Absorbent article having an improved mechanical fastening system
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Mark LaFortune, Lynn Kirkpatrick LeMahieu
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Abstract
An absorbent article includes a fastening system that is easy for the wearer to remove but during use is adapted to resist pop-offs caused by clothing being applied or removed over the absorbent article. The fastening system includes an interlocking fastening component with a backing substrate having a grasping section, a primary attachment section, and secondary attachment sections transversely outward from the grasping section. A plurality of upstanding engaging elements such as hooks are disposed exclusively in the primary and secondary attachment sections.
Claims14
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a garment comprising a moisture barrier, a bodyside liner, and an absorbent assembly between said moisture barrier and said bodyside liner, the garment having first and second waist regions and an intermediate section which interconnects the waist regions;
- at least one first interlocking fastening component disposed in the first and second waist regions;
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- a pair of strap members, each strap member having opposite forward and rearward end portions and comprising a second interlocking fastening component bonded to each of the forward and rearward end portions, each second interlocking fastening component adapted to refastenably engage the first interlocking fastening component, each second interlocking fastening component having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, a proximal edge, a distal edge longitudinally spaced from the proximal edge, and first and second side edges extending between the proximal and distal edges, each second interlocking fastening component comprising:
- a backing substrate having a grasping section contiguous with the distal edge, a primary attachment section longitudinally disposed between the grasping section and the proximal edge, and secondary attachment sections transversely disposed between the grasping section and each of the first and second side edges;
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- a plurality of upstanding engaging elements disposed exclusively in the primary attachment section and each of the secondary attachment sections.
An absorbent article, comprising:
- a garment comprising a moisture barrier, a bodyside liner, and an absorbent assembly between said moisture barrier and said bodyside liner, the garment having first and second waist regions and an intermediate section which interconnects the waist regions;
- at least one first interlocking fastening component disposed in the first and second waist regions;
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- a pair of strap members, each strap member having opposite forward and rearward end portions and comprising a second interlocking fastening component bonded to each of the forward and rearward end portions, each second interlocking fastening component adapted to refastenably engage the first interlocking fastening component, each second interlocking fastening component having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, a proximal edge, a distal edge longitudinally spaced from the proximal edge, and first and second side edges extending between the proximal and distal edges, each second interlocking fastening component comprising:
- a backing substrate having a grasping section disposed between the proximal and distal edges, a first lateral region contiguous with the first side edge and transversely disposed between the first side edge and the grasping section, and a second lateral region contiguous with the second side edge and transversely disposed between the second side edge and the grasping section;
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- a plurality of upstanding engaging elements disposed exclusively in the first and second lateral regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.