Undergarment system with absorbent flap
AssigneeACT Holding, LLC
InventorsRyan K. Delka, Bret Delka, Joseph C. Long
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Abstract
A diaper insert has a liquid impermeable external surface, an inner surface, and an absorbency area adjacent the inner surface. The absorbency area has at least one absorbent layer. The diaper insert has a distal end, an attachment end, and a midsection between the distal end and attachment end. The midsection has opposing sides that are in general mirror images to one another about a vertical line. A width of the midsection is less than or equal to a width of the attachment end, and a width of the midsection is less than or equal to a width of the distal end.
Claims30
An undergarment system operable to be removably worn by a wearer, said undergarment system comprising:
- an undergarment including opposite front and rear waist portions and a central portion located between the front and rear waist portions, with the front and rear waist portions presenting front and rear edges, respectively,
- said undergarment presenting an interior surface that generally defines an undergarment interior when the undergarment is worn;
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- an absorbent flap including an absorbent flap layer and presenting an inner surface,
- said flap being attached directly to a respective waist portion to at least in part define an upper fold extending above the respective waist portion, with the flap extending downwardly from the upper fold along the interior surface of the undergarment such that the absorbent flap layer is positioned within the undergarment interior and at least part of said inner surface of the flap faces the interior surface of the undergarment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.