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US 4,710,187 AGranted
Form-fitting self-adjusting disposable garment with a stretchable bodyside liner
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsLeona G. Boland, Robert A. Stevens, John C. Wilson, Georgia L. Zehner
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Abstract
An anatomically form fitting, self-adjusting disposable garment with a resiliently stretchable outer cover (20) with an absorbent structure (22) retained therein. The absorbent structure (22) has a resiliently stretchable bodyside liner (42) which causes the absorbent structure (22) to assume a body conforming shape. The disposable garment also features fixed position fasteners to fasten the garment around a wearer.
Claims36
An anatomically form-fitting, generally self-adjusting disposable absorbent garment comprising:
- a breathable elastomeric nonwoven outer cover comprising a nonwoven elastic web joined to one or more gatherable nonwoven webs, including a waist opening, a pair of leg openings, a central crotch section between said leg openings and front and rear panels separated by said crotch section;
- an absorbent insert structure, substantially superposable on said front and rear panels and said crotch section having longitudinally opposed ends and including a liquid permeable bodyside liner resiliently stretchable or expansible in at least one direction and a liquid impermeable barrier with an absorbent core disposed therebetween;
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- attachment means for attaching and integrating said insert to said outer cover while allowing substantially unrestricted functional stretchability thereof.
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