Structure with a reusable absorbent layer and associated sleeve
AssigneeGeneration Plume
InventorFlorence Hallouin
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Abstract
A reusable absorbent diaper type structure having a longitudinal axis XX and including an outer support element which can be adjusted to the body of a user, a flat absorbent element and an intermediate impervious element for supporting the absorbent element, the intermediate element being connected by connectors to the outer element. The intermediate element exhibits on each of the lengths thereof an elastic border, which, in the stretched and flattened state, makes it possible to cover the absorbent element according to at least a longitudinal area, and when the structure is positioned on the user, is liable to remain in permanent contact with the skin of the user.
Claims18
A reusable absorbent diaper type structure comprising:
- an outer support element, with tightening areas at apertures for the passage of thighs, configured to be adjusted to the body of a user;
- a flat absorbent element;
- an intermediate impervious element configured to support the absorbent element, the intermediate impervious element being connected by connectors to the outer element, the intermediate impervious element exhibiting two longitudinal elastic borders, each of which, in a stretched and flattened state, makes it possible to cover at least a longitudinal area of the absorbent element,
- wherein a length of the outer support element, measured along a longitudinal median line of the outer support element, from a first of the connectors to a second of the connectors, is smaller than a length of the intermediate impervious element, measured along a longitudinal line of the intermediate impervious element, from the first of the connectors to the second of the connectors, such that the two longitudinal elastic borders are adapted to remain in permanent contact with the skin of the user, the length of the outer support element and the length of the intermediate element being measured when the outer support element is in a flattened state without the tightening areas and the intermediate impervious element is in a flattened state without the elastic borders.
A reusable absorbent diaper type structure comprising:
- an outer support element, with tightening areas at apertures for the passage of thighs, configured to be adjusted to the body of a user;
- an intermediate impervious element, and
- a flat absorbent element that is removably supported by the intermediate impervious element, the flat absorbent element comprising an upper surface adapted to be in contact with the body of the user,
- wherein the intermediate impervious element is connected by connectors to the outer support element, the intermediate impervious element exhibiting two longitudinal elastic borders that, in a stretched and flattened state of the intermediate impervious element, each define an edge of a longitudinal area of the intermediate impervious element that at least partly covers the upper surface of the flat absorbent element along an entire longitudinal length of said flat absorbent element, and
- wherein a length of the outer support element measured along a longitudinal axis XX of said structure from a first of the connectors to a second of the connectors, when the outer support element is in a flattened state without the tightening areas, is lower than a length of the intermediate impervious element measured along the same longitudinal axis XX, from the first of the connectors to the second of the connectors, when said intermediate impervious element is in a flattened state without elastics that form the longitudinal elastic borders, such that the longitudinal elastic borders are adapted to remain in permanent contact with the skin of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.