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US 5,911,713 AGranted
Absorbent product with leg closures
OwnerJiro Yamada, Eiro Fukudainventors
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Abstract
Stretchable leg cuffs are put around the legs of a wearer with little gap therebetween, whereby liquid leakage around the legs can be substantially prevented. Elastic bodies are extended on side flaps formed of a backsheet along lengths of the side flaps. Stretchable leg cuffs for encircling the legs of a wearer extend outwardly from the side edges of the side flaps along the lengths of the side flaps.
Claims4
An absorbent product with leg closures comprising:
- an absorbent body including an absorbent core positioned between a topsheet having an extended portion and a backsheet having an extended portion;
- a pair of side flaps having side edges and extending widthwise from the absorbent core, said side flaps being formed from said extended portions of said backsheet and said topsheet, elastic bodies being arranged within each said side flap thereby elasticizing each said side flap;
- a pair of stretchable side panels extending outwardly from said side edges of said side flaps;
- stand-up barrier cuffs being positioned on said side flaps along a length of the absorbent body;
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- stretchable leg cuffs being attached to said barrier cuffs and extending further outward from said absorbent body and being positioned onto said side flaps along the lengths of the side flaps for enclosing the legs of said barrier cuffs and said stretchable leg cuffs about a wearer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.