Catamenial receptacle

Claim 1

AN INFLATABLE, FLEXIBLE AND RESILIENT CATAMENIAL RECEPTACLE ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED AND RETAINED IN THE VAGINAL CAVITY, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) AN ELONGATE DOUBLE-WALLED TUBULAR BODY HAVING AN OPEN MOUTH PORTION, (B) THE SIDES OF SAID BODY BEING HOLLOW AND COMPRISING SPACED THIN DOUBLE WALLS, (C) EACH OF SAID THIN WALLS COMPRISING A VESSEL OF ELONGATE TUBULAR CONFIGURATION, EACH OF SAID VESSELS HAVING AN END CLOSURE WALL WHOLLY COMPRISING A REDUCEDDIAMETER PORTION OF THE VESSEL, (D) ONE VESSEL BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE OTHER, THE INNER VESSEL HAVING A SIZE SUFFICIENTLY LARGE TO STORE A PROPORTIONATELY LARGE QUANTITY OF LIQUID DISCHARGE, (E) ONE PAIR OF CORRESPONDING ANNULAR ENDS OF THE VESSELS BEING JOINED IN SEALING RELATION TO CONSTITUTE THE DOUBLE-WALLED MOUTH OF THE BODY, (F) THE INNER VESSEL EXTENDING INTO THE OUTER VESSEL FOR A DISTANCE GREATER THAN ITS WIDTH AND THE END CLOSURE WALL OF THE INNER VESSEL BEING WHOLLY WITHIN AND ENCLOSED BY THE OUTER WALL, SAID END CLOSURE END BEING CONTINUOUS SO AS TO CONSTITUTE A LEAK-PROOF CLOSURE, (G) THE DOUBLE-WALLED MOUTH OF THE BODY HAVING A PERMANENT OUTWARD FLARE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MOUTH OF THE WOMB AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF EFFECTING A RETENTION OF THE BODY IN THE VAGINAL PASSAGE, (H) A PNEUMATIC FITTING CONNECTED WITH THE OUTER VESSEL, THROUGH WHICH AIR MAY BE PUMPED INTO THE BODY UNDER PRESSURE TO INFLATE THE SAME, SAID AIR TENDING TO EXPAND THE FLARED MOUTH OF THE BODY AND TO SEPARATE THE WALLS OF THE SIDES TO INCREASE THE EFFECTIVE THICKNESS OF THE LATTER, (I) AIR CHECK MEANS AT SAID FITTING, FOR PREVENTING EGRESS OF AIR FROM THE OUTER VESSEL WHEN THE LATTER IS INFLATED, (J) ANCHORAGE MEANS ENGAGED WITH THE INNER VESSEL, PREVENTING EVERTING OF THE LATTER, SAID ANCHORAGE MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO THE SAID OUTER VESSEL.