion 110 from and to the front portion 106 and rear portion 108, so after one use the all middle part 110 can be thrown away and be replaced by a new middle portion.
The middle portion comprising a base 114 made of non-moisture absorbing material that prevent liquids passing through the material like for example plastic or rubber compound, and an absorbent sanitary pad 116 to absorb light of heavier discharges.
The hook members 104 are hooked closing the supportive portion 102 to circumscribe the region of the user's waist, and are capable of being removable from each other for the purpose of opening the supportive portion 102, enabling the user to wear the semi-disposable sanitary panty with a grater comfort.