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US 5,545,158 AGranted
Disposable absorbent garment and a continuous, selectively elasticized band joined there to
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorJames L. Jessup
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent garment comprises a pair of elastic side sections, front and back sections, and a continuous, selectively elasticized waistband operatively joined thereto. The waistband does not substantially inhibit the elasticity of the elastic side sections, and provides the same or different elasticity to the front and back sections.
Claims18
A disposable garment, comprising:
- a pant body defining a waist opening and a pair of leg openings,
- a partially elastic, continuous waistborder comprising a pair of elastic side segments and at least one non-elastic segment, and
- a continuous, elastic waistband joined to said partially elastic, continuous waistborder;
- said waistband comprising a pair of side portions, a front portion, and a back portion,
- said pair of side portions being respectively joined to said pair of elastic side segments of said waistborder,
- one of said front portion and said back portion being operatively elastically joined to said non-elastic segment, said one portion and said non-elastic segment having an elasticity different from the elasticity of said elastic side segments.
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A disposable garment, comprising:
- a pant body comprising a continuous waistborder defining a continuous waist opening,
- said continuous waistborder comprising at least one non-elastic segment and at least one elastic segment, and
- a continuous elastic waistband comprising at least one recoverable portion that is capable of being temporarily inhibited, and at least one elastic portion having an elasticity substantially the same as an elasticity of said elastic segment,
- said continuous elastic waistband being joined to said continuous waistborder with said elastic portion joined to said elastic segment, and said recoverable portion joined to said nonelastic segment,
- said recoverable portion, upon being activated, gathering said non-elastic segment.
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A disposable absorbent garment, comprising:
- a topsheet,
- a backsheet comprising a waistborder having at least one elastic segment and a non-elastic segment,
- an absorbent structure disposed on said backsheet, and
- an elastic waistband joined to said waistborder, and comprising at least one elastic portion and a recoverable portion capable of being temporarily inhibited, said elastic portion being joined to said elastic segment of said waistborder,
- said recoverable portion being joined to said non-elastic segment of said waistborder,
- said recoverable portion, upon being activated, gathering said non-elastic segment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.