JP5616704B2 - Men's urine absorbent product - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a male urine absorbent article.

  Some urine absorbent articles for men are used by being worn at a plurality of locations so as to wrap the male genital area. However, this type of conventional male urine absorbent article is difficult to bend when worn, and the folding position is also difficult to determine. Therefore, the bending work of the male urine absorbent article may be repeated many times.

  Some pants-type disposable diapers are provided with a groove (20t, etc.) for assisting bending in the fiber assembly of the absorbent core (see cited document 1, paragraph [0014], FIG. 4, etc.).

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  Therefore, the problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a male urine absorbent article that can be easily folded at the time of wearing at an appropriate folding position and that does not require reworking of bending work or the like. is there.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a male urine absorbent article used so as to wrap at least the penis of a male pubic region, at least a part of which is liquid-permeable inner sheet material, and impermeable An outer sheet material disposed on the outer surface side of the inner sheet material, and a fiber assembly in which hydrophilic fibers are aggregated, and disposed between the inner sheet material and the outer sheet material. An absorbent core, wherein the fiber assembly of the absorbent core is provided along a bent portion where the male urine absorbent article is bent when attached to the male genital area, and the hydrophilic fiber is There is a bending auxiliary part that is not present or has a reduced amount of the hydrophilic fiber than other parts.

The male urine absorbent article, it is largely the longitudinal width along the longitudinal direction than the transverse width along the lateral direction, the bending assist portion has two locations spaced in said longitudinal direction of said fiber aggregate In the above, it is preferable to include two oblique bending auxiliary portions provided so as to cross at least a part of the fiber assembly along oblique directions inclined in opposite directions to the transverse direction.

Male urine absorbent article preferably further comprises a plurality of folding lines which are colored along the bent portion in at least one of the inner sheet and the outer sheet material.

The male urine absorbent article, said printed inside the sheet material and the outer sheet at least one of the each fold line, the order in symbol display indicating the order of bending of the corresponding fold line It is preferable to further provide .

The male urine absorbent article, wherein at least one of the inner sheet and said outer sheet material is printed for each fold line, the direction fold indicates whether the corresponding said fold line mountain fold valley fold It is preferable to further include a symbol display.

According to the male urine absorbent article according to the present invention, the fiber core of the absorbent core is provided with the folding auxiliary part along the bent part of the male urine absorbent article, and the bending auxiliary part is hydrophilic. There is no hydrophilic fiber or the amount of hydrophilic fiber is reduced compared to other parts. Therefore, when the male urine absorbent article is folded and attached to the male genital area, the folding position can be easily determined as a preset folding part, and the male urine absorbent article can be easily obtained at the folded part. It can be easily molded into a shape suitable for folding the penis and the like. Therefore, it is not necessary to redo the folding operation of the male urine absorbent article, and the mounting operation can be performed smoothly.

  Further, in the bending auxiliary part provided in the fiber assembly, there is no hydrophilic fiber or the amount of hydrophilic fiber is reduced compared to other parts, so the male part absorbs urine in the bent part. Articles can be folded securely in a compact manner. Therefore, it is possible to prevent deformation of the male urine absorbent article when worn, displacement of the wearing position, and the like.

In the urine absorbent article for men according to the present invention, the longitudinal width along the longitudinal direction is larger than the lateral width along the lateral direction, and the folding assisting portion is spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the fiber assembly. In two other locations, two oblique bending assisting portions provided so as to traverse at least a part of the fiber assembly along oblique directions inclined in opposite directions with respect to the lateral direction may be provided. Is preferred . When worn, the two side portions of the male urine absorbent article located on the outer side in the vertical direction of the two oblique folding assisting portions overlap each other so as to wrap the penis and the like along the oblique folding assisting portion. By bending in the direction, the bent shape of the male urine absorbent article can be obtained. At this time, the penis and the like are bent from the side where the distance between the two diagonal bending auxiliary parts is widened on both sides in the lateral direction of the bent male urine absorbent article. Accepted within. The bent shape of the male urine absorbent article is easy to receive the penis and the like because the receiving side for receiving the penis and the like of the male pubic part is greatly widened. At the same time, since the distance between the two oblique bending assisting portions becomes narrower toward the opposite side to the receiving side, the excreted urine is difficult to leak out of the male urine absorbent article.

While at least one of the inner side sheet and the outer sheet material, the lever has a plurality of folding lines which are colored along the bent portion is provided, when bending the male urine absorbent product by that occasion song line In addition, the operator can easily recognize the folding position, and the bending of the male urine absorbent article is facilitated.

The operator can easily recognize the folding order of each folding line by displaying the order symbols printed corresponding to each folding line.

By displaying the folding direction symbol printed corresponding to each folding line, the operator can easily recognize the folding direction (mountain folding or valley folding) of each folding line.

It is a top view which shows the state before bending as seen from the outer surface side of the urine absorbent article for folded men (hereinafter simply referred to as “absorbent article”) according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows typically the structure of the cross section along the AA line of the absorbent article of FIG. It is a figure which shows the bending procedure when it sees from the skin surface side of the absorbent article of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state by which the absorbent article of FIG. 1 was bent.

  With reference to FIG. 1 thru | or FIG. 4, the absorbent article 1 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the absorbent article 1 includes an inner sheet material 2, an outer sheet material 3, and an absorbent core 4, and is used so as to wrap at least the penis of the male pubic area. As the usage form of the absorbent article 1, the absorbent article 1 is often mounted on the penis of a male pubic region, and a disposable diaper or the like is often mounted so as to cover the outer surface side.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the overall planar shape of the absorbent article 1 viewed from the thickness direction is a substantially rectangular shape in which the vertical width along the vertical direction Y is larger than the horizontal width along the horizontal direction X. The inner sheet material 2 is a sheet material at least partially having liquid permeability. In the present embodiment, the inner sheet material 2 is formed of a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric or the like, and the entire inner sheet material 2 has liquid permeability. The outer sheet material 3 has liquid impermeability and is disposed on the outer surface side of the inner sheet material 2. Specifically, for example, the outer sheet material 3 is formed by bonding a nonwoven fabric sheet to the outer surface side of a porous resin film having air permeability and liquid impermeability.

  The absorbent core 4 has a fiber assembly 5 in which hydrophilic fibers are aggregated, and is disposed between the inner sheet material 2 and the outer sheet material 3. The fiber aggregate 5 may be added with a powdery or granular absorbent polymer. When urination is performed in a state where the absorbent article 1 is bent and mounted on the wearer's penis or the like as described later, urine passes through the inner sheet material 2 and is absorbed by the fiber assembly 5 of the absorbent core 4. Held. Since the liquid-impermeable outer sheet material 3 is disposed on the outer surface side of the absorbent core 4, urine that has oozed from the absorbent core 4 is prevented from leaking outside the absorbent article 1.

  The fiber assembly 5 is provided with a plurality of bending auxiliary portions 7a to 7c. These bending auxiliary parts 7a to 7c are provided along a plurality of corresponding bent parts 6a to 6c where the absorbent article 1 is bent when mounted on the male genital area. In the bending assisting portions 7a to 7c, as shown in FIG. 2, there is no hydrophilic fiber, or the amount of the hydrophilic fiber is reduced as compared with other portions. In the present embodiment, the bending auxiliary portions 7a to 7c are configured by divided grooves that do not have hydrophilic fibers. As a result, the fiber assembly 5 that is thick and tends to be an obstacle to the bending of the absorbent article 1 can be easily folded, and the absorbent article 1 can be easily folded.

  In this embodiment, the bending parts 6a-6c of the absorbent article 1 are provided in three places. The first bent portion 6 a is set so as to cut a part of one side edge portion (right edge portion in FIG. 1) in the horizontal direction X of the fiber assembly 5 in the vertical direction Y. The second bent portion 6 b is set so as to cross one side (the upper side in FIG. 1) from the center in the longitudinal direction Y of the fiber assembly 5 in an oblique direction inclined with respect to the lateral direction X. The third bent portion 6c is inclined in the direction opposite to the second bent portion 6b with respect to the lateral direction X on the other side (lower side in FIG. 1) of the center of the fiber assembly 5 in the longitudinal direction Y. It is set to cross in an oblique direction. The inclination direction of the second and third bent portions 6b and 6c with respect to the lateral direction X is from the side where the first bent portion 6a is provided (right side in FIG. 1) to the opposite side (left side in FIG. 1). The distance along the longitudinal direction Y between the bent portions 6b and 6c is set to be gradually increased. In addition, the folding auxiliary parts 7b and 7c provided along the second and third bent parts 6b and 6c correspond to the oblique bending auxiliary parts of the present invention.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer sheet material 3 is provided with a plurality of bent lines 8a to 8c colored along the bent portions 6a to 6c by printing or the like. In addition, the outer sheet material 3 is printed for each folding line 8a to 8c, and is displayed with order symbols indicating numbers of the corresponding folding lines 8a to 8c (numbers 1 to 3 in the example of FIG. 1). Display) 9a to 9c are provided. Further, the outer sheet material 3 is printed for each folding line 8a to 8c, and a folding direction symbol indicating whether the corresponding folding line 8a to 8c is a mountain fold or a valley fold (in the example of FIG. )). These folding lines 8a to 8c, order symbol displays 9a to 9c, and folding direction symbol displays 10a to 10c may be provided on the inner sheet material 2 instead of the outer sheet material 3, or the outer sheet material 3 and the inner sheet. You may provide in both of the material 2. FIG.

  When the absorbent article 1 is mounted, as shown in FIG. 3, first, the portion P1 of the absorbent article 1 is bent so as to be mountain-folded when viewed from the outer surface side along the bent portion 6a (folded line 8a). It is done. Subsequently, the portion P2 of the absorbent article 1 is bent so as to be mountain-folded when viewed from the outer surface side along the bent portion 6b (folded line 8b). Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, the part P3 of the absorbent article 1 is bent so as to be mountain-folded when viewed from the outer surface side along the bent portion 6c (folded line 8c). And the penis part etc. of a male pubic part are inserted inside the bent absorbent article 1 as shown by the arrow B. At this time, a penis part etc. will be in the state enclosed by the bent absorbent article 1. FIG. In addition, the absorbent article 1 may be bent so as to wrap the penis part or the like in a state where it is arranged at the center on the skin surface side of the absorbent article 1 before the penis part or the like is bent.

  As described above, according to the absorbent article 1 according to the present embodiment, the fiber assembly 5 of the absorbent core 4 is provided with the bending auxiliary parts 7a to 7c along the bent parts 6a to 6c of the absorbent article 1. In the bending auxiliary portions 7a to 7c, there are no hydrophilic fibers, or the amount of the hydrophilic fibers is reduced as compared with other portions. Therefore, when the absorbent article 1 is folded and attached to the male genital area, the folding position can be easily determined to the preset bent parts 6a to 6c, and the bent article 6a to 6c can absorb the absorbent article 1. Can be easily bent into a shape suitable for wrapping the penis and the like. Therefore, it is not necessary to redo the bending operation of the absorbent article 1 and the mounting operation can be performed smoothly.

  Moreover, in the bending auxiliary | assistant parts 7a-7c provided in the fiber assembly 5, since the hydrophilic fiber does not exist or the quantity of hydrophilic fiber is reduced rather than another part, the bending parts 6a- In 6c, the absorbent article 1 can be securely folded in a compact manner. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the shape of the absorbent article 1 from being deformed and the displacement of the mounting position when mounted.

  Moreover, the absorbent article 1 has a rectangular outer shape whose longitudinal width along the longitudinal direction Y is larger than the lateral width along the lateral direction X, and is spaced apart in the longitudinal direction Y of the fiber assembly 5. Two bending auxiliary portions 7b and 7c are provided at two locations so as to cross the fiber assembly 5 along oblique directions inclined in opposite directions with respect to the lateral direction X. At the time of mounting, the portions P2 and P3 on both sides of the two folding auxiliary portions 7b and 7c of the absorbent article 1 located on the outer side in the vertical direction Y are penis portions along the bending auxiliary portions 7b and 7c. Are folded in a direction that overlaps each other. At this time, a penis part etc. are received in the absorbent article 1 bent from the side where the space | interval between bending auxiliary | assistance parts 7b and 7c has spread among the both sides of the horizontal direction X of the absorbent article 1 bent. It is done. The bent shape of the absorbent article 1 is easy to receive the penis and the like because the receiving side for receiving the penis and the like is widened. At the same time, the distance between the two bending assisting portions 7b and 7c becomes narrower toward the side opposite to the receiving side, so that excreted urine is difficult to leak out of the absorbent article 1.

  Moreover, in the absorbent article 1, the fiber assembly 5 is provided with a bending auxiliary portion 7a along the bent portion 6a, and a portion P1 opposite to the receiving side such as the penis portion is opened in the bent state shown in FIG. It is folded inward to close the part. For this reason, the excreted urine is prevented from leaking to the outside of the absorbent article 1 from the side opposite to the receiving side.

  Further, when the absorbent article 1 is bent, by referring to the folding lines 8a to 8c, the order symbol displays 9a to 9c, and the folding direction symbol displays 10a to 10c provided for the respective bent portions 6a to 6c. The operator can easily recognize the folding position, the order of folding, and the folding direction of each of the bent portions 6a to 6c (whether mountain folding or valley folding), and the absorbent article 1 can be easily folded.

  In addition, as a modified example of the absorbent article 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the bent portion 6a may be omitted and the bending at the bent portion 6a may not be performed. In this case, the bending auxiliary portion 7a, the bending line 8a, the order symbol display 9a, and the folding direction symbol display 10a of the fiber assembly 5 corresponding to the bending portion 6a are also omitted.

  Further, the folding lines 8a to 8c, the order symbol displays 9a to 9c, and the folding direction symbol displays 10a to 10c are not necessarily essential components and may be omitted.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Absorbent article, 2 Inner sheet material, 3 Outer sheet material, 4 Absorption core, 5 Fiber assembly, 6a-6c Folding part, 7a-7c Folding auxiliary part, 8a-8c Folding line, 9a-9c Order code Display, 10a-10c Fold direction symbol display, X horizontal direction, Y vertical direction.

Claims (5)

A male urine absorbent article used to wrap at least the penis of a male pubic area,
An inner sheet material having at least a part of liquid permeability;
An outer sheet material having liquid impermeability and disposed on the outer surface side of the inner sheet material;
An absorbent core having a fiber assembly in which hydrophilic fibers are aggregated, and disposed between the inner sheet material and the outer sheet material;
With
The fiber assembly of the absorbent core is provided along a bent portion where the male urine absorbent article is bent when attached to a male genital region, and the hydrophilic fiber does not exist or the hydrophilic fiber. comprising a folding auxiliary portion which is smaller than the amount of other moieties,
The bending assisting portion traverses at least a part of the fiber assembly along oblique directions inclined in opposite directions with respect to the transverse direction at two positions spaced in the longitudinal direction of the fiber assembly. The two diagonal folding assisting portions provided in such a manner as to be longitudinally cut in a part of one side edge portion in the lateral direction on the side where the interval between the two oblique folding assisting portions is narrow. male urine absorbent product, wherein Rukoto a folding auxiliary portion. The male urine absorbent article according to claim 1,
The male urine absorbent article, male urine absorbent product, characterized in that has a size better vertical width along the longitudinal direction than the transverse width along the lateral direction. In the male urine absorbent article according to claim 1 or 2,
The male urine absorbent article further comprising a plurality of bent lines colored along the bent portion in at least one of the inner sheet material and the outer sheet material. The male urine absorbent article according to claim 3,
The male further comprising an order symbol display that is printed for each folding line in at least one of the inner sheet material and the outer sheet material, and indicates a folding order of the corresponding folding line. Urinary absorbent article. In the urine absorbent article for men according to claim 3 or claim 4,
It further includes a folding direction symbol display printed for each folding line on at least one of the inner sheet material and the outer sheet material, and indicating whether the corresponding folding line is a mountain fold or a valley fold. Urine absorbent article for men.

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