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U.S. Patent No. 1,273,082
May 3, 2022
By: Tara Olivo
Associate Editor at Nonwovens Industry
Kathleen Cannon, Bluffdale, UT; Nisha Cannon Harman, Midvale, UT; and Marianne Rupper Kendrick, Bluffdale, UT. Filed: 10/19/18 Issued: 3/15/22 A containment brief to be worn by a user for containing urine and feces, the containment brief comprising: a strip having a first end and a second end; a first side panel attached to the strip along a first side of the strip between the first end and the second end; a second side panel attached to the strip along a second side of the strip between the first end and the second end, the first side of the strip being opposite the second side of the strip; a first side dam disposed along the first side of the strip; a second side dam disposed along the second side of the strip; an absorbent article disposed on a first surface of the strip, the absorbent article including a backsheet, an absorbent core, and a topsheet; a layer of congruent padding including a backsheet, an absorbent core, and a topsheet, the layer of congruent padding being attached to the absorbent article at a perimeter of the absorbent article, the layer of congruent padding including a cut-out therein; and a sling in which a first end thereof is disposed on the layer of congruent padding at least partially around the cut-out, the sling including two straps extending from a second end thereof that each include a first adhesive tab, wherein the cut-out allows for the urine and the feces to be deposited and dispersed between the absorbent article and the layer of congruent padding to thereby mitigate the urine and the feces from moving beyond bounds of the containment brief, wherein each of the first side panel and the second side panel includes at least one second adhesive tab, and wherein first adhesive tab of each of the two straps of the sling is configured to attach to the layer of congruent padding at an inside back of the containment brief so the two straps stretch up and over a pelvis of the user for the sling to create a pouch to hold a penis of user in a position to thereby mitigate the urine from moving beyond bounds of the containment brief.
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