US 5,665,084 AGranted

Attachably pressure sensitive apparatus for increasing girth of disposable undergarments and incontinent devices

OwnerLuke T. Richmondinventor

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Abstract

A device for use in association with a diaper is provided. The diaper has a central extent positionable between legs of a child. A horizontal forward edge and a horizontal rearward upper edge are positionable in front of and behind the child. Upper front sides and upper rear sides are joined on each side of the child. An adhesive tab is secured to each upper front side of the diaper. A pair of diaper extenders are provided. One diaper extender is positioned over one upper rear side of the diaper. Each of the extenders includes a generally inextensible planar sheet which has parallel upper and lower edges with a longitudinal axis centrally therebetween and parallel front and rear edges therebetween. A planar adhesive strip has long upper and lower horizontal parallel edges with a longitudinal axis centrally therebetween. The adhesive strip has adhesive on one surface thereof. About half of the length of the adhesive strip is adhesively secured to the sheet and about half of the length of the adhesive strip is adhesively secured to the diaper at the respective upper rear edge thereby eliminating contact of a sharp edge of the adhesive sheet with a wearer's skin. A logo on the surface of the adhesive strip opposite from the surface of the adhesive. The logo is adjacent to the end of the adhesive strip remote from the inextensible sheet.

Claims4

Dependent claims

An attachment system in combination with a diaper to allow diaper usage for larger children comprising:

a diaper having a central extent positionable between the legs of a child, with a horizontal forward edge and a horizontal rearward upper edge positionable in the front and rear of a child and defining a pair of upper front sides and a pair of upper rear sides to be joined on each side of the child during wearing;
a pair of diaper extenders, one positioned over each upper rear side of a diaper, each of the extenders including an inextensible sheet formed in a rectangular configuration having parallel upper and lower horizontal edges forming a length of about 31/8 inches with a longitudinal axis centrally therebetween and parallel front and rear vertical edges forming a height of about 23/4 inches therebetween, each sheet having a minority of its extent located over an upper rear side of the diaper;
each of the extenders also including an adhesive strip having long upper and lower horizontal parallel edges forming a length of about 51/2 inches with a longitudinal axis centrally therebetween and having short vertical end edges forming a height of about 17/8 inches therebetween, each adhesive strip having adhesive fully covering one surface thereof, about half of the length of the adhesive strip being adhesively secured to the sheet and about half of the length of the adhesive strip being adhesively secured to the diaper at the upper rear edge with their axes being overlapped, the adhesive strip overlapping between about 50 percent and 65 percent of the area of the inextensible sheet;
a piece of covering material having a length of about 61/2 inches and of a height of about 25/8 inches to cover that portion of the adhesive strip remote from the inextensible sheet prior to coupling to a diaper and a portion of its length over the inextensible sheet, the rear edge of the adhesive strip and the adjacent edge of the covering material being essentially coextensive whereby, when the covering material is removed, it will expose the adhesive for securement to the upper rear side of the diaper while allowing the opposite edge of the sheet free for contact and securement with an adhesive tab of the diaper;
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an adhesive tab secured to each upper front side of the diaper at its forward edge and secured to the forward edge of the sheet.

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For use in association with a diaper of the type having a central extent positionable between legs of a child, a horizontal forward edge and a horizontal rearward upper edge positionable in front of and behind the child, respectively, a pair of upper front sides and upper rear sides to be joined on each side of the child during wearing, and an adhesive tab secured to each upper front side of the diaper at a forward edge thereof;

a pair of diaper extenders for securement to a respective adhesive tab to allow diaper usage for larger children, one diaper extender positioned over each upper rear side of the diaper respectively;
each of the extenders including:
an inextensible planar sheet formed in a rectangular configuration having parallel upper and lower horizontal edges forming a length with a longitudinal axis centrally therebetween and parallel vertical front and rear edges therebetween;
a planar adhesive strip having long upper and lower horizontal parallel edges with a longitudinal axis centrally therebetween, said upper and lower parallel edges of the strip being of a length longer than the length of the upper and lower edges of the sheet and having vertical end edges therebetween forming a height less than the height of the end edges of the sheet, said adhesive strip having adhesive fully covering one surface thereof, about half of the length of the adhesive strip being adhesively secured to the sheet and about half of the length of the adhesive strip being adhesively securable to the diaper at the respective upper rear edge;
a covering material adhered to each adhesive strip prior to being coupled to a diaper, the covering material having a length greater than the length of the upper and lower edges of the sheet with the height of the covering material being greater than the height of the end edges of the coupled sheet and adhesive strip.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.