Diaper liner with selectively elasticized portions
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorKenneth M. Enloe
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Abstract
A distinctive absorbent article includes a backsheet layer, a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer, and an absorbent body located between the backsheet and liner layers. The backsheet and liner layers generally define a front waistband section, a rear waistband section and an intermediate section of the article, with the intermediate section interconnecting the front and rear waistband sections. A resilient barrier member is located in the intermediate section of the article, and includes at least a portion which extends generally transversely along the article cross-direction. The barrier member extends toward the body of the wearer and operably inhibits the longitudinal movement of liquid or viscous waste materials between the front and rear waistband sections of the article.
Claims15
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a backsheet layer;
- a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer;
- an absorbent body located between said backsheet and liner layers;
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- a plurality of longitudinally extending elastic members which are connected to said liner layer and transversely distributed in a substantially adjacently-spaced relation over a medial section of said article, said elastic members having a total, active longitudinal extent of not more than about 50 percent of the total length of said absorbent article, said elastic members operably gathering said liner layer to form therein one or more ruffled panel regions which include a plurality of transversely aligned ridges extending generally perpendicularly from said liner layer and positioned at a predetermined portion of said absorbent article, and said elastic members arranged to operably shorten said liner layer to reduce the occurrence of transversely aligned wrinkling and folding thereof at a designated region of said absorbent article.
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a backsheet layer;
- a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer;
- an absorbent body located between said backsheet and liner layers;
- a plurality of longitudinally extending elastic members which are connected to said liner layer and transversely distributed in a substantially adjacently-spaced relation over a medial section of said article, said elastic members having a total, active longitudinal extent of not more than about 50 percent of the total length of said absorbent article, said elastic members operably gathering said liner layer to form therein one or more ruffled panel regions which include a plurality of transversely aligned ridges extending generally perpendicularly from said liner layer and positioned at a predetermined portion of said absorbent article, and said elastic members arranged to operably shorten said liner layer to reduce the occurrence of transversely aligned wrinkling and folding thereof at a designated region of said absorbent article;
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- resilient spacing means located at each side of a centerline of said article for urging lateral sections of said liner layer away from said absorbent body.
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a backsheet layer;
- a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer;
- an absorbent body located between said backsheet and liner layers, with one or more of said backsheet and liner layers extending beyond lateral side edges of said absorbent body to form gatherable side margins of said article;
- one or more leg elastic members connected to each side margin to form elasticized gathers in the side margin;
- a plurality of longitudinally extending elastic members which are connected to said liner layer and transversely distributed in a substantially adjacently-spaced relation over a medial section of said article, said elastic members having a total, active longitudinal extent of not more than about 50 percent of the total length of said absorbent article, said elastic members operably gathering said liner layer to form one or more ruffled panel regions which include a plurality of transversely aligned ridges extending generally perpendicularly from said liner layer and positioned at a predetermined portion of said absorbent article, and said elastic members arranged to operably shorten said liner layer to reduce the occurrence of transversely aligning wrinkling and folding thereof at a designated region of said absorbent article;
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- resilient spacing means located at each side of a centerline of said article for urging lateral sections of said liner layer away from said absorbent body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.