CN100482119C

CN100482119C - Protective undergarment having pocketed sling for absorbent pad

Info

Publication number: CN100482119C
Application number: CNB200480005259XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 弗雷德里卡·科茨
Original assignee: Tailored Technologies Inc
Current assignee: Tailored Technologies Inc
Priority date: 2003-01-27
Filing date: 2004-01-26
Publication date: 2009-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 2024-01-26
Also published as: WO2004069093A2; JP2006515793A; EP1648257A4; WO2004069093A3; EP1648257A2; CN1753631A

Abstract

A fastener tab assembly for an undergarment, comprising a tab formed from a generally trapezoidal piece of material in which opposite edges thereof are folded inwardly and joined together so as to present unseamed enclosed sides, hence tending to avoid irritation when in contact with the body of a wearer. A piece of filamentary fastener material on a surface of the tab is adapted to couple with a complementary piece of filamentary fastener material on the undergarment.

Description

Protective undergarment with the pocketed sling that is used for absorption pad

Technical field

Theme of the present invention relates generally to protective undergarment, more specifically, relate to the improvement of reusable underwear very important as the case studies such as structure of anti-leak and raising capacity, the technological innovation of enhancing underwear performance next to the shin, and the transformation that is used for the reusable underwear of ewborn infant and healing umbilical cord thereof.

Background technology

For fluid and the excreta that improves protective undergarment holds performance, license to the U.S. Patent No. 5,137 of Fredrica Coates, 526 and 5,409,476 have described the protective undergarment with waterproof or water-fast suspender belt, and the front-end and back-end of described suspender belt join by brace and jacket layer.Have elasticity by neighboring that makes suspender belt or the waterproof gore that places the suspender belt opposite side, this suspender belt intercepts body fluid, makes its unlikely perimeter that is diffused into jacket layer.Suspender belt design elasticized and that have a gore is effectively, but still needs bigger fluid containment degree.

As improvement, in the U.S. Patent No. 5,722,127 that licenses to Fredrica Coates, strengthen suspender belt to form darker pocket and to make fastener have bigger adjustability so that underwear fits in the wearer's.Yet,, need bigger fluid and the excremental encirclement area of holding although have improved fit and darker interior pocketed sling.Therefore, a kind of pocketed sling that is used for fixing fluid absorption pad is also disclosed in ' 127 patents, and, the Coates application No.08/792 that submits on January 31st, 1997, in 735, a kind of preposition camera bag that connects anter that is added to is disclosed, thereby to strengthen the area raising absorption of fluids amount of surrounding.

The Coates application No.09/791 that submits to February 26 calendar year 2001, it is to form longitudinally folding S-shape suspender belt that 773 disclosed another kinds are improved one's methods, it provides trilaminate material, and form a pocket, an end that is used for fixing fluid absorption pad, this design have strengthened the encirclement area of absorption of fluids once more.

Although be considered to the remarkable improvement of diaper industry, to also having adopted multiple variation as receiving body fluids and excremental structure in the various underwears, should " S suspender belt " tend to when washing, especially in the roller drying process, tangle simultaneously.Vertical end of S suspender belt, near combination front of garment and rear portion waistline, and only forwardly with the rear portion combination.Therefore, the remainder of this S suspender belt is " drifting ".This not fixed form is tended to provide too many space between S suspender belt and its jacket layer, so this product can outwards be routed up the inboard in the roller drying process.Another feature of S suspender belt is: have within it under the gravity effect of the S suspender belt that comprises absorption pad, the front portion of this underwear of waistline place is tended to slightly wrinkling.When dress and inspection during manufacture, the fold of this underwear front portion can seem that some is in disorder.

Being on the other hand of Coates technology used fiber VELCRO, degree of tightness to guarantee that moderately clothes and wearer fit, and do not use safety pin.In the Coates U.S. Patent No. 4,537,591 about one of series of patents of fastener technology, the fibrous type fastener constitutes the loop sheet with the form towards complementary fibrous material emulsion sheet.In washing process, loop sheet and cover structure advantageously show self-closing trend, so complimentary cover prevents the velvet-like fibril aggregation on the loop sheet.Coates U.S. Patent No. 4,680,030 and 4,681,581st is according to the example of other self-closing fasteners of Coates research paper.U.S. Patent No. 5,137,526 and 5,409,476 to have described loop sheet and emulsion sheet be not that self-closing but have makes the variation of the architectural feature that the manufacturing of assembly is easier and more economical.For the wearer, still need loop sheet structure more economical and that outward appearance is more soft, because in reusable underwear, always need to improve fit, make it be close to health more, volume is littler, and soft as far as possible.Other features of seeing in the Coates patent are improvement of carrying out for the clothes that is fit to the ewborn infant umbilical cord.In U.S. Patent No. 5,707, what at first see in 364 is elasticized recess, is suitable for the underwear front portion that cooperates with the ewborn infant umbilical cord.In U.S. Patent No. 6,254, in 583, have and cut out fastidious more umbilical cord opening pattern.

At U.S. Patent No. D452, also show the pleated opening at a kind of umbilical cord place in 3155, improved and cut out fit.But the elastification of ewborn infant umbilical cord place opening is handled and kept the endurance of dress manufacturer, and this technology lacks economy.The New Parent of being made up of the multi-disc material not only can improve the performance of the exquisite micro-structure that is used for ewborn infant healing umbilical cord, produces this clothes at lower cost thereby also can shorten built-up time.

The advantage of present disclosure is to have improved unfixed sling structure, has therefore avoided the entanglement in the washing process, has also improved the outward appearance of these clothes.Improve outward appearance by torsional deformation or the gauffer of eliminating the waistline place.Another advantage is that the production of self-closing garment fastening is easy and economical.An advantage is to improve the performance of fit and umbilical cord opening again, simultaneously, reduces the cost of manufacture process.Also have an improvement to be, satisfied the flexibility needs at left front place for reusable underwear.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to the diaper of an embodiment, and improved suspender belt and garment construction are shown, and novel self-closing button loop and covering.

Fig. 2 illustrates the vertical view of this embodiment, exposes the inner surface of clothes and suspender belt.

Fig. 3 A-3F illustrates the step of making fastener cover shown in Fig. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4 illustrates another embodiment with the clothes that improves fastener.

Fig. 5 is the view that clothes and suspender belt inner surface among Fig. 4 are shown.

Fig. 6 A-6F illustrates the step of fastener shown in the shop drawings 5.

Fig. 7 illustrates the variation that adds the umbilical cord opening in the used diaper of ewborn infant.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 describes an exemplary clothes, and in this embodiment, diaper 10 is made of the inner liner of diaper shell layer 14 and respective shapes, and diaper shell layer 14 is made by fluid absorbency or resistant material, and size and dimension conforms to waist with wearer's buttocks.Lining comprises the leading portion 48 that is connected to interlude lining 56 jointing lines 52.Lining 56 connects together at 50 places and clothes back segment then, is connected to terminal rear panel 46.This lining is connected to jacket layer 14 at rear elastic fabric 66 places then.S pocketed sling 62 is positioned at the central authorities of 56 (back segments), and seals in the terminal rear panel 46 at connecting line 50 places.S suspender belt 62 has novel attachment of elastic, the U-shaped elastic fabric 61 of stitching, and it surrounds the lumen openings of S suspender belt.U-shaped elastic fabric 61 is enclosed to when finishing in the seam 50, thereby seals at 50 places.Obviously, U-shaped attachment of elastic wearer's the pubis of fitting more.Elastic fabric 60 on the relative leg openings of jacket layer 14 is used for lining 56 and jacket layer 14 are all overlapped into.Lining 56 is preferably soft material, 100% brushed polyester for example, and it directly contacts with wearer's skin.The dorsal part of material can randomly be a waterproof.

In S suspender belt 62 inside, put into the absorption pad (not shown), the pulling force that utilizes S pocketed sling 62 tightly with body fit, S pocketed sling 62 its relative edge along

suture

50 and 52 and inner liner couple together, wherein at least one suture is removed from the one or both ends of jacket layer 14.This pocket type S suspender belt itself is similar in construction to my U.S. Patent No. 5,409,476 that is incorporated herein by reference herein, 5,137,526,5,725, application serial no.09/512 co-pending when submitting on February 24th, 518 and 2000, in 085 and the serialno.09/791 of submission on February 26 calendar year 2001,773 disclosed one or multinomial, S shape bag is constructed according to them, and connects in the front-end and back-end of diaper.Structure herein and previous disclosed different being: the end of suspender belt is removed from the waistline terminal, and online 50 and 52 places have formed with aforementioned patent and compared the suspender belt with shorter effective length with the garment length in the application.

The end of S suspender belt is fixed in the insertion line of annex 50 (rear portion) and 52 (front portions), two benefits are arranged.At first, suspender belt shown in Fig. 1 tends to be fixed in the diaper, and can be in existing design suspender belt when the waistline terminal is connected with diaper, with respect to the remainder lateral oscillation or the upset of diaper.Therefore, in washing and cylinder process, this suspender belt will remain fixed in the diaper.The second, because the heavy burden district at contact wire place removes from waist between suspender belt and lining, so because the gravity of S suspender belt will can not cause the torsional deformation or the gauffer of waistband to any pulling force that lining applies.This makes diaper in dress with add and all present cleaner and tidier outward appearance man-hour.

The front portion of jacket layer 14 provides fiber material strip 44, admits the filamentary hook material 34 on the loop 19 of buckleing of diaper rear portion edge.When wearing diaper, these filamentary hook material bars combine with the anterior bar 44 with coil method, as described in my previous patent and the application.According to an aspect of Fig. 1 embodiment, each button loop 19 has side 26 and terminal 38.Each loop sheet 19 all is made of trapezoidal piece of fabric, and its base is connected with one jiao of diaper and stretches out from here.Trapezoidal of respective coil 24 fiber type materials inwardly are bonded on internal layer or the lining 56 as emulsion sheet, as shown in the figure, and its base (base) and contact relative with the base of loop sheet 19.What pay special attention to is that the base of loop sheet 19 is connected to diaper at seam 30 places of diaper shell layer 14.As shown in the figure, this seam 30 is arc, makes the loop sheet have intilted trend under the effect of the power that the seam arcuate configuration is produced, when particularly rolling in dryer, so that contact with emulsion sheet 24.When hook type silver 34 was in contact with one another with emulsion sheet 24, protection loop sheet and filamentary hook material 34 thereof were avoided the damage of soft fibre and other materials impurity.

Fig. 2 illustrates diaper 10, wherein since as mentioned above seam 30 be arc, loop sheet 19 naturally with following protectiveness emulsion sheet 24 self-closings.Fig. 2 also illustrates another view of lining 56, and wherein lining 56 online 52 places engage with S suspender belt 62 elastic fabrics 61, as shown in the U-shaped manufacture process.Leg elastic 60 is at the leg openings place.Fiberoptic coil 44 is in the front portion of clothes 14 (garment surface).Elastic fabric 66 retouchings are used at the rear portion of clothes, and elastic fabric 66 is connected in conjunction with seam crossing line 50 and S suspender belt 61 is supported on the lining 46 of clothes 10 bosom parts.

Fig. 3 A-3F illustrates the loop sheet and how to construct.In Fig. 3 A, be approximately trapezoidal material piece 19, have outwards be at 36 places arc outstanding outer side edges along part and at 32 places base on rectilinear trapezoidal, form loop sheet 19.In Fig. 3 b, loop sheet 19 at first is folded into two halves at otch 28 places, and common edge 44 will coextend and engage at over-lock stitch 22 places, and then, common edge 44 is covered by over-lock stitch 22.Then fold trapezoidal among Fig. 3 b at 26 places, overseam limit 22 inwardly flattens, and is the center with otch 28, forms the loop sheet 19 shown in Fig. 3 c.Last base 32 is folding downwards, forms the outer side edges shown in Fig. 3 d along 38.Next, by Fig. 3 e, stacked hooked fibre material piece 34 covers the part of 32 ends and seam 22, shown in Fig. 3 c.Coil form emulsion sheet 24 shown in Pei Dui Fig. 3 f forms separately with it, but has and loop sheet 19 corresponding to size and dimensions.What pay special attention to is the shape on base 25, and it should mate with the base 36 of loop sheet 19.

The base 25 of emulsion sheet 24 has bowed shape, and with arc complementary mutually (from the dorsal part of loop sheet shown in Fig. 3 E) of loop sheet 19.Link a time-out when loop sheet and emulsion sheet, base 25 links to each other with 36, and loop sheet and emulsion sheet adjoin each other along the common arcuate seam 30 shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 4 and 5 are corresponding to Fig. 1 and 2, and difference is that loop sheet and emulsion sheet have the configuration on linear rather than arc base.The diaper 12 of Figure 4 and 5 is made of the lining 106 of diaper shell layer 16 and respective shapes, and diaper shell layer 16 can be the material that absorbs or stop fluid, conforms to waist with wearer's buttocks, and lining 106 is at its periphery and jacket layer periphery.In lining 106 inside are S suspender belts 162, and it couples together with inner liner along suture 150 (clothes rear portion) and 152 (front of garment) its relative edge.This S suspender belt identical with shown in Fig. 1 and 2, the difference of these two kinds of underwears is loop sheet structure.Have crotch sheet 64 on the loop sheet 90.The design of this loop sheet is used on coil method emulsion sheet 67 closed, this with Fig. 1 and 2 in the configuration of loop chip architecture be identical, but jointing line 65 is straight.In Figure 4 and 5, diaper 12 has all same natures of diaper 10, and lining, stage casing lining 106 are connected with terminal lining sheet 96 at 150 places at rear portion, and are covered by elastic fabric 166, as shown in Figure 5.The loop sheet 90 of folded closed has straight flange among Fig. 5, is produced as sewing up with straight flange in 65.Loop sheet 90 has the leg elastic at 160 places on the folded edge, jacket layer at

terminal

68,88 places, the S pocketed sling at 162 places.In front of garment, we see that coil 44 is fixed on the outside of shell fabric 16.In Fig. 4, the over-lock seam of loop sheet 19 is shown in 82.

Fig. 6 A, 6F illustrate the manufacturing step of sheet 90 of loop shown in the Figure 4 and 5 and emulsion sheet 67, trapezoidal 90 go to the bottom straight flange and the last base 92 with 70 places, and trapezoidal opposite side shown in 84.In Fig. 6 B, otch 89 is used for the fold line on trapezoidal overlapping limit 84 as reference point, and is covered by over-lock stitch 82.In Fig. 6 C, lock seaming 82 inwardly flattens, and is the center with otch 89, forms straight flange 70.Folded edge 88 extends to end 92, and terminal 92 is folding at 68 places, forms the retouching end of loop sheet.In Fig. 6 D, terminal 92 preparations of not finishing folding in the forward are capped, as shown in Fig. 6 E.In Fig. 6 E, hook strip 64 places on the edge 92, and is the center with seam 82, covers up the major part of seam 82.88 edge is a soft fabric.The liner base 65 of connecting coil sheet 67 is just being prepared on straight base 70 among Fig. 6 F.Refer back to Fig. 4, loop piece 67 is used suture 69 endings that help loop sheet 90 closures.Therefore being sewed with of 69 places helps non-arcuate edge self-closing.

Fig. 7 is the variant of protective undergarment, and its structure is included in the novel opening of front of garment, to adapt to the umbilical cord of ewborn infant.Clothes 200 has opening at 92 places, and when being through the baby on one's body the time, this opening surrounds around the navel, and can not touch navel.Otch 92 is arc, and recessed enough dark its healing so that the umbilical cord of ewborn infant has enough spaces to allow circulation of air, to such an extent as to and don't can make too deeply fluid from the central cavity of clothes 200 to external leakage.Over-lock stitch 96 makes that the edge, terminal front of clothes is clean and tidy and cost is low, but most important characteristic is removing of elastic fabric 98 ends, perhaps utilizes elasticity or extensibility to repair.Elastomeric material is strengthened curving inwardly of clothes, only is used in the place that needs, opening 92 places.Importantly, elastic fabric can not have the Roughen Edges that stimulates baby's belly, therefore, need utilize overseam to cut out with sewing method 96 elastic fabric is removed.Over-lock stitch 96 should be soft fluffy nylon wire.When engaging with loop sheet 19, the angle of coil silver 94 helps to make it to be consistent with the minute shape of ewborn infant.Now will be separated as shown in the figure and make its inclination with the 44 corresponding anterior silvers 94 of silver among Fig. 1, to produce umbilical cord opening 92.Leg elastic 108 is corresponding with the leg elastic 60 of Fig. 1.

Claims

One kind be used for underwear buckle the loop assembly, comprising:

Loop sheet (19) comprises being generally trapezoidal material piece, and is wherein that its relative side (44) is inwardly folding and be bonded together, and with the flanging (26) that presents seamless closing, produces stimulation when contact with wearer's body to help avoid; With

The fiber fastener material sheet (34) on loop sheet (19) surface, it is suitable for combining with complementary fiber fastener material sheet (24) on the underwear.
2. the button loop assembly of claim 1 wherein places fiber fastener material sheet (34) on the surface of loop sheet (19), so that cover the relative side (44) be bonded together to small part.
3. the button loop assembly of claim 1, wherein the part adjacent with last base (32) of Zhe Die ladder material sheet is folding downwards, with the outer side edges (38) that presents seamless closing.
4. the button loop assembly of claim 3 wherein places fiber fastener material sheet (34) on the surface of loop sheet (19), so that cover seamless last base (32) and the side (44) that is bonded together to small part.
5. the button loop assembly of claim 1, wherein side (44) is bonded together by over-lock stitch (22).
6. the button loop assembly of claim 1, wherein complementary fiber fastener material sheet (24) have base (25) and are fixed on trapezoidal shape on the base (36) of loop sheet (19).
7. the button loop assembly of claim 6, the respective bottom edges (36 of loop sheet (19) and complementary fiber fastener material sheet (24) wherein, 25) be stitched together, wherein the general similar shape of loop sheet (19) and complementary fiber fastener material sheet (24) makes loop sheet (19) and complementary fiber fastener material sheet (24) will tend to mutual self-closing.
8. a manufacturing is used for the method for buckleing the loop assembly of underwear, comprising:

The inwardly folding relative side (44) that is generally trapezoidal material piece to be forming loop sheet (19), helps avoid the flanging (26) that produces the seamless closing of stimulation when contact with wearer's body to present;

Engage inwardly folding side (44) at described material surface; With

Use fiber fastener material sheet (34) to cover at least a portion of the side (44) that engages.
9. the method for claim 8 may further comprise the steps:

Downwards folding trapezoidal material piece with the adjacent part in last base (32),

Wherein locate fiber fastener material sheet (34), make its at least a portion that covers the side (44) that engages and the downward folded portions adjacent of ladder material sheet with last base (32).
10. the method for claim 8, wherein with ladder material sheet and the respective bottom edges (36 that is generally trapezoidal complementary fiber fastener material sheet (24), 25) be stitched together, wherein said two trapezoidal general similar shapes make described two trapezoidal will tend to mutual self-closing.