Feminine care kit

Abstract

A hygiene kit for young women for use during their menstrual period includes a carry bag that zips open to reveal an arrangement of pockets on opposite inner panels. The kit further includes a collection of supplies carried in the pockets, including tampons, feminine pads, soap, lotion, powder, feminine spray, pre-moistened wipes, a self-activated heating pad, a spare pair of pants, panties in a plastic bag, TYLENOL, candy or other snack and instructions explaining how to use each product.

Description

This patent application is based on provisional patent application Ser. No. 61/339,448 filed on Mar. 4, 2010.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a kit for feminine hygienic care and, more particularly, to a carry bag and a collection of feminine supplies held within separate interior pockets of the carry bag for use by a young woman during her first few years of menstruation.

2. Discussion of the Related Art

The transformation from young childhood to preteen and teenage years can be an awkward and sometimes difficult experience. For girls, the thought of having their first menstrual period can be pretty scary, and learning how to handle it gets even more overwhelming when it actually happens. If she is lucky, a girl's mother will have a talk with her in advance and help to prepare for this big change she is about to encounter. As part of this preparation, young girls may begin to carry a limited number of items with them during their daily routine. These items usually include feminine pads and perhaps a change of underwear. In most instances, however, young girls are not adequately prepared for their first menstrual period and when it suddenly arrives they find themselves confused and embarrassed.

Accordingly, there remains a need for a feminine care kit that a young girl can carry with her wherever she goes, and wherein the kit contains everything she will need, including feminine products and instructions, to properly care for her hygienic needs when her menstrual period arrives.

OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE INVENTION

Considering the foregoing, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a feminine care kit including a convenient carry bag containing all of the products and instructions a young girl will need when she experiences her first few menstrual periods.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a young girl's feminine care kit for use during the first few years of menstruation, and wherein the kit contains a collection of feminine care products, TYLENOL or other over-the-counter pain reliever, a change of clothing and underwear, and easy to follow instructions on how to use the products in the kit as well as how to properly care for herself.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to a personal hygiene kit for young women for use during their menstrual period. The kit includes a carry bag that zips open to reveal an arrangement of pockets on opposite inner panels. The kit further includes a collection of supplies carried in the pockets, including tampons, feminine pads, soap, lotion, powder, feminine spray, pre-moistened wipes, a self-activated heating pad, a spare pair of pants, a clean pair of panties in a plastic bag, TYLENOL, chocolate candy or other favorite snack and instructions explaining how to use each product.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a carry bag according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a top, end perspective view of the carry bag;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view showing the carry bag fully opened to reveal opposite inner side panels with pockets for holding feminine supplies and clothing; and

FIG. 4 is a top plan view showing the carry bag fully opened with various feminine products partially removed from the pockets.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The feminine care kit 10 is shown throughout the several view of the drawings and includes a carry bag 12 for containing a collection of feminine products, a change of clothing 40 and underwear 42, chocolate candy 44 or other favorite snacks and instructions 48 explaining how to use the products, all for use by a young woman during her first few years of her menstrual cycle.

The carry bag, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, includes an outer shell 14 with a first side 16, a rear side 18, handles 20, an outside pocket 22 and a zipper 24 and associated closeable zipper opening that opens to reveal oppositely disposed inner panels 30, 32. When the carry bag 12 is fully opened, the opposite inner panels 30, 32 lie flat along a common plane as seen in FIGS. 3 and 4. The inner panels 30, 32 are each provided with an arrangement of pockets 34. The pockets 34 each have an open end with an elastic band 36 to hold the pocket normally closed. The pockets 34 hold the collection of feminine supplies, change of clothing 40 (e.g., Capri pants) and clean pair of underwear 42 in a plastic bag, several plastic zip lock bags 46 and the instructions 48. The feminine products include several tampons 50, several feminine pads 52, a bottle of liquid soap 54, a bottle of lotion 56, a bottle of powder 56, a spray bottle containing a feminine spray product 60, several packets 62 each containing a pre-moistened wipe, a self-activated packaged heating pad 65, and TYLENOL or other over-the-counter pain reliever 68. One or more chocolate candies 72 or another snack are also packed in the carry bag 12.

While the present invention has been shown and described in accordance with a preferred and practical embodiment thereof, it is recognized that departures from the instant disclosure are fully contemplated but not to be limited except as set forth in the following claims as interpreted under the Doctrine of Equivalents.

Claims

1. A feminine hygiene kit comprising:

a carry case including an outer shell with a front side panel and a rear side panel, an interior with opposing inner panels each having a plurality of pockets thereon, and a zipper closure that opens to reveal the interior and the opposing inner panels;

at least one pair of women's pants packaged in the interior of said carry case;

at least one pair of women's underwear packaged within the interior of said carry case;

a collection of feminine supplies held in the plurality of pockets on the opposing inner panels and including at least one tampon, at least one feminine pad, a bottle containing liquid soap, a bottle containing lotion, a bottle containing body powder, a spray bottle containing a feminine spray product, at least one pre-moistened wipe contained in an airtight packet, a self activated heating pad in a sealed package and an over-the-counter pain reliever; and

at least one sheet substrate containing printed instructions thereon explaining how to use each of the feminine supplies in the collection that is packaged within said carry case.

2. The feminine hygiene kit as recited in claim 1 wherein said at least some of said plurality of pockets include a pocket opening with an elastic material across the length of the pocket opening for holding the pocket opening in a normally closed position.

3. The feminine hygiene kit as recited in claim 2 wherein at least one of the front side panel and the rear side panel includes a pocket.

4. The feminine hygiene kit as recited in claim 3 wherein said carry case is structured and disposed to open and permit movement of the opposing inner panels away from one another to assume a generally coplanar position so that the opposing inner panels are positioned along a common plane.

5. A feminine hygiene kit comprising:

a carry case including an outer shell with a front side panel and a rear side panel, an interior with opposing inner panels each having a plurality of pockets thereon, and a zipper closure that opens to reveal the interior and the opposing inner panels;

at least one pair of women's pants packaged in the interior of said carry case;

at least one pair of women's underwear packaged within the interior of said carry case;

at least one tampon held in one of the plurality of pockets;

at least one feminine pad held within one of the plurality of pockets;

a bottle containing liquid soap held in one of the plurality of pockets;

a bottle containing body powder held in one of the plurality of pockets;

a spray bottle containing a feminine spray product held in one of the plurality of pockets;

at least one pre-moistened wipe contained in an airtight packet and held in one of the plurality of pockets;

a self-activated heating pad contained in a sealed package and held in one of the plurality of pockets;

an over-the-counter pain reliever held in one of the plurality of pockets; and

at least one sheet substrate containing printed instructions thereon explaining how to use at least some of the items in the carry case.

6. The feminine hygiene kit as recited in claim 5 wherein said at least some of said plurality of pockets include a pocket opening with an elastic material across the length of the pocket opening for holding the pocket opening in a normally closed position.

7. The feminine hygiene kit as recited in claim 6 wherein at least one of the front side panel and the rear side panel includes a pocket.

8. The feminine hygiene kit as recited in claim 7 wherein said carry case is structured and disposed to open and permit movement of the opposing inner panels away from one another to assume a generally coplanar position so that the opposing inner panels are positioned along a common plane.