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US 5,462,541 AGranted
Pocket-like diaper or absorbent article
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorsMary A. Bruemmer, Paulette M. Rosch, John P. Vukos, Duane G. Uitenbroek, Georgia L. Zehner, Christine A. Rasmussen
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Abstract
A diaper or absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent between the topsheet and backsheet, and an elevating device for spacing the topsheet above the absorbent to form a pocket-like shape. The topsheet can have an opening and the absorbent can have a hole therein, both of which receive and isolate waste material from the wearer.
Claims12
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a backsheet,
- a topsheet having an opening therein, wherein said opening allows solid fecal matter to move underneath said topsheet,
- an absorbent having a hole therein and being between said backsheet and said topsheet, wherein said hole extends through said absorbent,
- an elevating means below said topsheet for elevating at least a portion of said topsheet away from said absorbent, thereby forming a shape effective to allow solid fecal matter to move underneath said topsheet, wherein said shape is positioned underneath said topsheet, and
- a masking layer being positioned between said backsheet and said absorbent, wherein said masking layer comprises a first layer of absorbent material and a second layer of liquid-impermeable material.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a backsheet,
- a topsheet having an opening therein, wherein said opening allows solid fecal matter to move underneath said topsheet.
- an absorbent having a hole therein and being between said backsheet and said topsheet, wherein said hole extends through said absorbent,
- an elevating means below said topsheet for elevating at least a portion of said topsheet away from said absorbent, thereby forming a shape effective to allow solid focal matter to move underneath said topsheet, wherein said shape is positioned underneath said topsheet,
- a masking layer being positioned between said backsheet and said absorbent, and
- an absorbent pledget member disposed adjacent said hole.
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An absorbent article, comprising:
- a backsheet,
- a topsheet having an opening therein, wherein said opening allows solid fecal matter to move underneath said topsheet,
- an absorbent having a hole therein and being between said backsheet and said topsheet, wherein said hole extends through said absorbent, wherein said absorbent comprises generally opposite panels,
- an elevating means below said topsheet for elevating at least a portion of said topsheet away from said absorbent, thereby forming a shape effective to allow solid focal matter to move underneath said topsheet, wherein said shape is positioned underneath said topsheet,
- a masking layer being positioned between said backsheet and said absorbent, and
- a pair of elastic members attached with at least one of said backsheet, said absorbent, and respective ones of said absorbent panels.
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A method of making an absorbent article, comprising the steps of:
- providing a backsheet and a topsheet having an opening therein, wherein said opening allows solid focal matter to move underneath said topsheet,
- positioning an absorbent with a hole, wherein said hole extends through said absorbent, between the backsheet and the topsheet,
- providing a pledget member adjacent the hole in the absorbent,
- elevating at least a portion of the topsheet from the absorbent, and
- providing a masking layer between the absorbent and the backsheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.