Sanitary product for a human vagina

摘要

A sanitary product for use by women for the absorption of menstrual fluid has a plug and a pad joined by a sheath. The plug is substantially cylindrical so that it fits comfortably in a vaginal cavity. The pad remains outside the vaginal cavity, but has an absorbent layer on an inward side proximal to the plug and a liquid impermeable layer on an outward side. The sheath includes a tube of absorbent material for drawing excess menstrual fluid from the plug to the pad and has a layer of liquid impermeable material on its inside surface. It extends from an outward end of the plug, proximal to the pad, both to and through the pad. In use, a wearer can insert a finger into the sheath from the outward side of the pad to assist with insertion of the plug into the vaginal cavity.

主权项

1. A sanitary product for a human vagina comprising an absorbent plug for absorption of menstrual fluid, an absorbent pad for absorption of menstrual fluid and a liquid impermeable flexible sheath disposed between the absorbent plug and the absorbent pad, the flexible sheath being a tube having an open proximal end and a closed distal end wherein the tube is itself closed at the end, the absorbent plug joined to the closed distal end of the tube entirely on the outside of the tube such that liquid cannot pass from the plug to the inside of the tube, and the absorbent pad joined to the proximal end of the tube,
wherein said flexible sheath opens through the pad and is resiliently expandable in a radial direction such that a wearer's finger can be received in the sheath to assist insertion of the plug into a vaginal orifice, wherein the sheath is liquid impermeable in at least a direction from the outside of the sheath to the inside of the sheath.