Moisture Retaining Article

Frantisek Riha-Scott, Auckland, New Zealand.

Filed: 11/19/20
Issued: 9/1/26

A reusable moisture retaining article of or for use with an undergarment to be positioned adjacent a person’s body and to receive moisture from a person wearing the article, the article comprising: a leakproof layer formed or assembled to define, at an upper region of the article, an outer layer of the article and, at a lower region of the article, an outer layer and an inner layer of the article; a leakproof pocket formed between the inner layer and the outer layer at the lower region to allow moisture received from the person, to drain under gravity into the leakproof pocket and be retained in the leakproof pocket when the article is in its upright condition with the upper region above the lower region; a window region to receive the moisture from the person defined at an inner side of the article; a core for transferring the moisture therethrough is laminated or otherwise bonded to and between the outer layer and the inner layer, the outer layer being the outer layer at least one of the upper region and the lower region, wherein a portion of the outer layer overlaps with, and is bonded to, a portion of the inner layer, wherein said portion of the outer layer is between the core and the inner layer at the lower region, and wherein the core comprises a wicking layer positioned toward the inner layer and a moisture absorbing layer positioned away from the inner layer, wherein the moisture absorbing layer is adjacent and bonded to the wicking layer wherein the wicking layer is presented for contact with the person’s body; and wherein the article is reusable through washing.