DE20010307U1 - Sanitary articles for women - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a sanitary article for women. These 15 articles are generally made from sanitary cotton or medically pure cotton. The sanitary articles include sanitary towels and sanitary tampons.

Attempts have been made to optimise the properties of these products by using highly swellable cotton wool and at the same time a surface that is as smooth as possible. However, handling is often perceived as unpleasant. Many women complain of a lack of comfort when wearing sanitary towels, which is expressed in the surface properties of sanitary towels and in the handling comfort of tampons. Many women complain of a feeling of dryness when using tampons, particularly when inserting and removing them.

The aim of the invention is to achieve a more pleasant handling of hygiene articles.

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Theodor-Heuss-Straße 1 Hanover: Freundallee 13

D-38122 Brunswick D-30173 Hanover

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The solution to this problem is that the above-mentioned hygiene products for women are colored.

The advantage of colored hygiene products lies in the psychological effect that makes them more pleasant to use. For young girls, for example, handling colored products has a more positive effect on their mood.

The color of the articles also means that their handling is linked to a frequency treatment that can influence the psychophysiological ability to act. The aim is to make handling more pleasant and problem-free and, in particular, to make the tampon-shaped hygiene article easier to remove.

Preferably, the color is a substantially pure spectral color characterized by a wavelength or a range of wavelengths between 390 nanometers (visible violet) to 770 nanometers (visible red).

The color can be a mixture of at least two colors; the preferred color is dark red or dark blue.

In a further development of the invention, the hygiene article can also be colored differently in certain areas.

In general, it can be a sanitary pad or a sanitary tampon, each of which is colored.

In a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the tampon-shaped hygiene article is characterized by a strongly conical tip, i.e. a strongly shaped upper or front area. This strongly conical upper area preferably extends over at least the first fifth of the tampon.

In the following, the invention is explained and illustrated in more detail with reference to a drawing;

Figure 1: Feminine hygiene tampon

Figure 1 shows a feminine hygiene tampon, designated as a whole by 1, which is strongly conical in its front area 2. Apart from this front area, this tampon has the usual almost cylindrical shape and is pressed from hygiene cotton or medically pure cotton.

In the embodiment shown, the conical upper area is in the first or front third of the tampon, i.e. the ratio of length A to length B is approximately 1:3. The ratio can also be chosen differently and is generally set at at least 1:5.

The outer surfaces of the conical area are preferably approximately conical, but can also be slightly curved.

The color of the tampon cannot be shown in the sketch. This color can be selected as described above, whereby either the cotton wool from which the tampon is pressed is colored beforehand or the entire tampon is subsequently colored from the outside.

Particularly suitable are colors that correspond to the following wavelength ranges: approx. 440 nm and 665 nm (nanometers).

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Claims (9)

1. Hygiene article for women, characterized in that it is coloured. 2. Hygiene article according to claim 1, characterized in that the color is a substantially pure spectral color in the range of 390 nanometers (visible violet) to 770 nm (visible red). 3. Hygiene article according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the color is a mixed color of at least two colors. 4. Hygiene article according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the color is a dark red or dark blue. 5. Hygiene article according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the hygiene article is colored differently in certain areas. 6. A hygiene article according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the article is a sanitary napkin. 7. Hygiene article according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the article is a hygiene tampon. 8. Hygiene article according to claim 7, characterized by a strongly conical shaped upper region. 9. Hygiene article according to claim 8, characterized in that the strongly conical shaped region extends over at least the first fifth of the tampon.