US 9,539,153 B2Granted

Folded disposable absorbent garment and a package of such garments

AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

InventorsRobert Lee Popp, Marcille Faye Ruman, Kathleen Irene Bennett

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Abstract

A folded disposable absorbent garment has an absorbent chassis, a pair of front side panels extending from a front region of the absorbent chassis, and a pair of back side panels extending from a back region of the absorbent chassis. Each of the front side panels has a first fastening component and each of the back side panels has a second fastening component. Each of the second fastening components is releasably attached to a respective one of the first fastening components to define a pair of refastenable seams. The front side panels and the back side panels are folded such that each of the refastenable seams overlies an outer surface of one of the front region and the back region of the absorbent chassis in a plane generally parallel to the front and back regions of the absorbent chassis.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A folded disposable absorbent garment having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, the garment comprising:

a chassis including longitudinal ends, transverse sides, a front region, a back region, a crotch region extending between and interconnecting the front and back regions, the chassis being folded about the transverse axis of the garment such that the back region overlies the front region, a pair of front side panels, each of the front side panels having a transverse distal edge, the transverse distal edges of the front side panels defining a transverse width of the training pant at the front region, one of the front side panels being formed separately from, attached to and extending from one transverse side in the front region and the other front side panel being formed separately from, attached to and extending from the other transverse side in the front region, wherein an entirety of each of the front side panels comprises a non-elastic material, and a pair of back side panels, each of the back side panels having a transverse distal edge, the transverse distal edges of the back side panels defining a transverse width of the training pant at the back region, one of the back side panels being formed separately from, attached to and extending from one transverse side in the back region and the other back side panel being formed separately from, attached to and extending from the other transverse side in the back region, wherein an entirety of each of the back side panels comprises and elastic material, the width of the training pant at the back region being greater than the width of the training pant at the front region;
first and second refastenable side seams, each refastenable side seam joining one of the front side panels to one of the back side panels in an overlapping relationship and including at least one resilient fastening component, each of the back side panels and each of the front side panels being folded such that each of the refastenable side seams including the at least one resilient fastening component overlies one of the front region and the back region of the chassis.

A pre-fastened, folded training pant comprising:

an absorbent chassis defining a front region, a back region, and a crotch region interconnecting the front and back regions, the crotch region having a fold therein generally about the transverse axis such that the front region and the back region lie in parallel planes, the absorbent chassis comprising an outer cover, a bodyside liner, and an absorbent assembly located between the outer cover and the bodyside liner;
a pair of transversely opposed front side panels formed separately from and attached to the front region of the absorbent chassis, wherein an entirety of each of the front side panels comprises a non-elastic material and having a hook fastener component attached thereto;
a pair of transversely opposed back side panels formed separately from and attached to the back region of the absorbent chassis, wherein an entirety of each of the back side panels comprises an elastic material, the elastic material defining at least in part a loop fastener component, each of the hook fastener components being releasably attached to a respective loop fastener component to define a pair of refastenable seams;
each of the back side panels being folded twice and each of the front side panels being folded once such that each of the refastenable side seams overlies the back region of the chassis and lies in a plane generally parallel to the plane in which the front and back regions lie.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/049,589Filed 9 Oct 2013 · continuation
Priority: 5 Mar 2001
Published: US 2014/0039442 A16 Feb 2014
Granted: 10 Jan 2017
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

A61F 13/55115
Packaging of diapers: characterized by the features before use, e.g. how are the diapers folded or arranged in a package
A61F 13/49009
Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers: with elastic means
A61F 13/49015
The elastic means is located at the side panels: the elastic means being elastic panels
A61F 13/565
Specially adapted for diapers or the like: pants type diaper

Family

Application09/799,814Parent of this continuation · filed 5 Mar 2001
Application12/102,680Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Apr 2008
Application13/724,165Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Dec 2012
US 8,372,052 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Feb 2013
US 2014/0039442 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Feb 2014
US 8,632,515 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2002/0123730 A1Published application
US 2008/0195074 A1Published application
US 2013/0116647 A1Published application
US 9,539,153 B2This patent

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