Disposable garment
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorJoyce A. Damico
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Abstract
A disposable incontinent garment having a narrow crotch portion integrally connected to front and back body-encircling portions, with elastic leg bands extending along the longitudinal margins of the crotch and elastic waist bands extending along the latitudinal margins of the front and back portions, the elastic bands cooperating to form generally truncated triangular front and back pocket portions between relatively large convolutions along the legs and bases of the triangular pockets to provide increased containment and comfort features of the garment. A plurality of attachment tapes secure the front and back portions of the garment together in use and provide appropriate leg and waist band seals as well as supporting and stabilizing the front and back pocket portions.
Claims20
In a disposable garment having a fluid pervious inner sheet, a fluid impervious outer sheet and a batt of absorbent material therebetween and having a generally hour-glass shape with a narrow crotch portion integral to oppositely disposed front and back body-encircling portions, at least one of the latter having garment securement means attached to the side edges thereof, and including elastic leg bands disposed longitudinally adjacent the longitudinal margins of the crotch portion and extending into the front and back portions of the garment and with elastic waist bands transversely extending across said front and back portions adjacent the latitudinal margins thereof, the improvement comprising:
- elastic waist bands affixed to at least one of said inner and outer sheets in said front and back portions outboard of longitudinal lines extending generally along the longitudinal margins of said crotch portion,
- elastic leg bands affixed to at least one of said inner and outer sheets in said front and back portions between the crotch portion and said elastic waist bands and inboard of the anchored ends of the later,
- said elastic leg bands exerting a longitudinal contracting and convoluting force in the crotch portion of the garment,
- said elastic waist bands exerting a transverse contracting and convoluting force adjacent the latitudinal margins of said front and back body-encircling portions,
- and the contraction of said elastic leg bands and waist bands interacting to form generally truncated triangular front and back pocket portions having one or more large longitudinally angled convolutions forming the legs of said triangles and with the bases of said triangular portions located generally along the margins of said contracted and convoluted crotch portion of the garment.
In a disposable garment having a fluid pervious inner sheet, a fluid impervious outer sheet and a batt of absorbent material therebetween and having a generally hour-glass shape with a narrow crotch portion integrally connected to oppositely disposed front and back body-encircling portions, at least one of the latter having garment securement means attached to the side edges thereof, and including elastic leg bands disposed longitudinally along the longitudinal marginal edges of the crotch portion and extending into the front and back portions of the garment and with at least one strip of elastic waist band transversely extending across at least one of said front and back portions adjacent the latitudinal margin thereof, the improvement comprising:
- elastic waist bands affixed to at least one of said inner and outer sheets in said one of said front and back portions outboard of longitudinal lines extending generally along the longitudinal edges of said crotch portion,
- elastic leg bands affixed to at least one of said inner and outer sheets in said front and back portions between the crotch portion and the ends of said front and back portions,
- said elastic leg bands exerting a longitudinal contracting and convoluting force in the crotch portion of the garment,
- said elastic waist band exerting a transverse contracting and convoluting force adjacent the latitudinal margin of said one of said front and back body-encircling portions,
- and said elastic leg bands and said waist band interacting to form a generally truncated triangular pocket portion in said one of said front and back portions, said triangular pocket having one or more large longitudinally angled convolutions forming the legs of said triangular portion and with the base of said triangular portion located generally along the end of said contracted and convoluted crotch portion of the garment.
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