US 12,004,935 B2
Absorbent pad for a garment
Arulseelan Kajanthan, Dehiwala (LK); Lanka Buddhika Senanayake, Homagama (LK); Jalanthiran Selvarajah, Colombo (LK); Sumedha Kuruppu Arachchige, Homagama (LK); Mapitiyage Don Janith Dushyantha, Madapatha (LK); and Kanishka Fernando, Katubadda (LK)
Assigned to MAS Innovation (Private) Limited, Battaramulla (LK)
Filed by MAS Innovation (Private) Limited, Battaramulla (LK)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/230,873.
Application 18/230,873 is a continuation of application No. 17/700,699, filed on Mar. 22, 2022, granted, now 11,752,049.
Application 17/700,699 is a continuation of application No. 16/940,495, filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1911052 (GB), filed on Aug. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0390127 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/84 (2006.01); A41B 9/12 (2006.01); A41D 31/10 (2019.01); A41D 31/12 (2019.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01); A61F 13/515 (2006.01); A61F 13/537 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/66 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/8405 (2013.01) [A41B 9/12 (2013.01); A41D 31/10 (2019.02); A41D 31/125 (2019.02); A61F 13/49006 (2013.01); A61F 13/494 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/537 (2013.01); A61F 13/5616 (2013.01); A61F 13/665 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8408 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8414 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a fabric body; and
an absorbent pad attached to the fabric body, the absorbent pad comprising:
a liquid impermeable barrier layer;
a liquid impermeable sealing element; and
a functional layer attached to the barrier layer, the functional layer having a wicking component and a liquid absorbent component, the liquid absorbent component disposed between the wicking component and the barrier layer,
wherein the functional layer includes stitching between the wicking component and the absorbent component, and
wherein the liquid impermeable sealing element is coupled to a periphery of the functional layer and a periphery of the barrier layer, and
wherein the absorbent pad is washable and reusable.