CN103816010A

CN103816010A - Absorbing clothes with constraining straps

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Publication number: CN103816010A
Application number: CN201410064643.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: L·贝克; E·拉克索; S·内德斯塔姆; I·弗林克-埃克瓦尔; K·赫尔曼松; G·埃尔格伦德
Original assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
Current assignee: Essity Hygiene and Health AB
Priority date: 2006-06-21
Filing date: 2006-06-21
Publication date: 2014-05-28
Anticipated expiration: 2026-06-21
Also published as: CN103816010B

Abstract

Provided are absorbing clothes such as diaper pants and incontinence protection clothes. The clothes comprise a first body cut piece (16), a second body cut piece (17) and a crotch (13) between the first body cut piece (16) and the second body cut piece (17). The clothes further comprise opposite constraining strap elements (17) which extend to the side. The constraining strap elements are connected to the waist part (11) of the first body cut piece and are suitable for being wound around the waist part of a clothes wearer and being fastened together through a first fastening device (18). The second body cut piece (12) is provided with a second fastening device (19) at the waist part of the second body cut piece, and the second fastening device is suitable for being fastened to the constraining strap elements (17). Accordingly, the clothes can form a shape like pants. An elastic element (20) extends in the horizontal direction (x) along the waist part (11a) of the first body cut piece (11) and extends into at least one part of each constraining strap (17).

Description

With the absorbability clothings of band

The application is to be the divisional application of the application for a patent for invention that June 21, application number in 2006 are 200680055016.6, denomination of invention is " absorbability clothings of band " applying date.

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of absorbability clothings with band, as urine pants and incontinence protective garment, described band is as for the parts around the fixing securing member of wearer waist by described medicated clothing.

Background technology

The described absorbability clothings with band comprise be suitable for being used in wearer abdominal part front body panel, be suitable for being used in the back body panel at wearer back and be suitable for the crotch that between wearer two lower limbs crotch is extended.Medicated clothing also comprises a pair of belt member relatively extending laterally, and described belt member is fixed on the waist of rear cut-parts conventionally.These belt member are suitable for being wound around and using the first clamp device to tighten together as hook-loop securing member as adhesive tape or mechanical fastening device around the waist of described medicated clothing wearer.Then front cut-parts are passed between two lower limbs of wearer, and by the second clamp device that is arranged on front cut-parts waist, front cut-parts are fastened on to inside or the outside of belt member.Then described medicated clothing will be the shape of pant-like.Alternatively, belt portions can be arranged in front cut-parts, and the second clamp device is arranged in rear cut-parts.Because common front cut-parts and rear cut-parts are more or less identical in shape and size, therefore wearer or protected from person can be after personalization preferably these article of application so that can be by front cut-parts as rear cut-parts and vice versa.

Band provides the improved probability of adjusting absorbability clothings appropriate degree.Especially in the time that wearer is stood, it has further simplified the adjustment of medicated clothing.

Can in as EP-A-0287388, EP-A-0409307, EP-A-0605012 and FR-A-2586558, find the example of the absorbability clothings with band.

In order further to improve comfort level and appropriate degree, making part band is that elasticity is also known.JP-B-3471999 discloses a kind of girdle type urine pants, wherein band part its separately cardinal extremity place have allow band part is extended along its length can extension section.The rear cut-parts of described urine pants also have an elastic (waist elasticity part).

EP-B-0487758 also discloses a kind of girdle type urine pants, and wherein at least one belt member has an elastic.The rear cut-parts of described urine pants also have flexible member.Be complicated but combine several independent resilient element in manufacture process in an absorbability clothings, and make described medicated clothing more expensive.

Summary of the invention

The object of the invention is to provide a kind of absorbability clothings with band, and it has improved comfort level and appropriate degree, and it can be made by the effective manufacture process of cost.According to the present invention, this is realized by above-mentioned this type of medicated clothing, and described medicated clothing has along the waist of the first body panel and extends in a lateral direction and extend laterally the flexible member at least a portion that enters each belt member from described the first body panel.Making comprises band absorbability clothings that its length is enough to the single continuous elastic element that extends in a lateral direction and extend along at least a portion of each belt member along the first body panel waist and has local elasticity's band and in the first body panel being connected, to have the medicated clothing of independent waist elasticity part simpler will divide with belt portions than making.Improved appropriate degree and the excellent sealing effect of waist are further provided according to medicated clothing of the present invention.

In one embodiment, flexible member extension elongation is no more than 50% of each belt member length, is preferably no more than 40% and more preferably no more than 30% of each belt member length.

On the other hand, the length that flexible member stretches out from the belt member that respectively extends laterally is at least 1cm, preferably 2cm at least.

Flexible member can comprise elastica or elastic laminate.Alternatively, it comprises one or more elastic yarn or band.

In one embodiment, flexible member stretches out from the waist of the first body panel, and with and the waist of the first body panel be face-to-face form and be connected in it in the face of garment side or in the face of between material layer included in wearer side or the first body panel.

In an alternative embodiment, flexible member is connected in the terminal edge of the first body panel waist, to form separate waist.

According to an aspect of the present invention, flexible member extends along at least a portion of the second body panel waist in a lateral direction.

According to an embodiment, the first and second clamp devices comprise hook element, and are made up of the material that is suitable for serving as the ring material coordinating with described hook element back to the belt member outer surface of wearer's body at least partly.

In one embodiment of the invention, flexible member extend into color, pattern or labelling that the part of belt member separately has the contrast of forming to can differentiate with the remainder of belt member, or alternatively the remainder of described belt member has color, pattern or the labelling of the contrast of forming to differentiate with described flexible member portion.

Accompanying drawing explanation

Below with reference to embodiment shown in accompanying drawing, the present invention is described more meticulously.

Fig. 1 shows the plane graph of the urine pants with band according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is the II-II cutaway view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the plane graph of a replacement embodiment of the urine pants of the band band according to the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the IV-IV cutaway view of Fig. 3;

How Fig. 5 and 6 demonstrations put on the urine pants with band to wearer.

The specific embodiment

Fig. 1 in accompanying drawing shows the embodiment of the absorbability clothings of urine pants or incontinence protective garment 10 forms, it comprises the first body panel 11, and in embodiment as shown in the figure, the first body panel 11 is the parts that in use will extend around wearer back and rear hip on medicated clothing.Described medicated clothing also comprises the second body panel 12, and it is the part that in use will extend around wearer abdominal part and front hip in urine pants in the illustrated embodiment.Each described the first body panel and the

second body panel

11 and 12 have waist 11a and 12a separately.Should be understood that alternatively the first body panel 11 can be front body panel and the second body panel can be back body panel.The crotch 13 of medicated clothing 10 is the parts that in use extend through the crotch between wearer two lower limbs on medicated clothing.Absorbent cores 14 is arranged on crotch 13 and stretches into forward and backward body panel 11 and 12.Absorbent cores 14 is arranged between internal surface layer 15 and outer coversheet 16.Medicated clothing has longitudinal direction x and transverse direction y.

Term " internal surface layer " finger-type becomes the liquid permeable layer of the inner coating of absorbability clothings, and the position of described internal surface layer in directly contacting with wearer skin in use.Internal surface layer can comprise non-woven material, as materials such as spunbond, melt-blown, carding, waterpower acupuncture, wet-layings.Suitable non-woven material can be by natural fiber as wood pulp or cotton fiber, staple fibre is as polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, viscose rayon, cellulose etc. or be made up of the mixture of natural and staple fibre.Inner coversheet material also can be made up of flax fiber, and described flax fiber can be adhered to one another in adhesive model, as disclosed in EP-A-1035818.Also having the embodiment of inner coversheet material is porous foam, porous plastic film etc.The material that is applicable to doing internal surface layer should be soft, skin is not stimulated and body fluid can directly see through as urine or through liquid.Can also be different at the different parts internal surface layer of absorbability clothings.

" outer coversheet " finger-type becomes the material of the outside coating of absorbability clothings.Can be identical or different in the different parts outer coversheet of absorbability clothings.At least absorbent core region outer coversheet comprise liquid-tight material plastic sheeting as polyethylene or polypropylene screen, have liquid-tight material coating non-woven material, prevent hydrophobic nonwoven material that liquid sees through or the laminate of plastic sheeting and non-woven material.Outer coversheet is ventilative so that steam is discharged from absorbent cores, still can prevent that liquid from therefrom seeing through simultaneously.The example of ventilative outer coversheet has porous polymer, spunbond and the nonwoven laminate of meltblown layer and the laminate of porous polymer and non-woven material.Preferably, outer coversheet is at least comprising non-woven material in the face of on the surface of underwear.

" absorbent cores " is arranged on the absorbent structure between two surface layers of at least crotch of absorbability clothings.Absorbent cores can be any conventional type.Conventionally the absorbent material example occurring is cellulose fluff pulp, tissue layer, superabsorbent polymer (so-called superabsorbents), absorbent foam, absorbent non-woven material or analog.Conventionally cellulose fluff pulp and superabsorbent polymers are combined in a kind of absorbent cores.Superabsorbent polymers is imbibition, water-fast organic or inorganic material, and it can absorb the aqueous solution that percentage by weight is 0.9% sodium chloride that contains at least about its 20 times of weight.The organic material that is suitable as superabsorbent material can comprise that natural material is if polysaccharide, polypeptide and analog and synthetic material are as synthetic water gelatin polymer.This synthetic water gelatin polymer comprises as polyacrylic acid alkali metal salt, polyacrylic acid amide, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylate, polyacrylic acid amide, polyvinyl pyridine and analog.Other suitable polymer comprise hydrolyzed acryionitrile grafted starch, acrylic acid grafted starch and the copolymerization of isobutene. maleic anhydride and composition thereof.Aquogel polymer is preferably lightly crosslinked so that material is substantially water insoluble.Preferably superabsorbent material is further surface-crosslinked to have compared with high crosslink density compared with the inside of the outer surface of super absorbing particles, silk, sheet, ball etc. or shell and superabsorbents.Superabsorbent material can be that the arbitrary shape that is applicable to absorbing composition comprises granule, silk, sheet, ball and analogous shape.

By using a large amount of superabsorbent polymers that high liquid storage ability is provided.Concerning comprising the absorbent cores of hydrophilic silk (as cellosilk) matrix and superabsorbent polymers, the part by weight of superabsorbent polymers is preferably between 10% to 90%, more preferably 30% to 70%.

Absorbability clothings has and comprises that the absorbent cores of different attribute layer is conventional, and described different attribute is corresponding to liquid absorption capacity, liquid distribution capacity and storage capacity.In as baby diaper and incontinence protective garment, general thin absorber generally includes extruding, mixing or the hierarchy of fibre fluff pulp and super absorbent polymer.Can change the size of absorbent cores and absorbability to adapt to different purposes, as baby or adult incontinent person.

Absorbent cores also can comprise the acquisition Distribution Layer that is positioned at main absorber top, and it is suitable for discharged liquid high-speed receiving and interim storage before it is absorbed by main absorbent cores.This acquisition Distribution Layer is being known in the art and can be made up of porous fibre pad or foamed materials.

A pair of belt member 17 is connected to the waist of the first body panel 11, and can make its waist around medicated clothing wearer be wound around and be tightened together by the first clamp device 18, described the first clamp device 18 is as machanical fastener, especially as the hook fastener of hook-loop clamp device.As shown in Figure 5.If when the outer surface of especially relative belt member comprises fabric nonwoven cloth, the outer surface of relative belt member can be used as loop member.Other embodiment of machanical fastener are button and eye or clasp, snap fasteners and analog.Described button can be fastened on band or medicated clothing.

" hook-loop securing member " refers to have " hook " portion and " ring " portion and can repeat fastening complementary type clamp device.Term used herein " hook " refers to any element that can engage with another element, and described another element i.e. so-called " ring " portion.Term " hook " is not limited only to " hook " of conventional meaning, but the joint element of encompasses any form, no matter unidirectional or two-way.Term " ring " is not limited only to " ring " of conventional meaning equally, but contains any structure that can engage with " hook " securing member.The example of " ring " material is fibre structure, as non-woven material.For example, hook-loop securing member can be available from the Velcro of the U.S..

Alternatively, the first clamp device 18 can be viscosity clamp device as sticker (tape tab), wherein the outer surface of relative belt member 17 can have can with the material of sticker bonding.

The width of belt member 17 should be 5cm to 20cm, preferably 7 arrives 15cm.

For example, belt member 17 can be made up with the laminate of the soft nonwoven that forms the band inner surface directly contacting with user skin of the loading material that forms band outer surface.

Suitable non-woven material can be as the spunbonded materials of polypropylene or polyethylene fibre.Also can use conjugate fibre.Another suitable non-woven material is to be made up of the carding heat viscosity method material as polypropylene, polyester or conjugate fibre.

The outer surface of belt member should be suitable for use as the acceptance surface of clamp device 18 as loading material.If clamp device is hook fastener, nonwoven cloth material can be used as loading material.If clamp device 18 is stickers, plastic foil is suitable as loading material.

Subsequently, the second clamp device 19 that front cut-parts 12 have through wearer two lower limbs and by the waist 12a side edge of front cut-parts 12 is fastened to belt member outside.As shown in Figure 6.These second clamp devices 19 are machanical fasteners, as hook fastener, button and hole or clasp or adhesive tape fasteners.

Continuous elastic element 20 extends in transverse direction, x along the waist 11a of the first body panel 11, and extend at least a portion of each belt member 17.Described flexible member 20 can be elastic web material form, as elastica, elastic non-woven cloth, elastic laminate or analog.Described elastic laminate can be the laminate between two-layer or more multi-layered non-woven fabrics, two-layer or more multi-layered film or film and the combination of nonwoven layer.

The elastic laminate example that is applicable to the described flexible member 20 of formation is any elastic laminate known in the art.One group of elastic laminate is so-called " tension-combination " laminate, wherein elastic layer is stretched along at least one direction before laminating with another one or more inelastic layers.Tension force is from elastic layer removes, and it can be retracted to its tension-free state automatically, and the inelastic layers laminating with it gathering, forms three-dimensional gauffer.

Another group elastic laminate is so-called " neck-combination " laminate, refers to such laminate, wherein, when non-resilient element is in the time reducing its width or constriction state downward-extension, elastomeric material is combined with non-elastic material." neck is in conjunction with laminate " refers to have at least two-layer synthetic material, and wherein one deck is that constriction, nonelastic layer and another layer are elastic layers.When inelastic layers combined described layer in extended configuration lower time.

Another group elastic laminate, as disclosed in WO/047488, is wherein laminated on non-resilient nonwoven layer in layers of elastomeric film, and tension laminate exceedes fatigue point so that the inelastic layers fracture of nonwoven cloth material.

EP-B-0646062, WO98/29251, WO03/000165 and US-A-5, described the example of elastic laminate in 226,992.Can commercial elastic laminate example be from the Fabriflex306 of Tredegar with from the PK6358 of Nordenia.

Replace in embodiment at one, continuous elastic element 20 comprises one or more elastic yarns or band being fixed between outer coversheet 13 and internal surface layer 12 collapsiblely.

Detect to measure by retractility as described below, flexible member 20 should have at least 30% retractility.

In embodiment shown in Fig. 1 and 2, flexible member 20 is elastic web material shape, and its extension of waist along the first body panel 11 between interior and

outer coversheet

15 and 16 and from then on waist extend laterally to form the Elastic Foundation end 17a of each belt member 17.By gluing, ultrasonic bonding, hot melt or other suitable combination technologies, flexible member 17a is connected to the base portion of belt member 17 separately, described belt member 17 is preferably stiff or at least little than the elasticity of flexible member 20.Because the elastic part extending along the first body panel 11 waists is used between two material layers, in and between outer coversheet, so flexible member only can be laminated part in one is replaced embodiment, so that the part using between interior and outer coversheet for example can only comprise a layers of elastomeric film, flexible member 20 parts that simultaneously those extended laterally from the first body panel are laminated to nonwoven layer, for example.

Replacing in embodiment, by elastic web material 20 be connected to outer coversheet 16 in the face of garment side or be connected to internal surface layer 15 in the face of wearer side.

Preferred elastomeric element 20 extension elongations are no more than 50% of each belt member length, be preferably no more than each belt member 17 length 40% and more preferably no more than 30% of each belt member 17 length.If this is owing to being connected to elastic region, the effectiveness of

clamp device

18 and 19 is lowered, thereby because elastic region can expand and/or shrink and weaken the combination between clamp device and elastic region.Further the movable part of preferred elastomeric element 20 is from least 1cm of extension elongation a of the belt member 17 respectively extending laterally, preferably 2cm at least.The movable part a of described flexible member 20 do not refer to not because of with the flexible member part of non-resilient belt member 17 in conjunction be fixed (inactive).As shown in Figure 2.Like this with flexible member 20 parts of the overlapping and combination of non-resilient element 17 not included in movable part a.

Flexible member 20 provides improved comfort level and appropriate degree around wearer waist.In addition, it has been simplified manufacturing process and has made it more have cost benefit, is connected with belt member 17 owing to can make waist elasticity part in single step with the elasticity of the first body panel 11.

Waist elastic member 21 at least a portion along the second body panel 12 waist 12a in transverse direction, x is extended.Waist elastic member can be elastic web material as elastic laminate, elastica, elastic non-woven cloth or analog, its collapsiblely outside between surface layer 13 and internal surface layer 12, be connected to the outer surface of outer coversheet or be connected to internal surface layer in the face of wearer side.Alternatively, it comprises two or more elastic yarns or the band that are connected between outer and inner surface layer collapsiblely.

Leg opening can be elastic, conventionally by one group of flexible member 22 as collapsible the elastic yarn being connected between outer and inner surface layer realize as described in elasticity.Described medicated clothing also can have so-called barrier cuff, to have improved leakproof safety.These barrier cuff are alternative leg elastics in some cases.

In embodiment shown in Fig. 3 and 4, continuous elastic element 20 is connected in the terminal edge of waist 11a of the first body panel 11 to form independently medicated clothing belt.Elastic member/waist band 20 its separately side edge extend laterally apart from a and be at least 1cm from the first body panel, preferably 2cm, to form the Elastic Foundation petiolarea 17a of each belt member 17.Preferred elastomeric element 20 extension elongations are no more than 50% of each belt member length, be preferably no more than each belt member 17 length 40% and be more preferably no more than 30% of each belt member 17 length.

Continuous elastic element 20 shown in Fig. 3 and 4 comprises one group of elastic yarn 23 being connected between

web material layer

24 and 25 collapsiblely.Replace in embodiment, it comprises that elastic web material is if elastica, elastic non-woven cloth, elastic laminate or analog are as above-mentioned.

In one embodiment of the invention, the elastic region 17a of belt member is indicated by the color, pattern or the labelling that form contrast, so that user or care-giver can bluntly recognize, to indicate Bu Yingjianggai district as the connecting surface for

clamp device

18,19, due to reason mentioned above.Alternatively, also can indicate with color, pattern or the labelling of described formation contrast the non-resilient part of belt member 17, to indicate the connecting surface of Ying Jianggai district as

clamp device

18,19.

Flexibility test

The method is measured elastomeric material how repeating to add performance in the circulation that load and unloading carry.Sample is stretched to predetermined elongation, and 0 and described predetermined elongation between carry out shuttling movement.Record the load of wanting and remove load force.What measure flaccid material is forever permanent elongation degree.

Use can be carried out shuttling movement and be furnished with printer/drawing apparatus or the extension test device Lloyd LRX of software memorial.Prepare sample, be cut into width 25mm and length preferably than the long 20mm of the spacing jig of extension test device.

Demarcate extension test device according to instrument description.To test (add load and remove load force) desired parameters adjusts to:

Ram speed: 500mm/min

Spacing jig: 50mm

Pre-load: 0.05N

According to labelling, sample is placed on fixture, and guarantees sample and be fixed between two parties and vertically fixture.Start extension test device and 0 with equal to carry out 3 circulations between the predetermined elongation of the highest definition the first load.In the end before circulation, by lax sample 1 minute, then by tensile sample until measure permanent elongation degree when the pulling force of 0.1N detected, and read elongation.

After lax, permanent elongation degree should be less than 10% and measure with said method.Like this, 30% elasticity be defined as laminate on above-mentioned extension test device, be stretched to should have after 30% elongation be less than 10% permanent lax after elongation.30% elongation means upholds the Length Ratio sample original length long 30% arriving.

Although only described some exemplary above, the person skilled in the art will easily understand that many modifications are possible, and any this class is revised in the scope of the present invention that is intended to be included in claim definition below.

Claims

1. an absorbability clothings, as urine pants and incontinence protective garment, described medicated clothing has longitudinal direction (y) and horizontal direction (x) and comprises the first body panel (16), the second body panel (17) and the crotch between them (13), described the first and second body panel are each has waist (11a), described medicated clothing further has the contrary belt member extending laterally (17), described belt member is connected in the waist of the first body panel (11) and is suitable for being wound around and using the first clamp device (18) to tighten together around medicated clothing wearer waist, the second body panel (12) has second clamp device (19) of belt member of being adapted to fasten to (17) at its waist, medicated clothing will form the shape of pant-like like this, it is characterized in that, flexible member (20) is (x) gone up along the waist (11a) of the first body panel (11) and is extended and extend laterally and enter each belt member (17) and extension elongation is no more than 50% of each belt member (17) length from described the first body panel at horizontal direction, to form the elasticity proximal end region (17a) of each belt member (17), wherein each belt member (17) comprises a non-resilient part being connected with described flexible member (20), described the first clamp device (18) is located in described non-resilient part.

2. absorbability clothings according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described flexible member (20) extension elongation be no more than each belt member (17) length 40% and be preferably no more than 30% of each belt member (17) length.

3. absorbability clothings according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described flexible member (20) is at least 1cm from the extension elongation (a) of each belt member extending laterally (17), is preferably at least 2cm.

4. according to the absorbability clothings described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, described flexible member (20) comprises elastica, elastic non-woven cloth or elastic laminate.

5. according to the absorbability clothings described in any one in claim 1-3, it is characterized in that, described flexible member (20) comprises one or more elastic yarn or band.

6. according to the absorbability clothings described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, described flexible member (20) extend through the waist of the first body panel (11) and with and the aspectant form of waist of the first body panel (11) be connected in it in the face of garment side or in the face of between material layer included in wearer side or the first body panel.

7. according to the absorbability clothings described in any one in claim 1-5, it is characterized in that, described flexible member (20) is connected in the remote edge of the waist (11a) of the first body panel (11), to form separate waist.

8. according to the absorbability clothings described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, the second flexible member (21) is (x) gone up along at least a portion extension of the waist (11a) of the second body panel (12) at horizontal direction.

9. according to the absorbability clothings described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, the first and second clamp devices (18,19) comprise hook element, and made by the material that is suitable for use as the ring material engaging with described hook element back to belt member (17) outer surface of wearer's body at least partly.

10. according to the absorbability clothings described in aforementioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that, flexible member (20) stretch into color, pattern or labelling that the part (17a) of belt member (17) separately has the contrast of forming to differentiate with the remainder of belt member, or color, pattern or labelling that alternatively the remainder of described belt member has the contrast of forming are to differentiate with the described part (17a) of described flexible member (20).