Attachment means for a belt and an absorbent article
AssigneeSCA Hygiene Products AB
InventorsPeter Ronnberg, Olle Carlbark, Bjorn Larsson
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Abstract
The invention relates to a belt (1) of flexible material for use with absorbent garments, wherein the belt comprises attachment means (6, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22) securely attached at one end. The attachment means is in the form of a flexible strip of hook elements such as used for releasable hook and loop type connectors and is used for securing that one end to an outer surface of the belt. In order to provide greater comfort for the wearer the attachment means itself is located approximately centrally and extends with its greatest dimension (a) in the width direction of the belt where dimension (a) is between 25% to 75% of the belt width (z).
Claims17
A waist belt for an absorbent garment, comprising:
- a flexible material having first and second ends and longitudinal edges, a distance between said ends defining a length of said belt for securing said belt around a waist of a user of the absorbent garment,
- attachment means securely attached to the belt and located proximate one of the ends of said belt for securing said one end directly to an attachment zone defined by an outer surface of said belt situated between the longitudinal edges, a distance between the longitudinal edges defining a width of said belt and a width of said attachment zone, and the outer surface of said belt being formed of a loop material at least in the attachment zone of the outer surface of said belt at which said one end is to be attached,
- said attachment means being of a hook element strip releasable type, said attachment means extends with its greatest dimension in a width direction of the belt,
- the greatest dimension of said attachment means is in the range of 25% to 75% of the width of said attachment zone taken at a location of the outer surface of said belt at which said one end is to be attached to thereby reduce the risk of said attachment means contacting the user of the absorbent garment when said belt is secured around the waist of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.