Incontinence article in the form of pants

Abstract

The invention concerns an incontinence article (2) in the form of pants, for receiving body excrements, comprising a front belly section (4) and a rear back section (6) which are connected to each other at side seam areas (14) on both sides during production to form a belly and back band, which is continuous in the transverse or peripheral hip direction and has a hip opening (18) which is closed in the peripheral hip direction, and a crotch section (8) comprising an absorbent body (7) and liquid impermeable backsheet material (62), the absorbent body (7) extending in a longitudinal direction (9) between the belly section (4) and the back section (6) and is attached to the belly section (4) and the back section (6) during manufacture, wherein the crotch section (8) as well as the belly section (4) and the back section (6) define leg openings (19) of the incontinence article, wherein first elastification means (28) are provided in the belly section (4) and the back section (6), which extend at a separation from each other and parallel to each other in the transverse or peripheral hip direction (16) and thereby extensively elasticise the belly section (4) and the back section (6) is characterized in that the crotch section (8) overlaps at least 12% of the surface of the belly section (4) and at least 20% of the surface of the back section (6) and that, at least in a transition area (66) between the crotch section (8) and the belly section (4) and the crotch section (8) and the back section (6), the liquid-impermeable backsheet material (62) of the crotch section (8) is provided with a reinforcing coating (94, 96) which extends over the entire crotch section (8) in the transverse direction (16) but terminates in the longitudinal direction (9) upstream of each longitudinal end (98, 100) of the crotch section (8).

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