MXPA99009222A - Disposable garments and their manufacturing - Google Patents

Abstract

The process friendly garments include a waste containment structure that has an absorbent core which is positioned between a wearer and a backsheet, and a cover joined to the pant structure. In addition, a continuous process for the manufacture of garments including trunk covers.

Description

DISPOSABLE CLOTHING AND ITS MANUFACTURE Background of the Invention This invention relates to a disposable, process-friendly garment, and more particularly to a disposable garment that can be adapted to provide absorbency containment of the waste material while being useful as a swimsuit and active. This invention pertains to a process for the manufacture of garments, and more particularly to a high-speed and cost-effective method for making underpants or shorts.

Currently, disposable garments contain widespread use in the adult care, child care and infant care areas, and have generally replaced reusable garments. Disposable diapers, for example, have met a particular need and have become very popular. The disposable training underpants have also filled a particular need and have become very popular. There is a problem with the design of swimming and active clothing. No swim or active clothing is designed to accommodate a waste containment structure. In addition, the design of the current swim and active clothing does not maintain the waste containment structures in place during the swim and other activities.

Typically, the breeches construction employs a multi-step process using multiple piece of fabric such as woven or cloth materials. The pieces of cloth are cut from a large piece of cloth in specified ways. The pieces are sewn together, forming a finished garment. This process is labor-intensive and time-intensive.

In the area of disposable garments, such as baby bibs, coveralls, or examination gowns, s use a more continuous process. The material, such as paper or plastic, is unrolled from a roll. The strategically placed cut is made in the material, forming the head, arm or leg openings. However, this disposable garment has several limitations both in the design and in the durability necessary for the garments for active use.

Synthesis of the Invention Therefore, there is a need to provide improved swimwear and active clothing that minimizes drainage of urine and fecal matter during variety activities including play, swimming and traveling for nothing while maintaining fecal containment. during the activities. In response to this need, improved pants and shorts have been discovered.

Therefore, there is a need to provide an improved process for the manufacture of garments, including washable and disposable garments. There is also a need to provide inexpensive swimwear or active comfortable clothes. In addition, the garments need to be easy to get durable during use. In response to this need, a process of high speed and improved effective cost for the manufacture of trousers and short pants has been discovered.

A waste containment garment according to the invention includes a waste containment structure having a longitudinal axis and the opposite longitudinally spaced ends and opposite belt regions defining a cover. The waste containment structure comprises an absorbent core, a bottom sheet and an elastic member located in the waist regions to hold the structure in place. The elastic members are operatively attached to the cover. However, the waste containment structure can remain loose at the site while resisting movement in response to the cover.

The present invention relates to a disposable garment comprising a skirt cover having a first panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite lower edge between the side edges a rear panel having two side edges and a region d waist and an opposite lower edge between the side edges The garment also includes a structure having a region of the waistband and a belt region of the back belt longitudinally spaced and ending at the ends of the belt., a crotch area between the front and back waist band regions, and a pair of side panels. The panty structure includes a waist opening, two leg openings and the waist elastic members, wherein the waist region of the front panel and the waist region of the back panel of the skirt cover n are respectably engaged to the waist region. The front waist band and the rear waist band region have the elastic waist members placed between the panels in the waistband regions.

In another aspect of the invention, a garment of three-dimensional waste containment includes a waste containment structure and a cover. The complete cover has an outer surface and an opposing inner surface and defines at least one waist opening. The cover is attached to the waste containment structure in at least a portion of the waist opening. A waste containment structure of the garment has a longitudinal ej, the ends spaced longitudinally opposite, and the side edges extending between the ends. The waste containment structure includes a liquid permeable liner, a bottom sheet attached to the liner and an absorbent core placed in sandwich form between the forr and the bottom sheet. The cover is elastically connected to the ends of the waste containment structure.

An embodiment of the present invention is a continuous process for the manufacture of shorts that are to be worn around the lower body which comprises an outer surface and an opposing inner surface, defining a waist opening and two leg openings. The present invention combines at least one fabric fabric in a single continuous process to create shorts or pants. The stitching can be achieved through the use of ultrasonic, heat sealing, adhesives, stitched cintras, each offering a unique modification to the process.

The present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a briefs underpants garment comprising: a. providing four single-layer fabric fabrics including two side edges on each fabric; b. aligning two of the four tissues together in an orientation from side to side; c. join a side edge of each of the do tissues in the side orientation by the together, defining at least one part d of a lower height and a first composite fabric; d. align the remaining two of the four woven together in a side-by-side orientation; join a side edge of each of the two weaves in side-by-side orientation together, defining at least another part of the bottom seam and a second composite fabric; F. align the composite tissues first and seconds together in a face-to-face orientation, defining an arrangement that has two layers of fabric and two upper side edges and two lower side edges g. intermittently joining the composite fabrics where the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the fabrics, defining the central seams having a specific shape an inner part of the fabric; 10 h. remove the inside of the fabric, defining a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; 15 i. fold a couple of the side edges together; j. join the pair of side edges, which define at least one side seam and one tubular leg structure; k. bend the other pair of side edges together; joining the other pair of lateral edges defining at least one other side seam and another tubular leg structure; Y m. cutting the single fabric fabric, defining cloth pieces of discrete garment size wherein each piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, a bottom seam, two tubular leg structures, a waist opening.

Numerous features and advantages of the present invention will appear from the following description. In the description, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the desired embodiments of the invention. Such incorporations do not represent the full scope of the invention. Reference should therefore be made to the claims herein to interpret the full scope of the invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings The aforementioned and other features of the present invention and the manner of achieving them will become more apparent and the invention itself will be better understood with reference to the following description of the invention, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a front view of a skirt cover and pantyhose structure typifying an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front section view of a skirt cover and a pantyhose structure typifying an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view of the waste containment structure.

Figure 4 is a front view of a trunk cover and a pantyhose structure typifying an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a front section view of a trunk cover typifying an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view of the waste containment structure.

Figure 7 is a front section view of a garment with a waste containment structure made by means of the present invention.

Figure 8 is a diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Definitions Within the context of this description, each term or phrase below shall include the following meaning or meanings: (a) "joined" refers to the joining, adhering, connecting, holding or the like of two elements. The two elements will be considered to be joined together when they are directly linked to one another or indirectly to one another, such as when one is directly linked to intermediate elements. (b) "carded and bonded fabric or fabric" refers to the fabric or fabrics made of basic fibers which are sent through a carding or combing unit, which breaks and separates and aligns the basic fibers in the direction of the machine to form a fibrous nonwoven fabric oriented in the direction of the machine generally. Such fibers are usually purchased in bales which are placed in a shredder which separates the fibers before the carding unit. Once the fabric or fabric is formed, it is then joined by one or more of the various known joining methods. One such bonding method is bonding with powder, wherein a powder adhesive is distributed through the fabric and then activated, usually by heating the fabric and the adhesive with hot air. Another suitable bonding method is pattern bonding, where heated calendering rollers or ultrasonic bonding equipment are used to join the fibers together, usually in a localized bonding pattern even when the fabric can be bonded together. full surface if desired. Another known and suitable mu bonding method, particularly when using bicomponent basic fibers, is the bonding via air. (c) The "cross machine direction" means an address generally perpendicular to the machine direction. (d) "Disposable" includes being discarded after use and not intended to be washed and reused. (e) "Placed", "Arranged Over", "Arranged With", "Placed In", "Placed Close" and variations thereof are intended to mean that an element may be an integral or unitary part with another element or that a element can be a separate structure attached to or connected to or placed near another element. (f) "Elasticity" and "Elastic" includes the property of a material by virtue of which it tends to recover essentially its original size and shape after the removal of a force that causes the deformation of the material (g) "Elastically Connected" and "Elastically Connected" refers to two separate elements attached to an elastic member, wherein the relative position of the elements can be changed due to the extension of the elastic member. (h) "Elongation" includes the proportion of the extension of a material to the length of a material before extension. The elongation is expressed in percent. (i) "Extension", "Extending", and "Extended" included the change in length of a material due to stretching. The extension is expressed in units of length. (j) "Fabric" was used to refer to all woven, woven and non-woven fabrics. (k) "Flexible" refers to materials or fabrics that are compliant and readily conform to the general form and contours of an individual's body. (1) "Force" includes a physical influence exerted by one body on another that produces the acceleration of bodies that are free to move and the deformation of bodies that are not free to move. The force is expressed in grams-force. (m) "Shortened" and "Shortened" includes shortened in advance, this is before a subsequent step. (n) "Front" and "Back" are used to designate relationships in relation to the garment itself, rather than suggesting any position assumed by the garment when it is placed on a wearer. (o) "Recoverable Material" is one which, when joined to a reticular fabric with the latter under tension, will collect, with the formation of folds or gathers to accommodate the contraction of the reticulated tissue with the release of the tensioning forces . (p) "Machine Direction" means the length of a fabric in the direction in which it is produced or the length of the fabric moving in the direction of machine operations. (q) "Fused Blown Fibers" means fibers formed by extruding a melt thermoplastic material through a plurality of thin, usually circular, capillaries, such as melted threads or filaments into usually hot gas streams (e.g., air). ) and at high speed and converging which attenuate the filaments of melted thermoplastic material to reduce its diameter, which can be to a microfiber diameter. Then, the meltblown fibers are carried by the high velocity gas stream and are deposited on a collector surface to form a meltblown fabric and randomly disbursed. Such a process is described, for example, in US Pat. No. 3,849,241 issued to Butin et al. The melt blown fibers are microfibers which may be continuous or discontinuous, are generally smaller than 10 microns in average diameter, and are generally sticky when deposited on a collecting surface. (r) "Member" when used in the singular may have the dual meaning of a single element or a plurality of elements. (s) "Multiple Laminate Laminate" means a laminate where some of the layers are joined with spinning some are blown with melt such as a laminate bonded co-spun / blown with melt / spunbonded (SMS) and others as described in United States of America No. 4,041,203 granted to Brock et al., in United States of America Patent No. 5,169,706 issued to Collier et al., and United States of America Patent Number 5,145.72 granted to Potts. and others, in U.S. Patent No. 5,178,931 to Perkins et al., and in U.S. Patent No. 5,188,885 to Timmons et al. Such lamination can be done by sequentially depositing on a movable forming web first a layer of spunbonded fabric, then a layer of meltblown fabric and at the last another spunbonded layer and then joining the laminate in a manner as described below. . Alternatively, the fabric layers can be made individually, collected in rolls, and combined in a separate bonding step. Such fabrics usually have a basis weight of from about 0.1 to 12 ounces per square yard (6 to 400 grams per square meter) or more particularly from about 0.75 to about 3 ounces per square yard. Multilayer laminates may also have several numbers of meltblown or multi-layered layers in many different configurations and may include other materials such as films or coform materials. (t) "Narrow Material" means any material which may be constricted. (u) "Narrow Material" refers to any material which has been constricted in at least one dimension by processes such as, for example, pulling or gathering. (v) "Non-elastic" or "Inelástico" refers to any material that does not fall within the definition of "elastic". (w) "Non Woven Fabric or Fabric" means a fabric having a structure of individual fibers or threads which are interleaved, but not in an identifiable manner as in a woven fabric. Fabrics or non-woven fabrics have been formed from many processes such as, for example, meltblowing processes, spinning bonding processes, and carded and bonded tissue processes. The basis weight of non-woven fabrics is usually expressed in ounces of material per square yard (osy) or grams per square meter (gsm) and fiber diameters are usually expressed in microns. (x) "Operably attached" with reference to the fastening of an elastic member to another element means that the elastic member when fastened or heat-bonded or treated with the element gives that element elastic properties.

With reference to the attachment of a non-elastic member to another element, that means that the member and the element can be joined in any suitable manner that allows or allows them to carry out the described function of the uniting member. The union, attachment, connection or the like may be already directly, such as by joining either member directly to an element, or indirectly by means of another member or element placed between the first member and the first element. (y) "Pattern" includes any geometrical or non-geometric form that may include, among others, a series of connected or unconnected lines or curves, a series of parallel or non-parallel or intersecting curves or lines, a series of curvilinear lines or linear, and similar, or any combinations thereof. The pattern may include a repetitive form and / or a non-repetitive form. (z) "Permeable" means that the layer of material is capable of passing or transporting a detectable amount of liquid under conditions normally found in a diaper / pant during use. (aa) "Porous" means that a layer of material is capable of passing or transporting a measurable amount of liquid under conditions normally contracted in a diaper / shoe during use. (bb) "Rupture" includes the breaking or tearing of a material. In stress test, the rupture refers to the total separation of a material into two parts, either all at once or in phases, or the development of an orifice in some materials. (cc) "United and Stretched" refers to an elastomeric hil that is being attached to another member while the elastomeric yarn is elongated to at least about 25 percent of its relaxed length. Desirably, the term "attached and stretched" refers to the situation in which the elastomeric yarn is elongated by at least about 100 percent, more desirably at least about 300 percent, of its relaxed length when it is attached to the other member. (dd) "Stretched and United Laminate" ("SBL") refers to a composite material having at least two layers in which one layer is a foldable layer and the other layer is a stretchable layer, this is elastic. The layers are joined together when the stretchable layer is in a stretched condition so that as the layers relax, the collapsible layer is collected. (ee) "Fibers United with Yarn" refers to small diameter fibers which are formed by extruding the melted thermoplastic material as filaments from a plurality of fine capillary vessels, usually circular from a spinner with the diameter of the filaments extruded then being rapidly reduced as described, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 4,340,563 to Appel et al. and U.S. Patent No. 3,692,618 to Dorschner et al., U.S. Patent No. 3,802,817 to Matsuki et al. Patents of the United States of America numbers 3,338,992 and 3,341,394 granted to Kinney, patent of the United States of America number 3,502,763 granted to Hartman and patent of the United States of America number 3,542,615 granted to Dobo and others. Yarn-bound fibers are not generally sticky when they are deposited on a collecting surface. Spunbonded fibers are generally continuous and have average diameters (from a sample of at least 10) larger than 7 microns, more - particularly between about 10 and 20 microns. (ff) "Tension" includes the uniaxial force that tends to cause the extension of a body or the balancing force within the body that resists extension. (gg) "Two-dimensional" refers to a garment such as a diaper that can be opened and placed in a flat condition without destructively tearing any structure. This type of garment does not have continuous leg and belt openings when it opens and lies flat, and requires a fastening device, such as adhesive tapes, to secure the garment around the wearer. (hh) "Three-dimensional" refers to a finished garment similar to shorts or underpants in the sense that these have continuous leg and belt openings that are joined by the material from which the garment is made. This type of garment must be opened and planted only by tearing it destructively. This type of prend may or may not have manually torn seams. (ii) "Ultimate elongation" includes elongation at the point of rupture.

These definitions are not intended to be limiting and these terms may be defined with additional language in the remaining part of the description.

Detailed description A garment 10, a combination of pants and skirt of the present invention, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, includes a trouser structure 12 and a skirt cover 1. The garment 10 is intended to resemble a swimsuit or clothing for active use outdoors. At the same time, the pin 10 can be constructed so that the skirt cover 1 remains securely in place around the user's waist with the trouser structure 12 including a waste containment structure 42 positioned to receive and hold the material. evacuated The garment 10 can be made or constructed in a variety of ways, one of which is described in the United States of America patent application series No. 043,132 filed March 25, 1993, which is incorporated herein by reference. Other trouser designs are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,838,757, 4,747,846, and 4,940,464; The contents of these three patents are incorporated herein by reference.

The skirt cover 14 includes the opposite inner surface 11 and the outer surface 13. The skirt cover 14 is made of a front panel 15 and a rear panel 21. The front panel 15 has a pair of side edges 17 and 19 and the opposite waist region 31 and the lower edge 39 positioned between the side edges 17 and 19. The rear panel 21 has a pair of side edges 23 and 25 and the opposite waist region 33 and the bottom edge 41 placed between the side edges 23 and 25. The front panel 15 and back panel 21 may or may not extend to form an overlapping configuration on the sides of the garment 10.

In the desired embodiment of the present invention, the side edges 17, 19, 23 and 25 are not attached or held together, forming a two-piece skirt cover 14. In another embodiment of the present invention, the side edge 17 is attached or attached to the side edge 23 in the side seam 87 and the side edge 19 is attached to or attached to the side edge 25 in the side seam 89, which forms a one piece skirt cover 14.

The side edges 17, 19, 23 and 25 and the lower edges 39 and 41 can be splinted. For easier fabrication, the side edges 17, 19, 23, and 25 and the bottom edges 39 and 41 are left without a hem, facilitating easy machine cutting.

In some embodiments of the present invention the side seams 87 and 89 are not screeable. The non-reusable seams 87 and 89 can be formed by any suitable means such as ultrasonic sealing, adhesive bonding, heat sealing or the like. Suitable methods of forming such seams are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,938,753 issued July 3, 1990 to Van Gompel et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference. As illustrated more clearly in Figure 2, the non-resealable seams 27 and 2 of the side panels 26 and 28 can be joined together to form non-reusable and manually tear seams. The pant leg structure 12 therefore defines a belt opening 34 and a pair of leg openings 30 and 32 (figures 1 and 2).

In other embodiments of the present invention, side seams 87 and 89 are resuable. The restratable means for securing the side edges 17, 19, 23 and 25 include mechanical type adhesives and fasteners 96. The mechanical type fasteners include buttons, buttonholes, boteroles, buckles, handles, hooks and curls, end extensions, appendages and the like which are designed or adapted to enclose or latch some type of a complementary device or the inner surface 11 or the outer surface 13 of the skirt cover 14. In addition, the elasticated fasteners can also be used to ensure a better fit of the garment 10.

The brief structure 12 (see Figure 3) includes the longitudinally spaced front and back waistband regions 20 and 22, which terminate at the longitudinal ends 35 and 37 of the pantyhose structure 12. A crotch area 24 is located between the front waistband region 20 and the rear waistband region 22. The left side panel 26 and the right side panel 28 extend between the front waist region 20 and the rear waist region 22 The pantyhose structure 12 may include a section d waste containment 42. The waste containment structure 42 may include a lower sheet 58, a body side liner 56, an absorbent core 60 as well as the side panels 26 and 28. In some embodiments, the containment fins 64 and 66 are included in the waste containment structure 42.

The side panels 26 and 28, which may or may not have elastic elements, are ultrasonically joined so that construction materials provide a non-re-sealable and manually tearable region near the seams 27 and 29. Side panels 26 and 28 they can incorporate the elastic elements which include incorporating a layer of elastic material or an SBL.

The pantyhose structure 12 also desirably includes the leg elastics 36 and 38 operatively attached to the crotch area 24. The leg elastics 36 and 38 are positioned along the edges of the side panels 26 and 28 and of the longitudinal edges. 80 and 82 of the pantyhose structure 12 or of the waste containment structure 42 in the crotch area 24. The leg elastics 36 and 38 can help support the pantyhose structure 12 and ultimately the waste containment structure 42 where it is present, against the user's body or form seals or gaskets around the user's legs.

The leg elastics 36 and 38 can be attached and stretched to the cover material along the longitudinal edges of the pantyhose structure 12. The waist elastic 43 and 45 elastizes the front and rear waistband regions 20 and 22 of the waistband. the panting structure 12. Then, each side panel 26 and 28 can be joined together by the seams 27 and 29 so that the pant structure 12 defines the waist opening 34 and the pair of leg openings 30 and 32.

The pantyhose structure 12 and the skirt cover 14 are attached to the waist of the garment 10. The longitudinal ends 35 and 37 of the waistband regions 20 and 22 of the pantyhose structure 12 are attached to the waist regions 31 and 33. The elastic waist members 43 and 45 are positioned between the longitudinal ends 35 and 37 and the waist regions 31 and 33.

The elastic waist members 43 and 45 can be attached and stretched to the waist regions 31 and 33 of the skirt cover 14 and the waistband regions 20 and 22 of the pantyhose structure 12 or be joined in a relaxed state a folded part of the waistband regions 20 and 22 of the pantyhose structure 12 and of the waist regions 31 and 33 d of the skirt cover 14. A suitable method for fastening the elastics of couture 43 and 45 is described in the patent of United States of America No. 4,639,949 granted on February 7, 1987 to Ales et al., which is incorporated herein by reference.

Desirably, the waist elastic members 43 and 45 are made of at least two layers joined with yarn with the elastic placed between the layers joined with yarn. The longitudinal ends 35 and 37, the waist regions 31 and 33, and the waist elastic members 43 and 45 are desirably joined together by means of adhesives, however, other bonding methods discussed may also be used. The waist regions 31 and 33 of the skirt cover 14 can be attached to the trouser structure 12 around the entire waist opening 34 or to only a part thereof.

The longitudinal ends 35 and 37 and the waist regions 31 and 33 terminate at the upper edge or near the upper edge of the elastic waist members 43 and 45. This allows the longitudinal ends 35 and 37 to the waist regions 31 and 33 being cut simultaneously.

The garment 10 may include a waste containment structure 42. With reference to Figure 2, the waste containment structure 42 as illustrated includes a bottom sheet 58, a side liner to the body essentially permeable to liquid 56 and a core absorbent 6 placed in the form of a sandwich between the bottom sheet 58 and side liner 56 to the body. The bottom sheet 58 and the body side liner 56 are desirably longer and wider than the absorbent core 60 so that the peripheries of the lower blade 58 and the liner 56 form margins which can be sealed together using ultrasonic joints, thermal bonds, ashesives, or other suitable means. The absorbent core 60 may be attached to the lower sheet 58 and / or the side-to-body liner 56 using ultrasonic joints, adhesives, or other suitable means.

The waste containment structure 42 may also include additional components to assist in the acquisition, distribution and storage of the waste material. For example, the waste containment structure 42 may include a transport layer such as described in U.S. Patent No. 4,798,603 issued January 17, 1989 to Meyer et al., Or a management layer of emergence, as described in the European patent application EP 0 539 703 Al, published on May 5, 1993, whose patent and application are incorporated herein by reference.

The waste containment structure 4 can be constructed by supplying the lower sheet and side facing materials to the body and sandwiching an individual absorbent core 60 between the lower blade 58 and the side-to-body shell 56. The lateral peripheries of the lower sheet 58 and the side-to-body liner 5 outwardly from the absorbent core 60 can be bonded to the side panel material and sealed together. The individual waste containment structure 42 can then be cut from the continuous supply of side-to-body and lower-sheet liner materials. The waste containment structure 42 may optionally be T-shaped, I-shaped, hourglass shaped or irregularly formed.

The absorbent core 60 may comprise a coform material composed of a mixture of cellulosic fibers and synthetic polymer fibers. For example, the coform material may be composed of an air-laid mixture of celluosic wood fibers and meltblown polyolefin fibers, such as polyethylene or polypropylene fibers. The absorbent core 60 may comprise only a coform, or a combination of superabsorbent materials and coform, with other absorbent or non-absorbent materials.

The coform material may comprise an air-entrained mixture of cellulosic wood fibers and meltblown polyolefin fibers, such as polypropylene polyethylene fibers, or may comprise a block formed in air of cellulosic fibers (e.g., pulp fluff). of wood) . Optionally, the absorbent core 60 can be treated with a surfactant to assist in the acquisition of liquid when it is in a dry environment. In the particular embodiments of the invention, the absorbent core 60 has a volume thickness of no more than about 1.25 centimeters when dry. Hydrophilic fibers and polymer yarns can be provided in a fiber to polymer ratio which is less than 80:20, for example between about 30:70 and about 80:20, and desirably from around from 60:40 and around 70:30.

For the absorbent core 60, the compounds for increasing the absorbency of the core are included in an effective amount and may consist of organic or inorganic high-absorbency materials. For example, the absorbent core 60 may include 0-5% by weight of high-absorbency material, desirably less than 1%. Suitably, inorganic high-absorbency materials include, for example, silica gels and sorbent clays.

High organic absorbency materials can include natural materials such as pectin, guar gum and bog moss as well as synthetic materials such as synthetic hydrogel polymers. The hydrogel polymers may include, for example, carboxymethyl cellulose, the alkali metal salts of polyacrylic acids, polyacrylamides, polyvinyl alcohol, ethylene maleic anhydride copolymer, polyvinyl ethers, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl morpholinone, polymers and copolymers of sulfuric acid. vinyl, polyacrylates, polyacrylamides, polyvinyl pyridine or the like. Other suitable polymers may include hydrolyzed acrylonitrile grafted starch, acrylic acid grafted starch, and maleic isobutylene anhydride copolymers, and mixtures thereof.

The hydrogel polymers are desirably crosslinked in a manner sufficient to render the materials essentially insoluble in water. Crosslinking can, for example, be by means of irradiation or by covalent, ionic, Van der Waals or hydrogen bonding. Suitable materials are available from various commercial vendors such as Dow Chemical Company, Hoechst Celanese Corporation and Allied Colloid. Typically, the high-absorbency material is capable of absorbing at least about 15 times its weight in water, and desirably is capable of absorbing more than about 25 times its weight in water.

The high-absorbency material may be distributed or otherwise incorporated into the absorbent core 60 employing various techniques. For example, the high-absorbency material can be distributed in substantially uniform form between the fibers comprising the absorbent core 60. The materials may also be distributed non-uniformly within the fibers of the absorbent core 6 to form a generally continuous gradient with either an increasing or decreasing concentration of the alt absorbency material, as determined by observing the concentration moving inward from the lower sheet 58. Alternatively, the high absorbency material may comprise a discrete layer separated from the core fibrous material. absorbent 60, or may comprise a discrete layer integral with the absorbent core 60.

The absorbent core 60 may also include a wrap layer (not shown) to help maintain the integrity of the fibrous core. This casing may comprise a fabric of fabric bonded with hydrophilic, meltblown or bonded-carded yarn composed of synthetic polymer filaments, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyesters or the like or natural polymer filaments such as rayon or cotton.

The waste containment structure 42ma desirably incorporates a bottom sheet 58 which is permeable to vapor and permeable to liquid but only to a small degree permeable to liquid. This is desirably associated with a cover structure (not shown) which is impervious to liquid and which covers or separates the containment structure from contact with external surfaces or people. The crotch area 24 of the waste containment structure 42 can be made impermeable to the liquid through appropriate means such as a plastic film, while the upper part and the waist opening 34 of the waste containment structure 42 can be covered. with a liquid-permeable material to aid in the ability to breathe.

The lower sheet 58 may comprise a thin liquid impermeable fabric or a sheet of plastic film such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride or a similar material. Alternatively, the lower sheet 58 may comprise a fibrous nonwoven fabric which has been properly constructed and arranged to have a low liquid permeability. Still alternatively, the bottom sheet 58 may comprise a layered or laminated material, such as a thermally bonded plastic film and a nonwoven fabric composite. Since the garment 10 is typically intended for active clothing, the exposed lower sheet or parts thereof may be made of materials or of a basis weight which is resistant to abrasion.

The lower sheet 58 can be constructed of a single spunbonded nonwoven fabric having a basis weight of about 17 grams per square meter about 68 grams per square meter. Skirt cover 14 desirably comprises a material having a basis weight d from about 17 grams per square meter to about 6 grams per square meter, desirably from 1.0 oz / sq. Square to 2.0 oz / sq. crotch region and buttocks of bottom leaf 58. Lower base weights can be used in other regions of the bottom 10.

In the waste containment structure 42, the lower sheet 58 may also be permeable to liquid, and the cover impermeable to liquid, for the same reasons indicated above. However, where the garment 10 has a skirt cover 14, the crotch area 24 of the waste containment structure 42 can be made impermeable to the liquid by appropriate means such as a plastic film, while the upper part of the waste containment structure 42 can be covered by a liquid permeable material, to assist in the ability to breathe.

The body side liner 56 may be any porous, flexible and soft sheet which passes the fluids therethrough. Again, the side-by-side liner 56 should allow immersion in fresh water, salted water or treated water and still retain its integrity. The side-to-body forr 56 may comprise, for example, a woven fabric or a sheet of a spunbonded, co-melt or bonded-carded fabric composed of synthetic polymer filaments, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyesters or the like, or a woven of natural polymer filaments such as rayon or cotton. The body side liner 56 has a pore size that readily allows liquids to pass through it, such as urine and other exudates from the body. The body side liner 56 may be selectively engraved or punched with discrete slits or holes extending therethrough. Suitable adhesives for bonding laminate layers can be obtained from Findley Adhesives, Inc., of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

As previously described, the side panels 26 and 28 may be formed of a material capable of being stretched in one direction or capable of stretching in at least two essentially perpendicular directions. United States of America No. 4,720,415 issued on January 19, 1988 to Vander Wielen et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference.Stretched material in one direction may comprise a composite material that includes at least one recoverable fabric attached to by at least one elongated elastic tissue.

The elastic fabric can be an elastic film or fibrous non-woven elastic fabrics such as meltblown elastomeric fibrous fabrics. In one embodiment, the side panels 26 and 28 comprise a bound stretched laminate formed of a blown inner layer with pre-stretched elastic fusion placed in sandwich form between and fastened to a pair of spunbonded nonwoven polypropylene fabrics having a basis weight of about 13.6 grams per square meter. Suitable elastic materials can be purchased from Shell Chemical Company of Houston, Texas under the Kraton trademark. Other stretching materials in a suitable direction are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 4,606,964 issued August 19, 1986 to Widerman and 4,657,802 issued April 14, 1987 to Morman.

The material that can be used for the elastic element which can be used for the side panels 26 and 28 desirably has stretching characteristics in the first direction so that it is capable of an elongation of from about 10 to about 500% and with the release of the tension it will recover to at least 55% of its elongation. It is generally desired that the material for use in the side panels 26 and 28 in the first direction be capable of an elongation of between about 50 and about d 300%, particularly of at least one elongation of 125 and a recovery with the Release of tension for at least 80% of its elongation.

Two-way stretch materials suitable for side panels 26 and 28 are described in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,114.78 issued May 19, 1992 and 5,116,662 issued May 26, 1992 to Morman, which are incorporated herein by reference. A two-way stretch material can comprise a composite material that includes a narrowable material and an elastic sheet, which can be formed by meltblowing or extrusion. Narrow materials are those which can be constrained in at least one dimension by applying a tensioning force in a direction perpendicular to the desired direction of narrowing, and can include a spunbonded, meltblown or bonded-carded fabric.

Narrow and tensioned narrowable material can be attached to the stretched elastic sheet at spaced locations arranged in a non-linear configuration. Another composite material stretched in two directions may comprise one or more layers of a reversibly tapered material joined to one more layers of elastic sheet at spaced locations. Reversibly constricted materials are those that have been treated with heat, while being constricted to impart material to the memory so that, when a force is applied to extend the material to its pre-narrowed dimensions, the constricted and generally treated portions they will recover to their narrowed dimensions with the termination of force.

The leg elastics 36 and 38 and the waist elastic members 43 and 45 can be formed from a bonded and stretched laminate. In particular, the bonded and stretched laminate may comprise at least one non-woven recoverable layer and an elastic layer. Alternatively, the leg elastics 36 and 38 and the waist elastics 43 and 45 may be formed of a coalesced, dry-spun multi-filament elastomer yarn sold under the trademark LYCRA and available from I.E. Du Pont de Nemours and Companyh. Still alternatively, the leg elastics 36 and 38 and the waist elastic members 43 and 45 may be formed from other typical elastics used in the art of making diapers such as a thin ribbon of elastic material as described in the patent of the United States of America No. 4,940,464 issued July 10, 1990 to Van Gompel et al. Which is incorporated herein by reference. The elasticity can also be imparted to the longitudinal side sections by extruding or thermofused elastomeric adhesive between the bottom sheet 58 and the side-to-body liner 56. Other suitable elastic gathering means are described in U.S. Pat. 4,938,754 granted to Mesek 4,388,075 granted to Mesek and others.

The skirt cover 14 can be desirably constructed of a single layer comprising a film layer, a nonwoven layer, or any other liquid impervious or liquid permeable material desirably having a fabric-like feel. Skirt cover 14 is constructed of a non-woven polypropylene fabric bonded with single yarn having a basis weight of about 17 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter.

The skirt cover 14 typically comprises a material having a basis weight of from about 23.8 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter. The skirt cover 14 may comprise a second layer of a liquid impervious film layer suitably attached to the first layer by means of adhesive. The first layer of the skirt cover 14 may be a nonwoven fabric of spunbonded polypropylene having a basis weight of from about 23.8 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter. The second layer of the skirt cover 14 may be a polyethylene film varying from about 0.5 to about 1.0 mils in thickness.

The short breeches garment 110 (also referred to as a swimsuit garment) is illustrated in FIG. 4. Within this application, the term "breeches" is meant to mean breeches, shorts or any type of boxer style garment. which has variable lengths of leg coverage. The trunk cover 114 includes the opposite inner and outer surfaces 111 and 113. According to the desired embodiment, the trunk cover 114 of the trunk garment 110 desirably comprises a right front panel 151, a left front panel 153, a panel back right 155 and a left rear panel 157. The right front panel 151 has a pair of side sides 117 and 159 and an opposite waist region 161 and a lower edge 163 positioned between the side edges 117 and 159. The left front panel 153"has a pair of side edges 119 and 165 and the opposite waist region 167 and the bottom edge 169 positioned between the side edges 119 and 165.

The right panel 155 has a pair of side edges 123 and 171 and the opposite waist region 173 and the bottom edge 175 positioned between the side edges 123 and 171. The left rear panel 157 has a pair of side edges 12 and 177 and the opposite waist region 179 and lower edge 18 positioned between lateral edges 125 and 177.

The side edge 159 is attached to the side edge 165 in the central seam 183 forming a front belt region 131 and a front panel 115. The side edge 171 is attached to the side edge 177 in the central seam 185 which forms a waist region rear 133 and a rear panel 121. The side edge 117 is attached to the side edge 123 on the side seam 187 and the side edge 119 is attached to the side edge 125 on the side seam 189.

The front panel 115 and the rear panel 121 d of the truss cover are joined together in the inner seam 147 so as to define a crotch section 149 extending centrally between the front and rear panels 115 and 121 respectively. The front panel 115, the back panel 121, and the crotch section 149 when joined together define a waist opening 134 and the two leg openings 187 and 189 on opposite sides of the crotch section 149.

In the incorporations of the truss garment 110 where a trouser structure 112 is not included, the waist regions 131 and 133 attached to the waist elastic members 143 and 145 on the interior surface 111 of the truss cover 114. when undesirable, the waist elastic members 143 and 145 may be attached to the exterior surface 113 of the truss cover 114.

The elastic waist members 143 and 145 can be joined with stretching to the waist regions 131 and 13 of the truss cover 114 or joined in a relaxed state to a folded portion of the waist regions 131 and 133 of the truss cover. 114. A suitable method for securing the waist elastics 143 and 145 is described in United States of America Patent No. 4,639,949 issued on February 7, 1987 to Ales et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference.

Desirably, the waist elastic members 143 and 145 are made of at least two layers joined with yarn with the elastic placed between the layers joined with yarn. The waist regions 131 and 133 and the waist elastic members 143 and 145 are desirably joined together with adhesives, however other joining methods discussed above may be used. The waist regions 131 and 133 of the truss cover 114 may be attached to the waist elastic members 143 and 145 around the entire waist opening 134 or only a portion thereof.

The waist regions 131 and 133 terminate at the upper edge or near the upper edge of the waist elastic members 143 and 145. This allows the waist regions 131 and 133 to be cut simultaneously. The lower edges 163, 169, 171 and 181 can be hemmed. For easier fabrication, the lower edges 163, 169, 171 181 are left without a hem, facilitating easy machine cutting.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, see Figures 7 and 8, the truss liner 114 d the truss garment 110 desirably comprises a front panel 114 and a back panel 121. The front panel 115 has a side edge pa 117 and 119 and the opposite waist region 131 and the lower edge 139 positioned between the side edges 117 and 119. The rear panel 121 has a pair of side edges 123 and 125 and the opposite waist region 133 and the bottom edge 141 placed between the side edges 123 and 125. The edge of the fabric 117 is attached to the side edge 123 in the side seam 187- and the side edge 119 is attached to the side edge 125 in the side seam 189.

In some embodiments of the present invention of the garment 110, the side seams 187 and 189, the center seams 183 and 185, and the seam 147 are not resonable. The non-reusable seams 147, 183, 185, 187 and 189 can be formed by any suitable means such as adhesive bonding, ultrasonic sealing, heat sealing or the like. Suitable methods for forming such seams are described in U.S. Patent No. 4,938,753 issued July 3, 1990 to Van Gompe et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference. As illustrated more clearly in Figure 5, the n-reusable seams 127 and 129 of the side panels 126 and 128 can be joined together to form manually non-reusable seams. The trouser structure 112 therefore defines a waist opening 134 and a pair of leg openings 130 and 132 (Figures 1 and 2).

In other embodiments of the present invention of the garment 110, the side seams 187 and 189, the center seams 183 and 185, and the inner seam 187 are resastenable.

Resuable means for securing the edges including mechanical type adhesives and fasteners 96. Mechanical type fasteners include buttons, buttonholes, boteroles, buckles, handles, hooks and curls, end extensions, fasteners appendages and the like, which are designed or adapted to enclose or hook some kind of a complementary device or the inner surface 111 or the outer surface 113 of the short swim shorts cover 114. In addition, the elasticated fasteners can also be used to ensure a better fit of the garment 110.

According to another embodiment of the garment 110 see Figure 7, the shorts 114 of the garment 11 desirably comprise a front panel 115 and a back panel 121. The front panel 115 has a side edge pair 117 and 119 and the region of opposite waist 131 and lower edge 139 positioned between side edges 117 and 119. Rear panel 121 has a pair of side edges 123 and 125 opposite waist region 133 and lower edge 141 positioned between side edges 123 and 12 The side edge 117 is attached to the side edge 123 in the side seam 187 and the side edge 119 is attached to the side edge 125 in the side seam 189.

The front panel 115 and the rear panel 121 d of the short swim shorts cover 114 are joined together in the inner seam 147, to define a crotch section 149 extending centrally between the front and rear panels 115 and 121 respectively. The front panel 115, the back panel 121, and the crotch section 149 when joined together define a waist opening 134 and two leg openings 193 and 195 on opposite sides of the crotch section 149.

In embodiments of the short swim brief 110 where a brief structure 112 is not included, the waist regions 131 and 133 are attached to the same waist elastics 143 and 145 on the interior surface 111 of the cover short swim shorts 114. Even when not desirable, the elastic waist members 143 145 may be attached to the outer surface 113 of the short swim shorts cover 114.

The elastic waist members 143 and 145 may be attached and stretched to the waist regions 131 and 133 of the short swim cover 114 when they are attached in a relaxed state to a harvested portion of the belt regions 131 and 133 of the short swim shorts cover 114. U suitable method for securing the waist elastics 143 and 145 as discussed in United States of America Patent No. 4,639,949 issued on February 7, 1987 to Ales et al. it is incorporated here by reference.

Desirably, the waist elastic members 143 and 145 are made of at least two layers bonded with elastic yarn placed between the spunbonded layers. The waist regions 131 and 133 and the waist elastic members 143 and 145 are desirably joined together by adhesives, however, other joining methods discussed above may also be used. The waist regions 131 and 133 of the short swim cover 114 may be attached to the waist elastic members 143 and 145 around the entire waist opening 134 or to only a portion thereof.

The waist regions 131 and 133 terminate at the upper edge or near the upper edge of the waist elastic members 143 and 145. This allows the waist regions 131 and 133 to be cut simultaneously. The lower edges 139 and 141 may be folded. For easier fabrication, lower edges 139 and 141 are left without a hem, facilitating easy machine cutting.

The short swim brief 110 can be formed in a continuous process by providing cover material including individual parts defining a single cover having the waist regions 131 and 133 the rear panels 115 and 121, which extend from the waist regions 131 and 133. The crotch section 149 is formed between the front and rear panels 115 and 121. The panels 115 and 121 can be formed by means of matrix cutters, water jet cutters or other suitable means .

The brief structure 112 (see Figures 5 and 6) includes the longitudinally spaced front and rear waistband regions 120 and 122 which terminate at the longitudinal ends 135 and 137 of the brief structure 112. A crotch area 124 it is located between the front waist band region 120 and the back band waist region 122. The left side panel 126 and the right side panel 128 extend between the front waist region 120 and the waist rear region 122. The structure The shorts 112 may include a waste containment section 142. The waste containment structure 142 may include a lower sheet 158, a side-facing liner 156 and an absorbent core 160 as well as the side panels 126 and 128. In some incorporations, the containment fins 164 and 166 are included in the waist restraint structure 142.

The side panels 126 and 128 which may or may not have elastic elements, are ultrasonically bonded and are formed so that the building materials provide a non-reusable, manually tear-off region near the seams 127 and 129. The side panels 126 and 128 may incorporate elastic elements which include incorporating a layer of elastic material or an SBL.

The brief structure 112 also desirably includes the leg elastics 136 and 138 operatively attached to the crotch area 124. The leg elastics 136 and 138 are positioned along the edges of the side panels 126 and 128 and the longitudinal edges 180. and 182 of the structure of pants 112 in the crotch area 124.

The leg elastics 136 and 138 can help to support the pants structure 112, and finally the waste containment structure 142 where it is present, against the user's body or forming seals or gaskets around the user's legs.

The leg elastics 136 and 138 can be stretched to the cover material along the longitudinal edges of the pants structure 112. The waist elastics 142 and 145 elasticize the front and rear pre-press regions 120 and 122 of the structure of pants 112. Next, each side panel 126 and 128 can be joined together by seams 127 and 129 so that pants structure 112 defines waist opening 134 and pair of leg openings 130 and 132.

The structure of trousers 112 and the swim shorts cover 114 are attached to the waist of the swim suit 110. The longitudinal ends 135 and 137 of the waistband regions 120 and 122 of the trouser structure 112 are attached to the trouser structure 112. the waist regions 131 and 133. The waist elastic members 143 and 145 are positioned between the longitudinal ends 135 and 137 and the waist regions 131 and 133. The pants structure 112 is desirably attached to the front panel 115 and the back panel 121, but not to the crotch section 149 of the cover 114.

Desirably, the elastic members of belt 143 and 145 are made of at least two layers joined together with the elastic placed between the joined layers, the longitudinal edges 135 and 137, the waist regions 131 and 133, and waist elastic members 143 and 14 are desirably joined together by means of adhesives, However, other joining methods discussed above may also be used. The waist regions 131 and 133 of the swimsuit cover 114 may be attached to the pants structure 112 around the entire waist opening 134 or only to a portion thereof. The elastic waist members 143 and 145 may be attached or stretched to the cover 114 or they may be joined in a relaxed state to a portion collected from the waist regions of the panels of the cover 114. A suitable method was discussed above.

The elastic waist members 143 and 145 can be stitched together to the waist regions 120 and 22 of the bathing suit cover 114 and the waistband regions 120 and 122 of the pants structure 112 or they can be joined in a state relaxed to a collected portion of the waistband regions 120 and 122 of the pants structure 112 and the waist regions 131 and 139 of the swim pants cover 114. A suitable method for fastening the waist elastics 143 and 145 is described in U.S. Patent No. 4,639,949 issued February 7, 1987 to Ales et al., which is incorporated herein by reference.

The longitudinal ends 135 and 137 and the waist regions 131 and 133 terminate at the upper edge or near the upper edge of the waist elastic members 143 and 145. This allows the longitudinal ends 135 and 137 and the waist regions 131 and 133 being cut simultaneously.

In order to build the swimwear cover 114 of the desired embodiment for the swimwear 110, the front panel section 115 may be joined with the rear panel 121 along the seams 187 and 189 and in the inner seam. 147 in the crotch area 149 and the trouser structure 112 in the front and rear waistband regions 120 and 122 near the waist opening 134. The term "finished trousers" means a three-dimensional trousers that can be worn for its intended purpose .

The bathing suit garment 110 may include a waste containment structure 142. (See Figure 5). The waste containment structure 142 as illustrated includes a bottom sheet 158, a side-to-body liner 156, an absorbent core 160 sandwiched between the bottom sheet 158 and the side-to-body liner 156.

The lower sheet 158 and the side-to-body liner 156 are desirably longer and wider than the absorbent core 160, so that the peripheries of the lower sheet 158 and liner 156 form margins which can be sealed together using ultrasonic joints , thermal bonds, adhesives, or other suitable means. The absorbent core 160 can be attached to the lower sheet 158 and / or the side-to-body liner 156 using the ultrasonic bonds, adhesives or other suitable means.

The waste containment structure 142 may also include additional components to aid in the acquisition, distribution and storage of the waste material. For example, the waste containment structure 142 may include a transport layer, such as described in U.S. Patent No. 4,798,603 issued January 17, 1989 to Meyer et al., Or a management layer. of emergence, as described in European Patent Application EP 0 538 703 A1, published May 5, 1993, the patent and application of which are incorporated herein by reference.

The waste containment structure 142 can be constructed by supplying the side-to-body and bottom sheet lining materials and sandwiching an individual absorbent core 160 between the bottom sheet 158 and the side-to-body liner 156. The side peripheries of the lower sheet 158 and the side liner to the body 156 outside the absorbent core 160 can be joined with the side panel material and sealed together. The individual waste containment structure 142 can then be cut off from the continuous supply of the bottom sheet and side-to-body liner materials. The waste containment structure 142 may optionally be T-shaped, I-shaped, hourglass shaped, or irregularly shaped.

The absorbent core 160 may comprise a coform material composed of a mixture of cellulosic fibers and synthetic polymer fibers. For example, the coform material may comprise an air-laid mixture of cellulosic wood fibers and meltblown polyolefin fibers, such as polyethylene or polypropylene fibers. The absorbent core 160 may comprise only a coform or a combination of superabsorbent materials and coform, with other absorbent or non-absorbent materials.

The coform material may comprise an air-entrained mixture of cellulosic wood fibers and meltblown polyolefin fibers, such as polyethylene or polypropylene fibers or may comprise a block formed from air of cellulosic fibers (e.g., pulp fluff) of wood) .

Optionally, the absorbent core 160 can be treated with a surfactant to aid in the acquisition of liquid when in a dry environment. In the particular embodiments of the invention, the absorbent core 160 has a volume thickness of no more than about 1.25 cm when dry. The hydrophilic fibers and the polymer strands can be provided in a ratio of fibers to polymer which is less than 80:20, for example between about 30:70 and about 80:20 and, desirably from around from 60:40 and around 70:30.

For the absorbent core 160, the compounds for increasing the absorbency of the core are included in an effective amount and can consist of organic or inorganic high absorbency materials. For example, the absorbent core 160 may include 0.5 percent by weight of high-absorbency material, desirably less than 1%. Suitable inorganic high-absorbency materials include, for example, absorbent clays and silica gels.

Organic high-absorbency materials can include natural materials, such as pectin, gum gum and swamp thigh, as well as synthetic materials, such as synthetic hydrogel polymers. Such hydrogel polymers can include, for example, carboxymethyl cellulose, alkali metal salts of polyacrylic acids, polyacrylamides, polyvinyl alcohol, copolymers of maleic anhydride, ethylene, polyvinyl ethers, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinyl morpholinone, polymers and copolymers of vinyl sulphonic acid, polyacrylates, polyacrylamides, polyvinyl pyridine or similar. Other suitable polymers may include the hydrolyzed acrylonitrile grafted starch, the acrylic acid grafted starch, and the maleic isobutylene anhydride copolymers and mixtures thereof.

The hydrogel polymers are crosslinked in a sufficiently desirable manner to render the materials essentially insoluble in water. Cross-linking can, for example, be by irradiation or by covalent, anionic, van der Waals or hydrogen bonding. Suitable materials are available from various commercial vendors such as Dow Chemical Company, Hoescht Celanese Corporation and Allied Colloid. Typically, the high-absorbency material is capable of absorbing at least about 15 times its weight in water, and desirably is capable of absorbing more than about 25 times its weight in water.

The high absorbency material may be distributed or may be otherwise incorporated into the absorbent core 160 employing various techniques. For example, the high-absorbency material can be distributed substantially uniformly between the fibers comprising the absorbent core 160. The materials can also be uniformly distributed within the fibers of the absorbent core 160 to form a generally continuous gradient with either an increasing or decreasing concentration of an alt absorbency material, as determined by absorbing the concentration moving inward from the bottom sheet 158. Alternatively, the high absorbency material may comprise a discrete layer separated from the core fibrous material absorbent 160, or may comprise a discrete layer integral with absorbent core 160.

The absorbent core 160 may also include a wrap layer (not shown) to help maintain the integrity of the fibrous core. This casing may comprise a fabric material bound with hydrophilic, meltblown or bonded-carded yarn composed of synthetic polymer filaments, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyesters or the like or natural polymer filaments such as rayon or cotton . It may also be a creped tissue paper composed of wood pulp and a moisture resistant resin, such as Kymene, a product of Hercules, Inc., of Wilmington, Delaware.

The waste containment structure 142 most desirably incorporates a bottom sheet 158 which is permeable to vapor and permeable to liquid but only to a small degree permeable to liquid. This is desirably associated with a cover structure (not shown) which is impermeable to the liquid and which covers or separates the interior waste containment structure from contact with the exterior surfaces or people.

The crotch area 124 of the waste containment structure 142 can be made impermeable to liquid by appropriate means such as a plastic film, while the upper part and the belt opening 134 of the waist containment structure 142 can be made impermeable to liquid. It is covered with a liquid-permeable material to aid in the ability to breathe.

The lower sheet 158 may comprise a thin liquid impermeable fabric or a sheet of plastic film such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride or a similar material. Alternatively, the lower sheet 158 may comprise a fibrous nonwoven fabric which has been properly constructed and arranged to have a low liquid permeability. Still alternatively, the lower sheet 158 may comprise a laminated or layered material, such as a thermally bonded plastic film and a nonwoven fabric composite. Since the garment 110 is typically intended for active use, an exposed lower sheet or portions thereof may be made of materials or of a basis weight which is resistant to abrasion.

The lower sheet 158 can be constructed of a single spunbonded nonwoven fabric having a basis weight of about 17 grams per square meter about 68 grams per square meter. Shorts 114 desirably comprise a material having a basis weight of from about 17 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter, desirably from 1.0 oz / sq. Square to 2.0 oz. / Square yard at least in the region. crotch and buttocks of the lower leaf 158. The lower base weights can be used in other regions of the leaf 110.

In the waste containment structure 142, the lower sheet 158 may also be permeable to the liquid and the cover impervious to liquid, for the same reasons as indicated above. However, where the garment 110 has the shorts 114, the crotch area 124 of the waste containment structure 142 can be made impermeable to the liquid through appropriate means such as a plastic film, while the upper part of the waste containment structure part 142 may be covered by a liquid permeable material, to assist in the ability to breathe. In addition, however, the lower sheet 168 of the waste containment structure 142 can be made of a vapor permeable material to allow some breathing ability of the structure while the cover (not shown) is impermeable, allowing rapid drying and the containment of any fluid that passes through the structure.

The body side liner 156 can be any soft, flexible and porous sheet, which passes the fluids therethrough. Again, the side-by-side liner 156 should allow immersion in fresh water, in salt water, or in treated water and still retain its integrity. The body side liner 156 may comprise, for example, a non-woven fabric or a sheet of a spunbonded, meltblown or carded-bonded fabric composed of synthetic polymer filaments, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, d polyesters or the like, or a natural polymeric filament fabric, such as rayon or cotton. The side-by-side liner 156 has a pore size that readily allows the passage therethrough of liquids, such as urine and other exudates from the body. The body side liner 156 may be selectively etched or perforated with discrete slits or orifice extending therethrough.

Optionally, the tissue or sheet can be treated with a surfactant to aid in the transfer of the liquid. A suitable material for the body-side liner 156 is a woven polypropylene fabric with wettable yarn produced by the methods and apparatus described in US Pat. Nos. 4,340,563 issued July 20, 1982 and 4,405,297 issued. on September 23, 1983 Appel and others, which are incorporated herein by reference. The body side liner 156 is permeable to liquid and is a non-woven polypropylene fabric bonded with yarn having a basis weight of about 25.4 grams per square meter. Suitable adhesives for adhering the layers of the laminate can be obtained from Findley Adhesives, Inc. of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

As previously described, the side panels 126 and 128 may be formed of a material capable of stretching in one direction or being capable of stretching in at least two essentially perpendicular directions. A stretch material in a suitable direction is disclosed in the United States of America Patent No. 4,720 #, 415 issued January 19, 1988, to Vander Wielen et al., Which is incorporated herein by reference. The stretched material in one direction may comprise a composite material that includes at least one collapsible fabric attached to at least one elongated elastic fabric. The elastic fabric may be an elastic film or fibrous non-woven elastic fabrics, such as melt blown elastomeric fibrous fabrics.

The elastic fabric can be an elastic film or fibrous non-woven elastic fabrics such as meltblown elastomeric fibrous fabrics. In one embodiment, the side panels 126 and 128 comprise a stretched and bonded laminate formed of a blown inner layer with pre-stretched elastic melt sandwiched between and attached to a pair of bound non-woven polypropylene fabrics having hilad having a basis weight of about 13.6 grams per square meter. Suitable elastic materials may be purchased from Shell Chemical Company of Houston, Texas, under the trade name Kraton. Other materials stretched in one direction are discussed in U.S. Patent No. 4,606,964 issued August 19, 1986 to Wideman 4,657,802, issued April 14, 1987 to Morman.

The material that can be used for the elastic element, which can be used for the side panels 126 and 128 desirably has stretching characteristics in the first direction so that it is capable of an elongation of about 10 to about 500 times. cent and with the release of recovered tension at least 55 percent of its elongation. It is generally desired that the material to be used in the side panels 126 and 128 in the first direction be capable of an elongation of between about 50 and about 300 percent, particularly of at least 125 percent elongation and a recovery with the release of tension of at least about 80 percent of its elongation.

Materials stretched in two directions suitable for use in side panels 126 and 128 are described in United States of America Patents No. 5,114,781 issued May 19, 1992 and 5,116,662 issued May 26, 1992 to Morman, which are incorporated herein by reference. A material stretched in two directions can comprise a composite material that includes a narrowable material and an elastic sheet which can be formed by meltblowing or extrusion. Narrow materials are those which can be constrained by at least one dimension by applying a tensioning force in the direction perpendicular to the desired direction of narrowing, and may include a spunbond, meltblown or bonded and carded fabric.

Narrow and tensioned narrowable material can be attached to the stretched elastic sheet at spaced locations arranged in a non-linear configuration. Another composite material stretched from two directions may comprise one or more layers of a reversibly tapered material bonded to one or more layers of elastic sheet at spaced locations. Reversibly narrowed materials are those that have been treated, such as with heat, while being constricted to impart memory to the material so that, when a force is applied to extend the material to its pre-stretched dimensions, the narrowed and treated portions are generally they will recover to their narrowed dimensions with the termination of the force.

The leg elastics 136 and 138 and the waist elastic members 143 and 145 can be formed from a bonded and stretched laminate. In particular, the stretched bonded laminate may comprise at least one harvestable and knitted layer and an elastic layer. Alternatively, the leg elastics 136 and 138 and the waist elastic 143 and 145 may be formed of a dry spun coalesced multifilament elastomer yarn sold under the trademark LYCRA available from I.E. DuPont de Nemours and Company.

Still alternatively, the leg elastics 13 and 138 and the waist elastic members 143 and 145 can be formed from other typical elastics used in the papermaking art such as a thin ribbon of elastic material as described in the patent of the United States of America No. 4,940,464 issued July 10, 1990 to Va Gompel et al. Which is incorporated herein by reference. The elasticity can also be imparted to the longitudinal side sections by extruding a thermofused elastomeric adhesive between the lower sheet 158 and the side-to-body liner 156. Other suitable elasticized gathering means are described in the patents of the United States of America. 4,938,754 granted to Mesek and 4,388,075 granted to Mesek others.

The swimsuit cover 114 may be desirably constructed of a single layer comprising a film cap, a non-woven layer, or any other suitable liquid-permeable or liquid-permeable material having a fabric-like feel. The bathing suit cover 114 is constructed of a woven polypropylene fabric bonded with single yarn having a basis weight of about 17 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter. In the case of the toilet footwear 110, the cover of the bath pant 114 desirably comprises a material having a basis weight of from about 17 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter, desirably from 1.0 oz / square yard to 2.0 oz / square yard less in the crotch regions and buttocks of the bathing suit cover 114.

The shorts 114 may comprise a second layer of the liquid impermeable film layer suitably attached to the first layer by means of adhesive. The first layer of the short pants 114 may be a nonwoven fabric of spunbonded polypropylene having a basis weight of from about 17 grams per square meter to about 68 grams per square meter. The second layer of shorts 114 may be a polyethylene film varying from about 0.5 to about 1.0 mils in thickness.

The present invention is a continuous process for the manufacture of shorts 114 (or shorts that are to be used around the lower body comprising an outer surface 113 and an opposing inner surface 111, which define the waist opening 134 and two openings d leg 193 and 195. The present invention requires at least one fabric in a single continuous process to create the shorts or pants, sewing can be achieved by the use of ultrasonics, heat sealing, adhesives, tape or stitched, each offering a unique modification to the process.

In an embodiment of the present invention (see Figure 8), four panels 151, 153, 155 157 (also referred to as the fabrics of a sufficient width of fabric to make the garment 110 to produce the shorts 114. The fabric is combined. desired is non-woven even when any disposable or washable fabric can be used Two of the panels 151 and 153 of the fabric are unwound from the rolls and put together side by side and joined together at point 202 at a side edge of the fabric. each of the panels 151 and 155, defining one half of the inner seam 147 of the composite fabric.The desired method of joining is that of the ultrasonic, even when other joining methods, such as heat sealing, adhesives, ribbons or stitching may be used The other two panels 153 and 157 are treated in point 204 in an identical manner, creating a second composite fabric and the other half d of inner seam 147.

The two composite panels (also mentioned as the front and rear panels) of 151 and 155; and 153 and 15 are put together, face to face, resulting in an array consisting of two fabric layers and having four side edges 117, 119, 123 and 125 where two side edges (11 and 119, 123 and 125) are adjacent one to another, one on the upper part of the other, on the other, on each side of the union.

The two composite fabrics (151 and 153, 155 and 157) are then subjected to a crotch joiner 206 wherein a joint, which defines the central seams 183 and 185, is applied in approximately the shape of an asymmetric oval near the center of the seam. the fabric (a variety of shapes can be used, symmetric, as well as asymmetric). The joint is applied intermittently and with an alternative orientation of the upper part of the oval to the upper part of the oval and from the bottom of the oval to the bottom of the oval. (A repetitive orientation of the top part from oval to bottom to oval can also be used). The distance between the joint defining the central seams 183 and 185 is varied depending on the desired length of the leg covering for the garment. If pants are desired, more distance is placed between the oval union, thus providing more leg coverage. If shorts are desired, it places less distance between the oval union, providing po less leg coverage.

The inner section 190 of the oval union, the inner part of the central seams 183 and 185, is cut at point 208, desirably cut with a die or ultrasonically cut, defining a cavity having a contour from front to back for accommodating a human body in the finished garment 110. The inner section 190 may be removed by any method known in the art, desirably with a vacuum source.

The two upper side edges 117 and 123 are then bent back at point 210 to meet or overlap. The upper side edges 117 and 123 are joined, defining a side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192. The two lower side edges 119 and 125 are then bent back at point 212 to meet or overlap. The lower side edges 119 and 125 are joined together, defining the other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194. If desired, the lower side edges 119 t and 125 can be bent and joined together before the upper side edges 117 and 12 be bent and joined together. At this point in the process, the fabric has the opposite tubular leg structures 192 194, one on each side of the central seams 183 and 185, the side seams 127 and 129, and the inner seam 147.

The fabric is then put through the final cutter 214 (or any other appropriate cutting device for this process), which defines the discrete garments 110 having the waist regions 161, 167, 173 and 179, an opening of waist 134, and leg openings 193 and 195. Discrete garments 110 are produced in an alternating orientation from waist to waist and after leg to leg.

Each other garment 110 can be moved at the point 216 so that the orientation of all the garments 110 coincide. In an alternate embodiment, each other garment 110 is transported to a second pile of garments 110.

Each of the garments 110 is now ready for the addition of the waist elastics 143 and 145, of the pants structure 112, of the waste containment structure 142 or any other desired feature for inclusion in the garment 110.

In another embodiment of the present invention, two fabrics 151 and 153 of sufficient fabric width are combined to produce the shorts 114. The desired fabric is non-woven even when any disposable washable fabric can be used. The two tissues 151 and 153 of the tel are unwound from the rolls and put together face to face resulting in an arrangement consisting of two layers of fabric and having four side edges 117, 119, 123 and 125 where the two side edges (117 and 119, 123 and 125) are side by side, one on top of the other, on each side of the joint that defines the inner seam 147. The desired method of attachment is that of the ultrasonics, even when Other bonding methods, such as heat sealing, adhesives, tape sewing, can be used.

The fabric is then subjected to a crotch attachment where a joint, which defines the central seams 183 and 185, is applied in approximately the shape of an asymmetric oval near the center of the fabric. (A variety of forms can be used, symmetric, as well as asymmetric). The joint is applied intermittently and with an alternative orientation of the upper part of the oval to the upper part of the oval and from the bottom of the oval to the bottom of the oval. (A repetitive orientation of the top part from oval to bottom to oval can also be used). The distance between the joint defining the central seams 183 and 185 is varied depending on the desired length of the leg covering for the garment. If pants are desired, more distance is placed between the oval union thus providing more leg coverage. If short pants are desired, less distance is placed between the oval joint, thus providing less leg coverage.

The inner section 190 of the oval union, the inner part of the central seams 183 and 185, is cut, desirably cut by matrix or ultrasonically cut, defining a cavity having a contour from front to back to accommodate a human body in the garment finish 110. The interior section 190 can be removed by any method known in the art, desirably with a vacuum source.

The two upper side edges 117 and 123 are then bent back to meet or overlap. The upper side edges 117 and 123 are joined, defining a side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192. The two bottom side edges 119 and 125 are then bent back to meet or overlap. The lower side edges 119 and 125 are joined together, defining the other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194. If desired, the lower side edges 119 and 125 can be bent and joined together before they are joined and bent together. upper side edges 117 and 123. At this point in the process, the fabric has the opposite tubular leg structures 192 and 194, one on each side of the center seams 183 and 185, on the side seams 127 and 129, and the seam interior 147.

The fabric is then put through the final cutter, defining the discrete garments 110 each having the waist regions 115 and 121, an opening d waist 134, and the leg openings 193 and 195. The discrete garments 110 are produced in an alternating orientation d waist to waist and after leg to leg. Each other pin 110 can be agitated so that the orientation of all the garments 110 coincide. In an alternate embodiment, each other 110 is transported to a second pile of garments 110.

Each of the garments 110 is now ready for the addition of the waist elastics 143 and 145, of the pants structure 112, of the waste containment structure 142 or any other desired feature for inclusion in the garments 110.

In yet another embodiment of the present invention, a fabric fabric having a sufficient width is processed to produce the shorts 114. The desired fabric is non-woven even when any disposable or washable fabric can be used. The fabric is unwound from the roll and cut into slits, or otherwise cut in longitudinal direction in the two fabric fabrics 151 and 153. The fabrics 151 and 153 are put together in a face-facing orientation, resulting in an arrangement consisting of two layers of tel and having four side edges 117, 119, 123 and 125 at each of the two side edges (117 and 119, 123 and 125) are adjacent to each other, on top of each other, on each side of the joint that defines the inner seam 147. The desired method of attachment is that of the ultrasonic ones, even when other joining methods may be used. be used, such as sealing heat, adhesives, tape or sewing.

The fabric is then subjected to a crotch jointer where a joint, defining the central seams 183 and 185, is applied in approximately the shape of an asymmetric oval near the center of the fabric. (A variety of forms can be used, symmetric, as well as asymmetric). The joint is applied intermittently and with an alternative orientation of the upper part of the oval to the upper part of the oval and from the bottom of the oval to the bottom of the oval. (A repetitive orientation of the top part from oval to bottom to oval can also be used). The distance between the joint defining the central seams 183 and 185 is varied depending on the desired length of the leg covering for the garment. If pants are desired, more distance is placed between the oval union, thus providing more leg coverage. If shorts are desired, less distance is placed between the oval joint, thus providing less leg coverage.

The inner section 190 of the oval union, the inner part of the central seams 183 and 185, is cut, desirably cut by matrix or ultrasonically cut, defining a central seam having a back front contour to accommodate a human body in the garment finished The inner section can be removed by any method known in the art, desirably with a vacuum source.

The two upper side edges 117 and 123 are then bent back to meet or overlap. The upper side edges 117 and 123 are joined, defining a side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192. The two side edges 119 and 125 are then bent back to meet or overlap. The lower side edges 119 and Í25 are joined, defining the other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194. If desired, the lower side edges 119 and 125 can be bent and joined together before they are joined and bent together. upper side edges 117 and 123. At this point in the process, the fabric has the opposite tubular leg structures 192 and 194, one on each side of the central seams 183 and 185, of the side seams 127 and 129, and of the 147 interior stitching.

The fabric is then put through the final cutter, defining discrete garments 110 having waist regions 115 and 121, a waist opening 134 and leg openings 193 and 195. Discrete garments 11 are produced in an alternating orientation from waist to waist and after leg to leg. Each other garment 110 may be agitated so that the orientation of all the garments 11 coincide. In an alternate embodiment, each other garment 110 is transported to a second pile of garments 110.

Each of the garments is now ready for the addition of the waist elastics, the underpants structure, the waste containment structure, any other desired features to be included.

The present invention relates to a disposable garment 10 comprising a skirt cover 14 having a first panel 15 having two side edges 17 and 19, and a waist region 31 and an opposite bottom edge 39 between the side edges 17 and 19, and a rear panel 21 having two side edges 23 and 25 and a waist region 33 and an opposite bottom edge 41 between the side edges 23 and 25; and a pantyhose structure 12 having a backbone waistband region 20 and a back waistband region 22 spaced apart longitudinally and terminating at longitudinal ends 35 and 37, a crotch area 24 between the front waistband regions and rear 20 and 22, and a pair of side panels 26 and 28, the trouser structure 12 has a waist opening 34, two leg openings 30 and 32, and the waist elastic members 43 and 45, wherein the region d waist 31 of the front panel 15 and the waist region 33 of back panel 21 of the skirt cover 14 are not resiliently engaged to the front waistband region 20 and the waistband region 22 having the waist elastic members 43 and 45 placed between panels 15 and 21 and the waistband regions 20 and 22.

The disposable garment 10 may further comprise a waist restraint structure 42 having a lower blade 58, a body facing liner 56 and an absorbent core 60. The disposable garment 10 wherein the side panels 26 28 of the trouser structure 12 includes the elastic elements. The lower edges 39 and 41 are hemmed. The. Skirt cover 14 extends below crotch area 24 of trouser structure 12. Lateral edges 17 and 19 of front panel 15 and back panel 21 of skirt cover 14 are joined together to form a skirt cover of a piece 14.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a disposable garment comprising a skirt cover 14 having a front panel 15 having two side edges 17 and 19 and a waist region 31 and an opposite bottom edge 39 between the side edges 17 and 19 and a rear panel 21 having two side edges 23 and 25 and a waist region 33 and a second opposing bottom edge 41 between the side edges 23 and 25; a trouser structure 12 having a front waistband region 20 and a rear waistband region 22 longitudinally spaced and ending at the longitudinal ends 35 and 37, a crotch area 24 between the front and rear waistband regions 20 and 22, and a pair of side panels 26 and 28, the pants structure 12 having a waist opening 34, two leg openings 30 and 3 and the elastic waist members 43 and 45; and a waste containment structure 42 having a lower sheet 58, or body side facing 56, and an absorbent core 60, where the waist region 31 of the front panel 15 and the waist region 33 of the rear panel 21 of the skirt cover 14 are not attached to the front waist region 20 and the waistband region 22 having the elastic waist members 43 and 45 placed between the panels 15 and 21 and the waistband regions 20 and 22.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a disposable garment 110 comprising a bathing suit cover 114 having a front panel 115 having a pair of side edges 117 and 119 and a waist region 131 and an opposite bottom edge 139 between the side edges 123 and 125 and a rear panel 121 having a pair of side edges 123 125 and the waist region 133 and an opposite bottom edge 14 between the side edges 123 and 125, wherein the side edges 117 and 123/119 and 125 are joined to form the side seams 187 and 189 and the front panel 115 and the rear panel 121 joined together in an inner seam 147, which defines a crotch section 149 that extends centrally between the front and rear panels 115 and 121. which define a waist opening 134 and two leg openings 193 and 195 on opposite sides of the crotch section 149; and, the elastic waist members 143 and 145, wherein the waist region 131 of the front panel 115 and the waist region 133 of the interior panel 121 of the swim pants cover 114 n are resiliently engaged with the waist elastic members. 143 and 145.

The present invention further comprises a pants structure 112 having the front waistband region 120 and the waistband region 122 spaced apart longitudinally and ending at the longitudinal ends 135 and 137, a crotch area 124 between the front and back waistband regions. 120 and 122, and a pair of side panels 126 and 128, the pant or trouser structure 112 has a waist opening 134 and two leg openings 130 and 132. The present invention may also include the trouser structure not suitably attached to the trouser structure. the waist elastics 143 and 145.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a disposable garment 110 comprising a swimsuit cover 114 having a right front panel 151 having a pair of side sides 117 and 159 and a waist region 161 and an opposite lower edge 163 placed between the side edges 117 and 159, a left front panel 153 having a pair of side panels 119 and 165 and the waist region 167 and the opposite lower edge 169 positioned between the side edges 119 165, a right rear panel 155 having a pair of side edges 123 and 171 and an opposite waist region 173 and an opposite lower edge 175 positioned between side edges 123 and 171, and a left rear panel 157 having a pair of side edges 125 and 177 and a waist region 179 and an opposite lower edge 181 positioned between the side edges 125 177, wherein the side edges 117 and 123/119 and 125/159 165/171 and 177 are joined to form the side seams 187 and 189 and the central seams 183 and 185, and the front panels 151 and 153 and the rear panels 155 and 157 joined together in an inner seam 147, defining a crotch section 149 extending centrally between the front and rear panels 151, 153, 155 and 157 defining a waist opening 134 and two leg openings 193 and 195 on opposite sides of the crotch section 149; and the elastic waist members 143 and 145 wherein the waist regions 161 and 167 of the front panels 151 and 153 and of the waist regions 173 and 179 of the back panels 155 and 157 of the swimsuit cover 114 do not they are resubstantially engaged with the elastic waist members 143 and 145.

The present invention also relates to a disposable garment 110 comprising a bathing suit cover 114 having a front panel 115 having two side edges 117 and 119 and a waist region 131 and an opposite bottom edge 139 between the side edges 117 and 119 and a rear panel 12 having a pair of side edges 123 and 125 and the waist region 133 and an opposite bottom edge 141 between the side edges 119 and 123, where the side edges 117 and 123/11 and 125 they are joined to form the side seams 187 and 18 and the front panel 115 and the back panel 121 joined together in an inner seam 147, which defines a crotch section 149 that extends centrally between the rear front panels 115 and 121 that define a waist opening 184 and two leg openings 186 and 188 on opposite sides of the crotch section 149; a trouser structure 112 having a front waistband region 120 and a rear waistband region 122 spaced apart longitudinally and ending at the longitudinal ends 135 and 137, a crotch area 149 between the front and rear waistband regions 120 and 122 , and a pair of side panels 126 and 128, the pants structure defines a waist opening 134 and two leg openings 130 and 132; and, the elastic waist members 143 and 145, wherein the waist region 131 of the front panel 115 and the waist region 133 of the rear panel 121 of the trouser cover 114 are not resiliently attached to the region of the front waistband. 120 to the rear waistband region 122 having the elastic waist members 143 and 14 positioned between the panels 115 and 121 and the pretinch regions 120 and 122.

The present invention further comprises a waste containment structure 142 having a lower leaflet 158, a body side liner 156 and an absorbent core 160. Side panels 126 and 128 of the pants structure 112 include the elastic elements.

The present invention relates to a disposable garment 110 comprising a bathing suit cover 11 having a right front panel 153 having two side edges 117 and 159 and a waist region 161 and an opposite lower edge 163 between the side edges 117 and 159, u left front panel 153 having a pair of side edges 119"and 165 and waist region 167 and an opposite lower edge. 169 between the side edges 119 and 165, a right rear panel 155 having two side edges 123 and 171 and a waist region 173 and an opposite bottom edge 175 between the side edges 123 and 171, and a left rear panel 157 having two side edges 125 and 137 and a waist region 179 and an opposite bottom edge 181 between the side edges 123 and 171 where the side edges 117 and 123/119 and 125/159 and 165/17 and 177 are joined to form the side seams 187 and 18 and central seams 183 and 185 and front panels 151 153 and bottom panels 155 and 157 joined together in a bottom seam 147, defining the crotch section 14 extending centrally between the rear front panels 151 , 153, 155 and 157 defining a belt opening 134 and two leg openings 193 and 195 on opposite sides of the crotch section 149; a trouser structure 11 having the front waistband region 120 and the rear waistband region 122 spaced apart longitudinally and ending at the longitudinal ends 135 and 137, a crotch area 12 between the front and rear waistband regions 120 and 122, and pair of side panels 126 and 128, the pants structure 112 defines a waist opening 134 and two leg openings 130 and 132; and, the elastic waist members 143 and 145, e where the waist regions 161 and 167 of the front panels 151 and 153 and the waist regions 173 and 179 of the back panels 155 and 157 of the bathing suit cover 114 they are not respectably engaged to the front waistband region 120 and to the waistband region 122 having the waist elastic members 143 and 145 positioned between the panels 151, 153, 155 and 157 and the waistband regions 120 and 122.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of garments of short underpants comprising: to. providing four single-layer fabrics 151, 153, 155, and 157 of the fabric 3 including two side edges (117, 119, 123, 125, 159, 165, 171, and 177) on each fabric of the fabric 3; b. aligning two of the four tissues (151, 153, 155 and 157) together in a side-by-side orientation; c. joining together a side edge 159 and 165 of each of the two tissues 151 and 153 in side-by-side orientation, defining at least a portion of an inner seam and a first composite fabric; d. align the remaining two of the four tissues (151, 153, 155 and 157) together in a side-by-side orientation; joining a side edge 171 and 177 of each of the two tissues 155 and 157 in side-by-side orientation together, defining at least another part of the bottom seam 147 and a second composite fabric; Align the composite fabrics first second together in a face facing orientation, defining an arrangement that has two layers of fabric and two side edges upper 117 and 123 and two lower side edges 119 and 125; intermittently join the composite tissues where the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the fabrics, defining the central seams 183 and 185 having a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric 3; 20 h. removing the inside of the fabric 3, defining a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; 25 i. folding a pair of side edges 117 123 together; j. joining the pair of side edges 117 and 123, defining at least one side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192 k. bend the other pair of side edges 119 125 together; 1. joining the other pair of side edges 11 and 125, defining at least one other side rib 129 and another tubular leg structure 194; Y m. cutting the fabric 3, defining discreet garment size pieces 3 where each piece of fabric 3 includes at least two side seams 127 and 129, an inner seam, two tubular leg structures 192 and 194 and a waist opening 134 The continuous process may comprise flipping each other piece of garment size fabric 3 so that pieces of garment size cloth 3 having the same orientation are provided before the fabric pieces 3 of garment size are stacked. In the alternative, each other of the garment size piece of the fabric 3 can be placed in a second pile.

Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a brief of shorts comprising: to. providing four laminated fabrics of multiple layers 151, 153, 155, and 157 of the fabric 3 including two side edges (117, 119, 123, 125, 159, 165, 171, and 177) on each fabric of the fabric 3; b. aligning two of the four tissues (151, 153, 155 and 157) together in a side-by-side orientation; joining a side edge 159 and 165 of each of the two tissues 151 and 153 in a side-by-side orientation together, defining at least a portion of an inner seam 147 and a first composite fabric; d. Align the remaining two of the four fabrics (151, 153, 155 and 157) together in a side-by-side orientation; joining a side edge 171 and 177 of each of the two fabrics 155 and 157 in the orientation from side to side together, defining at least another part of the inner seam 147 and a second fabric compound; align the composite tissues first second together in a face-face orientation, defining an arrangement that has two layers of fabric and two upper side edges 117 and 123 and two lower side edges 119 and 125; intermittently join the tissues compounds in which the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the tissues, defining the central seams 183 and 185 that have a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric 3; h. remove the inside of the fabric 3, defining a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; i. folding a pair of side edges 117 and 123 together; join the pair of side edges 117 and 123, defining at least one side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192; k. bending the other pair of side edges 119 and 125 together; 1. joining the other pair of side edges 119 and 125, defining at least one other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194; and 20 m. cutting the fabric 3, defining pieces of cloth 3 of discrete garment size wherein each piece of cloth 3 includes at least two side seams 127 and 129, one inner seam 147, two tubular leg structures 192 and 194, and a waist opening 13.

The present invention also relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a short garment comprising: to. providing two single-layer fabrics 151 153 of the fabric 3 including two side edges (117, 119, 123 and 125) on each fabric 151 and 153 of the fabric 3; b. aligning the two tissues 151 and 153 together in a face-to-face orientation, defining an array having two layers of fabric and pair of upper side edges 117 and 123 and a pair of lower side edges 119 and 125; intermittently joining the fabrics 151 and 153 where the bond is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the fabric 3, which defines central seams 183 and 185 having a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric 3; removing the inside of the fabric 3, which defines a cavity that has a contour facing the back to accommodate the human body; folding a pair of side edges 117 123 together; F. join the pair of side edges 117 and 123, defining at least one side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192; g. bend the other pair of side edges 119 125 together; 15 h. joining the other pair of lateral edges 119 and 125, defining at least one other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194; and 20 i. cutting the fabric 3, which defines pieces of cloth 3 of discrete garment size wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least two side seams 127 and 129, a inner seam 147, two tubular leg structures 192 and 194, and a waist opening 134.

An embodiment of the present invention refers to a continuous process for the manufacture of a brief breeches comprising: to. providing two multiple layer laminate fabrics 151 and 153 of the fabric 3 including two side edges (117, 119, 123 and 125) on each fabric 151 and 153 of the fabric 3; b. aligning the two tissues 151 and 153 together in a face-to-face orientation, which defines an array having two fabric layers and a pair of upper side edges 117 and 123 and a pair of lower side edges 119 and 125; intermittently joining the tissues 151 and 153 wherein the joint is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the fabric 3, which defines the central seams 183 and 185 having a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric 3; d. removing the inside of the fabric 3, which defines a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; and. folding a pair of side edges 117 and 123 together; F. join the pair of side edges 117 and 123, defining at least one side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192; g. folding the other pair of side edges 119 and 125 together; 15 h. joining the other pair of side edges 119 and 125, defining at least one other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194; and 20 i. cutting the fabric 3, which defines the cloth pieces 3 of discrete garment size wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least two side seams 127 and 129, a inner seam 147, two tubular leg structures 192 and 194, and a waist opening 134.

The present invention also relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of a short garment comprising: to. provide a single layer fabric of tel 3; b. cutting the fabric fabric longitudinally thereby forming two single-layer woven fabrics 151 and 153 of the fabric 3 including two side edges (117, 119, 123 and 125) on each fabric 151 and 153 of the fabric 3; aligning the two tissues 151 and 153 together in a face-to-face orientation, defining an arrangement having two layers of fabric and a pair of upper side edges 117 and 123 and a pair of lower side edges 119 and 125; d. intermittently joining the fabrics 151 and 153 where the bonding is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the fabric 3, defining the central seams 183 and 185 having a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric 3; and. removing the inside of the fabric 3, which defines a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; 10 f. folding a pair of side edges 117 and 123 together; g. join the pair of side edges 117 and 123, defining at least one side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192; h. bending the other pair of side edges 119 and 125 together; 20 i. joining the other pair of lateral edges 119 and 125, defining at least one other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194; and 25 j. cutting the fabric 3, which defines the discrete cloth size pieces 3 e wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least two side seams 127 and 129, an inner seam 147, two tubular leg structures 192 and 194, and a waist opening 134.

An embodiment of the present invention refers to a continuous process for the manufacture of a brief of shorts comprising: to. provide a multilayer laminated fabric fabric; b. slitting the fabric fabric in longitudinal direction thereby forming two single-layer fabrics 151 and 153 of the fabric 3 including two side edges (117, 119, 123 and 125) on each fabric 151 and 153 of the fabric 3; aligning the two tissues 151 and 153 together in a face-to-face orientation, which defines an arrangement having two layers of fabric and a pair of upper side edges 117 and 123 and a pair of lower side edges 11 and 125; intermittently joining the fabrics 151 and 153 where the bonding is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center d of the fabric 3, the central seams 183 and 185 defining a specific shape having an inner part of the fabric 3; 10 removing the inside of the fabric 3, which defines a cavity that has an outline from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; 15 folding a pair of side edges 117 and 123 together; g. join the pair of side edges 117 and 123, defining at least one side seam 127 and a tubular leg structure 192; h. bending the other pair of side edges 119 and 125 together; 25 i. joining the other pair of lateral edges 119 and 125, defining at least one other side seam 129 and another tubular leg structure 194; Y cutting the fabric 3, which defines the discrete garment size pieces of fabric 3 wherein each piece of fabric 3 includes at least two side seams 127 and 129, an inner seam 147, two tubular leg structures 192 and 194, and a waist opening 134.

The above detailed description has been given for the purpose of illustration. Therefore, a number of modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. For example, alternate or optional features described as part of an embodiment may be used to give yet another embodiment. Additionally, only one more - well that both ends of the waste containment structure may be elastically connected to the cover. Therefore, the invention should not be limited by the specific embodiments described, but only by the claims.

The materials of which the garment 10 and the bathing pant garment 110 are made can be of any materials specifically desired by the user or the manufacturer. Numerous examples of materials used in the construction of the garment 10 and the panty brief 110 are described in the aforementioned United States patents and in the patent applications incorporated herein by reference.

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1. A disposable garment comprising: a skirt cover having a front panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite bottom edge between the side edges and a rear panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite bottom edge between the side edges; a trouser structure having a front waistband region and a waistband region spaced longitudinally and ending at longitudinal ends, a crotch area between the front and rear waistband regions, and a pair of side panels, the trouser structure It has a waist opening, two leg openings and two elastic waist members, wherein the waist region of the front panel and the waist region of the back panel of the skirt cover are not resiliently engaged to the front waistband region and to the waistband region having the elastic waist members placed between the waistband regions. panels and waistband regions.
2. 2. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 1, characterized in that it further comprises a waste containment structure having a bottom sheet, a side-to-body lining and an absorbent core.
3. 3. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 1, characterized in that the side panels of the trouser structure include elastic elements.
4. 4. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 1, characterized in that the bottom edges are hemmed.
5. 5. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 1, characterized in that the skirt cover extends below the crotch area of the trouser structure.
6. 6. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 1, characterized in that the side edges of the flap panel and the back panel of the skirt cover are joined together to form a one piece skirt cover.
7. 7. A disposable garment comprising: a skirt cover having a front panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite bottom edge between the side edges and a bottom panel having two side edges and a waist region and a second bottom edge opposite between the lateral edges; b. a pantyhose structure having a fontal waistband region and a waistband region spaced longitudinally and ending at the longitudinal ends, a crotch area between the front and back waistband regions, and a pair of side panels, the backbone structure pants have a waist opening, two leg openings and elastic waist members; and a waste containment structure having a bottom sheet, a side-to-body liner and an absorbent core, wherein the waist region of the front panel and the waist region of the back panel of the skirt cover are not resiliently engaged to the front waistband region, nor to the waistband region that have the waist elastic members placed between the waistband. panels and waistband regions.
8. 8. A disposable garment comprising a bathing suit cover that has a panel rear defining a waist opening and two leg openings on opposite sides of the crotch section; Y b. Elastic waist members, wherein the waist region of the front panel and the waist region of the back panel of the swim pants cover n are resiliently engaged with the waist elastic members.
9. 9. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 1, characterized in that it further comprises a trouser structure having a frontal waistband region a longitudinally spaced posterior waistband region and terminating at the longitudinal ends, a crotch area between the regions of Front and back waistband and a pair of side panels, the pant structure has a waist opening and two leg openings.
10. 10. The disposable garment as claimed in clause 9, characterized in that the trouser structure is not attached to the waist elastics elastically.
11. 11. A disposable garment comprising: a. a bathing suit cover having a right front panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite lower edge between the side edges, a left front panel having side edges and a waist region an opposite bottom edge between the side edges, a right rear panel that has two side edges and a region of 10 waist and an opposite lower edge between the side edges, and a left rear panel having two side edges a waist region and an opposite bottom edge between the side edges, where 15 the side edges are joined to form the side seams and the center seams, and the front panels and the back panels are joined together in an inner seam, which defines a section 20 crotch extending centrally between the front and rear panels defining a waist opening and two leg panels on the sides or positions of the crotch section; and 25 b. elastic waist members, wherein the waist regions of the front panels and the waist regions of the back panels of the bath pants cover are not resiliently engaged with the waist elastic members.
12. 12. A disposable garment comprising: a bathing suit cover having a front panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite lower edge between the side edges and a rear panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite lower edge between the legs. lateral edges, where the side edges are joined to form the side seams and the front panel and the back panel joined together in an inner seam, defining a crotch section that extends centrally between the front and back panels defining a waist opening and two leg openings on opposite sides of the crotch section; b. a trouser structure having a region of the front waistband and a region of the waistband longitudinally spaced and terminating at the extreme longitudinal ends, a crotch area between the front and rear waistband regions, and a pair of side panels, the trouser structure defines a waist opening two leg openings; Y c. Elastic waist members, wherein the waist region of the front panel and the waist region of the back panel of the bathing suit cover are non-adhered to the front waistband region and the waistband region having the elastic waist members placed between the panels and the waistband regions.
13. 13. The disposable garment, as claimed in clause 12, characterized in that it comprises a waste containment structure having a bottom sheet, a side-to-body lining and an absorbent core.
14. 14. The disposable garment, as claimed in clause 12, characterized in that the side panels of the trouser structure include elastic elements.
15. 15. The disposable garment, as claimed in clause 12, characterized in that the lower edges are hemmed.
16. 16. A disposable garment comprising: a bathing suit cover having a right front panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite lower edge between the side edges, a left front panel having two side edges and a waist region an opposite bottom edge between the side edges, a right rear panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite bottom edge between the side edges, and a left rear panel having two side edges and a waist region and an opposite inner edge between the side edges where the side edges are joined to form side seams and the center seams, and the front panels and the back panels are united together in an inner seam,. defining a crotch section extending centrally between the front and back panels defining a waist opening and leg openings on opposite sides of the crotch section; b. a trouser structure having a region of a front waistband and a back waistband region spaced longitudinally and ending at an extreme length, a crotch area between the front and rear waistband regions, and a pair of side panels, the trouser structure defines a waist opening two leg openings; Y c. Elastic waist members, wherein the waist regions of the front panels and the waist regions of the back panels of the bathing suit cover are non-adhered to the front waistband region and the waistband region having the elastic waist members placed between the panels and the waistband regions.
17. 17. The disposable garment, as claimed in clause 16, characterized in that it comprises a waste containment structure having a bottom sheet, or body side lining and an absorbent core.
18. 18. The disposable garment, as claimed in clause 16, characterized in that the side panels of the trouser structure include elastic elements.
19. 19. The disposable garment, as claimed in clause 16, characterized in that the lower edges are hemmed.
20. 20. A continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment comprising: to. providing four single layer fabric fabrics including two side edges on each fabric weave; b. Align two of the four tissues together in a side-by-side orientation; joining a side edge of each of the two fabrics in side-by-side orientation together, defining at least a portion of an inner seam and a first composite weave; d. Align the remaining two of the four fabrics together in a side-by-side orientation; e. joining a side edge of each of the weave in the side orientation together, defining at least another part of the bottom seam and a second compound web; 10 f. Align the composite fabrics first second together in a face facing orientation, defining an arrangement that has two layers of fabric and two side edges 15 upper and two lower lateral edges; intermittently join the composite tissues where the union is achieved in 20 an alternating orientation near the center of the fabrics, defining the central seams that have a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric; 25 remove the inside of the fabric, defining a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; i. fold a couple of the side edges together; j. joining the pair of side edges, which define at least one side seam and a tubular leg structure; 10 k. bend the other pair of side edges together; join the other pair of the side edges, 15 defining at least one other side seam and another tubular leg structure; Y m. cut the fabric, defining discreet garment-sized cloth pieces where each 20 piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, a bottom seam, two tubular leg structures and a waist opening.
21. 21. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 20, characterized in that it comprises flipping each other piece of cloth of garment size to provide po both garment-sized cloth pieces having the same orientation before the pieces of cloth are sized p.
22. 22. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 20, characterized in that it comprises placing another one of the pieces of cloth of garment size in a second pile.
23. 23. A continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment comprising: providing four laminated fabric fabrics of multiple layers including two side edges on each fabric weave; b. Align two of the four tissues together in a side-by-side orientation; c. joining a side edge of each of the two fabrics in a side-by-side orientation together, defining at least a portion of an inner seam and a first composite weave; d. Align the remaining two of the four fabrics together in a side-by-side orientation; and. joining a side edge of each of the fabrics in the side-by-side orientation together, defining at least one other part of the inner seam and a second composite fabric; 10 f. Align the composite tissues first second together in a face-facing orientation, defining an arrangement that has two layers of multi-dandruff laminate 15 fabric and a pair of upper side edges and a pair of lower side edges; intermittently join the composite tissues where the union is achieved in 20 an alternating orientation near the center of the single fabric, defining the central seams having a specific shape and a part of inner fabric; 25 h. remove the inside of the fabric, defining a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; bend one of the side edges together; joining the pair of side edges, defining at least one side seam and a tubular leg structure; k. bend the other pair of side edges together; 1. joining the other pair of side edges, defining at least one other side seam and another tubular leg structure; Y m. cutting the fabric, defining discreet garment-sized fabric pieces wherein each piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, an inner seam, two tubular leg structures and a waist opening.
24. 24. The process, as claimed in clause 23, further characterized in that it comprises flipping each other piece of garment-sized fabric to thereby provide pieces of garment-sized cloth having the same orientation before the garment pieces. Prend size fabric are stacked.
25. 25. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 23, characterized in that it also comprises placing each other of the pieces of cloth of garment size in a second pile.
26. 26. A continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment comprising: to. providing two single layer fabric fabrics including two side edges on each fabric weave; aligning the two tissues together in a face-to-face orientation, which defines an arrangement that has two layers of fabric and a pair of upper side edges and a pair of lower side edges; intermittently joining the weaves where the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the single fabric, which defines central seams having a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric; remove the inside of the fabric, which defines a cavity that has an outline facing the back to accommodate a human body; and. fold a couple of the side edges 10 together; f. joining the pair of side edges defining at least one side seam and a tubular leg structure; 15 g bend the other pair of side edges together; h. join the other pair of side edges that 20 defines at least one other side seam and another tubular leg structure; Y cut the cloth, which defines pieces of cloth of discreet garment size where each 25 piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, an inner seam, two tubular leg structures and a waist opening.
27. 27. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 26, further characterized in that it comprises flipping each other piece of garment-sized fabric to thereby provide fabric garment-sized pieces having the same orientation before they are stacked the pieces of cloth of garment size.
28. 28. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 26, further characterized in that it comprises placing each other of the garment-sized pieces of cloth in a second pile.
29. 29. A continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment comprising: to. providing two laminate fabrics of multiple layers of the fabric including two side edges on each fabric weave; aligning the two fabrics together in a face-to-face orientation, which defines an arrangement having two layers of multilayer fabric laminate and a pair of upper side edges and a pair of bottom side edges; c. intermittently joining the fabrics where the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the single fabric, which defines the central seams that have a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric; 10 d. remove the inside of the fabric, which defines a cavity that has a contour from the front to the back to accommodate a human body; 15 e. fold a couple of the side edges together; f. join the pair of side edges, which define At least one side seam and a tubular leg structure; bend the other pair of side edges together; 25 h. join the other pair of side edges, which define at least one other side rib and another tubular leg structure; Y cutting the fabric, which defines discrete garment size cloth pieces wherein each piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, an inner seam, two tubular leg structures, and a waist opening.
30. 30. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 29, further characterized in that it comprises flipping each other piece of cloth of garment size to thereby provide fabric garment size pieces having the same orientation before they are stacked the pieces of cloth of garment size.
31. 31. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 29, further characterized in that it comprises placing each other of the pieces of cloth of garment size in a second pile.
32. 32. A continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment comprising: a. provide a single layer fabric d; b. cutting the fabric fabric in longitudinal sense thereby forming two single layer woven including two side edges on each fabric weave; align the two tissues together in a 10 face-to-face orientation, which defines an arrangement having two layers of fabric and a pair of upper side edges and a pair of lower side edges; 15 intermittently join the weaves where the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the single tissue, defining the central seams that have a specific shape and a part 20 inside the fabric; remove the inside of the fabric, which defines a cavity that has an outline from the front to the back to accommodate a 25 human body; F. fold a couple of the side edges together; g. joining the pair of side edges defining at least one side seam and a tubular leg structure; h. bend the other pair of side edges together; i. joining the other pair of side edges, defining at least one other side seam and another tubular leg structure; Y cutting the fabric, which defines the discrete fabric garment size pieces wherein each piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, an inner seam, two tubular leg structures, and a waist opening.
33. 33. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 32, further characterized in that it comprises flipping each other piece of garment-sized fabric to thereby provide fabric garment-sized pieces having the same orientation before they are stacked the pieces of cloth of garment size.
34. 34. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 32, 'further characterized in that it comprises placing each other of the garment-sized pieces of cloth in a second pile.
35. 35. A continuous process for the manufacture of a shorts garment comprising: to. provide a multilayer laminated fabric fabric; b. slitting the fabric fabric longitudinally, thereby forming two single-layer woven fabrics including two side edges on each fabric fabric; aligning the two fabrics together in a face-to-face orientation, which defines an arrangement having two layers of a multilayer laminated fabric and a pair of upper side edges and a pair of lower side edges; intermittently joining the weaves where the union is achieved in an alternating orientation near the center of the single fabric, defining the central seams that have a specific shape and an inner part of the fabric; remove the inner part of the fabric, which defines a cavity that has an outline of the 10 facing the back to accommodate a human body; F. fold a couple of the side edges together; 15 g joining the pair of side edges defining at least one side seam and a tubular leg structure; 20 h. bend the other pair of side edges together; join the other pair of side edges, which defines at least one other side seam 25 and another tubular leg structure; and j. cutting the fabric, which defines the discrete fabric garment size pieces wherein each piece of fabric includes at least two side seams, an inner seam, two tubular leg structures, and a waist opening.
36. 36. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 35, further characterized in that it comprises flipping each other piece of cloth of garment size to thereby provide fabric garment size pieces having the same orientation before they are stacked the pieces of cloth of garment size.
37. 37. The continuous process, as claimed in clause 35, further characterized in that it comprises placing each other of the garment-sized pieces of cloth in a second pile. SUMMARY The process-friendly garments include a waste containment structure having an absorbent core which is positioned between a user and a lower sheet, and a cover attached to the trouser structure. In addition, a continuous process for the manufacture of garment including covers of bathing pants.