JP2010207299A - Urine absorbent article - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a urine absorbent article which is easily and hygienically fitted to the penis while keeping a wearer or a care worker from directly touching the penis. <P>SOLUTION: A urine collecting pad 1 includes a bag 10 for storing the penis and an ear part 20 arranged on the outside of the bag near an insertion port 10a of the bag 10. When fitting the urine collecting pad 1 on the penis, the insertion port 10a is opened by fingers inserted between the bag 10 and the ear part 20, and the penis is inserted into the bag 10 via the opened insertion port 10a. With such a configuration, the urine collecting pad 1 is easily and hygienically fitted to the penis while keeping the wearer or the care worker from directly touching the penis. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a urine absorbing article that is attached to a male genital and absorbs urine excreted from the male genital.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a urine collection pad that is attached to a male genitalia inside a diaper or underwear and absorbs urine excreted from the male genital is known. As an example of such a urine collection pad, Patent Literature 1 describes a bag-shaped body having an opening, and a male genitalia is inserted into the bag-shaped body through the opening.

JP 2004-159724 A

  When wearing a bag-like urine collection pad on a male genitalia, a wearer or a caregiver must widen the opening of the urine collection pad and insert the male genitalia into the urine collection pad.

  However, for example, with the urine collection pad disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is difficult to open the opening with one hand and attach it to a male genitalia. It is also difficult for the wearer or caregiver to attach the urine collection pad to the male genital without touching the male genital.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a situation, and provides the urine absorption article which a wearer or caregiver can mount | wear with a male genus easily and hygienically, without touching a male genital directly. For the purpose.

  In order to solve the above problems, the first invention of the present application is a urine absorbent article that absorbs urine that is attached to a male genitalia and excreted from the male genitalia, and a liquid-permeable top sheet that constitutes an inner surface; A bag part having a liquid-impermeable back sheet constituting an outer surface, an absorbent body interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and having an insertion port for inserting a male genital, and the insertion A telescopic part provided in the vicinity of the mouth, and an ear part provided on the outer side of the bag part in the vicinity of the insertion port, and inserting a finger between the bag part and the ear part It is possible.

  2nd invention of this application is a urine absorption article of 1st invention, Comprising: The said bag part uses the substantially rectangular laminated body on which the said top sheet, the said absorber, and the said back sheet were laminated | stacked, and said top sheet Is bent along a folding line orthogonal to the longitudinal direction so that both sides are sealed.

  3rd invention of this application is a urine absorption article of 2nd invention, Comprising: The both ends of the longitudinal direction of the said laminated body are return | folded outside in the vicinity of the said insertion port, The said ear | edge part is the said laminated body This is a folded portion including the both end portions.

  4th invention of this application is a urine absorption article of 3rd invention, Comprising: The said laminated body is return | folded outside in the site | part of the edge part side rather than the both ends of the longitudinal direction of the said absorber. And

  A fifth invention of the present application is the urine absorbent article according to any one of the first invention to the fourth invention, wherein the stretchable portion is provided in the ear portion.

  6th invention of this application is a urine absorption article of 5th invention, Comprising: The said expansion-contraction part has the 1st expansion-contraction part which arrange | positioned the several 1st elastic member by predetermined spacing, and said 1st expansion-contraction part. Further, on the insertion port side, a plurality of second elastic members are provided with second expansion / contraction portions arranged at intervals larger than the predetermined interval.

  A seventh invention of the present application is the urine absorbent article according to any one of the first invention to the sixth invention, wherein the absorber is made of a polymer-absorbing material having no pulp.

  The eighth invention of the present application is the urine absorbent article according to any one of the first to seventh inventions, further comprising a fixing member that fixes the insertion port of the bag portion according to the size of the male genitalia. It is characterized by.

  According to the first to eighth inventions of the present application, a finger is inserted between the bag portion and the ear portion to widen the insertion port, and the male genitalia is inserted into the bag portion through the widened insertion port. be able to. For this reason, the wearer or the caregiver can easily and hygienically attach the urine absorbent article to the male genital without directly touching the male genital.

  In particular, according to the second invention of the present application, the bag portion can be easily formed from a substantially rectangular laminate.

  In particular, according to the third invention of the present application, it is possible to easily form the ear portion by folding back both ends in the longitudinal direction of the laminate.

  In particular, according to the fourth invention of the present application, it is possible to prevent bulkiness due to the absorber in the vicinity of the insertion opening, and to reduce the uncomfortable feeling during wearing. Further, at the time of manufacturing, the laminate can be easily folded back.

  In particular, according to the fifth invention of the present application, the finger inserted between the bag portion and the ear portion can be fixed by the stretchable portion. Moreover, since a bag part will intervene between a male genitalia and an expansion-contraction part, the excessive clamping | tightening of the expansion-contraction part with respect to a male genital is eased.

  In particular, according to the sixth invention of the present application, the first elastic part can firmly fix the base side of the finger inserted inside the ear part with a relatively large tightening force. In addition, since the tightening force of the second stretchable portion is relatively small, the wearer or caregiver can easily insert the fingertip to the back of the ear portion, and can move the fingertip relatively freely. In addition, since the tightening force of the second stretchable portion is relatively small, the sheet becomes more flexible and feels good at the portion in contact with the skin near the insertion opening. Moreover, since the sheet | seat near an insertion port becomes easy to deform | transform along skin, a sheet | seat can be stuck to a wearer's body.

  In particular, according to the seventh invention of the present application, the absorber can be formed thin. For this reason, a sense of incongruity when the urine absorbent article is worn can be reduced.

  In particular, according to the eighth invention of the present application, the size of the opening can be adjusted according to the size of the male genitalia, and the urine absorbent article can be firmly fixed to the male genitalia.

It is a general view of a urine collection pad. It is sectional drawing of the urine collection pad seen from the II-II position of FIG. It is an expanded view of a urine collection pad. It is the figure which looked at the fixing member from the IV position of FIG. It is sectional drawing which showed the mode when mounting | wearing a urine collection pad. It is sectional drawing which showed the mode when mounting | wearing a urine collection pad. It is the perspective view which showed the state which mounted | wore the urine collection pad. It is the whole urine collection pad concerning a modification. It is the whole urine collection pad concerning a modification. It is sectional drawing of the urine collection pad which concerns on a modification.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

<1. Configuration of urine collection pad>
FIG. 1 is an overall view of a urine collection pad 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the urine collection pad 1 viewed from the position II-II in FIG. The urine collection pad 1 is a urine absorbing article that is attached to a male genitalia (penis) and absorbs urine excreted from the male genitalia. The wearer wears the urine collection pad 1 and wears a diaper or underwear thereon. If it is mild urination, only the urine collection pad 1 needs to be replaced without replacing the diaper or underwear, so the economic burden on the wearer and the care burden on the caregiver are reduced.

  The urine collection pad 1 has a bag portion 10 that can accommodate male genitalia. The bag part 10 is formed with an insertion port 10a for inserting a male instrument. As shown in FIG. 2, the bag portion 10 includes a liquid-permeable top sheet 31 that constitutes an inner surface thereof, a liquid-impermeable back sheet 32 that constitutes an outer surface, and a space between both sheets 31 and 32. And an absorber 33 interposed therebetween. When urine is excreted inside the bag part 10, the urine passes through the top sheet 31 and is absorbed and held by the absorber 33.

  On the outer side of the bag portion 10 in the vicinity of the insertion port 10a, an ear portion 20 is formed to be operated by a wearer or caregiver inserting a finger in order to widen the insertion port 10a. In the present embodiment, the folded portion obtained by folding the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the laminated body 30 constituting the bag portion 10 outward is the ear portion 20. As shown in FIG. 2, the ear portion 20 includes a top sheet 31, a back sheet 32, and a plurality of elastic members 34 a and 34 b attached between the sheets 31 and 32.

  FIG. 3 is a development view of the urine collection pad 1. The urine collection pad 1 is formed from a substantially rectangular laminate 30 in which a top sheet 31, an absorber 33, and a back sheet 32 are laminated in this order. The longitudinal dimension of the absorber 33 is smaller than the longitudinal dimension of the top sheet 31 and the back sheet 32, and the width dimension of the absorbent body 33 is also smaller than the width dimension of the top sheet 31 and the back sheet 32. Further, a plurality of elastic members 34 a and 34 b extending in the width direction are provided in the vicinity of both end portions in the longitudinal direction of the laminate 30 (portions on the end side from the absorber 33).

  When the urine collection pad 1 is manufactured, first, the laminated body 30 is bent so that the top sheet 31 is inside with the folding line L1 extending in the width direction in the vicinity of the center in the longitudinal direction. And the both sides | edges of the laminated body 30 bent are sealed with a heat seal etc. in the longitudinal direction, and the bag part 10 is formed. In FIG. 3, a portion 35 to be sealed after bending is indicated by hatching.

  Then, the both ends of the longitudinal direction of the laminated body 30 are turned back | folding centering | focusing on the folding line L2 extended in the width direction between the absorber 33 and the elastic member 34b. Thereby, the ear | edge part 20 is formed in the outer side of the bag part 10, and the urine collection pad 1 of the state of FIG.1 and FIG.2 is obtained.

  The top sheet 31 is made of a nonwoven fabric using hydrophilic fibers (cellulose, rayon, cotton, etc.), for example. The top sheet 31 may be made of a non-woven fabric that is made liquid permeable by treating the surface of hydrophobic fibers (polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polyamide, nylon, etc.) with a surfactant.

  The back sheet 32 is made of, for example, a water-repellent nonwoven fabric using hydrophobic fibers (polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, polyamide, nylon, etc.). The back sheet 32 may be made of a plastic film or a composite material of a nonwoven fabric and a plastic film.

  The absorbent body 33 is, for example, a paper sheet such as tissue paper or a coated sheet of a liquid-permeable nonwoven sheet obtained by mixing a mass of a hydrophilic polymer aggregate layer such as pulverized pulp fiber or cellulose fiber with a granular polymer absorbent body. It is coated with. Further, the absorbent body 33 may be a highly absorbent polymer sheet-like water absorbent body fixed between the top sheet 31 and the back sheet 32 with an adhesive.

  In addition, if the absorber 33 is comprised with the polymer absorption material which does not have a pulp, the absorber 33 can be formed thinly. For this reason, a sense of incongruity when the urine collection pad 1 is worn can be reduced.

  The plurality of elastic members 34a and 34b are stuck between the top sheet 31 and the back sheet 32 in a state of being extended more than the natural length. For this reason, the plurality of elastic members 34a and 34b generate an elastic force so as to contract the insertion port 10a. On the other hand, the wearer or caregiver of the urine collection pad 1 can widen the insertion port 10a against the elastic force of the elastic members 34a and 34b.

  As described above, the plurality of elastic members 34 a and 34 b constitute an expansion / contraction portion 34 (so-called gather) for expanding and contracting the insertion port 10 a of the stacked body 30. Each elastic member 34a, 34b is made of, for example, polyurethane yarn, polyurethane film, or natural rubber.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG.1 and FIG.2, the opening part sheet | seat 40 is affixed on the surface of the top sheet 31 ranging from the vicinity part of the insertion port 10a of the bag part 10 to the ear | edge part 20. FIG. The opening part sheet | seat 40 plays the role which reduces the irritation | stimulation with respect to skin of a wearer's skin. The opening sheet 40 is made of, for example, a nonwoven fabric using relatively flexible fibers.

  Moreover, as shown in FIG. 1, the fixing member 50 which fixes the insertion port 10a according to the size of the male genitalia is provided in the outer side of the opening part sheet | seat 40 stuck on the ear | edge part 20. As shown in FIG. The fixing member 50 includes a base material sheet 51 having a base end portion adhered to the opening sheet 40 and a male member 52 provided on the other end side of the base material sheet 51. The male member 52 is configured by, for example, a hook-and-loop fastener having a large number of hooks, and can be attached to and detached from an arbitrary position on the surface of the opening sheet 40.

  4 is a view of the fixing member 50 as viewed from the IV position in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the base material sheet 51 of the fixing member 50 is composed of one non-woven fabric sheet folded in half. And the said both ends are stuck on the surface of the opening part sheet | seat 40 in the state which opened the both ends of the nonwoven fabric sheet. For this reason, even when a wearer or a caregiver pulls the base sheet 51, the base sheet 51 is difficult to peel off from the opening sheet 40.

<2. Wearing a urine collection pad>
Next, a method for mounting the urine collection pad 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When wearing the urine collection pad 1, first, the wearer or caregiver inserts a finger between the bag portion 10 and the ear portion 20 of the urine collection pad 1. And the insertion port 10a of the urine collection pad 1 is expanded by opening the inserted finger in the direction of the arrow in FIG. The wearer or caregiver may use both hands to widen the insertion opening 10a. For example, the thumb and the index finger of one hand are inserted into the inside of the ear part 20, and the thumb and the index finger are opened. Thus, it is possible to widen the insertion port 10a.

  A finger inserted between the bag portion 10 and the ear portion 20 is tightened by a plurality of elastic members 34 a and 34 b provided on the ear portion 20. Thereby, a finger is fixed and it is prevented that a finger comes off from between the bag part 10 and the ear | edge part 20. FIG.

  In particular, the ear portion 20 of the present embodiment includes a first elastic part 341 in which seven elastic members 34a are arranged at a relatively small interval, and two elastic members on the insertion port 10a side from the first elastic part 341. 34b, which are arranged at relatively large intervals. For this reason, the 1st expansion-contraction part 341 firmly fixes the base side of the finger inserted inside the ear | edge part 20 with comparatively big clamping force. Moreover, since the tightening force of the 2nd expansion-contraction part 342 is comparatively small, the wearer or caregiver can insert a fingertip easily to the back of the ear | edge part 20, and can move a fingertip comparatively freely.

  In addition, the number of the elastic members which comprise the 1st expansion-contraction part 341 and the 2nd expansion-contraction part 342 is not limited to the example of this embodiment. Further, a single plate-like elastic member may be used in place of the plurality of elastic members 34a constituting the first elastic part 341.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 6, the bag portion 10 is put on the male genitalia in a state where the insertion port 10 a is widened. When the male genitalia is inserted into the bag part 10, the wearer or caregiver removes the finger from between the bag part 10 and the ear part 20. The bag portion 10 is fixed to the male genitalia by the contraction force of the plurality of elastic members 34 a and 34 b provided on the ear portion 20.

  As described above, the plurality of elastic members 34a and 34b provided on the ear portion 20 serve to fix the finger inserted between the bag portion 10 and the ear portion 20, and collect urine from the male genitalia after wearing. It plays both the role of fixing the pad 1.

  Thereafter, the wearer or caregiver fixes the male member 52 of the fixing member 50 to an appropriate position of the opening sheet 40 as shown in FIG. Thereby, the magnitude | size of the insertion port 10a is adjusted according to the size of a male genitalia, and the urine collection pad 1 is firmly fixed with respect to a male genitalia. This completes the mounting of the urine collection pad 1 on the male genitalia.

  Thus, the urine collection pad 1 of this embodiment inserts a finger between the bag portion 10 and the ear portion 20 to widen the insertion port 10a, and enters the bag portion 10 through the widened insertion port 10a. A male genitalia can be inserted. For this reason, the wearer or the caregiver can attach the urine collection pad 1 to the male genital easily and hygienically without directly touching the male genital.

  In particular, in the urine collection pad 1 of the present embodiment, the laminated body 30 is folded outward at a portion on the end side in the longitudinal direction from the absorber 33. That is, in the developed view of FIG. 3, the folding line L <b> 2 is located on the end side with respect to the end portion in the longitudinal direction of the absorber 33. For this reason, the bulkiness by the absorber 33 of the vicinity part of the insertion port 10a can be prevented, and the uncomfortable feeling at the time of wear can also be reduced. Moreover, the laminated body 30 can be easily folded at the time of manufacture.

  Further, in the urine collection pad 1 of the present embodiment, the expansion / contraction part 34 is provided in the ear part 20. For this reason, the finger inserted between the bag part 10 and the ear | edge part 20 can be fixed with an expansion-contraction part. Moreover, since a bag part will intervene between a male genitalia and the expansion-contraction part 34, the excessive clamping | tightening of the expansion-contraction part 34 with respect to a male genital is eased.

  In the present embodiment, the second expansion / contraction part 342 having a tightening force smaller than that of the first expansion / contraction part 341 is provided on the insertion port 10a side of the first expansion / contraction part 341. For this reason, in the part which touches the skin of the vicinity of the insertion port 10a, a sheet | seat becomes comparatively flexible and the touch is good. Moreover, since the sheet | seat becomes easy to deform | transform along skin in the vicinity of the insertion port 10a, the opening part sheet | seat 40 can be stuck to a wearer's body.

<3. Modification>
Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment.

  In the above embodiment, after sealing the both sides of the laminated body 30 folded in half, the ear part 20 is folded outward. However, after the ear part 20 is folded outward, sealing may be performed. In this case, as with the urine collection pad 1A shown in FIG.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the ear portion 20 is formed by folding the laminated body 30 outward. However, the ear portion 20 may be formed by bonding a separate sheet to the outside of the bag portion 10. Good. FIG. 9 is an overall view of the urine collection pad 1 </ b> B in which the ear part 20 is formed of a sheet separate from the bag part 10. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of the urine collection pad 1B as viewed from the position XX in FIG.

  In the example of FIGS. 9 and 10, the end of the sheet constituting the ear 20 on the side of the insertion port 10 a is fixed to the bag 10 with an adhesive 21. Moreover, in the example of FIG.9 and FIG.10, the both sides of the sheet | seat which comprises the ear | edge part 20 are joined to the bag part 10 with the seal | sticker. For this reason, it is possible to insert a finger between the bag portion 10 and the sheet constituting the ear portion 20.

  In the example of FIGS. 9 and 10, elastic members 34 a and 34 b are disposed on the sheet constituting the ear portion 20. For this reason, when a finger is inserted inside the ear part 20, the finger is fixed by the elastic members 34a and 34b. For this reason, the operativity by the inserted finger improves.

  9 and 10, the ear portion 20 includes a first stretchable portion 341 in which seven elastic members 34 a are arranged at relatively small intervals, and 2 on the insertion port 10 a side from the first stretchable portion 341. A second elastic part 342 in which two elastic members 34b are arranged at relatively large intervals. For this reason, the 1st expansion-contraction part 341 can fix firmly the root side of the finger inserted inside the ear | edge part 20 with comparatively big clamping force. Moreover, since the tightening force of the 2nd expansion-contraction part 342 is comparatively small, the wearer or caregiver can insert a fingertip easily to the back of the ear | edge part 20, and can move a fingertip comparatively freely.

  In addition, since the tightening force of the second expansion / contraction part 342 is relatively small, the sheet is more flexible at the part in contact with the skin in the vicinity of the insertion port 10a, and the touch is good. Moreover, since the sheet | seat of the vicinity of the insertion port 10a becomes easy to deform | transform along skin, the opening part sheet | seat 40 can be stuck to a wearer's body.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, although the hook_and_loop | surface fastener was mentioned as an example of the male member 52 of the fixing member 50, the male member 52 may be an adhesive tape. Moreover, the loop member and target tape which fasten the male member 52 so that attachment or detachment is possible may be provided in the opening part sheet | seat 40 side.

  Moreover, in said embodiment, although the bag part 10 was formed by bending the rectangular laminated body 30 and sealing the both sides, the bag part 10 is not necessarily the rectangular laminated body 30. May not be bent. For example, the bag portion 10 may be configured by connecting a plurality of laminated bodies.

1,1A, 1B Urine collection pad 10 Bag portion 10a Insert port 20 Ear portion 30 Laminated body 31 Top sheet 32 Back sheet 33 Absorber 34 Stretchable portion 341 First stretchable portion 342 Second stretchable portion 34a, 34b Elastic member 40 Opening sheet 50 Fixing member

Claims (8)

A urine absorbing article that absorbs urine excreted from a male genitalia,
It has a liquid-permeable top sheet that forms the inner surface, a liquid-impermeable back sheet that forms the outer surface, and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. A bag portion formed with an insertion opening,
A telescopic part provided in the vicinity of the insertion port;
Ears provided on the outside of the vicinity of the insertion port of the bag part,
With
A urine absorbent article, wherein a finger can be inserted between the bag portion and the ear portion. The urine absorbent article according to claim 1,
The bag portion is formed by bending a substantially rectangular laminate in which the top sheet, the absorber, and the back sheet are laminated with a folding line orthogonal to the longitudinal direction so that the top sheet is on the inside. And a urine absorbent article characterized in that both sides are sealed. The urine absorbent article according to claim 2,
Both ends in the longitudinal direction of the laminate are folded outward in the vicinity of the insertion port,
The urine absorbent article, wherein the ear portion is a folded portion including the both end portions of the laminate. The urine absorbent article according to claim 3,
The urine absorbent article, wherein the laminate is folded outward at a portion closer to the end than the both ends in the longitudinal direction of the absorber. A urine absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The urine absorbent article, wherein the stretchable part is provided in the ear part. The urine absorbent article according to claim 5,
The stretchable part is
A plurality of first elastic members, a first stretchable part disposed at a predetermined interval;
A plurality of second elastic members on the insertion opening side of the first expansion / contraction part, a second expansion / contraction part disposed at a larger interval than the predetermined interval;
A urine absorbing article comprising: A urine absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The urine absorbent article, wherein the absorbent body is made of a polymer-absorbing material that does not contain pulp. A urine absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A urine absorbing article, further comprising a fixing member for fixing the insertion port of the bag portion according to the size of a male genitalia.

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