Disposable absorbent garments having fluid handling characteristics that encourage toilet training
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMarcille Faye Ruman, Lawrence Howell Sawyer, Christopher Peter Olson, Shirlee Ann Weber
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent pant having fluid handling characteristics useful for encouraging toilet training. The pant has a limited absorbent capacity of between about 30 grams and about 400 grams, which contributes to a slow fluid intake, pooled fluid, and delayed fluid lock-up in the absorbent pad. The pant also has considerable fluid distribution, resulting in a large area of wetness. Each of these fluid handling characteristics provides awareness to a wearer of the filled status of the pant.
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A disposable absorbent pant, comprising:
- a chassis defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings;
- the chassis including an outer cover, a body side liner at least partially bonded to the outer cover, and an absorbent pad positioned between the outer cover and the body side liner;
- the disposable absorbent pant having an intake rate for a 40 milliliter insult of at least 7 seconds, an intake rate for an 80 milliliter insult of at least 45 seconds, a final flowback of a 40 milliliter insult of less than 35% of an initial flowback of the 40 milliliter insult, a final flowback of an 80 milliliter insult of less than 60% of an initial flowback of the 80 milliliter insult, and a fluid distribution of an 80 milliliter insult of at least 60%, each according to a Cradle Test.
A disposable absorbent pant, comprising:
- a chassis defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings;
- the chassis including an outer cover, a body side liner at least partially bonded to the outer cover, and an absorbent pad positioned between the outer cover and the body side liner;
- the disposable absorbent pant having an absorbent capacity of between about 30 grams and about 400 grams;
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- the disposable absorbent pant having an intake rate for a 40 milliliter insult of at least 7 seconds, and an intake rate for an 80 milliliter insult of at least 45 seconds, each according to a Cradle Test.
A disposable absorbent pant, comprising:
- a chassis defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings;
- the chassis including an outer cover, a body side liner at least partially bonded to the outer cover, and an absorbent pad positioned between the outer cover and the body side liner;
- the disposable absorbent pant having an absorbent capacity of between about 30 grams and about 400 grams;
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- the disposable absorbent pant having a final flowback of a 40 milliliter insult of less than 35% of an initial flowback of the 40 milliliter insult, and a final flowback of an 80 milliliter insult of less than 60% of an initial flowback of the 80 milliliter insult, each according to a Cradle Test.
A disposable absorbent pant, comprising:
- a chassis defining a waist opening and first and second leg openings;
- the chassis including an outer cover, a body side liner at least partially bonded to the outer cover, and an absorbent pad positioned between the outer cover and the body side liner;
- the disposable absorbent pant having an absorbent capacity of between about 30 grams and about 400 grams;
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- the disposable absorbent pant having a fluid distribution of an 80 milliliter insult of at least 60%, according to a Cradle Test.
A method of toilet training a child, comprising:
- applying a disposable absorbent pant to the child, wherein the disposable absorbent pant has an intake rate for a 40 milliliter insult of at least 7 seconds, an intake rate for an 80 milliliter insult of at least 45 seconds, a final flowback of a 40 milliliter insult of less than 35% of an initial flowback of the 40 milliliter insult, a final flowback of an 80 milliliter insult of less than 60% of an initial flowback of the 80 milliliter insult, and a fluid distribution of an 80 milliliter insult of at least 60%, each according to a Cradle Test.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.