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U.S. Patent No. 10,980,680
July 8, 2021
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Hwa Jin Lee, Seongnam-si, Korea. Assigned to JK Inspir, Seoul, Korea. Filed: 4/27/20 Issued: 4/20/21 A sanitary pad comprising: an upper sheet made of pure organic cotton through which a liquid is permeable; a first absorbing sheet disposed below the upper sheet and made of pure organic cotton configured to absorb the liquid, wherein a lower surface of the first absorbing sheet comprises a concave portion; a second absorbing sheet disposed below the first absorbing sheet and made of natural compressed pulp configured to absorb the liquid, wherein an upper surface of the second absorbing sheet comprises a convex portion which is inserted into the concave portion; a waterproof sheet disposed below the second absorbing sheet and having air permeability; and a length adjusting part disposed at a rear portion of an upper surface of the upper sheet, wherein the length adjusting part includes a cover part, an edge of the cover part in its entire length being removably connected to the upper sheet, and an absorbing part, which is embedded in a state of being folded a plurality of times at an inner side of the cover part so that the absorbing part is not exposed to the outside, wherein the cover part comprises an inner surface formed of a waterproof layer, and an outer surface made of pure organic cotton in a predetermined thickness, the waterproof layer being configured not to absorb menstrual fluid so that the menstrual fluid is absorbed into the pure organic cotton of the outer surface of the cover part, wherein in a state in which the cover part is connected to the upper sheet, the length adjusting part is formed to gradually protrude more in a rearward direction by the absorbing part folded at the inner side of the cover part so that the length adjusting part sticks to buttocks, wherein in a state in which the cover part is detached from the upper sheet, a folded portion of the absorbing part is unfolded toward an outer side of the upper sheet, and a length and width of the sanitary pad is increased, and wherein the concave portion and the convex portion are configured to be expanded when absorbing the liquid in a state in which the convex portion is inserted into the concave portion such that a fixing force between the first absorbing sheet and the second absorbing sheet is increased.
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