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U.S. Patent No. 12,611,338
Michelle Sullivan, Scarborough, ME.
Filed: 8/3/23Issued: 4/28/26
A multiple use diaper assembly which has a first diaper removably attached to a second diaper thereby facilitating changing of diapers on a user without having to carry additional diapers, said assembly comprising: a first diaper having a pair of leg scallops wherein said first diaper is configured to be worn on a user’s crotch such that each of said leg scallops accommodates a respective one of the user’s legs; a first absorbent pad being attached to said first diaper, said first absorbent pad being comprised of a fluid absorbent material, said first absorbent pad being located on said first diaper wherein said first absorbent pad is configured to absorb bodily fluids from the user; a pair of tabs, each of said tabs being attached to said first diaper, each of said tabs wrappable onto said first diaper when said first diaper is being worn wherein said pair of tabs is configured to retain said first diaper on the user; a second diaper being removably attached to said first diaper wherein said second diaper is configured to rest against the user when said first diaper and said second diaper are worn on the user, said second diaper having a pair of leg scallops wherein said pair of legs scallops associated with said second diaper are configured to accommodate the user’s legs when said first diaper is worn on the user, a second absorbent pad being attached to said second diaper, said second absorbent pad being comprised of a fluid absorbent material, said second absorbent pad being located on said second diaper wherein said second absorbent pad is configured to absorb bodily fluids from the user; a first pouch being attached to said first diaper; a second pouch being attached to said first diaper; a plurality of wipes, each of said plurality of wipes being stored in said first pouch wherein each of said plurality of wipes is configured to be accessible to a caregiver of the user when the caregiver removes said second diaper from said first diaper when said first absorbent pad has become soiled with bodily fluids, each of said plurality of wipes being pre-moistened wherein each of said plurality of wipes is configured to clean the user of bodily fluids; a storage bag being contained in said second pouch, said second diaper being insertable into said storage bag when said second diaper is removed from said first diaper thereby facilitating said second diaper to be disposed of, said storage bag being comprised of a fluid impermeable material wherein said storage bag is configured to inhibit the bodily fluids in said second absorbent pad to leak from said storage bag; wherein said first diaper has a top surface and a bottom surface and a perimeter edge extending between said top surface and said bottom surface, said perimeter edge having a top side, a bottom side, a first lateral side and a second lateral side, each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side having a curved portion which curves toward each other such that curved portion of each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side defines a respective one of said leg scallops, said curved portion of each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side being centrally positioned between said top side and said bottom side; and wherein said assembly includes a pair of adhesive strips, each of said adhesive strips being applied to said top surface of said first diaper, each of said pair of adhesive strips being aligned with said perimeter edge of said first diaper.
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