JPH1121702A - Complete pant type diaper for adult with hole for slipping up and its production - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the subject diaper facilitating the treatment by the addition of a slipping up function, capable of being readily worn even by oneself hardly moving hands and fingers, effective in rehabilitation and capable of being readily treated also by a caregiver by forming an opening for enabling the finger to hook the opening at the waist part. SOLUTION: This diaper has a right and left pair or pairs of incision-like openings 8 for enabling fingers to hook the openings 8 in any one face or both faces of the front part and the back part of a pant shape. Preferably, the openings 8 are formed at the both side parts of the pant shape and within 1/3 length a long as the raise length from the upper edge of the pant shape. Further, the peripheries and/or surroundings of the incision-like openings 8 are preferably reinforced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a full-pants type diaper for adults, and more particularly, to an easy-to-handle diaper having a sliding function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Disposable diapers for adults for the purpose of reducing the discomfort of excretion of elderly people, persons with disabilities and persons who have become bedridden due to accidents and the like, and reducing the burden on caregivers. Are commercially available. Of these, the full-pants type diapers can be handled like underwear, and their use is gradually increasing.

[0003] However, it is very difficult for an elderly person or the like to have a hand or finger with difficulty in wearing the above-mentioned pants-shaped diaper by himself. This is because, when wearing a complete pants-type diaper, the upper end of the pants-like shape that can be pinched by a fingertip without difficulty for a healthy person is very difficult to grasp with a hand or finger that is inconvenient. Also, there was a problem that the caregiver was unable to wear it smoothly when wearing it.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the foregoing, the present invention has been studied and as a result, a fully pants-type diaper for adults with a slip-up hole which can be easily worn by a handicapped person or a caregiver, and its manufacture. The method was developed.

[0005] That is, one of the complete pants-type diapers of the present invention is an adult complete pants-type diaper with a sliding hole, wherein an opening through which a finger can be hung is provided.
In this case, it is effective that the openings are provided in one or both of the front part and the rear part of the pants shape, and that the openings are provided in a pair of right and left. Further, openings may be provided on both side surfaces of the pants shape, respectively, and the openings may be cut, and in this case, the periphery or periphery of the cut opening may be reinforced. In addition, such an easy-to-handle position of the opening may be provided within a range of 1/3 of the rise from the top edge of the pants shape, or outside of the vertical center line of the pants shape by 50 mm to the left or right, or vertically. It is also effective to provide the left and right sides of the center line outside the half of the distance from the side edge of the complete pants type diaper to the left and right. Further, in a complete pants-type diaper in which an absorber is integrally provided in a crotch portion, an opening may be provided in a non-installation region of the absorber.

[0006] In such a complete pants-type diaper manufacturing method, an elastic member extending in the longitudinal direction is attached to both side edges of a long exterior member, and a urine absorbing pad is attached in the longitudinal direction on the surface of the exterior member. A reinforcing sheet is attached to at least one of the two side edges, and an elastic member in a state of being extended around a leg opening formed between the urine absorbing pads is provided. Drill the leg opening,
After that, a finger-holding opening is provided in the reinforcing sheet portion at a position sandwiching the line of symmetry with respect to the repetitive shape in the longitudinal direction passing through the leg opening, and is folded back at the center line in the longitudinal direction to be overlapped, or after the leg opening is formed. First, a member is formed by overlapping a finger hooking opening on the reinforcing sheet portion at a position sandwiching a line of symmetry with respect to a repetitive shape in the longitudinal direction passing through the leg opening, by folding back at the longitudinal center line and overlapping. Thereafter, the members superposed along the respective symmetry lines between the urine absorbing pads are subjected to heat bonding and separation.

[0007] Further, in another pants-type diaper of the present invention, a finger can be put on an upper portion of a heat seal portion formed by fixing opposite side edges of a front body and a rear body of a pants shape. It is characterized by having an opening,
At this time, it is effective to provide the opening within a range of 1/3 of the crotch length of the pants shape from the upper edge of the heat seal portion.

[0008] In such a method for manufacturing a complete pants-type diaper, an elastic member extending in a longitudinal direction is attached to both side edges of a long exterior member, and a urine absorbing pad is attached in a longitudinal direction on the surface of the exterior member. A reinforcing sheet is attached to at least one of the two side edges, and an elastic member in a state of being extended around a leg opening formed between the urine absorbing pads is provided. Drill the leg opening,
After that, it is folded back at the center line in the longitudinal direction and overlapped, and the members overlapped along each symmetry line between each urine absorption pad are heated and joined, and the finger hooking openings are juxtaposed on these joint surfaces across each symmetry line Then, cutting is performed along the symmetry line.

[0009] By providing the opening on which a finger can be hung as described above in the waist portion which is normally gripped when wearing pants, if any finger can be hooked on the opening even if the finger does not move freely, You can wear a complete pants-type diaper by raising your arms as you would wear regular pants. The opening may be provided on one or both of the front and rear portions of the full-pants type diaper so that a relatively large fist can be applied to one or both of them. Alternatively, in the case of a small opening in which only one or a plurality of fingertips are hooked, a pair of two for each finger of the left and right hands may be provided on one or both of the front surface and the rear surface. Good. Further, one opening may be provided on each of the side surfaces of the pants, and may be provided in combination with the opening on the front surface and / or the rear surface. The shape of the opening is preferably a circular, elliptical, oval or the like because it is large and easy to handle, but it may be a vertical or horizontal cut. Since a rubber cord is usually fixed to the waist in the circumferential direction, in the case of a large opening or a vertical cut, the rubber cord is provided below the mounting position of the rubber cord. Further, the periphery and periphery of the opening or cut may be reinforced by heat fusion or the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the complete pants-type diaper according to the present invention has a pair of left and right finger hook openings (8) and (8) formed in, for example, a pants-shaped front body (7). And a distance L ₂ from the upper edge of the diaper to the lower edge of the opening (8).
To that within 1/3 Rise length L ₁ of, there is a possibility that this larger than the opening (8) overlaps the incontinence pad (1), yet is because cumbersome, preferably
1/6 or less is good. Note the distance L ₃ from the lower end of the opening (8) to the upper end of the incontinence pad (1) may be greater than zero.

The openings (8) and (8) are provided on the left and right sides of the pants-shaped vertical center line PP outside 50 mm. If this dimension, that is, W ₂ is within 50 mm, these openings (8) and (8) are too close to be easily handled. Note For normal full pant diaper for adults, W ₂ is a good half or more of the distance W ₁ from said longitudinal center line PP to the side edges. Note that examples of typical M size and L size dimensions of the adult complete pants-type diaper having the shape shown in FIG. 1 are shown below.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the finger openings (8) and (8)
If is a vertically long shape, W ₂ should be more than 1/2 of W ₁ ,
Preferably, it is 3/4 or more. The following table shows examples of the dimensions of W ₁ and W ₂ in the M size and the L size in the complete pants-type diaper having the shape shown in FIG.

Further, in the present invention, the finger hook opening is provided in the heat seal portion. As shown in FIG. 3, the heat-sealed portion is a band-shaped portion formed by fixing opposite side edges of a front body (7) and a back body (9) in a pants shape, and is usually integrated by heating and melting. ing. In this case, the heat seal portion (2) needs to be formed wider than before in order to provide the opening (8). Note the distance L ₂ to the upper edge of the heat sealed portion from the lower edge of the opening (8) (2) it is within 1/3 of the waist length L ₁ from the ease of handling, preferably within 1/6. M size in complete pants-type diaper of FIG. 3, the exemplary dimensions of L ₁ and L ₂ in the L size shown in the table below.

Next, a method for manufacturing such a complete pants-type diaper of the present invention will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, as the long exterior member (11), a nonwoven fabric member or the like that can be stretched along the longitudinal long axis XX is used, and is moved in the longitudinal direction.

As shown in FIG. 5, a waist elastic member (12) such as thread rubber is continuously adhered to the both side edges of the moved long exterior member (11) in a stretched state. Then, the elastic members (12) are folded back at the folding lines AA and BB on both side edges, and are fixed.

As shown in FIG. 6, urine in which an absorbent body made of a water-absorbing polymer or the like which is long in a direction perpendicular to the long exterior member is sandwiched between a liquid-impermeable sheet and a liquid-permeable top sheet. The absorbent pad (1) is fixed with the liquid-impervious sheet surface closely spaced to the surface of the long exterior member, and the reinforcing sheet (13) is continuously fixed to one or both side edges. I do.

As shown in FIG. 7A, a leg-shaped circular elastic member (15) forming a pants-shaped gather around the leg is adhered in an extended state around a place where a leg opening (14) described later is provided. . Or, as shown in FIG.
The continuous leg elastic member (16) continuous with a waveform passing through a part of the peripheral portion of (4) and the central portion on the absorber is adhered and fixed in an extended state. Thereafter, the interior sheet (17) is successively stacked so as to cover the upper surface and adhered. Subsequently, the leg opening (14) is formed by punching or the like.

Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the leg opening (14) for the repetitive shape obtained in such a longitudinal direction
Each line of symmetry Y ₁ through, Y _2, ...... Y _n, the reinforcing sheet (13) unit in the opening for the finger placement position sandwiching the ...... (8) provided with such punching, the center line of the subsequent longitudinal It is folded back along ZZ to overlap both side edges, and each of the above-mentioned symmetry lines... Y _n .
, And then cut by the symmetry lines..., Y _n ,. Manufacture complete pants-type diapers.

As another manufacturing example, instead of the above-described process, first, as shown in FIG. 9, first, the sheet is folded at the center line ZZ in the longitudinal direction to overlap both side edges, and then each symmetrical line..., Y
An opening for finger hooking (8) by penetrating the superimposed members of the front body and the back body through the reinforcing sheet (13) at the position sandwiching _n , ...
, And then heat-bonded along each symmetry line..., Y _n ,..., And cut off to form a pair of finger hook openings (8) at the waist of both the front body and the back body. Complete pants-type diapers are obtained.

'' Still other manufacturing methods include:
′, It is folded back at the center line ZZ in the longitudinal direction and the both side edges are overlapped, and firstly, the symmetry lines..., Y _n ,.
When the heat bonding is performed along the above, the heat seal portion (2) obtained by the heat bonding is formed widely as shown in FIG. Then, a line of symmetry passing through the heat seal portion..., Y
After providing one finger hooking opening in the heat seal portion at a position sandwiching _n ,... by punching or the like, the symmetry lines.
By cutting along _n ,..., a complete pants-type diaper having an opening for finger hooking in the heat seal portion is obtained.

[0021]

EXAMPLES Next, the present invention will be further described with reference to examples.

(Example 1) A complete pants-type diaper for adults is generally provided with an outer member on the entire outer peripheral surface as shown in FIG. 10, and a liquid-impermeable sheet and a liquid-permeable member are provided at a crotch portion at a central portion on the inner surface side. Urine absorption pad with absorber interposed between topsheets (1)
Is fixed, and an inner sheet is further provided on the inner surface thereof to process it into a pants shape. In addition, (2) in the figure is a heat sealing portion for forming a pants shape. There is no urine absorbing pad (1) at the waist portion, and a plurality of (four in this example) thread rubbers (6) are arranged side by side and fixed in a circumferential direction on the inner side generally using a nonwoven fabric. .

In the waist portion of such a pants-type diaper, the front body and the back body of the region which does not overlap with the urine absorbing pad (1) have a major axis of 5 cm and a minor axis in which two or three fingers can be inserted in a laterally oblong shape. 1.5cm opening (3) (3), (3 ') (3
') Were provided one by one to prepare a complete pants-type diaper for adults of the present invention with a sliding hole. FIG. 10B shows a more detailed arrangement of the front side openings (3) and (3) at this time. That is, the rise length is 30 cm, the lower edges of the openings (3) and (3) are located 5 cm from the upper edge of the diaper, and the openings (3) and (3) are 12 cm apart on both sides of the vertical center line PP.
Formed apart. Such an arrangement is the back body opening (3 ')
The same applies to (3 '). The overall width of the diaper is 40 cm. When the diaper is worn by the person, the diaper can be used so that the thumbs of the left and right hands can be pulled up from the inside to the front openings (3) and (3), and the index finger and the middle finger of the left and right hands can be used from the outside. Can also be used. Similarly, the caregiver can use the front opening and the rear opening to hang on his / her finger and easily wear it.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 11 shows a pair of horizontal oblong openings (3) and (3) arranged in the same manner as in Embodiment 1 at the waist portion of the front body of the M-size complete pants type diaper shown in FIG. ,
Further, a vertically long elliptical opening (4) (4) having a major axis of 4 cm and a minor axis of 2 cm is provided outside the elliptical openings (3) and (3) in an arrangement as shown in the figure. Such openings are also provided symmetrically in the back body. Further, in this case, only the vertically long oval openings (4) and (4) may be used.

Example 3 As shown in FIG. 12, a pair of lateral cuts (5) and (5) were provided at the waist of the front body. Such cuts may be provided also in the waist part of the back body, and the arrangement is shown in the table below as an example of each size in the case of M size and L size in the complete pants type diaper having the shape of FIG. Further, the peripheral edge of the cut and / or its periphery may be reinforced with a seal.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the full-pants type diaper for adults can be easily worn even by a person whose hands and fingers are hard to move, and is also effective in rehabilitation. In addition, caregivers are easier to handle, which is effective in reducing the burden.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a complete pants-type diaper of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a manufacturing method of the present invention and showing a long exterior member.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a long exterior member having a waist elastic member attached thereto.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of a long exterior member having a urine absorbing pad and a reinforcing sheet attached thereto.

FIG. 7 is a plan view in which an interior sheet and a leg opening are provided in a long exterior member, (a) is a plan view in which leg elastic members are further provided in a circular shape, and (b) is a continuous leg elastic member is provided. FIG.

FIG. 8 is also a plan view of a front body side provided with a finger hook opening before folding back.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a complete pants-type diaper obtained by forming a heat-sealed portion by providing a finger-holding opening in the overlapped member of the waist portion after folding back.

10A and 10B show a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 10A is an overall perspective view, and FIG. 10B is a perspective view in which dimensions are entered.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Urine absorption pad 2 Heat seal part 3 and 3 'Horizontal oval opening 4 Vertical oval opening 5 Cut 6 Thread rubber 7 Front body 8 Finger opening 9 Back body 11 Long exterior member 12 Waist elastic member 13 Reinforcement Seat 14 Leg opening 15 Leg circular elastic member 16 Leg continuous elastic member 17 Interior seat

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A complete pants-type diaper for adults with a sliding hole, wherein an opening through which a finger can be hung is provided in the waist portion. 2. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein the opening is provided in one or both of the front part and the rear part of the pants shape. 3. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein the openings are provided in a pair of right and left sides. 4. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein openings are provided on both sides of the pants. 5. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein the opening is cut. 6. The diaper according to claim 5, wherein the periphery and / or the periphery of the cutout opening are reinforced. 7. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein the opening is provided within a range of not more than 1/3 of the rise length from the upper edge of the pants shape. 8. The opening is formed in a range outside of 50 mm on each side from the vertical center line of the pants shape, or 1/2 of the distance from the vertical center line to the side edges of the complete pants type diaper on the left and right sides.
The diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which is provided in an outer range. 9. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein an opening is provided in a non-installation area of the absorber in a complete pants-type diaper having an absorber integrally provided in a crotch portion. 10. An elastic member extending in a longitudinal direction is attached to both side edges of a long exterior member, and a urine absorbing pad is spaced in a longitudinal direction of a surface of the exterior member, and at least one of the two side edges. A reinforcing sheet is attached to each of the urine absorbing pads, and an elastic member is provided around the leg openings formed between the urine absorbing pads. The elastic member is extended, and then the interior sheet is overlaid on the upper surface to form the leg openings. First, a finger hooking opening is provided in the reinforcing sheet portion at a position sandwiching the line of symmetry with respect to the repetitive shape in the longitudinal direction passing therethrough and folded back at the center line in the longitudinal direction to be overlapped, or after the leg opening is bored, the first in the longitudinal direction. It is folded back at the center line and overlapped, and a member in which a finger hooking opening is overlapped with a reinforcing sheet portion at a position sandwiching a line of symmetry with respect to a repetitive shape in the longitudinal direction passing through the leg opening is provided to penetrate. 10. A complete pants type for adults with a flip-up hole according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein members superposed along each symmetry line between the urine absorbing pads are heated and separated. Diaper manufacturing method. 11. A flip-up hole provided with an opening through which a finger can be hung above a heat seal portion formed by fixing opposing side edges of a front body and a back body of a pants shape. Complete pants-type diaper for adults. 12. An opening is provided within a range of not more than 1/3 of a pants-shaped rise length from an upper edge of the heat seal portion.
The diaper described. 13. An elastic member extending in a longitudinal direction is attached to both side edges of a long exterior member, and a urine absorbing pad is spaced in a longitudinal direction of a surface of the exterior member, and at least one of the two side edges. After attaching a reinforcing sheet to the elastic member in an extended state around the leg opening formed between the urine absorption pads, the interior sheet is overlaid on the upper surface, and the leg opening is perforated. After being folded back at the center line and superimposed, the members superimposed along the respective symmetry lines between the urine absorption pads were heat-bonded, and finger coupling openings were juxtaposed on these joint surfaces with the respective symmetry lines interposed therebetween. The method for producing a complete pants-type diaper for adults with a slip-up hole according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the diaper is separated along a line of symmetry.