APPARATUS FOR HANDLING SOILED ARTICLES

摘要

A tampon disposal device includes a tubular stiffener, and a membrane conforming to the stiffener with an opening on one end and an enclosure opposite the opening. The membrane is folded inside the stiffener into a first layer attached to the stiffener; and second and third layers that form a lip surrounding the stiffener near a stiffener rim. The second layer folds over the rim, reversing direction to become the third layer lip portion. The third layer continues inside the stiffener. A weak adhesive attaches the lip to the outside stiffener. Another adhesive attaches the first layer to the second layer inside the stiffener. When a hand grasps a tampon string with the membrane and pulls on the string, the first adhesive allows the lip to separate and be pulled into the stiffener together with the tampon. Pushing inwardly on the stiffener seals the tampon inside the membrane.

主权项

1. A device comprising:
an expandable member having an open first end with a first rim, an open second end with a second rim, and a structure between and connecting the first rim to the second rim, the structure having an interior with an inner structure portion and an exterior with an outer structure portion; and a membrane having an open first end, a closed second end, and a continuous membrane portion between the open first end and the closed second end and defining an interior volume with an inner membrane surface and an exterior with an outer membrane surface, the closed second end being inserted into the interior of the structure, wherein the open first end of the membrane extends over the first rim and attaches to the outer structure portion with a first adhesive, and wherein a plurality of membrane layers are formed over the first rim by folding the membrane back and forth over the first rim, at least one layer of the plurality of membrane layers on the exterior of the structure being attached to an adjacent layer of the membrane with a second adhesive.