US3720212A - Absorbent panty - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/56—Supporting or fastening means
- A61F13/66—Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads
- A61F13/68—Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads abdominal enclosing type
- A61F13/72—Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads abdominal enclosing type with endless waist encircling band, e.g. panty type
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/56—Supporting or fastening means
- A61F13/66—Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads
- A61F13/74—Garments, holders or supports not integral with absorbent pads having means to retain absorbent pads
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- D—TEXTILES; PAPER
- D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
- D04B—KNITTING
- D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
- D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
- D04B1/24—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
- D04B1/243—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel upper parts of panties; pants
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- An absorbent panty has good resistance to discoloration and great retention of absorbency over a life of [52] US. Cl ..l28/288 washings by utilizing a crotch insert or i i [51] Int. Cl ..A6lf 13/16 fabricated of hydrophilic fibers needle punched i a [58] Field of Search ..128/286, 287, 288, 290, 296 nomwoven Spunbonded inelastic hydrophobic fiber sheet.
- FIGI ABSORBENT PANTY This invention relates to garment construction and more particularly to the construction of garments of the type used for infants as training panties or for incontinent medical patients.
- the prime objective of garment manufacturers is to provide in such garments a high degree of absorbency without undue bulk but with an eye also to cost economy.
- the latter factor dictates use of minimal amounts of woven or knit fabrics with the result that some of the present baby training panties have crotch inserts of extensible elastic polyurethane foam into which absorbent fibers have been needled.
- Such needled foam is referred to as batt foam or fiber sponge.”
- garments of this invention utilize for absorbent purposes preferably as a crotch insert layer, a spunbonded continuous filament non-woven hydrophobic fiber sheet, e.g., of nylon, to which has been attached by a needling process a batt or web of absorbent fibers such as staple viscose or acetate rayon.
- the spunbonded sheet may be needle-punched into the center of the fabric or needlepunched to the bottom of the fabric.
- spunbonded is used to describe a non-woven sheet material made from randomly arranged continuous filament fibers which are highly dispersed (highly separated) and bonded together at filament crossover points. The filaments may have crimp or even considerable free fiber length between bonds.
- the unique spunbonded construction provides a high tensile and tear strength at low cost and weight. Strengths are uniform in all directions throughout the non-woven sheet and are greater than woven fabrics of the same weight.
- the preferred base or substrate for immobilizing the absorbent fibers is a 0.6 ounce per square yard spunbonded nylon having an average thickness of 5.1 mils and a Mullen burst of 15.4 lbs., being a product of Monsanto Chemical Company furnished under the trademark CEREX.
- a batt of absorbent fibers which contains about 4.5 ounces per square yard.
- a preferred fiber is a virgin white dull 1% denier 2 inch staple viscose fiber.
- FIG. 1 is an exterior view of a conventional training panty having a front portion 22, two side portions 24 and 26 and a back portion 28 which can be integral with the front portion 22, all the portions forming a waist opening 30 and two leg openings 32 and 34.
- the waist opening is provided with an elastic ribbon 36 to provide elasticity.
- FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 22 of FIG. 1 showing the waistband structure including the elastic ribbon 36.
- FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 1 showing the seaming of the central portion to one of the side portions 26 and
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view taken along the line 4--4 of FIG. 1 showing how the central portion is seamed to the trim 46 of the leg openings.
- the front, back and crotch portions are formed of an inner layer of knit fabric 40, an outer layer of knit fabric 44 and an absorbent interliner 42 sandwiched between, all of which are seamed to the single thickness side portions 24 and 26 and to portions of the leg openings.
- the knit fabric portions of the garment are made from cotton yarn but the inner knit layer 40 which extends through the crotch may include a certain portion or be made entirely of hydrophobic fibers such as polyolefin yarn.
- Suitable hydrophilic fibers for needle punching include cotton, viscose and cuprammonium rayon. Viscose rayon is preferred because it has the highest saturation regain and lowest cost. It is ideally suited as an absorbent for panty garments of training panty type or adult diaper type.
- the fiber needle punched Cerex interliner overcomes all of the disadvantages of the fiber needle punched foam interliner and is less bulky because of the thinness of the spunbonded sheet.
- spunbonded hydrophobic non-Wovens such as polyester (available under the trademark Reemay from DuPont) or polyolefin (available under the tradename Tyvek) may also be used as the wicking substrate.
- a panty type garment having front, back and side portions, said front and back portions being joined by a crotch portion, all said portions forming a waist opening and two leg openings for said garment said crotch portion containing a layer of absorbent fibers needled into a substrate comprising a spunbonded continuous filament hydrophobic fiber sheet.
- a panty type garment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said garment has front, back, side and crotch portions formed of knit fabric and said layer is sandwiched between two layers of said knit fabric.
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Cited By (15)
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US3828785A (en) * | 1972-07-17 | 1974-08-13 | Jung Prod Inc | Liner for incontinent pants |
US4397646A (en) * | 1981-03-24 | 1983-08-09 | Blessings Corp. | Contoured baby diaper |
US4555245A (en) * | 1983-08-12 | 1985-11-26 | Comm Stitch | Undergarment with attached absorbent liner |
US4772281A (en) * | 1986-10-24 | 1988-09-20 | Armstead Kenneth W | Patient underpad |
US5306267A (en) * | 1992-01-06 | 1994-04-26 | J & E Enterprise | Reusable, all-in-one, multi-layered diaper with wicking action, moisture retention, and methods for making and using same |
US5315717A (en) * | 1991-11-12 | 1994-05-31 | Moretz Herbert L | Multi-layer moisture management fabric and garments incorporating a moisture management panel |
US5487826A (en) * | 1993-05-27 | 1996-01-30 | International Envelope Company, Inc. | Cardboard mailer packages |
US5819317A (en) * | 1995-12-20 | 1998-10-13 | Intellitecs International Ltd. | Infant t-shirt |
US5876394A (en) * | 1994-07-29 | 1999-03-02 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Integral disposable waste containment article |
US5906876A (en) * | 1996-07-17 | 1999-05-25 | Intellitecs International, Inc. | Absorbent fabric and undergarments incorporating the fabric |
US6240569B1 (en) | 1993-08-31 | 2001-06-05 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable menstrual Panty |
US6352607B1 (en) | 1999-04-13 | 2002-03-05 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Process for making absorbent articles with single-piece panels |
US6497694B1 (en) | 1994-07-29 | 2002-12-24 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable waste containment garment |
US20040055124A1 (en) * | 2002-08-09 | 2004-03-25 | Reifenhauser Gmbh & Co. Maschinenfabrik | Method of making spun bond web from multicomponent filaments |
US20100125264A1 (en) * | 2008-11-17 | 2010-05-20 | Naylor Leatrice A | Disposable Undergarment with Sanitary Napkin |
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US2555434A (en) * | 1947-10-01 | 1951-06-05 | Beatrice E Anderson | Infant's panty |
US3085309A (en) * | 1960-03-09 | 1963-04-16 | Kendall & Co | Throwaway diaper |
US3122142A (en) * | 1963-05-27 | 1964-02-25 | Johnson & Johnson | Absorbent product |
US3237625A (en) * | 1964-10-30 | 1966-03-01 | Riegel Textile Corp | Baby panty with hydrophobic lining |
US3368563A (en) * | 1966-06-06 | 1968-02-13 | Kendall & Co | Panty with pile center panel |
US3416522A (en) * | 1966-12-06 | 1968-12-17 | Parke Davis & Co | Stabilized non-adherent pad |
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US2555434A (en) * | 1947-10-01 | 1951-06-05 | Beatrice E Anderson | Infant's panty |
US3085309A (en) * | 1960-03-09 | 1963-04-16 | Kendall & Co | Throwaway diaper |
US3122142A (en) * | 1963-05-27 | 1964-02-25 | Johnson & Johnson | Absorbent product |
US3237625A (en) * | 1964-10-30 | 1966-03-01 | Riegel Textile Corp | Baby panty with hydrophobic lining |
US3368563A (en) * | 1966-06-06 | 1968-02-13 | Kendall & Co | Panty with pile center panel |
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3828785A (en) * | 1972-07-17 | 1974-08-13 | Jung Prod Inc | Liner for incontinent pants |
US4397646A (en) * | 1981-03-24 | 1983-08-09 | Blessings Corp. | Contoured baby diaper |
US4555245A (en) * | 1983-08-12 | 1985-11-26 | Comm Stitch | Undergarment with attached absorbent liner |
US4772281A (en) * | 1986-10-24 | 1988-09-20 | Armstead Kenneth W | Patient underpad |
US5315717A (en) * | 1991-11-12 | 1994-05-31 | Moretz Herbert L | Multi-layer moisture management fabric and garments incorporating a moisture management panel |
US5306267A (en) * | 1992-01-06 | 1994-04-26 | J & E Enterprise | Reusable, all-in-one, multi-layered diaper with wicking action, moisture retention, and methods for making and using same |
US5487826A (en) * | 1993-05-27 | 1996-01-30 | International Envelope Company, Inc. | Cardboard mailer packages |
US6367089B2 (en) | 1993-08-31 | 2002-04-09 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable menstrual panty |
US6240569B1 (en) | 1993-08-31 | 2001-06-05 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable menstrual Panty |
US5876394A (en) * | 1994-07-29 | 1999-03-02 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Integral disposable waste containment article |
US6497694B1 (en) | 1994-07-29 | 2002-12-24 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable waste containment garment |
US20030120239A1 (en) * | 1994-07-29 | 2003-06-26 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable waste containment garment |
US6863665B2 (en) | 1994-07-29 | 2005-03-08 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Disposable waste containment garment |
US5819317A (en) * | 1995-12-20 | 1998-10-13 | Intellitecs International Ltd. | Infant t-shirt |
US5906876A (en) * | 1996-07-17 | 1999-05-25 | Intellitecs International, Inc. | Absorbent fabric and undergarments incorporating the fabric |
US6352607B1 (en) | 1999-04-13 | 2002-03-05 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Process for making absorbent articles with single-piece panels |
US6830566B2 (en) | 1999-04-13 | 2004-12-14 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Process for making absorbent articles with single-piece panels |
US20040055124A1 (en) * | 2002-08-09 | 2004-03-25 | Reifenhauser Gmbh & Co. Maschinenfabrik | Method of making spun bond web from multicomponent filaments |
US20100125264A1 (en) * | 2008-11-17 | 2010-05-20 | Naylor Leatrice A | Disposable Undergarment with Sanitary Napkin |
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