Disposable pull-on undergarment with roll-up arrangement for its disposal

• US 6,210,386 B1
• Filed: 04/30/1998
• Issued: 04/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Original Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
• Inventors: Inoue, Yasushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BOGART, MICHAEL G
• Application Number:
  US09/070,152
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: 604/385.01, 604/385.03, 604/385.29, 604/385.3, 604/393, 604/394, 604/396
• US Class Current: 604/385.13
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49011 the elastic means is located at the waist region
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/496 in the form of pants or briefs
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/551 Packaging before or after use general packaging of absorbent pads B65D85/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2013/55195 Packaging for dispensing and disposing

Abstract

A disposable pull-on garment is provided along at least one of front and rear regions an auxiliary flap. The auxiliary flap is elastic circumferentially of the garment and has its circumferentially opposite side edges unitized with the waist region along transversely opposite side edges of this waist region.

Claims

1. A disposable pull-on undergarment comprising:

a liquid-permeable topsheet;

a liquid-permeable backsheet;

a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet;

said topsheet, backsheet and core defining first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between said first and second waist regions;

said first and second waist regions being bonded together along transversely opposite side edges thereof, respectively, so as to form a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings; and

an auxiliary flap extending in front of said backsheet between said transversely opposite side edges of said first region, wherein said auxiliary flap comprises a nonwoven fabric and a plurality of elastic members extending circumferentially of said waist opening and secured to said nonwoven fabric under tension.

2. The garment according to claim 1 wherein said auxiliary flap extends between a peripheral edge of said waist-opening and top edges of said leg-openings as viewed vertically of said garment.

3. The garment according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary flap is unitized with said first waist region along a peripheral edge of said waist-opening and said transversely opposite side edges of said auxiliary flap, leaving a remaining portion spaced from said first waist region, so as to form a pocket opening downwardly of said garment.

4. The garment according to claim 3, wherein said auxiliary flap comprises a portion of at least one of said topsheet and said backsheet extending outward beyond the peripheral edge of said waist-opening in said first waist region and folded downward along said peripheral edge.

5. The garment according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary flap has transversely opposite side edges thereof unitized with said first waist region so as to leave a remaining portion of said auxiliary flap spaced apart from said first waist region.

6. The garment according to claim 3, wherein said auxiliary flap defining said pocket is unitized with said first waist region along circumferentially opposite portions of a bottom edge of said flap defining said pocket opening therebetween so that said pocket opening has a width smaller than a width of an internal space of said pocket.

7. The garment according to claim 3, wherein said remaining portion of said auxiliary flap spaced from said first waist region has a dimension gradually reduced from the top edge toward the bottom edge of said auxiliary flap.

8. The garment according to claim 3, wherein said remaining portion of said auxiliary flap spaced from said first waist region is separably fastened to said backsheet at intermittently distributed spots.

9. A disposable pull-on undergarment, comprising:

a liquid-permeable topsheet;

a liquid-impermeable backsheet;

a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet;

said topsheet, backsheet and core defining first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between said first and second waist regions;

said first and second waist regions being bonded together along transversely opposite side edges thereof, respectively, so as to form a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings; and

an auxiliary flap extending in front of said backsheet between said transversely opposite side edges of said first region wherein said auxiliary flap comprises elastic extending circumferentially of said waist opening,

wherein said auxiliary flap defining said pocket is unitized with said first waist region along circumferentially opposite portions of a bottom edge of said flap defining said pocket opening therebetween so that said pocket opening has a width smaller than a width of an internal space of said pocket.

10. A disposable pull-on undergarment, comprising:

a liquid-permeable topsheet;

a liquid-impermeable backsheet;

a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet;

said topsheet, backsheet and core defining first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between said first and second waist regions;

said first and second waist regions being bonded together along transversely opposite side edges thereof, respectively, so as to form a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings; and

an auxiliary flap extending in front of said backsheet between said transversely opposite side edges of said first region wherein said auxiliary flap comprises elastic extending circumferentially of said waist opening,

said auxiliary flap is unitized with said first waist region along said peripheral edge of said waist-opening and said transversely opposite side edges of said auxiliary flap, leaving a remaining portion spaced from said first waist region, so as to form a pocket opening downwardly of said garment, wherein said remaining portion of said auxiliary flap spaced from said first waist region has a dimension gradually reduced from the top edge toward the bottom edge of said auxiliary flap.

11. A disposable pull-on undergarment, comprising:

a liquid-permeable topsheet;

a liquid-impermeable backsheet;

a liquid-absorbent core disposed between said topsheet and said backsheet;

said topsheet, backsheet and core defining first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between said first and second waist regions;

said first and second waist regions being bonded together along transversely opposite side edges thereof, respectively, so as to form a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings; and

an auxiliary flap extending in front of said backsheet between said transversely opposite side edges of said first region wherein said auxiliary flap comprises elastic extending circumferentially of said waist opening,

said auxiliary flap is unitized with said first waist region along said peripheral edge of said waist-opening and said transversely opposite side edges of said auxiliary flap, leaving a remaining portion spaced from said first waist region, so as to form a pocket opening downwardly of said garment, and

said remaining portion of said auxiliary flap spaced from said first waist region is separably fastened to said backsheet at intermittently distributed spots.