Valerie L Tucker

US Patent:

20100318056, Dec 16, 2010

Filed:

Jun 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/484475

Inventors:

Valerie Tucker - Cleveland OH, US
Erica D. Burlin - Cleveland OH, US

International Classification:

A61F 13/58

US Classification:

604387

Abstract:

A combination absorbent pad and panty shield with raised channel designed to be secured to an undergarment having a crotch region with a pair of side edges includes a liquid permeable cover; a liquid-impermeable cover; a liquid-impermeable baffle having a center section and opposite end sections that form a front end and a back end of the panty shield; an absorbent disposed in the central section of the baffle and enclosed by the cover to form an absorbent pad; first and second flaps mounted to opposite sides of the baffle and sized to depend downwardly and inwardly around the crotch portion of the undergarment; and a raised projection which projects upward from the liquid permeable cover and forms a ridge that extends along a centerline x-x that extends along the length of the combination pad and panty shield and substantially bisects the width of the combination pad and panty shield.