Mechanical fastening system for an absorbent article
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsRobert L. Popp, Michael T. Morman, Paul VanGompel, Paul M. Linker, Debra Durrance
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Abstract
An absorbent article such as infant training pants is provided with a mechanical hook-and-loop type fastening system on the garment in which the loop material is a multi-directional stretchable nonwoven material.
Claims18
A mechanical fastening system for an article, comprising:
- a first fastening component mountable on the article, the first fastening component being a stretchable loop material being made of a neck-stretched bonded laminate material with multi-directional stretch;
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- a second fastening component mountable on the article so as to be engageable with the first fastening component, the second fastening component being made of a hook material;
- whereby when the second fastening component is juxtaposed and engaged with at least a portion of the first fastening component, the first fastening component is stretchable during limited movement of the first fastening component relative to the second fastening component.
A mechanical fastening system for a garment, comprising:
- a first fastening component on the garment, the first fastening component being made of a neck-stretched bonded laminate material with multi-directional stretch;
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- a second fastening component disposed on the garment, the second fastening component being made of a hook material;
- whereby when the second fastening component is juxtaposed and engaged with at least a portion of the first fastening component, the first fastening component is stretchable during movement of a wearer of the garment.
A mechanical fastening system for a disposable absorbent article, comprising:
- a first fastening component disposed on a disposable absorbent article, the first fastening component comprising a multi-directional stretchable nonwoven loop material, and
- a second fastening component disposed on the disposable absorbent article, the second fastening component comprising a hook material.
A disposable absorbent article for personal wear, said disposable article comprising:
- a body having first and second end regions each having longitudinal edges, the body also having an inner layer for contact with the wearer's skin, at least a portion of the inner layer being liquid permeable, an outer layer in opposed relation with the inner layer and an absorbent layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer;
- a mechanical fastening system positioned on the body including:
- a first fastening component on the body adjacent each longitudinal edge of the first end region, the first fastening component being a stretchable loop material made of a neck-stretched bonded laminate material with multi-directional stretch;
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- a second fastening component disposed on the body adjacent each longitudinal edge of the second end region, the second fastening component being made of a hook material;
- whereby when the second fastening component is juxtaposed and engaged with at least a portion of the first fastening component, when placed on the body of a wearer the loop material is stretchable during movement of the wearer.
A disposable absorbent article for personal wear, comprising:
- a body having first and second end regions and comprising a liquid permeable inner layer for contact with the wearer's skin, an outer layer in opposed relation with the inner layer, and an absorbent layer disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer;
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- a mechanical fastening system adapted to refastenably secure the body in a pant configuration, the mechanical fastening system comprising first and second fastening components disposed in the respective first and second end regions, the first fastening component comprising a multi-directional stretchable nonwoven loop material, and the second fastening component comprising a hook material.
A method of making a mechanical fastening system, comprising gathering a nonwoven web in one or more directions, laminating the gathered nonwoven web to an elastic substrate while the elastic substrate is elongated in one or more directions, and disposing the multi-directional stretchable loop material on a disposable absorbent article.
A method of making a mechanical fastening system, comprising elongating an elastic substrate in at least two directions, bonding a nonwoven web to the elongated elastic substrate to form a multi-directional stretchable loop material, and disposing the multi-directional stretchable loop material on a disposable absorbent article.
A method of making a mechanical fastening system, comprising drawing a nonwoven web using an applied force in one direction to align constituent fibers of the nonwoven web and to neck the nonwoven web in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the applied force, laminating the necked nonwoven web to an elastic substrate while the elastic substrate is elongated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of necking to form a multi-directional stretchable loop material, and disposing the multi-directional stretchable loop material on a disposable absorbent article.
A method of making a mechanical fastening system, comprising creping a nonwoven web in one direction to provide extensibility in that direction, laminating the creped nonwoven web to an elastic substrate while the elastic substrate is elongated in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction of creping to form a multi-directional stretchable loop material, and disposing the multi-directional stretchable loop material on a disposable absorbent article.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.