Training pants for infants
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorsToshifumi Otsubo, Hideaki Kitaoka
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Abstract
Training pants for infants include a pant body including of a topsheet, a backsheet and a water-impervious intermediate sheet disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a wetness retaining sheet substantially made of hydrophilic fibers such as rayon. The wetness retaining sheet is bonded to the topsheet intermittently in longitudinal and transverse direction of the sheet. Zones of the wetness retaining sheet which are not bonded to the topsheet continuously extend in the transverse direction of the wetness retaining sheet.
Claims11
Training pants for infants having a front waist region, a rear waist region and a crotch region therebetween, said training pants comprising:
- a pant body including a first sheet of nonwoven fabric having an inner surface and an outer surfaces;
- a liquid-impermeable second sheet bonded to the outer surface of said first sheet;
- a wetness retaining sheet having a transverse direction corresponding to a circumferencial direction of said pant body and a longitudinal direction orthogonal to said transverse direction and a hydrophilicity higher than that of said first sheet;
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- said wetness retaining sheet being intermittently bonded to the inner surface of said first sheet in said transverse direction as well as in said longitudinal direction, the remaining portions not bonded to said inner surface comprising zones continuously extending in said transverse direction and zones lifted out of said inner surface.
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