Pant-type absorbent article with a disposal tape
AssigneeEssity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
InventorsBert VAN SCHIE, Louise GRAHN, Marie JOHANSSON
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AssigneeEssity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
InventorsBert VAN SCHIE, Louise GRAHN, Marie JOHANSSON
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A pant-type absorbent article including an outer cover being disposed on a garment facing side of the absorbent article, the article having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion therebetween. The outer cover includes a nonwoven fibrous material on a garment-facing side thereof and a disposal tape including a tape adhesive zone is permanently attached at the tape adhesive zone to the outer cover in an attachment zone on the nonwoven fibrous material of the outer cover in the back portion of the article. The disposal tape has a folded pre-disposal configuration and an unfolded disposal configuration. The outer cover attachment zone is constituted by a modified portion of the nonwoven fibrous material, wherein a bond strength between the tape adhesive zone and the modified attachment zone is greater than a bond strength between the tape adhesive zone and a non-modified portion of the nonwoven fibrous material.
A pant-type absorbent article, said article comprising an outer cover being disposed on a garment facing side of said absorbent article, said article having a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion therebetween, said article comprising an absorbent core arranged in said crotch portion on a wearer facing side of said outer cover, said outer cover comprising a nonwoven fibrous material on a garment-facing side thereof and wherein a disposal tape comprising a tape adhesive zone is permanently attached at said tape adhesive zone to said outer cover in an attachment zone on said nonwoven fibrous material of said outer cover in said back portion of said article, said disposal tape having a folded pre-disposal configuration and an unfolded disposal configuration, wherein said outer cover attachment zone is constituted by a modified portion of said nonwoven fibrous material wherein a bond strength between said tape adhesive zone and said modified attachment zone is greater than a bond strength between said tape adhesive zone and a non-modified portion of said nonwoven fibrous material, wherein said modified attachment zone has a modified cross-section appearance, such that said nonwoven fibers are at ieast partly consolidated and/or flattened within said attachment zone.
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A method of permanently attaching a disposal tape to an outer cover of a pant-type absorbent article, comprising:
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