Re-usable tape tab for disposable diapers
AssigneeJohnson & Johnson
InventorIrving Stanley Ness
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Abstract
An adhesive tape tab for use on disposable diapers which may be peeled and re-used for subsequent fastenings of the diaper without tearing the outside plastic film of the diaper or the tape tab itself. The tape tab has a tape which is fastened on one portion to the diaper. A second, extendable portion of the tape has adhesive material thereon, however, the adhesive material is interrupted and divided into segments by nonadhesive areas formed by a nonadhesive open-mesh sheet material. Each of these adhesive segments has an area so that when the second portion of tape is attached to the outside film the peel strength between tape and film over the segmented area is less than the tearing strength of the film over the same segmented area.
Claims7
In a disposable diaper of the type having an inside surface and an absorbent layer between said surfaces, and an adhesive tape tab for repositionable and reapplicable use on said diaper, said adhesive tape tab having a first portion attached to one part of the diaper and having a second extendable portion for attachment to said outside film on another part of the diaper;
- adhesive material on one surface of the second portion of said adhesive tape tab, said adhesive material being interrupted and divided into segments by filaments and intersections of a nonadhesive, open-mesh sheet material on said surface of the second portion of the adhesive tape tab, said openings of said sheet material defining the adhesive segments, each of said adhesive segments having an area so that the peel strength between said section portion of adhesive tape tab and said film over said segmented area is less than the tearing strength of said film over the same segmented area, but providing, on a combined basis with a plurality of similar adhesive segments, adequate holding strength of the adhesive tape tab to the diaper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.