US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 393
.~.~ Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad

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604 /   HD   SURGERY

317  DF  MEANS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING BODY FLUIDS OR WASTE MATERIAL (E.G., RECEPTACLES, ETC.) {5}
358  DF  .~ Absorbent pad for external or internal application and supports therefor (e.g., catamenial devices, diapers, etc.) {13}
393.~.~ Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad {5}
394  DF  .~.~.~> Abdominal enclosing type {2}
397  DF  .~.~.~> Pad support having means to restrain absorbent pad {1}
400  DF  .~.~.~> Pad support or holder adjustable relative to body crotch area
401  DF  .~.~.~> With body attaching means for pad support
402  DF  .~.~.~> Pad holding or suspending device

DEFINITION

Classification: 604/393

Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad:

(under subclass 358) Subject matter wherein significance is attributed to structure of the securing means, per se, provided to hold or support the collecting means on the body of the user, said means being in the form of clothing, suspending means for the collecting means or means underlying the collecting means to support the said collecting means.

(1) Note. Patents classified in this subclass and the subclasses indented thereunder provide for the nominal recitation of an absorbent pad combined with means to support such pad during use. If structure of the pad or its component layers is claimed, the pad is classified in subclasses 358+ above and its indented subclasses with a cross-reference into this subclass and its indented subclasses for the holder or support structure.

(2) Note. For the purpose of this subclass and its indented subclasses, the term "holder" is defined as any means which suspends the absorbent pad from its opposite ends without any intermediate underlying support for the body of the absorbent pad. Holders are usually referred to as "sanitary belts" in the art.

(3) Note. For the purpose of this subclass and the indented subclasses, the term "support" is defined as any means which

engages an absorbent pad along the underside of the body of the absorbent pad to sustain or uphold the absorbent pad. Supports may be suspended from holders or attached to garments (panties) during use.

(4) Note. For the purpose of this subclass and those indented thereunder, a plastic or rubber appliance holding a detachable diaper is considered to be a garment, holder, or support for the diaper. If the plastic or rubber is integral with the diaper (woven or nonwoven textile material), it is considered as an multilayered absorbent pad and as such is classified in subclasses 358+.