Ladies' sanitary garment

Sept. 24, 1957

2,807,263

J· M. NEWTON

LADIES’ SANITARY GARMENT Filed Aug. 18, 1953

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2,807,263

LADIES’ SANITARY GARMENT Jewel Mae Newton, New Castle, Del. Application August 18, 1953, Serial No. 374,968 3 Claims. (Cl. 128—288)

United States Patent Office 2,807,263

Patented Sept. 24, 1957 support 6 and seat 4. The seat 4 has a covering of moisture-protective material, and is designed to support any of the well-known commercial sanitary pads indicated at 11.

The back section 5 is of sufficient size to cover the major portion of the buttocks at the waist and tapers to a considerably narrow portion where it meets the seat 4.

Buttonhole type openings, indicated at 7, are provided at either end of the seat section a short distance beyond the ends of pad 11 and are adapted to receive the outer free ends of the commercial pad, and permit the passing thereof through to the underface of seat portion 4.

The device for securing the pad consists of narrow strips of material, doubled thickness, or tape 9, running : lengthwise of seat slightly shorter in length than seat of garment and fastened to seat in middle portion only, and free of garment on either end. At either end of said strip 9 is a snap fastener 10 impressed in material, and in such position as to meet matching snap impressed in outer layer of seat portion at either end as Figure II-B.

It will be appreciated that the garment according to the present invention possesses a number of very desirable advantages over those known to the art heretofore. For instance, the simple and original use of two openings 7__

Figures I and IV, through which the respective ends of the pad-covering pass, from within to the outside of the garment and downward, thus turning the ends of pad in the opposite direction to that turned heretofore when used with prevalent devices. By thus directing padpull, stress or strain placed on pad which permits it to retain its original flat position. The advantages of this flat position are novel in that pad does not lend itself to fit into bodily crevices with such attendant discomforts as rubbing, chafing, etc. Another advantage of thus cfirectmg the pad-covering ends downward is that the said ^end,^{s tbe}™^se]^{ves do not} in any way come into contact with the body as with devices leading the pad-covering ends upward. Thus the said ends cannot become twisted nor pulled into crevice at buttocks with attending discomforts. A further advantage is that the wearer is scarcely conscious of the pad at all since it does not remain in close proximity to the body, nor does it slip backward nor forward as has been customary with pads held by such devices in the past. Additionally, the pad gives as much, or more, protection as when held by those devices in current use, because pad remains centrally located and conforms to bodily movements rather than opposing them.

The use of the snaps impressed in the material offers advantages also. After the ends of the pad-covering are put through the buttonhole type opening (this is easily len£^{Pb by f}°^{ldinS the} P^ad-^covering ends over lengthwise against each other before pulling through) said ends are merely placed over the bottom section of the snaps and then the top section is pressed over said pad ends to fasten in place, thus securely fastening the padf_t°''T^nS a^{CS tO},!^{hS garment}· ^There is absolutely’no stress on these ends and a pm would just as easily hold them, although the snap being a part of the garment is always conveniently at hand and the ends of the pad material do not attach themselves to the snap as often happens if a safety pin is used for this purpose. To remove pad, the snap is simply opened and the pad lifted ^adp^{ntage of the} snap-type fastening being placed under the seat of tne garment is that no fastening device comes into bodily contact with the wearer (with the attendant discomforts produced by fastening devices ^ghi; clothing'as'is oYten the^case^wkh^devices^ff this nature heretofore used.

_m™^{S invention re}lates to the art of ladies’ sanitary garuienis.

^Thj^Pi^ri?^C,^{lpal ob}i^{ect of the} invention is a new and improved lady s santiary garment. Further object is such ^garmen‘ characterized by the fact that said tary garment by way of construction and without necesstiy of additional devices other than its from^yth°/h^ed ^{SD h}? ^dS -^{be sanltary} P^ad “ a position away *^e body and maintains the pad’s original flat shape, thus avoiding general discomforts attached to the posibody°^{f Ρ&amp;ά by Λβ deV1CeS holding il: t0 and tow}ard the deSt^T ^{Wil1 b}· ^appreciated from the following oescuption of the invention ⁵ a from^Pb±^red ®^mbodiT^{nt of my} ™ion comprises top of’from’and ad’ Tw’ ³° t^{8 d}°^Wnwaf^{d rather than} upward tome is “no elastic, said elastic being sewn to top baVffiece of the ’ ' “ ^WbiCb fra^^enf’_th^{assms ar0Und to and} through the hem at top front of the garment and terminating on one side of said garment with an adjustable clasp.

Near the point of termination of the seat in the front eyelet^hor^Pbutt^Of £™^{ation of} seat in the back is an eyelet or button-hole type.opening. The seat itself has ^a.^{1 n}“^{g of} Protective material. A narrow strip of materia! the same as body of garment, or tape, is sewn to 40 e under portion of the seat lengthwise thereof, attached confalnTnTT ^Only’ ^{tO the S6at}’ ^{fhe tw}° ^ends of’saffi sSp length to ^{SMPS mpressed in the} material and of Iv two inXf V^napS .™^{PreSSed in mate}rial approximate•ly two inches from either end of seat.

fprrinV_t^nV^^tl°^{n may be} .^more readily understood by renting to the accompanying drawing in which· ' ment^{SUre 1S perspective view of} my improved garon^Fl¹ine^riIVof^aF-^enlaT^{d partiaI Section thereof ta}ken on line: 2—2 of Figure I.

0/1^3 of F· ^corre_T^sponding sectional view taken on ime ύ—3 of Figure I.

Figure IV is a perspective view of my improved garment as applied to an existing article of women’s wear- S5 hne_s^aPa^Pn^ad ’ ^{Λβ garment being sh}°wn in dot and dash ™yX'™ed’sX^rS^e“‘^,e °'^a «ί Referring in greater detail to the several figures of the drawing r depicts the front piece of my improved garment, 4 the seat thereof, and 5 indicates theTck feecated ^A“.^acT^Jstable’ Preferably elastic, support is indiThe garment proper is preferably made of nylon or sim- _ft(5liar light weight washable material, and of sufficient size ⁶⁵to cover the mid-section of the abdomen. The top ρόγα™ anii¹ A ‘° ^{as A consists of tw}° hems

A-l and A-2, thru either of which the supporting elaskngthen and A-2 to shorten the distance between the

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It is easily possible and feasible to add the principle of the bottonhole type opening and underneath seat fastener to a pair of ordinary panties of the close-fitting type usually termed “briefs” (see' Figure IV), and thus· ac complish the same purpose as· with' the special garment. · The advantage of: the: special sanitary garment is that it can be worn by women preferring a loose-fitting, type panty and the pad: would'not be as practical used' in a loose-fitting garment. This: special type of garmen · am proposing may be worn without a panty.

Figure V shows a further modified form of my improved garment, and consists of an' adjustable elastic band, tape or strips of · other light-weight material; and a tab 12 approximately two‘inches’square made of ligntweight material in which buttonhole type opening is made, thus incorporating the principle· of^garment. m Figure 1.

Referring in greater detail to Figure V, it consists of the adjustable elastic band 6, tape, or strips of lightweight material 13, tabs 12 to · which lower ends of supporting tapes 13 are joined. The upper ends are joined to elastic band 6. Each tape 13 may, if desired, have an adjustable fastener to provide varying distance between belt 6 and pad 11, and thus accommodate figures of varying sizes. . .

The advantage of the garment shown m Figure V is its economy feature. It has no seat incorporated, the pad itself becomes the seat. The. pad-covering ends pass through the bottonhole type opening and said ends are fastened to each other under the pad by means of a safety pin. , . , . ,,.

An additional advantage of the entire garment is that any standard make external type sanitary pad now on the market can be used. Also, such pad can be perfectly attached to the garment without the garment being on the body of the wearer to insure comfort by adjustment as is necessary with belt-type devices. Also, when using hopper facilities it is only necessary to pull down the garment. When using the current belt-type device, it is required to drop the outer garment, then either release one end of pad or drop down pad and belt together, then repeat the process to reassemble. The insertion or a fresh pad is simpler with my design of garment as this can be done with the garment off the body or on the body, or in sitting position. The use of the current belt-type device necessitates standing for attachment in a partially bent and uncomfortable position and requires more time than insertion in the proposed garment

The result of this invention is to create a very simple, inexpensive, easily applied and comfortable garment of general appeal to women wearing external devices, and to dispense with the various discomforts attending ex10 ternal devices in current use. In the testing of this garment by myself and by other women I have found it adequately accomplishes its purpose.

It will be appreciated that many modifications may be made without departing from the scope of my invention. Accordingly, I intend to be limited only by the following patent claims: