Touch fastener female material, touch fastener, and absorbent article
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsNobuharu Arai, Yasuhiro Kono
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Abstract
Problem: To provide a touch fastener female material which can achieve a good printed appearance without using a substrate layer such as a printed layer support film and which has excellent engaging properties and durability, and a touch fastener and absorbent article containing the touch fastener female material. Solution: A touch fastener female material including a knitted fabric; the knitted fabric composed of back yarns, middle yarns, and front yarns; at least 50% of the back yarns being finished yarns; and the back yarns being arranged in accordance with a 0-0/N-N (where N is an odd number) knit structure.
Claims9
A touch fastener female material comprising a knitted fabric;
- the knitted fabric including back yarns, middle yarns, and front yarns;
- at least 50% of the back yarns being finished yarns;
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- the back yarns being arranged in accordance with a 0-0/N-N (where N is an odd number) knit structure,
- wherein the middle yarns form seams and laps alternately;
- each of the back yarns is alternately connected to two of the middle yarns at each end part on the 0-0 side and the N-N side;
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- wherein the back yarn is connected to the seam of one of the two middle yarns at one end part on the 0-0 side or the N-N side and is connected to the lap of the other of the two middle yarns at the other end part on the 0-0 side or the N-N side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.