Absorbent garment comprising dual containment flaps
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorDavid Peter Kielpikowski
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Abstract
Disclosed is an absorbent garment including a pair of outer containment flaps and a pair of inner containment flaps, said outer and inner containment flaps being formed from a first integral sheet of containment flap material having a length, said inner containment flaps having a length less than the length of said first sheet of containment flap material. Also described is a method of producing the absorbent garments.
Claims4
An absorbent garment having a front portion, a rear portion, and a crotch portion between said front portion and said rear portion, said garment comprising:
- an outer cover;
- a bodyside liner;
- an absorbent core located between said outer cover and said bodyside liner;
- a pair of outer containment flaps having a proximal edge attached to said bodyside liner, a distal edge opposite said proximal edge, and a first elastic member adjacent said distal edge;
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- a pair of inner containment flaps having a proximal edge attached to said bodyside liner, a distal edge opposite said proximal edge and a second elastic member adjacent said distal edge, said outer and inner containment flaps being formed from a first integral sheet of containment flap material having a length, said inner containment flaps having a length less than the length of said first sheet of containment flap material wherein said second elastic members are spaced further apart in said crotch portion than in said rear portion and wherein said second elastic members are non-parallel.
An absorbent garment having a front portion, a rear portion, and a crotch portion between said front portion and said rear portion, said garment comprising:
- an outer cover;
- a bodyside liner;
- an absorbent core located between said outer cover and said bodyside liner;
- a pair of outer containment flaps having a proximal edge attached to said bodyside liner, a distal edge opposite said proximal edge, and a first elastic member adjacent said distal edge;
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- a pair of inner containment flaps having a proximal edge attached to said bodyside liner, a distal edge opposite said proximal edge and a second elastic member adjacent said distal edge, said outer and inner containment flaps being formed from a first integral sheet of containment flap material having a length, said inner containment flaps having a length less than the length of said first sheet of containment flap material wherein said inner containment flaps are located in said front portion and said crotch portion but not in said rear portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.