Disposable incontinence garment or training pant
DCFirst Claim
1. A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge comprising:
- an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-impervious outer cover, a liquid-pervious liner, and an absorbent medium therebetween;
said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,stretchable side panels and said absorbent assembly being joined together to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, portions of said absorbent assembly side edges being generally adjacent respective said leg openings, said absorbent assembly end edges being generally adjacent said waist opening, anda gathering means being joined along a crotch portion of each said leg opening adjacent said absorbent assembly for gathering said crotch portion, a remaining portion of each said leg opening being relatively non-gathered, whereby said stretchable side panels provide generally inwardly directed force vectors against a wearer to maintain said garment snugly against the wearer'"'"'s body and said absorbent assembly snugly in place against the crotch area both before and after a discharge, and said gathering means and said side panels provide elasticity about said leg openings to prevent leakage thereat.
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Abstract
A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge is provided, and comprises an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-impervious outer cover, a liquid-pervious liner, and an absorbent medium therebetween. The absorbent assembly also has generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges. A pair of stretchable side panels are joined to each one of the side edges to form with the absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. A gathering means is joined along at least a portion of each leg opening for gathering that portion. The stretchable side panels provide generally inwardly directed force vectors against a wearer to maintain the garment snugly against the wearer'"'"'s body and the absorbent assembly snugly in place against the crotch area both before and after a discharge.
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51 Claims
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1. A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge comprising:
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an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-impervious outer cover, a liquid-pervious liner, and an absorbent medium therebetween;
said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,stretchable side panels and said absorbent assembly being joined together to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, portions of said absorbent assembly side edges being generally adjacent respective said leg openings, said absorbent assembly end edges being generally adjacent said waist opening, and a gathering means being joined along a crotch portion of each said leg opening adjacent said absorbent assembly for gathering said crotch portion, a remaining portion of each said leg opening being relatively non-gathered, whereby said stretchable side panels provide generally inwardly directed force vectors against a wearer to maintain said garment snugly against the wearer'"'"'s body and said absorbent assembly snugly in place against the crotch area both before and after a discharge, and said gathering means and said side panels provide elasticity about said leg openings to prevent leakage thereat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge, comprising:
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an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-impervious outer cover, a liquid-pervious liner and an absorbent medium therebetween;
said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,stretchable side panels and said absorbent assembly being joined together to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, portions of said absorbent assembly side edges being generally adjacent respective said leg openings, said absorbent assembly end edges being generally adjacent said waist opening, respective portions of said stretchable side panels being generally peripherally disposed along respective portions of said leg openings, and a gathering means being joined generally along the remaining crotch portion of each said leg opening for gathering sad crotch portion, whereby said stretchable side panels and said gathering means are generally peripherally disposed about respective said leg openings to provide elasticity thereto and to prevent leakage thereat, and said stretchable side panels provide generally inwardly directed force vectors against a wearer to maintain said garment snugly against the wearer'"'"'s body both before and after a discharge. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge comprising:
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an absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-impervious outer cover, a liquid-pervious liner, and an absorbent medium therebetween;
said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges to form with said absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and a gathering means being joined along a crotch portion of each said leg opening for gathering said crotch portion, said stretchable side panels bordering a remaining portion of each said leg opening in a relatively non-gathered manner.
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50. A disposable pant-like garment for absorbing human discharge comprising:
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an absorbent assembly comprising an outer cover and an absorbent medium;
said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges to form with said absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and a gathering means being joined along a crotch portion of each said leg opening for gathering said crotch portion, said stretchable side panels bordering a remaining portion of each said leg opening in a relatively non-gathered manner.
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51. A disposable child'"'"'s training pant, comprising:
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an absorbent assembly comprising an outer cover and an absorbent medium;
said absorbent assembly further comprising generally opposite side edges and generally opposite end edges,stretchable side panels being joined to said side edges to form with said absorbent assembly a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and a gathering means being joined along a crotch portion of each said leg opening for gathering said crotch portion, said stretchable side panels bordering a remaining portion of each said leg opening in a relatively non-gathered manner.
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