Waist belt for absorbent articles

• US 6,432,099 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2000
• Issued: 08/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
• Original Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
• Inventors: Rönnberg, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bogart, Michael
• Application Number:
  US09/734,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20010000529A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 604/387, 604/389, 604/391, 604/392, 604/393, 604/398, 604/385.03
• US Class Current: 604/392
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/64 Straps, belts, ties or endless bands A61F13/5605, A61F13/5622, A61F13/66 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/66 Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads

Abstract

A waist belt for supporting disposable-type absorbent articles (7), such as incontinence guards or diapers which comprise a front part, a rear part and an intermediate crotch part, wherein the belt can be fastened to the rear part of the article and when fastened to the rear part of the article comprises two front portions (3, 4) which project out laterally from mutually opposing side edges of the rear part of the article and which can be fastened together through the medium of mechanical fastener elements (12, 14) to form a waist band and which taper towards their respective ends over at least a substantial part of their lengths. Each of the front portions includes first fastener elements (12, 13) which are disposed on the outside of the belt, i.e. that side which faces outwardly in relation to the wearer'"'"'s body in use, and which extend at least over essentially the whole of the tapering portions of the front portions (10, 11) along the longitudinal symmetry lines thereof. A second fastener element (14) is provided on the inside of one of the front portions at the end part thereof and can be fastened to the first fastener element on the other front portion along a plurality of mutually spaced points along the longitudinal symmetry line of the other front portion.

Claims

1. A waist belt for supporting a disposable absorbent article having a front part, a rear part and an intermediate crotch part, wherein the belt can be fastened to the rear part of the article and when fastened to the rear part of the article comprises two front portions which project out laterally from mutually opposing side edges of the rear part of said article and which can be fastened together with mechanical fastener elements to form a waist band, said front portions tapering towards their respective ends to form tapering portions over at least a substantial part of their lengths;

wherein each of the front portions includes first fastener elements which are disposed on an outer side of the belt, which in use faces outwardly in relation to a wearer'"'"'s body, and which extend at least over essentially the whole of the tapering portions along longitudinal symmetry lines of the front portions, said first fastener elements being spaced from longitudinal edges of the front portions by an area free of fastener elements at least along a major part of the length of said fastener elements; and

a second fastener element is provided on the inside of one of the front portions at the end portion thereof, said second fastener element being structured and arranged to be fastened to the first fastener element on the other front portion along a plurality of mutually spaced points along the longitudinal symmetry line of said other front portion.

2. The waist belt according to claim 1, wherein the first fastener elements are rectangular in shape and have a width of between 20-150 mm.

3. The waist belt according to claim 2, wherein the first fastener elements have a width between 30-50 mm.

4. The waist belt according to claim 1, wherein the first fastener elements are made of a loop-bearing material and the second fastener element is made of a hook-bearing material.

5. The waist belt according to claim 1, wherein the front portions are connected to side portions of the rear part of an absorbent article.

6. The waist belt according to claim 5, wherein each of the front portions includes a rectangular part of uniform width which is fastened to a side portion of the rear part of an absorbent article, and to a respective uniformly tapering portion which projects out from the rectangular part of the front portion, said tapering portion having a greatest width which is smaller than the width of the rectangular part.