WO1995013781A1 - Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs - Google Patents

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WO1995013781A1
WO1995013781A1 PCT/SE1994/001064 SE9401064W WO9513781A1 WO 1995013781 A1 WO1995013781 A1 WO 1995013781A1 SE 9401064 W SE9401064 W SE 9401064W WO 9513781 A1 WO9513781 A1 WO 9513781A1
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disposable diaper
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Peter Rönnberg
Lennart Nilsson
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Mölnlycke AB
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Priority to EP95901651A priority Critical patent/EP0729339A1/en
Priority to US08/637,689 priority patent/US5735838A/en
Priority to JP7514381A priority patent/JPH09504976A/en
Priority to AU10800/95A priority patent/AU680965B2/en
Priority to SK605-96A priority patent/SK60596A3/en
Priority to PL94314421A priority patent/PL314421A1/en
Publication of WO1995013781A1 publication Critical patent/WO1995013781A1/en
Priority to FI962038A priority patent/FI962038A/en
Priority to NO961973A priority patent/NO961973L/en

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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
    • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
    • A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
    • A61F13/494—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers characterised by edge leakage prevention means
    • 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
    • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
    • A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
    • A61F13/49007—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers
    • A61F13/49009—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers with elastic means
    • 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
    • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
    • A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
    • A61F13/49007—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers
    • A61F13/49009—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers with elastic means
    • A61F13/49017—Form-fitting, self-adjusting disposable diapers with elastic means the elastic means being located at the crotch region
    • 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
    • A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
    • A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
    • A61F13/494—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers characterised by edge leakage prevention means
    • A61F13/49406—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers characterised by edge leakage prevention means the edge leakage prevention means being at the crotch region
    • A61F13/49413—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers characterised by edge leakage prevention means the edge leakage prevention means being at the crotch region the edge leakage prevention means being an upstanding barrier

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  • TITLE Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs
  • the present invention relates to a disposable diaper according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Disposable diapers with elasticized leg cuffs are known in the art. Whilst it is advantageous that the elastic material provides a retractive force in the leg cuffs, for i.a. reasons of comfort it is desirable that no retractive forces be applied to the waist portions of the diaper.
  • US-A-4 486 192 it is known to treat the free ends of the elastic material in the waist portions of a diaper in such a manner as to destroy their elastic properties. This may be achieved by subjecting the ends of the elastic material to heat to thereby "kill" the elastic properties of the material.
  • a disposable diaper is disclosed in US-A-4 437 860 in which uniformally stretched elastic bands are adhesively bonded along the entire length of both longitudinal edges of the diaper, with heavier concentrations of adhesive being provided in the waist portions than in the crotch portion to reduce gathering and creep of the elastic in the waist portions.
  • This object is achieved in accordance with the present invention by a disposable diaper according to claim 1.
  • Fig.l is a plan view of an absorbent article in accordance with the present invention having elasticized leg cuffs, the article being illustrated during a stage of the manufacturing process;
  • Fig. 2 is a partial sectional perspective view taken substantially along the line II-II of Fig. 1, though with the article in a finished condition.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view substantially along the line III-III of Fig. 1, and
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional view corresponding essentially to that of Fig. 3, though illustrating a further embodiment of the absorbent article according to the invention.
  • an absorbent article in the form of a disposable diaper is generally denoted by reference numeral 10.
  • the diaper 10 is shown in Fig. 1 in a stage occupied by the diaper during its manufacture.
  • reference numeral 12 denotes joining lines, for example glue lines or heat bonding lines, about which the diaper is gathered in a manner known per se to form a pair of inner cuffs 14 (Fig. 2) through which an elastic chord 16 runs. Due to the gathering of the diaper about the joining lines 12, the diaper adopts a generally hour glass shape with a narrow centrally disposed crotch portion 18 and wider waist portions 20, 22 at transverse end regions of the crotch portion.
  • the diaper 10 is provided with prestretched elastic means 24 disposed along longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper.
  • the waist portions 20, 22 may be provided with transversely extending elastic means 26, 28 respectively.
  • fastening means are provided at the waist portions.
  • the waist portion 20 which would normally be disposed at the front of the wearer may be provided with a pair of fastening means such as hook members 30, with each hook member 30 extending from the longitudinal edge portion 25 of the diaper.
  • the fastening means may further comprise a belt 32 extending from the waist portion 22 which portion, during use, is normally disposed at the back of the wearer.
  • the belt may be in two halves, with each half extending from the opposed longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper.
  • the two belt halves are intended to pass around the waist of the wearer and are fastened together at the front of the wearer by any suitable means such as a hook and loop fastener.
  • the belt is made from a nonwoven material which acts as a loop fastener for the hook members.
  • the diaper 10 has a generally hour glass shape and includes a facing sheet 34, a backing sheet 36 and an absorbent core 38 sandwiched between the facing and backing sheets 34, 36 respectively.
  • the specific components used to form the illustrated diaper may be any of the types commonly used for such purposes.
  • the facing sheet 34 may be any soft flexible liquid permeable material such as a nonwoven fibrous web having a basis weight of around 20 g/m 2 .
  • the backing sheet 36 is made from a liquid impermeable material such as a thin (for example 20 ⁇ ) plastic film of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride or the like.
  • the absorbent core 38 may comprise wood pulp fibres, air-laid tissue, various superabsorbent materials, etc.
  • prestretched elastic means 24 are disposed along the longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper.
  • the elastic means 24 may be in the form of an elongate elastic band.
  • the elastic band is preferably relatively wide, for example between 1 and 2 cm, preferably about 1.5 cm, so as to reduce the tendency for the leg cuff to mark the wearer.
  • the elastic means 24 are enclosed within a pocket along each of the longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper.
  • the pocket is formed by the facing sheet 34. More particularly, the facing sheet 34 presents a longitudinal free edge portion 40 which is folded under and adhered to the underside of the facing sheet to thereby form a pocket within which the elastic means 24 is accommodated.
  • the pocket advantageously extends along the entire longitudinal edge portion 25 of the diaper and the elastic band 24 is adhered to the material forming the pocket at those regions along the longitudinal edge portion 25 at which gathering of the facing sheet is desired, for example in the crotch portion
  • Fig. 3 which represents a sectional view through the waist portion 22, the elastic band 24 is not adhered to the material of the pocket in the waist portion.
  • Fig. 4 corresponds essentially to Fig. 3 with the exception that the pocket for the elastic band 24 is formed by the backing sheet 36. Similarly, where gathering is desired the elastic band is adhered to the material forming the pocket, whilst no adherence is present at regions at which no gathering is required.
  • the fastening means in this case the belt 32, is inserted between the backing sheet 36 and the pocket formed by the facing sheet 34 and adhered in place.
  • the belt advantageously extends into the diaper between the facing sheet and the backing sheet substantially up to the inner cuff 14.
  • the fastening means 32 illustrated in Fig. 4 is affixed to the diaper in a corresponding manner.
  • the sheet which does not form the pocket need not extend up to the longitudinal edge portion of the diaper, but may instead terminate nearer the inner cuff.
  • the term "diaper” is intended to encompass absorbent articles of the type disclosed in the appended claims which are worn by infants and adults alike.

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Abstract

A disposable diaper (10) is disclosed in which the elastic (24) which provides elasticized leg cuffs is accommodated in a pocket of material formed by either the facing sheet (34) or the backing sheet (36) of the diaper, with the pocket extending along each of the longitudinal edge portions (25) of the diaper. Fastening means (32) for fastening the diaper around a wearer are affixed to the diaper between the facing sheet (34) and the backing sheet (36).

Description

TITLE: Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs
TECHNICAL FIELD:
The present invention relates to a disposable diaper according to the preamble of claim 1.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION:
Disposable diapers with elasticized leg cuffs are known in the art. Whilst it is advantageous that the elastic material provides a retractive force in the leg cuffs, for i.a. reasons of comfort it is desirable that no retractive forces be applied to the waist portions of the diaper.
From US-A-4 486 192, it is known to treat the free ends of the elastic material in the waist portions of a diaper in such a manner as to destroy their elastic properties. This may be achieved by subjecting the ends of the elastic material to heat to thereby "kill" the elastic properties of the material. A disposable diaper is disclosed in US-A-4 437 860 in which uniformally stretched elastic bands are adhesively bonded along the entire length of both longitudinal edges of the diaper, with heavier concentrations of adhesive being provided in the waist portions than in the crotch portion to reduce gathering and creep of the elastic in the waist portions.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION:
It is an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent article such as a disposable diaper which lends itself to mass production techniques and in which the elastic material which provides a retractive force in the leg cuffs is so arranged that means for fastening the diaper around a wearer can be simply and effectively affixed to the diaper. This object is achieved in accordance with the present invention by a disposable diaper according to claim 1.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are detailed in the dependent claims.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS:
The invention will be described in greater detail in the following by way of example only and with reference to the attached drawings, in which:
Fig.l is a plan view of an absorbent article in accordance with the present invention having elasticized leg cuffs, the article being illustrated during a stage of the manufacturing process;
Fig. 2 is a partial sectional perspective view taken substantially along the line II-II of Fig. 1, though with the article in a finished condition.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view substantially along the line III-III of Fig. 1, and
Fig. 4 is a sectional view corresponding essentially to that of Fig. 3, though illustrating a further embodiment of the absorbent article according to the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS:
In the drawings, an absorbent article in the form of a disposable diaper is generally denoted by reference numeral 10. For reasons of clarity, the diaper 10 is shown in Fig. 1 in a stage occupied by the diaper during its manufacture. Accordingly, reference numeral 12 denotes joining lines, for example glue lines or heat bonding lines, about which the diaper is gathered in a manner known per se to form a pair of inner cuffs 14 (Fig. 2) through which an elastic chord 16 runs. Due to the gathering of the diaper about the joining lines 12, the diaper adopts a generally hour glass shape with a narrow centrally disposed crotch portion 18 and wider waist portions 20, 22 at transverse end regions of the crotch portion.
In accordance with the invention, the diaper 10 is provided with prestretched elastic means 24 disposed along longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper. Advantageously, the waist portions 20, 22 may be provided with transversely extending elastic means 26, 28 respectively.
To permit the diaper to be fastened around a wearer, fastening means are provided at the waist portions. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the waist portion 20 which would normally be disposed at the front of the wearer may be provided with a pair of fastening means such as hook members 30, with each hook member 30 extending from the longitudinal edge portion 25 of the diaper. The fastening means may further comprise a belt 32 extending from the waist portion 22 which portion, during use, is normally disposed at the back of the wearer. As illustrated in Fig. 1, the belt may be in two halves, with each half extending from the opposed longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper. The two belt halves are intended to pass around the waist of the wearer and are fastened together at the front of the wearer by any suitable means such as a hook and loop fastener. Preferably, the belt is made from a nonwoven material which acts as a loop fastener for the hook members The structure of the diaper of Fig. 1 will be more easily understood from the partial sectional view through the crotch portion 18, as illustrated in Fig. 2. In keeping with the present invention, the diaper 10 has a generally hour glass shape and includes a facing sheet 34, a backing sheet 36 and an absorbent core 38 sandwiched between the facing and backing sheets 34, 36 respectively. The specific components used to form the illustrated diaper may be any of the types commonly used for such purposes. For example, the facing sheet 34 may be any soft flexible liquid permeable material such as a nonwoven fibrous web having a basis weight of around 20 g/m2. The backing sheet 36 is made from a liquid impermeable material such as a thin (for example 20μ) plastic film of polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinylchloride or the like. The absorbent core 38 may comprise wood pulp fibres, air-laid tissue, various superabsorbent materials, etc.
As mentioned above with reference to Fig. 1, prestretched elastic means 24 are disposed along the longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper. As clearly shown in Fig. 2, the elastic means 24 may be in the form of an elongate elastic band. The elastic band is preferably relatively wide, for example between 1 and 2 cm, preferably about 1.5 cm, so as to reduce the tendency for the leg cuff to mark the wearer.
The arrangement of the elastic means 24 along the longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper will now be described with particular reference to Figs. 3 and 4. In accordance with the present invention, the elastic means 24 are enclosed within a pocket along each of the longitudinal edge portions 25 of the diaper. In Fig. 3, the pocket is formed by the facing sheet 34. More particularly, the facing sheet 34 presents a longitudinal free edge portion 40 which is folded under and adhered to the underside of the facing sheet to thereby form a pocket within which the elastic means 24 is accommodated. The pocket advantageously extends along the entire longitudinal edge portion 25 of the diaper and the elastic band 24 is adhered to the material forming the pocket at those regions along the longitudinal edge portion 25 at which gathering of the facing sheet is desired, for example in the crotch portion
18 where the longitudinal edge portions 25 form leg cuffs
(see for example Fig: 2) . Where no gathering is desired, for example in the waist portions 20, 22, the elastic band remains unadhered to the pocket. Thus, in Fig. 3, which represents a sectional view through the waist portion 22, the elastic band 24 is not adhered to the material of the pocket in the waist portion.
Fig. 4 corresponds essentially to Fig. 3 with the exception that the pocket for the elastic band 24 is formed by the backing sheet 36. Similarly, where gathering is desired the elastic band is adhered to the material forming the pocket, whilst no adherence is present at regions at which no gathering is required.
The above-described arrangement of the elastic means 24 within a pocket allows for simple attachment of the fastening means 30, 32 to the waist portions 20, 22 respectively. As illustrated in Fig. 3, the fastening means, in this case the belt 32, is inserted between the backing sheet 36 and the pocket formed by the facing sheet 34 and adhered in place. In order to provide a large adhered surface area, the belt advantageously extends into the diaper between the facing sheet and the backing sheet substantially up to the inner cuff 14. The fastening means 32 illustrated in Fig. 4 is affixed to the diaper in a corresponding manner. The present invention is not restricted to the embodiments described above and illustrated by way of example in the drawings, but may be varied within the scope of the appended claims. For example, the sheet which does not form the pocket need not extend up to the longitudinal edge portion of the diaper, but may instead terminate nearer the inner cuff. It is to-be understood that the term "diaper" is intended to encompass absorbent articles of the type disclosed in the appended claims which are worn by infants and adults alike.

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CLAIMS:
1. A disposable diaper (10) comprising an absorbent core (38) disposed between a facing sheet (34) and backing sheet (36) , said diaper having a generally hour glass shape with a narrow centrally disposed crotch portion (18) and wider waist portions (20; 22) at transverse end regions of said crotch portion, said waist portions being provided with means (30; 32) for fastening the diaper around a wearer, said diaper further comprising prestretched elastic means (24) disposed along longitudinal edge portions (25) of said diaper for providing predetermined gathered and substantially non-gathered regions along said edge portions, with substantially non-gathered regions being provided at said waist portions (20; 22) , c h a r a c t e¬ r i z e d i n that said elastic means (24) are enclosed within a pocket along each of said longitudinal edge portions (25) , said pocket being formed by one of said sheets (34, 36) with said elastic means (24) being adhered to said pocket at said gathered regions and non-adhered at said non-gathered regions, with said means (30; 32) for fastening the diaper being affixed to said waist portions (20; 22) between said pocket and the other of said sheets.
2. The disposable diaper according to claim 1, c h a¬ r a c t e r i z e d i n that said pocket is formed by said facing sheet (34) .
3. The disposable diaper according to claim 1, c h a¬ r a c t e r i z e d i n that said pocket is formed by said backing sheet (36) .
4. The disposable diaper according to claim 2, c h a¬ r a c t e r i z e d i n that said facing sheet (34) is made from a nonwoven material.
5. The disposable diaper according to claim 1 or 3, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said backing sheet (36) is made from a liquid impermeable material.
6. The disposable diaper according to any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said means for fastening the diaper around a wearer includes a belt (32) , said belt comprising two halves with each half extending from a longitudinal edge portion of one of said waist portions (22) .
7. The disposable diaper according to claim 6, c a¬ r a c t e r i z e d i n that said belt (32) is made from a nonwoven material.
8. The disposable diaper according to claim 6 or 7, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said means for fastening the diaper around a wearer further includes a pair of hook members (30) , with each hook member extending from a longitudinal edge portion of the other of said waist portions (20) .
9. The disposable diaper according to any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that said pockets extend along the entire longitudinal edge portions (25) of said draper.
10. The disposable diaper according to any one of the preceding claims, c h a r a c t e r i z e d i n that the diaper is provided with a pair of inner cuffs (14) extending longitudinally along the diaper in at least the crotch portion (18) , and in that said belt halves project into the diaper between the facing sheet (34) and the backing sheet (36) substantially up to said inner cuffs (14).
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EP95901651A EP0729339A1 (en) 1993-11-15 1994-11-14 Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs
US08/637,689 US5735838A (en) 1993-11-15 1994-11-14 Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs
JP7514381A JPH09504976A (en) 1993-11-15 1994-11-14 Disposable diaper with elasticized leg cuff
AU10800/95A AU680965B2 (en) 1993-11-15 1994-11-14 Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs
SK605-96A SK60596A3 (en) 1993-11-15 1994-11-14 Disposable diaper having elasticized leg cuffs
PL94314421A PL314421A1 (en) 1993-11-15 1994-11-14 Disposable napkin with resilient leg surrounding portion
FI962038A FI962038A (en) 1993-11-15 1996-05-14 Disposable diaper with elasticated leggings
NO961973A NO961973L (en) 1993-11-15 1996-05-14 One-time diaper with elastic leg cuffs

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