Absorbent article for male wearers
CA 2286771 A1 · Owner: The Procter & Gamble Company · Inventors: Bjornberg, Sten Gunnar
Overview
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Disposable absorbent device for male wearers containing an outside layer and an absorbent batt wherein the part of said outside layer situated next to the wearer's body is provided with an opening preferably of a long and narrow shape equipped with elastics, to fit and surround the users penis and/or penis and scrotum. The devices of the invention are particularly suited for absorbent incontinent including bedridden patients but are also suitable to fit baby needs.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed April 24, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended April 24, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 24, 2020.
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