Permeable, close to the body liner for swimwear
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsCynthia H. Nordness, Kent A. Franklin, Katherine C. Wheeler
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Abstract
A swimwear garment having a material which is permeable to liquid but substantially impermeable to bowel movement material. In one embodiment, the garment can comprise a stand-alone disposable pant liner in the form of a swimpant with waist elastics and leg elastics. In other embodiments, a mesh liner can be a layer within a disposable swimpant. The mesh liner can be attached to the disposable swimpant around the perimeter of the composite structure, or in swimpants containing containment flaps, to the containment flaps. The mesh liner can, optionally, further include elastic strands attached under the mesh liner to provide further lift and hold the mesh liner close to the body of the wearer.
Claims23
A stand-alone disposable garment having a waist opening and two leg openings, comprising:
- a liquid-permeable nonwoven material that is also permeable to sand,
- a first side seam extending from the waist opening to a first leg opening;
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- a second side seam extending from the waist opening to a second leg opening;
- the garment being substantially free of an absorbent assembly and substantially free of liquid-impermeable material, wherein the garment is worn beneath swimwear and is not directly attached to the swimwear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.