Nursing pad
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorsSatoru Sakaguchi, Ayami Suga
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Abstract
A nursing pad has a first folding portion, which serves as a folding axis that allows the nursing pad to be folded therealong, provided such that it passes near an apex of the nursing pad, and extends up to the perimeter thereof. Furthermore, the nursing pad includes a fastening element, which allows the nursing pad to be fastened to the wearer's clothing, provided to a portion other than the first folding portion and the linear portion orthogonal to the first folding portion.
Claims18
A nursing pad formed, in a pre-use state, in a substantially dome shape that allows a wearer's breast to be enveloped, wherein the nursing pad comprises:
- a liquid-impermeable sheet that forms the external shape of the nursing pad;
- a liquid-permeable sheet which is adhered to the liquid-impermeable sheet along a perimeter of the nursing pad;
- an absorber which is provided between the liquid-impermeable sheet and the liquid-permeable sheet for absorbing and holding the wearer's milk;
- a first folding portion, which serves as a folding axis that allows the nursing pad to be folded therealong;
- and
- a fastening element for fastening the nursing pad to the wearer's clothing;
- wherein
- the first folding portion passes near an apex of the nursing pad, and extends toward the perimeter of the nursing pad,
- the first folding portion is provided discontinuously on the nursing pad in regions other than the apex with which the wearer's nipple is to be contact, wherein the absorber is present in the first folding portion and a basic weight of the absorber in the first folding portion is different from the basic weight of the absorber at the apex of the pad,
- the fastening element is provided on an upper side of the liquid-impermeable sheet entirely outside of and without intersecting or overlapping both the first folding portion and a linear portion orthogonal to the first folding portion, and
- the first folding portion is confined along one or two straight lines.
A nursing pad formed in a shape that allows a wearer's breast to be enveloped, wherein the nursing pad comprises:
- a liquid-impermeable sheet that forms the external shape of the nursing pad;
- a liquid-permeable sheet which is adhered to the liquid-impermeable sheet along a perimeter of the nursing pad;
- an absorber which is provided between the liquid-impermeable sheet and the liquid-permeable sheet for absorbing and holding the wearer's milk;
- first and second folding portions each of which is confined along a single straight line serves as a folding axis allowing the nursing pad to be folded therealong, passes near but not through an apex of the nursing pad, which the wearer's nipple is to be contact with, and extends toward the perimeter of the nursing pad;
- and
- a fastening element for fastening the nursing pad to the wearer's clothing;
- wherein the fastening element is provided on an upper side of the liquid-impermeable sheet outside both the first folding portion and the second folding portion which is orthogonal to the first folding portion.
A nursing pad formed in a shape that allows a wearer's breast to be enveloped, wherein the nursing pad comprises:
- a liquid-impermeable sheet that forms the external shape of the nursing pad;
- a liquid-permeable sheet which is adhered to the liquid-impermeable sheet along a perimeter of the nursing pad;
- an absorber which is provided between the liquid-impermeable sheet and the liquid-permeable sheet for absorbing and holding the wearer's milk;
- a plurality of first zones arranged intermittently along a folding axis for allowing the nursing pad to be folded therealong;
- a second zone as a remainder of the pad that does not overlap the first zones;
- a fastening element for fastening the nursing pad to the wearer's clothing, said fastening element being provided in the second zone on an upper side of the liquid-impermeable sheet outside the folding axis along which the first zones are arranged,
- wherein the first zones are spaced along the folding axis from each other by said second zone and are absent from a central region of the second zone, which the wearer's nipple is to be contact with,
- wherein the absorber is present in the first zone and at least one of (a) a stiffness, (b) a thickness, (c) a basic weight of the absorber in the first zone is different from that of the absorbent in the second zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.