Absorbent adult fitted briefs and pads

• US 5,522,809 A
• Filed: 08/02/1993
• Issued: 06/04/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paperpak Products, Inc. (PT Sinar Mas Group)
• Original Assignee: Paperpak Products, Inc. (PT Sinar Mas Group)
• Inventors: Larsonneur, Lionel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Green, Randall L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): REICHLE, KARIN M
• Application Number:
  US08/101,229
• Time in Patent Office: 1,037 Days
• Field of Search: 604/358, 604/361, 604/365, 604/368, 604/370, 604/374-385.2, 604/389, 428/68, 428/74, 428/76-77, 428/152-154, 428/184, 428/156
• US Class Current: 604/361
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/485 Absorbent protective pads mattress underlays A47C21/06; bed linen A47G9/02
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/23 Sheet including cover or casing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/237 Noninterengaged fibered material encased [e.g., mat, batt, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/239 Complete cover or casing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24455 Paper
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24463 Plural paper components

Abstract

An absorbent pad effectively adapted for use as an adult diaper or, in a slightly different version, to be worn as an absorbent disposable pad within reusable panties. The product includes a liquid impervious backing sheet, a liquid permeable upper facing sheet adhered to the backing sheet about the edges thereof and an intermediate absorbent pad combination comprising upper and lower tissue layers and a paper fluff filler mat sandwiched together with a pair of spatially separated barrier strips that are positioned parallel to each other along the sides of the article between the two tissue layers. The plies of the tissue layers are formed with a crepe-like irregular surface oriented to develop a wicking action directed along the layers in a transverse direction, toward the absorbent barrier strips.

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