Sanitary napkin with means for disposal

Abstract

Abstract A sanitary napkin comprising a fluid transmitting wrapper, a fluid absorbent pad housed within said wrapper, a fluid impervious lamina located between the surface of the absorbent pad and the interior of the garment-side of said wrapper, said impervious lamina also spanning the edges of said absorbent pad to avoid permeation of the body fluids, at least one adhesive band extending along the length of the outer surface of the garment-side of said wrapping for attaching said napkin to an undergarment, and a protecting web covering said adhesive band, is provided with an integral disposal bag which comprises a pair of layers of an impervious material arranged between said impervious lamina and the garment-side of said wrapping, said layers also spanning the side edges of said absorbent pad and being formed by a single sheet of said impervious material folded over itself at its side edges and closed at its ends to constitute said bag, the garment-side layer of said bag being slit throughout its length by means of a cut at the mid line of said napkin for forming a pair of openable flaps, the margins of both of said flaps being provided with an outer adhesive band covered by said protecting web, said adhesive bands providing in use garment attaching means as well as bag sealing means when disposing of said napkin upon opening said flaps and turning said bag inside-out to completely wrap the used napkin.

Inventors

• 👤 Daniel B. Alvarado

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