Device for the support of an absorbent article

• US 5,549,593 A
• Filed: 09/02/1992
• Issued: 08/27/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Molnlycke AB (Investor AB)
• Original Assignee: Molnlycke AB (Investor AB)
• Inventors: Ygge, Birgitta, Vigmo, Terje
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Mary Beth
• Assistant Examiner(s): REICHLE, KARIN M
• Application Number:
  US07/942,116
• Time in Patent Office: 1,455 Days
• Field of Search: 604/358, 604/385.1, 604/385.2, 604/386, 604/387, 604/391-402, 128/891, 128/98.1, 128/DIG. 18, 2/DIG. 6, 2/300, 2/301, 2/304, 2/307, 2/309, 2/311, 2/312, 2/318, 2/323, 2/336, 2/337, 2/338
• US Class Current: 604/391
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 13/04 Babies' pants combined with swabs or absorbent pads or specially adapted for supporting them A61F13/15
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/622 Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/64 Straps, belts, ties or endless bands A61F13/5605, A61F13/5622, A61F13/66 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/72 with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 5/4401 with absorbent pads diapers A61F13/49

Abstract

The combination of a absorbent article such as an incontinence protector, a diaper or the like, and a waist belt for supporting the absorbent article. The waist belt and absorbent article have coacting hook members and apertures thereon by which the diaper and the waist belt are releasably secured to each other.

Claims

1. In combination, an absorbent article having a forward end and a rear end, and a waist belt for supporting said absorbent article, said waist belt and said absorbent article having coacting hook and loop fabric tape elements thereon by which said absorbent article and said waist belt are releasably secured to each other, said hook fabric tape elements being provided on one of said waist belt and said absorbent article, and said loop fabric tape elements being provided on the other of said waist belt and said absorbent article, wherein said belt comprises a continuous piece of elastic material completely open at top and bottom and having substantially equal width along its entire length, a plurality of said tape elements being arranged in a row spaced from each other along said waist belt and extending over substantially the whole width of said belt, said tape elements on said absorbent article extending over the whole width of said forward and rear ends thereof.

2. In combination, an absorbent article having a forward end and a rear end, and a waist belt for supporting said absorbent article, said waist belt and said absorbent article having coacting hook and loop fabric tape elements thereon by which said absorbent article and said waist belt are releasably secured to each other, said hook fabric tape elements being provided on one of said waist belt and said absorbent article, and said loop fabric tape elements being provided on the other of said waist belt and said absorbent article, wherein said belt comprises a strip of material completely open at top and bottom and having substantially equal width along its entire length, a plurality of said tape elements being arranged in a row spaced from each other along the circumference of said waist belt and extending over substantially the whole width of said belt, said tape elements on said absorbent article extending over the whole width of said forward and rear ends thereof.

3. A combination according to claim 2, wherein said waist belt comprises reopenable fastening elements.

4. In combination, an absorbent article having a forward end and a rear end, and a waist belt for supporting said absorbent article, said waist belt and said absorbent article having coacting hook and loop fabric tape elements thereon by which said absorbent article and said waist belt are releasably secured to each other, said hook fabric tape elements being provided on one of said waist belt and said absorbent article, and said loop fabric tape elements being provided on the other of said waist belt and said absorbent article, wherein said belt comprises a strip of material completely open at top and bottom and having substantially equal width along its entire length, one said tape element extending along the circumference of said waist belt and extending over substantially the whole width of said belt, said tape elements on said absorbent article extending over the whole width of said forward and rear ends thereof.

5. A combination according to claim 4, wherein said waist belt comprises reopenable fastening elements.

6. A combination according to claim 4, wherein said strip of material has two ends, said one tape element being attached to the inside of said belt, a second said tape element being attached to the outside of said strip at one end thereof.

7. In combination, an absorbent article having a forward end and a rear end, and a waist belt having substantially equal width over its entire length for supporting said absorbent article, said waist belt and said absorbent article having coacting hook and loop fabric tape elements thereon by which said absorbent article and said waist belt are releasably secured to each other, said hook fabric tape elements being provided on one of said waist belt and said absorbent article, and said loop fabric tape elements being provided on the other of said waist belt and said absorbent article, wherein said waist belt is made of elastic material and, on the outside, comprises a row of said tape elements spaced from each other along the circumference of said waist belt, each of said tape elements extending over substantially the whole width of the belt.

8. In combination, an absorbent article having a forward end and a rear end, and a waist belt having substantially equal width over its entire length for supporting said absorbent article, said waist belt and said absorbent article having coacting hook and loop fabric tape elements thereon by which said absorbent article and said waist belt are releasably secured to each other, said hook fabric tape elements being provided on one of said waist belt and said absorbent article, and said loop fabric tape elements being provided on the other of said waist belt and said absorbent article, wherein said waist belt is made of elastic material and, on the inside, comprises a row of said tape elements spaced from each other along the circumference of said waist belt, each of said tape elements extending over substantially the whole width of the belt.