Permeable, close to the body liner for swim wear
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsCynthia H. Nordness, Kent A. Franklin, Katherine C. Wheeler
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Abstract
A swimwear garment having a material which is permeable to liquid but substantially impermeable to bowel movement material. In one embodiment, the garment can comprise a stand-alone disposable pant liner in the form of a swimpant with waist elastics and leg elastics. In other embodiments, a mesh liner can be a layer within a disposable swimpant. The mesh liner can be attached to the disposable swimpant around the perimeter of the composite structure, or in swimpants containing containment flaps, to the containment flaps. The mesh liner can, optionally, further include elastic strands attached under the mesh liner to provide further lift and hold the mesh liner close to the body of the wearer.
Claims48
A stand-alone disposable garment comprising:
- a liquid-permeable nonwoven material,
- a means to fasten the garment about a wearer;
- the garment being substantially free of absorbent material and substantially free of liquid-impermeable material.
An absorbent garment comprising:
- a composite structure, the composite structure having end edges and side edges, the end edges and the side edges defining a perimeter and a central region of the composite structure;
- the composite structure including a liquid-permeable body side liner, an outer cover, an absorbent assembly between the body side liner and the outer cover;
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- a mesh liner attached to the composite structure.
An absorbent garment comprising:
- a composite structure, the composite structure having end edges and side edges, the end edges and the side edges defining a perimeter and a central region of the composite structure;
- the composite structure including a liquid-permeable body side liner, an outer cover, an absorbent assembly between the body side liner and the outer cover;
- a pair of containment flaps attached to the liner side edges;
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- a mesh liner attached to the containment flaps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.