US 12,004,576 B2Granted

Garment with absorbent pads and method of manufacture thereof

AssigneeMast Industries (Far East) Limited

InventorsUrsula Giovanna Todaro, Suet Hing Yip, Ka Lai Tam, Jennifer Ostroski, Chang Ming Liang

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Abstract

An absorbent garment has a pair of breast cups, each having a layer of moisture-wicking one-way transport material, an inner layer of absorbent terry cloth, an inner layer of foam, and an outer layer of water-resistant material. An inner face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an outer face of the one-way transport material. An outer face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an inner face of the foam. An outer edge of the one-way transport material is coupled to an outer edge of the foam. An outer face of the foam is fully laminated to an inner face of the water-resistant material. The absorbent terry cloth has an outer edge that does not extend to the outer edges of the one-way transport material or the foam such that the absorbent terry cloth is fully enclosed between the one-way transport material and the foam.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An absorbent garment comprising:

a pair of breast cups, each breast cup in the pair of breast cups comprising:
a layer of moisture-wicking one-way transport material configured to face a wearer's skin when the garment is worn;
an inner layer of absorbent terry cloth;
an inner layer of foam;
and
an outer layer of water-resistant material;
wherein an inner face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an outer face of the one-way transport material and an outer face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an inner face of the foam;
wherein an outer edge of the one-way transport material is coupled to an outer edge of the foam;
wherein an outer face of the foam is fully laminated to an inner face of the water-resistant material;
and
wherein the absorbent terry cloth has an outer edge that does not extend to the outer edge of the one-way transport material nor to the outer edge of the foam such that the absorbent terry cloth is fully enclosed between the one-way transport material on the inner face thereof and the foam and the water-resistant material on the outer face thereof.

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A method of manufacturing an absorbent breast cup, the method comprising:

providing a layer of moisture-wicking one-way transport material;
providing a layer of absorbent terry cloth having an outer edge which does not extend to an outer edge of the one-way transport material when the absorbent terry cloth is centered on the one-way transport material;
fully laminating an inner face of the absorbent terry cloth to an outer face of the one-way transport material;
providing a layer of foam having an outer edge which extends at least beyond the outer edge of the absorbent terry cloth when the foam is centered on the absorbent terry cloth;
providing a layer of water-resistant material;
fully laminating an inner face of the water-resistant material to an outer face of the foam;
fully laminating an inner face of the foam to an outer face of the absorbent terry cloth and to the outer edge of the outer face of the one-way transport material that extends beyond the outer edge of the absorbent terry cloth;
and
molding the one-way transport material, absorbent terry cloth, foam, and water-resistant material into a breast cup geometry such that the one-way transport material is configured to face a wearer's skin when the breast cup is worn.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.