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US 2004/0073187 A1Published application
Disposable pant type absorbent article having improved multifold fastening system and method of making same
OwnerHamzeh Karamiinventor
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Abstract
An absorbent article is provided having a back waist portion with two lateral ends and a front waist portion having an inner surface of nonwoven material and two lateral ends adjacent the lateral ends of the back waist portion, two nonwoven connectors connecting the adjacent lateral ends of the back waist portion and the front waist portion, hook fastener strips on one of said nonwoven connectors such that when the back waist portion and the front waist portion are wrapped around the waist of the wearer, said hook strips engage onto the nonwoven surface of the front waist portion. Each nonwoven connector may be folded n times wherein n is an integer of from 2 to 30.
Claims145
A prefastened absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a back waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends,
- (b) a front waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends, wherein each one of said lateral ends of said back waist portion is disposed adjacent and spaced apart in relation to one of said two lateral ends of said front waist portion,
- (c) a first nonwoven connector connecting one end of said two lateral ends of said back waist portion to the adjacent lateral end of said front waist portion,
- (d) a second nonwoven connector connecting the other lateral end of said back waist portion to the other adjacent end on said front waist portion, and
- (e) a hook fastener strip on at least one of said nonwoven connectors, wherein the inner surface of said front waist portion is a nonwoven portion and wherein when said back waist portion and said front waist portion are wrapped around the waist of the wearer, said hook strips engage onto said nonwoven surface.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a back waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends,
- (b) a front waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends, wherein each one of said lateral ends of said back waist portion is disposed adjacent and spaced apart in relation to one of said two lateral ends of said front waist portion,
- (c) a first nonwoven connector connecting one end of said two lateral ends of said back waist portion to the adjacent lateral end of said front waist portion,
- (d) a second nonwoven connector connecting the other lateral end of said back waist portion to the other adjacent end on said front waist portion,
- (e) a first perforated line disposed vertically on said first nonwoven connector,
- (f) a hook fastener strip on one side of said first perforated line,
- (g) a second perforated line disposed on said second nonwoven connector,
- (h) a hook fastener strip on one side of said second perforated line, wherein when, said perforated lines are torn, each hook fastener strip on one side of each nonwoven connector engages the other side of the respective nonwoven connector.
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A prefastened absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a back waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends,
- (b) a front waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends, wherein each one of said lateral ends of said back waist portion is disposed adjacent and spaced apart in relation to one of said two lateral ends of said front waist portion,
- (c) a first nonwoven connector connecting one end of said two lateral ends of said back waist portion to the adjacent lateral end of said front waist portion,
- (d) a second nonwoven connector connecting the other lateral end of said back waist portion to the other adjacent end on said front waist portion,
- (e) a perforated line disposed vertically at about the middle of said first and second nonwoven connectors,
- (f) a third nonwoven connector having two side edges, a male strip fastener on one of said side edge engaged with the first nonwoven connector surface and the other side edge being permanently attached to said first nonwoven connector, and
- (g) a fourth nonwoven connector having two side edges, a male strip fastener on one of said side edges engaged with said second nonwoven connector surface and the other side edge being permanently attached to said second nonwoven connector.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a back waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends,
- (b) a front waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends, wherein each one of said lateral ends of said back waist portion is disposed adjacent and spaced apart in relation to one of said two lateral ends of said front waist portion,
- (c) a first nonwoven connector connecting inner one end of said two lateral ends of said back waist portion to the inner adjacent lateral end of said front waist portion,
- (d) a second nonwoven connector connecting the other lateral end of said back waist portion to the other adjacent end on said front waist portion,
- (e) a first perforated line disposed vertically at about the middle of said first nonwoven connector,
- (f) a hook fastener on one side of said first perforated line,
- (g) a second perforated line disposed vertically at about the middle of said second nonwoven connector, and
- (h) a hook fastener on one side of said second perforated line, wherein said hook fasteners are capable of engaging the surface of the nonwoven connectors when each of said perforated lines is torn and the sides of each nonwoven connector are wrapped around the waist when wearing the article.
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A prefastened absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a back waist portion having a first and second laterally opposed edges, inner surface and outer surface,
- (b) a front waist portion having a first and second laterally opposed edges, inner surface and outer surface,
- (c) a first nonwoven connector portion having a first edge permanently sealed to the inside edge of said first lateral edge of said back waist portion and a second spaced apart parallel edge relative to said first edge of said first nonwoven connector portion,
- (d) a second nonwoven connector portion having a first edge permanently sealed to the inside edge of the lateral end of said front waist portion and a second spaced apart parallel edge relative to said first edge of said second nonwoven connector portion,
- (e) a male strip fastener on the surface of said first nonwoven connector portion, wherein said fastener pre-engage with surface of the second nonwoven connector when said first and second nonwoven connector portions are overlapped,
- (f) a third nonwoven connector portion having a first edge permanently sealed to the inside edge of the second lateral end of said back waist portion and a second spaced apart parallel edge relative to said first edge of said third connector portion
- (g) a fourth nonwoven connector portion having a first edge permanently sealed to the inside edge of said front waist portion and a second spaced apart parallel edge relative to said first edge of said first edge of said fourth connector portion,
- (h) a male fastener strip on said third nonwoven connector portion, wherein said male fastener pre-engages with surface of the fourth nonwoven connector when said third nonwoven connector portion and said fourth nonwoven connector portion are overlapped.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- (a) a back waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends,
- (b) a front waist portion having an inner surface, an outer surface and two lateral ends, wherein each one of said lateral ends of said back waist portion is disposed adjacent and spaced apart in relation to one of said two lateral ends of said front waist portion,
- (c) a first nonwoven connector having two ends wherein each of said two ends connects one end of said lateral ends of said back waist portion to the adjacent lateral end of said front waist portion,
- (d) a second nonwoven connector having two ends wherein each of said two ends connects the other lateral end of said back waist portion to the other adjacent end on said front waist portion,
- (e) a first perforated line disposed vertically on said first nonwoven connector,
- (f) a fastener strip on one side of said first perforated line and a fastener strip on the other side of said first perforated line,
- (g) a second perforated line disposed vertically on said second nonwoven connector,
- (h) a male fastener strip on one side of second perforated line wherein when said perforated lines are torn, each hook fastener strip on one side of each nonwoven connectors engages with the surface of the other side of the respective nonwoven connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.