Permeable, close to the body liner for swim wear
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
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.
Claims36
An absorbent garment comprising:
- a composite structure, the composite structure having end edges and side edges, the end edges and the side edges defining a perimeter and a central region within the perimeter of the composite structure;
- the composite structure including a liquid-permeable body side liner, an outer cover, an absorbent assembly between the body side liner and the outer cover;
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- a continuous mesh liner attached to the composite structure adjacent to the body side liner with no intervening layers between the mesh liner and the body side liner, wherein the mesh liner is permeable to sand, and the mesh liner is coextensive with the composite structure and is attached to the composite structure along the perimeter of the composite structure and unattached to the composite structure in the central region of the composite structure.
An absorbent garment comprising:
- a composite structure, the composite structure having end edges and side edges, the end edges and the side edges defining a perimeter and a central region within the perimeter of the composite structure;
- the composite structure including a liquid-permeable body side liner, an outer cover, an absorbent assembly between the body side liner and the outer cover;
- a paid of containment flaps attached to the liner side edges;
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- a continuous mesh liner attached to the containment flaps, wherein a surface of the mesh liner is positioned adjacent to a surface of the body side liner with no intervening layers between the mesh liner and the body side liner other than the containment flaps, and the mesh liner is permeable to sand, and the mesh liner is coextensive with the composite structure and is attached to the composite structure along the perimeter of the composite structure and unattached to the composite structure in the central region of the composite structure.
An absorbent article having a waist opening and two leg openings, comprising:
- a composite structure including an absorbent assembly, a liquidpermeable layer on a first side of the absorbent assembly, and a liquidpermeable layer on a second side of the absorbent assembly, the composite structure having end edges and side edges, the end edges and the side edges defining a perimeter and a central region within the perimeter of the composite structure;
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- a continuous liquid-permeable liner adjacent to the liquidpermeable layer on the first side of the absorbent assembly with no intervening layers between the liquid-permeable liner and the liquid-permeable layer, wherein the liner is permeable to sand, and the liquidpermeable liner is coextensive with the composite structure and is attached to the composite structure along the perimeter of the composite structure and unattached to the composite structure in the central region of the composite structure.
An absorbent article having a waist opening and two leg openings, comprising:
- a composite structure including an absorbent assembly, a liquid-permeable layer on a first side of the absorbent assembly, and a liquidpermeable layer on a second side of the absorbent assembly, the composite structure having end edges and side edges, the end edges and the side edges defining a perimeter and a central region within the perimeter of the composite structure;
- a pair of containment flaps attached to the composite structure;
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- a continuous liquidpermeable liner attached to the containment flaps, wherein a surface of the liquid-permeable liner is positioned adjacent to a surface of the liquid-permeable layer with no intervening layers between the liquid-permeable liner and the liquid-permeable layer other than the containment flaps, and the liner is permeable to sand, and the liquid-permeable liner is coextensive with the composite structure and is attached to the composite structure along the perimeter of the composite structure and unattached to the composite structure in the central region of the composite structure.
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