U.S. patent number 3,608,551 [Application Number 04/766,769] was granted by the patent office on 1971-09-28 for menstrual receiver.
Invention is credited to Saburo Seijo.
United States Patent |
3,608,551 |
Seijo |
September 28, 1971 |
MENSTRUAL RECEIVER
Abstract
Menstrual short panties provided with an elastic piece fixed
either directly or by the intermediary of a network to the middle
piece of panties at both sides in an elongated condition, with
which a napkin is kept raised by the elasticity of elastic piece to
be sufficiently close to the private parts of human female body
irrespective of her physical movements in daily life to prevent
leakage of blood.
Inventors: |
Seijo; Saburo (Kashiwara Nara
Prefecture, JA) |
Family
ID: |
25077479 |
Appl.
No.: |
04/766,769 |
Filed: |
October 11, 1968 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
604/396;
604/397 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A61F
13/74 (20130101); A61F 13/72 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
A61f 013/16 () |
Field of
Search: |
;128/288-291 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Rosenbaum; Charles F.
Claims
What I claim:
1. Short panties for women to hold a napkin (N) to receive
menstrual flow, said panties comprising:
a. a body embracing portion (A),
b. front and rear portions (B) and (C) depending from said body
embracing portion (A),
c. side portions (D) at each side of the panties interconnecting
the front and rear portions (B) and (C),
d. a crotch portion (E) connecting the front and rear portions (B
and C), and
e. drawing portions (H and I) formed to snugly embrace the legs of
the user, said drawing portions (H and I) being bounded by said
front, back, crotch and side portions (B)(C)(D) and (E), and being
located substantially entirely above said crotch portion (E),
f. said panties being proportioned so that said crotch portion (E)
depends loosely between the back and front portions (B and C) and
between the adjacent edges of the drawing portions (H and I) when
fitted to the user,
g. said panties further comprising an elastic tape (K), said tape
(K) being essentially narrow compared to the width of a napkin (N)
and relatively narrow compared to the width of said crotch portion
(E) and being shorter than the crotch portion (E) and extending
inside the panties from the front to rear of the panties in spaced
relation above the center of the crotch portion (E), in position to
support the central part of a napkin (N) saddled thereon in snug
engagement with the body of the user notwithstanding that the
crotch portion (E) is loosely depending therebelow, said tape being
secured to the lower parts of said front and rear portions (B and
C) in the region of juncture thereof with said crotch portion (E)
and having its side edges cushioned and maintained out of contact
with the body of the user by the laterally overhanging portions of
the napkin (N) saddled thereon,
h. said panties further comprising a ventilating network (L)
bridging from the tape (K) to the lateral parts of the crotch
portion (E) proximate to the drawing portions (H) and (I), said
tape (K) being secured to the center portion of said ventilating
network (L) whereby in use of the panties the network (L) maintains
the tape (K) centered above the crotch portion (E) and the network
(L) is centrally raised by the tape (K) assuring centered support
for a napkin (N) saddled on said relatively narrow tape (K) and
uniform support against the body of the user of the lateral
portions of the so supported napkin (N).
2. The invention claimed in claim 1, said network having its
strands arranged on the bias with respect to the length of the tape
(K) and accommodating independent stretching of said tape (K) and
of the drawing portions (H) and (I).
3. The invention claimed in claim 2, said network (L) being
integral with said tape (K).
Description
The present invention relates to a menstrual receiver, and more
particularly to an improvement of short panties for women to hold a
napkin in suitable and comfortable way to receive the menstrual
blooding.
Panties for menstrual reception are primarily required to keep a
napkin so close to the private parts of human female body
irrespective of her physical movements in daily life as to prevent
leakage of menstrual blood without excessive discomfort in wearing
such panties.
Conventional short panties for menstrual reception are however
still considerably far from fulfillment of the above-mentioned
requirements. Short panties of this kind usually comprise a pair of
drawing parts for both legs of a human body and a middle piece
intermediate the drawing parts. Thus both side portions of the
middle piece are fitted tightly to the insides of thighs, and the
central portions of it is suspended intact from the thighs leaving
a relatively large hollow space between the middle piece of panties
and the thighs of human body; should the middle piece be fitted
close to the insides of thighs wholly, the latter will get sore due
to the friction for instance in walking. Since a napkin is inserted
between the middle piece and the thighs without any particular
support means except the weak unstable compression of middle piece
and thighs, the napkin will either float flat in the hollow space
or sink down to the lowered central portion of middle piece,
failing in fitting sufficiently close to the necessary parts of
thighs but leaving a substantially large hollow space between the
thighs and the napkin itself. Accordingly, conventional short
panties are quite liable to slipping the napkin out of its required
position and thus leaking menstrual blood.
Some conventional panties are provided with a network line totally
fixed over the middle piece to prevent the napkin from slipping,
but found unsatisfactory; the napkin moves toward the hinder part
of thighs where the hollow space is comparatively large, as the
wearer moves for instance in walking. Once the napkin is moved, the
lined network not only fails to prevent blood leakage but also
increases discomfortable feeling excessively.
A major object of the invention is to provide short panties for
women to keep a napkin sufficiently close to the private parts of
human female body without employing any particular fixing
means.
Another object of the invention is to provide short panties for
women to keep a napkin sufficiently close to the private parts of
human female body without causing substantial discomfort in wearing
the same.
Other objects and advantages of the invention will be more fully
understood from the following description of a preferred form of
the invention shown by way of example in the accompanying drawings
in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of short panties embodying the
invention;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the middle piece intermediate both drawing
parts of short panties shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a part-cut vertical elevation of the short panties in
FIG. 1 put on a human female body;
FIG. 4 is a part-cut cross section of the short panties in FIG. 1
put on a human female body; and
FIG. 5 is a part-cut cross section of short panties of conventional
type put on a human female body.
As shown in FIG. 1, the panties of the illustrative embodiment
comprise a body, i.e. waist or hip, embracing portion A, a front
portion B and a rear portion C depending from the portion A, side
portions D at each side of the panties interconnecting the front
and rear portions B and C, and a middle or crotch portion E
connecting the front and rear portions B and C as at F and G, the
panty being provided at its sides with drawing parts H and I to
receive and snugly embrace the legs of the user, such parts H and I
being bounded by the parts B, C, D and E as shown, and being
located substantially entirely above said crotch portion E, and the
proportions being such that when properly fitted to the user the
middle portion E depends loosely between the front and back
portions B and C and between the adjacent edges of the drawings
portions H and I, in spaced relation to the body of the user, as
indicated in FIGS. 3 and 4.
As is well shown in the drawings, the panties further comprise an
elastic tape K, said tape K being essentially narrow compared to
the width of a napkin N and being shorter than the crotch portion E
and relatively narrow compared to the width of said crotch portion
E and extending inside the panties from front to rear thereof in
spaced relation above the portion E, in position to support the
central part of a napkin N saddled thereon, as shown in FIGS. 3 and
4, in snug engagement with the body of the user notwithstanding
that the crotch portion E is loosely depending therebelow, and
having its side edges cushioned and maintained out of contact with
the body of the user by the laterally overhanging portions of the
napkin N saddled thereon, as is best shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. And in
addition the panties may be, and preferably are, provided with a
network portion or portions L bridging from the tape K to the
lateral parts of the crotch portion E proximate to the drawing
portions H and I, the tape K preferably being fixed to, or formed
integral with, the network in the center thereof so that the tape K
supports the center of the network L as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, and
the network L keeps the tape K centered above the middle of the
crotch portion E, and supports the lateral portions of the napkin N
straddled across said tape, to maintain them in close contact with
the body as shown in FIG. 4.
As clearly shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the depending crotch portion of
the panties E preferably comprises two plies of suitable material,
and as shown in FIG. 3, the outer ply may be integral with the
front and back portions B and C, and the inner ply may be sewed
thereto at the regions F and G, at which the front and rear ends of
the elastic tape K and network L are secured, preferably by the
same stitching F and G, for economy and comfort.
The short panties of the invention is worn with a napkin (N) put on
the network (L) and elastic piece (K). The network (L) and elastic
tape (K) are raised from the middle piece by the sufficient
elasticity of tape (K), thereby fitting the napkin (N) sufficiently
close to the necessary parts of human body without leaving at M any
substantial hollow space above the napkin as shown in FIGS. 3 and
4, and therefore absorbing menstrual blood immediately and
completely. Since it is fitted to the necessary parts of human body
by the sufficient elasticity of tape (K), the napkin (N) is not
likely to slip itself out of the initial suitable position
irrespective of the wearer's physical movements in daily life,
therefore preventing leakage of menstrual blood in combination with
the above-mentioned immediate and complete absorption effect. Since
the central portion of middle piece (E) is not raised to be fitted
close to the insides of thighs but suspended down, there is no fear
of getting the thighs sore attributed to the friction for instance
in walking. Since there is a relatively large middle piece (E), a
sufficient ventilating effect is assured for better feeling in
wearing the panties. The close contact of napkin (N) to the insides
of thighs all over the upper surface of the former by the coaction
of tape K and network L increases better feeling in wearing the
panties.
This close contact is especially well effected in the preferred
embodiment wherein, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the strands of the
network L are arranged on the bias with reference to the length of
the tape K rather than on the square therewith, and this also
arranges the strands of the network L on the bias throughout its
area and where it is attached to the drawing portions H, and (I),
as shown. Thus in the illustrated preferred embodiment, as the tape
K and/or the drawing portions H are stretched, either together or
independently, the bias network L can stretch or contract overall
or locally in a corresponding manner without danger of either
straining or breaking the network strands or forming folds in the
strands which could become entangled with the napkin or chafe or
irritate the user. Thus in this preferred embodiment set forth to
comply with the statutory requirement that the specification set
forth the best mode known to applicant of practicing his invention,
the bias arrangement of the network L enables the entire body
engaging portion of the assembly, i.e. the napkin N, tape K,
network L and drawing portions H, to independently adjust to
conform to the unique proportions of a given wearer with the best
fit and maximum comfort possible.
The conventional short panties shown by way of comparison in FIG. 5
are not provided with such a network and elastic tape as the
present invention, thus leaving a large hollow space (M') between
the napkin and the thighs, and therefore have those disadvantages
which are already pointed out and overcome by the present
invention.
It will thus be seen that the short panties in accordance with the
invention keeps a napkin so close to the private parts of human
female body irrespective of her physical movements in daily life as
to prevent leakage of menstrual blood without much discomfort in
wearing.
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