Prefastened diaper/pant for infants with improved fit range
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsPaul Joseph Datta, Thomas Harold Roessler, Mark George Everson, Catherine Marguerite Hancock-Cooke, Linda Mary Dorschner, Barbara Ann Gossen
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Abstract
A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having elastic and/or extensible components to provide a Percent Fit Range of at least about 33%, more desirably about 80% to about 150%. The disposable absorbent article has prefastened fasteners to allow for easy donning of the article. After initial donning of the article, a waist size adjustment feature allows the waist perimeter dimension to be adjusted to conform the waist opening to the waist of the wearer.
Claims37
A prefastened, refastenable absorbent article, comprising:
- an outer cover extensible in a lateral direction of the prefastened absorbent article and having a moisture barrier;
- a bodyside liner at least partially bonded to the outer cover and extensible in the lateral direction;
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- an absorbent core positioned between the outer cover and the body side liner;
- the outer cover, bodyside liner and the absorbent core defining a chassis having a waist opening,
- wherein the prefastened absorbent article has a percent fit range of at least about 33%.
A prefastened absorbent article, comprising:
- a chassis having a front waist region, a back waist region and a crotch region intermediate the front waist region and the back waist region, the chassis defining a waist opening;
- an outer cover having a moisture barrier;
- a bodyside liner at least partially bonded to the outer cover;
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- an absorbent core positioned between the outer cover and the bodyside liner.
A pant-like prefastened, disposable absorbent article comprising:
- an extensible outer cover;
- an extensible bodyside liner connected to the outer cover in a superposed relation;
- an absorbent core positioned between the outer cover and the bodyside liner;
- an extensible spacer layer positioned between the backsheet and the absorbent core;
- at least one extensible containment flap positioned adjacent a side edge of the absorbent core;
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- at least one waist size adjustment means having a fastener and a corresponding loop component, the loop component extensible in a cross machine direction to permit one of a front waist region and a rear waist region to extend laterally beyond a width of a chassis,
- wherein the pant-like disposable absorbent article has a percent fit range of at least about 33%.
A pant-like prefastened, disposable absorbent article comprising:
- an extensible outer cover;
- an elastic waistband region;
- a first elastic back ear bonded to a back waist region of the pant-like disposable absorbent article;
- an opposing second elastic back ear bonded to the back waist region;
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- at least one secondary component, the at least one secondary component providing an additional fit range of at least about 220 mm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.