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US 2002/0173765 A1Published application
Convertible diaper
AssigneeParagon Trade Brands, Inc.
InventorsSunita Pargass, Ellyn L. Conger, Stacy Yeater
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Abstract
The invention comprises an absorbent garment and a method for making an absorbent garment. An absorbent garment is provided comprising elastic side belts attached at an angle to the main body of the garment to provide a better fit to the user. Adjustment strips preferably are affixed to the elastic side belts and to the main body of the garment to allow the user to repeatedly adjust the garment while the garment is being worn. A method for making the absorbent garment also is disclosed.
Claims25
An absorbent garment comprising:
- a main body having a longitudinal axis corresponding approximately with the front-to-rear axis of a user, a lateral axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, the main body comprising a perimeter defined by laterally extending front and rear waist edges, longitudinally extending left and right side edges, left angular edges joining the longitudinally extending left side edge to the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, right angular edges joining the longitudinally extending right side edge to the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, wherein the left and right angular edges each extend at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis;
- the main body further comprising a substantially liquid impervious backsheet, a substantially liquid pervious topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet;
- a left elastic side belt operatively associated with each of the left angular edges;
- and
- a right elastic side belt operatively associated with each of the right angular edges.
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A method of forming an absorbent garment comprising:
- providing along a machine direction a continuous supply of main body material having first and second laterally extending side edges;
- cutting leg holes from the first and second laterally extending side edges at a first predetermined interval;
- providing first and second continuous supplies of elastic side belt material along the machine direction to overlay the continuous supply of main body material, wherein a laterally distal edge of the first continuous supply of elastic side belt material is located proximal to the first laterally extending side edge, and a laterally distal edge of the second continuous supply of elastic side belt material is located proximal to the second laterally extending side edge;
- providing, at a second predetermined interval, an operatively associating bond between the first continuous supply of elastic side belt material and the continuous supply of main body material at a first joining area and an operatively associating bond between the second continuous supply of elastic side belt material and the continuous supply of main body material at a second joining area, each of the first and second joining areas having a portion that forms an angle relative to the machine direction;
- cutting each of the first and second continuous supplies of elastic side belt material and the continuous supply of main body material at a third predetermined interval;
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- cutting at least the continuous supply of main body material at a fourth predetermined interval to form an absorbent garment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.