KR20230116404A - Incontinence panty - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a urinary incontinence panty using a knitted fabric that is sweat-absorbing and quick-drying simultaneously. In the urinary incontinence panty using a knitted fabric that is sweat-absorbing and quick-drying simultaneously, secretions including urine secreted from a user are obtained, and a heterogeneous section An acquisition layer composed of a wavy pattern fabric woven using polyester long fibers, an absorbent layer in contact with one surface of the acquisition layer and absorbing the secretion obtained from the acquisition layer, and an absorption layer in contact with one surface of the absorbent layer and absorbed in the absorbent layer. It includes a waterproof layer that prevents secretions from being secreted to the outside.

Description

Urinary incontinence panty using a knitted fabric expressing sweat absorption and quick drying {Incontinence panty}

The present invention relates to urinary incontinence pants, and more particularly, to urinary incontinence pants using a knitted fabric that simultaneously expresses sweat perspiration and quick drying properties.

In general, urinary incontinence is a symptom in which urine comes out spontaneously regardless of one's will, and the average life expectancy has recently been extended, and the prevalence of urinary incontinence is also increasing with the increase in the elderly population. Most of the patients urinate involuntarily during the action of straining the stomach, and even sneeze or laugh loudly to experience leakage of urine.

In addition, most of these patients suffer from frequent cystitis because the lower abdomen is cold and cold, and the function of urinary excretion is weak. In general, women have more symptoms of urinary incontinence than men. This is because women's urethra is shorter than men's, and women's pelvic muscles that support the bladder and urethra are easily weakened due to pregnancy and childbirth. More than 40% of domestic women who give birth experience inconvenience in life related to urinary incontinence, but public consensus has not been formed due to personal shame, so much improvement has not been made for this.

On the other hand, urinary incontinence may harm the health of a person with symptoms of urinary incontinence due to poor hygiene, such as causing infection of other diseases by generating odors and bacteria when the wet state continues.

In particular, patients suffering from urinary incontinence, in which urine comes out regardless of their will, are highly likely to be reluctant to go out of the house and engage in external activities because of a great sense of loss and increased anxiety. Possible urinary incontinence panties have been researched and developed, and representatively, there are washable textile fabric products and disposable diaper products.

However, conventional incontinence panties often give inconvenience in use due to poor absorption and drying performance.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2021-0117652 (urinary incontinence panties) Korean Patent Publication No. 2021-0117653 (urinary incontinence panties)

Accordingly, the present invention has been proposed in consideration of the above matters, and an object of the present invention is to provide an incontinence panty using a knitted fabric having excellent absorbency and dryness.

The problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the problems mentioned above, and other problems to be solved by the present invention that are not mentioned here are to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the description below. will be clearly understood.

According to the present invention, the urinary incontinence panty using the sweat-absorbing and quick-drying knitted fabric receives secretions including urine secreted from the user, and is composed of a wavy pattern fabric woven using irregular cross-section polyester long fibers. An absorbent layer in contact with one surface of the acquisition layer and absorbing the secretion obtained from the acquisition layer, and a waterproof layer in contact with one surface of the absorption layer and preventing the secretion absorbed in the absorption layer from being secreted to the outside.

And the acquisition layer contains 2 to 3% by weight of a hydrophilic polymer, 1 to 10% by weight of a hydrophilic cationic polymer or cellulose polymer, silicone softener or urethane softener, and the remaining amount of water as a solvent.

And the absorbent layer is woven using polyester long fibers having a cross section in the shape of a four-lobed crowbar leaf.

The urinary incontinence panty according to the present invention uses a knitted fabric having excellent absorbency and dryness, so that urine is rapidly absorbed into the urinary incontinence panty and dried, thereby providing a wearer with excellent comfort.

1 is a perspective view of an incontinence panty according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a cross-sectional view of an incontinence panty fabric according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is a reference view of the fabric of the intake layer of the urinary incontinence panty according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Before describing the embodiments according to the present invention in detail, the present invention is not limited to the configurations shown in the following detailed description or accompanying drawings and can be used or carried out in various ways.

Also, it should be understood that the expressions or terminology used herein are for descriptive purposes only and should not be regarded as limiting.

That is, expressions such as "mounted", "installed", "connected", "connected", "supported", "coupled", etc., used herein, do not indicate or limit to indicate something else. However, it is used as a broad expression that includes both direct and indirect mounting, installation, connection, connection, support, and coupling. The expressions "connected", "connected", and "coupled" are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, connections, or couplings.

And in this specification, terms indicating directions such as top, bottom, downward, upward, rear, bottom, front, rear, etc. are used to describe the drawings, but these terms are relative to the drawings for convenience (normally viewed). when) is indicated. These directional terms are not to be taken as literally limiting or limiting the invention in any way.

In addition, terms such as "first", "second", and "third" used in this specification are only for description and should not be considered as meaning relative importance.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view of a urinary incontinence panty 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the fabric of the urinary incontinence panty 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The panty 10 includes a urinary incontinence panty main body 100 and an urinary incontinence absorbing portion 200 .

The urinary incontinence panty body part 100 is provided with two leg insertion parts into which the user's legs are inserted so that the user can wear and fix it on the pelvis of the body, and preferably made of an elastic material that can be pressed toward the pelvis.

Although the shape of the incontinence panty body part 100 is shown in a general triangular panty shape in FIG. 1, it can be implemented in various ways such as a square shape or a draw shape depending on the user's choice.

Next, the urinary incontinence panty 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the urinary incontinence absorption part 200 for absorbing secretions including urine secreted from the user on the genital and anal sides of the user.

In one embodiment of the present invention, although the urinary incontinence absorbing part 200 is separately displayed, the entire urinary incontinence panty main body part 100 may be integrally formed with the material of the urinary incontinence absorbing part 200 according to the user's choice.

Alternatively, depending on the user's choice, the urinary incontinence absorber 200 may be provided in the form of a pad and detachably attached to the urinary incontinence panty main body 100.

As shown in FIG. 2, the urinary incontinence absorption unit 200 includes an acquisition layer 210, an absorption layer 220 and a waterproof layer 230.

Depending on the user's choice, a separate outer layer 240 may be formed outside the waterproof layer 230.

First, the acquisition layer 210 is a portion through which secretions including urine secreted from the user are obtained through the urinary incontinence absorption unit 200, and is configured so that the secretions can be quickly obtained.

In addition, the acquisition layer 210 is a part in contact with the user's body and is configured to have a cooling function to give the user a refreshing feeling when in contact with the user's body.

The fabric constituting the acquisition layer 210 is a functional polyester fiber, which is a long cross-section polyester fiber having sweat absorption and quick drying properties.

In the present invention, when secretions including urine and the like are obtained as the acquisition layer 210 using the hetero-shaped cross-section polyester filament, when there is a difference in the thickness and density of the fabric within a certain pattern, the capillaries in the part where the difference occurs phenomena are well expressed. It is transferred to the absorbent layer 220 through absorption and diffusion through a wave pattern knitting design so that characteristics such as absorbency and dryness are well expressed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the wave pattern fabric using the irregular cross-section polyester long fiber is designed to have high absorbency and absorption rate and has a function of quickly absorbing the secretion, and the secretion absorbed by this knitted structure is absorbed, diffused, and transferred. Since it is rapidly discharged to the absorbent layer 220 through development, it is possible to provide a pleasant feeling to the user.

Next, the urinary incontinence panty 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to provide excellent absorbency and quick-drying properties by forming a hydrophilic film on the modified cross-section polyester long fibers.

That is, the polyester long fibers were processed into an absorption drying agent, and the absorption drying agent was composed of 2 to 3% by weight of a hydrophilic polymer, 1 to 10% by weight of a hydrophilic cationic polymer or cellulose polymer, or a silicone softener or urethane softener, and the remaining amount of water as a solvent. It is done.

Test Items Comparative Example the present invention Absorption time ( S ) 5.30 2.42 Absorption rate (%/S) 37.96 52.49 Maximum absorption radius ( mm ) 19 30 Diffusion rate (mm/S) 2.58 7.49

(Table 1) is a comparison test result of the absorbent layer 220 knitted with the modified cross-section polyester long fibers processed with the absorbent desiccant and the modified cross-section polyester absorbent layer 220 not processed with the absorbent desiccant. The absorbent layer 220 processed with the absorbent desiccant according to an embodiment of the present invention exhibits superior performance in terms of absorption time, absorption rate, maximum absorption radius, and diffusion rate compared to those of the comparative examples.

Next, the secretion obtained through the acquisition layer 210 is rapidly moved to the absorption layer 220 and absorbed.

The fabric of the absorbent layer 220 is configured to quickly absorb the secretion by forming capillaries between fibers. That is, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, long polyester fibers are used as fibers used in the absorbent layer 220, and the cross-sectional shape of the polyester fibers is set to have the shape of a four-lobed crowbar leaf.

In this way, the polyester fiber forms four capillaries, and since the movement of moisture is free through them, it has a function of quickly absorbing the secretion.

Test Items Comparative Example 1 Comparative Example 2 the present invention Drying speed (g/25CM) 11.7 15.6 16.44

(Table 2) compares the drying speed of the urinary incontinence absorbent 200 including the absorbent layer 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention with Comparative Example 1 (Japan MRS) and Comparative Example 2 (Japan 7N) As a result of the test, the urinary incontinence absorber 200 including the absorbent layer 230 according to an embodiment of the present invention showed significantly superior test results in terms of drying speed compared to Comparative Examples 1 and 2.

Next, the waterproof layer 230 is made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

As a waterproof layer 230 exhibiting moisture permeability and waterproofness, this waterproof layer 230 is manufactured by combining the edges of the waterproof layer 230 using a sewing thread or inserting it without bonding when combining urinary incontinence pants.

The waterproof layer 230 forms a porous structure by applying a thermal fusion process using heat and pressure to a web formed by accumulating micro fibers made of a polymer material.

That is, in the incontinence panty 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the waterproof layer 230 is made of a polymer material exhibiting adhesiveness on the surface of the waterproof layer 230 for adhesion to the absorbent layer 220 so as not to affect air permeability. It is applied in the form of a pattern and adhered to the absorbent layer 220 through thermal fusion without separate physical bonding with a sewing thread or the like.

The urinary incontinence panty 10 according to the present invention uses a knitted fabric having excellent absorbency and dryness, so that urine is rapidly absorbed into the incontinence panty and dried, thereby providing a wearer with excellent comfort.

Next, the urinary incontinence panty 10 according to the present invention configures a protruding portion (not shown) in the urinary incontinence absorption part 200 to improve the leakage of secretions or the user's wearing comfort.

That is, the protruding portion forms a wrinkle portion in which a plurality of space portions are formed along the circumference of the urinary incontinence absorption portion 200 and has a pulling portion such as a string that the user can pull from the outside in the inner space portion of the wrinkle portion so that the user can When the pulling part is pulled, the wrinkled part is folded so as to protrude into the incontinence panty 10 .

In this way, when the pleats protrude inward, the secretion can be prevented from leaking to the outside by the protrusion, and the user's wearing comfort can be improved by contacting the user's skin and the inside of the incontinence panty 10 at a distance. .

According to the user's choice, a superabsorbent polymer for absorbing secretions may be filled in the inner space of the protrusion.

In this way, when the superabsorbent polymer is filled into the inner space of the protrusion, when the user pulls the pull part, the protrusion containing the superabsorbent polymer protrudes inward, and the superabsorbent polymer first comes into contact with the secretion to remove the secretion. By absorbing it, it is possible to prevent the secretion from spreading throughout the inside of the incontinence panty 10.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention can use various changes, modifications, and equivalents. It is clear that the present invention can be equally applied by appropriately modifying the above embodiment. Therefore, the above description does not limit the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the limits of the following claims.

10: incontinence panties 210: water layer 220: absorbent layer 230: waterproof layer

Claims (5)

An acquisition layer 210 for receiving secretions including urine secreted from a user and composed of a wavy pattern fabric woven using irregular cross-section polyester long fibers;
an absorption layer 220 in contact with one surface of the acquisition layer 210 and absorbing the secretion obtained from the acquisition layer 210; and
A waterproof layer (230) in contact with one surface of the absorbent layer (220) and preventing the secretion absorbed in the absorbent layer from being secreted to the outside. According to claim 1,
The acquisition layer 210 is processed with an absorption drying agent containing 2 to 3% by weight of a hydrophilic polymer, 1 to 10% by weight of a hydrophilic cationic polymer or cellulose polymer or a silicone softener or urethane softener and the remaining amount of water as a solvent. Incontinence panties using a knitted fabric that is both sweat-absorbing and quick-drying. According to claim 1,
The absorbent layer 220 is woven using a polyester long fiber having a four-lobed crowbar leaf shape in cross section, and urinary incontinence pants using a sweat-absorbent and quick-drying simultaneous expression knitted fabric. According to claim 1,
The waterproof layer 230 is a urinary incontinence panty using a knitted fabric that is sweat-absorbent and quick-drying at the same time, in which an internal pore structure is formed by applying a heat-sealing process to microfibers made of a polymer material. According to claim 1,
On the inside of the incontinence panty 10, a protruding portion is folded and protruded to the inside of the incontinence panty 10 according to the user's selection to prevent the secretion from leaking to the outside and to bring the user's skin into contact with the inside of the incontinence panty 10 at a distance. A urinary incontinence panty using a knitted fabric that is sweat-absorbent and quick-drying simultaneously.

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