Diaper that includes a waist belt and an absorbent unit

• US 6,334,858 B1
• Filed: 09/30/1999
• Issued: 01/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SCA Molnlycke AB
• Original Assignee: SCA Molnlycke AB
• Inventors: Ro̅nnberg, Peter, Gustafsson, Anders, Simmons, Eva
• Primary Examiner(s): Weiss, John G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Webb, Jamisue
• Application Number:
  US09/380,306
• Time in Patent Office: 824 Days
• Field of Search: 604/385.01, 604/385.13, 604/385.21, 604/385.23, 604/386, 604/387, 604/391, 604/392, 604/393, 604/396, 604/397, 604/398
• US Class Current: 604/392
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49017 the elastic means being located at the crotch region
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/4942 the barrier not being integral with the top- or back-sheet
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/4946 the edge leakage prevention means being an absorbent medium A61F13/49426 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49473 the edge leakage prevention means having a continuous closed form, e.g. circle, ellipse, rectangle
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/5323 having absorbent material located in discrete regions, e.g. pockets
• 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 2013/49039 the elastic means is located around the target zone

Abstract

A diaper or incontinence guard includes a waist belt (1) and an absorbent unit (2) with a front part (3), a rear part (4) and an intermediate crotch part (5). Fastener devices (9-11 and 6-8 respectively) are disposed at the front end and the rear end of the absorbent unit and can be fastened to the belt. Each of the front and rear ends of the absorbent unit (2) includes a respective central fastener device (10 and 7) that is located on the longitudinal symmetry axis (A—A) of the unit, and two lateral fastener devices (9, 11 and 6, 8 respectively) located on respective sides of the axis.

Claims

1. An absorbent garment comprising:

a waist belt having an outer surface;

an absorbent unit comprising a front part, a rear part, and an intermediate crotch part, and having a longitudinal symmetrical axis extending through said front, rear and crotch parts;

said absorbent unit having opposite longitudinal ends;

each of said opposite longitudinal ends comprising a central fastener on said longitudinal symmetrical axis and two fasteners spaced laterally from said central fastener adjacent to respective opposite lateral edges of said longitudinal ends; and

said fasteners adapted to fasten said absorbent unit to said waist belt, and being disposed on a side of the absorbent unit, which in use faces towards a wearer.

2. The absorbent garment according to claim 1, wherein the fasteners comprise hook elements, and the waist belt has on its outer surface a loop material for fastening said hook elements.

3. The absorbent garment according to claim 2, wherein the loop material is a non-woven fabric.

4. The absorbent garment according to claim 2, wherein the loop material i s a knitted or woven fabric.

5. The absorbent garment according to claim 2, wherein the loop material is a velour fabric.

6. The absorbent garment according to claim 2, wherein the loop material covers the entire outer surface of said waist belt.

7. The absorbent garment according to claim 1, wherein the absorbent unit includes an absorbent body enclosed between an outer liquid-impermeable casing sheet, and an inner liquid-permeable casing sheet, and longitudinally extending side flaps which extend on respective sides of the longitudinal symmetrical axis from side edge parts of said absorbent unit in over the inner casing sheet, and which include longitudinally extending elastic elements along inner longitudinal edges of said side flaps that face towards the longitudinal symmetrical axis.