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US 6,381,751 B1Granted
Bib having a durable pocket structure
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJoyce M. Benjamin, George C. Dobrin, Raymond S. Hamilton
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Abstract
The present invention provides a bib having an improved pocket. The bib has a body panel, a pocket panel forming a pocket space between the body panel and the pocket panel, and a third panel joined to the pocket panel. The third panel includes a flexible member joined thereto that helps to maintain the pocket space in an open configuration once the third panel is folded into the pocket space.
Claims20
A disposable bib comprising:
- a first body panel having a body facing surface and an outer facing surface, a longitudinal centerline, a lateral width, and longitudinally extending side edges;
- a second pocket panel joined to the body panel for providing a pocket space intermediate the outer facing surface of the body panel and an inner surface of the pocket panel, the pocket space having a pocket open edge, a pocket longitudinal length and a pocket lateral width;
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- a third panel having an inside surface and an outside surface, a first end joined to the pocket open edge, a laterally extending second end spaced from the first end and having a lateral width extending between longitudinally extending side edges, the third panel including:
- a flexible member joined to the inside surface of the third panel proximate the first end and extending laterally between the longitudinally extending side edges, wherein the third panel and the flexible member are constructed and arranged such that as the third panel is folded into the pocket space from a first position having the inside surface of the third panel facing the outer surface of the body panel to a second position having the inside surface of the third panel facing the inside surface of the pocket panel, the third panel spaces at least a portion of the pocket panel from the outer surface of the body panel to provide opening of the pocket space along the longitudinal centerline of the bib.
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A disposable bib having a longitudinal centerline, a lateral width, and longitudinally extending side edges, the disposable bib comprising:
- a first body panel having a liquid pervious outer facing layer, a liquid impervious body facing layer, and an absorbent layer disposed therebetween;
- a second pocket panel joined to the body panel for providing a pocket space intermediate the outer facing surface of the body panel and an inner surface of the pocket panel, the pocket space having a pocket open edge, a pocket longitudinal length and a pocket lateral width;
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- a third panel having an inside surface and an outside surface, a first end joined to the pocket open edge, a laterally extending second end spaced from the first end and having a lateral width extending between longitudinally extending side edges, the third panel including:
- a flexible member joined to the inside surface of the third panel proximate the first end and extending laterally between the longitudinally extending side edges, wherein the third panel and the flexible member are constructed and arranged such that as the third panel is folded into the pocket space from a first position having the inside surface of the third panel facing the outer surface of the body panel to a second position having the inside surface of the third panel facing the inside surface of the pocket panel, the third panel spaces at least a portion of the pocket panel from the outside surface of the body panel to provide opening of the pocket space along the longitudinal centerline of the bib.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.