Back to results
US 8,282,618 B2Granted
Disposable boxer brief
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsCynthia H. Nordness, Katherine C. Wheeler
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A disposable pant includes a garment shell including a stretchable material. In one embodiment, the pant includes a front panel, a back panel and two leg panels. In another embodiment, the pant includes a middle panel and two leg panels. In another embodiment, the panel includes a single panel. The panel can include an absorbent structure either attached to, or integral with, the garment shell.
Claims17
A disposable pant comprising:
- a garment shell including a stretchable middle panel and two stretchable leg panels, the middle panel attached to the leg panels along a continuous seam running from an upper edge of a front waist edge to an upper edge of a back waist edge, the leg panels defining two leg openings, and first and second inseams, each inseam extending from a crotch region to one of the leg openings;
- an absorbent structure in the crotch region of the garment shell;
- and
- wherein the disposable pant includes an inner surface configured to contact the wearer's body and an outer surface configured to face away from the wearer's body, the absorbent structure defining at least a portion of the inner surface.
1 more element
A disposable pant comprising a garment shell, the garment shell comprising:
- a stretchable middle panel having a middle panel first waist edge, a middle panel second waist edge and first and second middle panel side edges;
- and
- first and second stretchable leg panels, the leg panels each defining a leg opening and each having a leg panel top edge and a leg panel bottom edge, first and second inseam edges, and two leg panel side edges, the first inseam edge of the first leg panel joined to the second inseam edge of the first leg panel to define a first inseam, the first inseam edge of the second leg panel joined to the second inseam edge of the second leg panel to define a second inseam;
- the first middle panel side edge attached to the leg panel side edges of one leg panel and the second middle panel side edge attached to the leg panel side edges of the other leg panel along a continuous seam running from the middle panel first waist edge to the middle panel second waist edge;
- the disposable pant further comprising an absorbent structure in a crotch region of the disposable pant;
- and
- wherein the disposable pant includes an inner surface configured to contact the wearer's body and an outer surface configured to face away from the wearer's body, the absorbent structure defining at least a portion of the inner surface.
4 more elements
A disposable pant, comprising:
- a garment shell including a stretchable middle panel and two stretchable leg panels, the middle panel consisting of not more than two panels, attached to the leg panels along a continuous seam running from an upper edge of a front waist edge to an upper edge of a back waist edge, the leg panels defining two leg openings, and first and second inseams, each inseam extending from a crotch region to one of the leg openings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.