US PATENT SUBCLASS 604 / 398
.~.~.~.~ Pad restrained by means transverse to width of the pad or fastener element (e.g., strap, end flap, or tuck)

Current as of: June, 1999
Click HD for Main Headings
Click for All Classes

Internet Version by PATENTEC © 1999      Terms of Use


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  DF  .~.~ Specific garment, holder, or support for absorbent pad {5}
397  DF  .~.~.~ Pad support having means to restrain absorbent pad {1}
398.~.~.~.~ Pad restrained by means transverse to width of the pad or fastener element (e.g., strap, end flap, or tuck) {1}
399  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Button or snap fastener element

DEFINITION

Classification: 604/398

Pad restrained by means transverse to width of pad or fastener element (e.g., strap, end flap, or tuck):

(under subclass 397) Subject matter wherein the securing means carried by or associated with the means to support the collecting means includes (a) one or more elements on the support crosswise of the length of the collecting means under which the body of the collecting means is inserted; or (b) means at the opposite ends of the support under which the ends of the collecting means are secured; or (c) joining means to restrain the pad on the pad support.

(1) Note. The securing means here usually consists of elastic straps running crosswise to the length of the pad support under which the pad body is slipped and held or folded flap or tuck areas at opposite ends of the pad holder into which the pad ends are placed and held to secure the pad on the pad holder. The flaps or folds are closed at their ends and the end portions of the aborbent pad does not pass through the flap or fold whereas the transverse strap crosses over the body portion of the pad underneath the strap and extend beyond the strap. Pads secured to the pad support by safety pins are classified here.