WO1998053785A1 - Systeme support destine a un produit absorbant - Google Patents

Systeme support destine a un produit absorbant Download PDF

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WO1998053785A1
WO1998053785A1 PCT/SE1998/000946 SE9800946W WO9853785A1 WO 1998053785 A1 WO1998053785 A1 WO 1998053785A1 SE 9800946 W SE9800946 W SE 9800946W WO 9853785 A1 WO9853785 A1 WO 9853785A1
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Peter Rönnberg
Anders Gustafsson
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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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  • the present invention relates to a support arrangement for an absorbent product as defined in the preamble of claim 1 and claim 2.
  • the invention also relates to the combination of a support arrangement and an absorbent product as defined in the preamble of claim 15.
  • the present invention relates to a reusable support arrangement for supporting disposable absorbent products such as diapers, absorbent pads and the like for absorbing human exudate (especially for blood, urine and faeces as well as other exudates which can be released from the urinary and anal orifices), in particular but not exclusively for adult incontinence use.
  • reusable is intended to mean that the support arrangement is intended to be used more than once after becoming dirty and not merely discarded after each use.
  • the support arrangement will be of a type which can be worn and, when required, washed one or more times like an item of clothing.
  • a support arrangement of the type defined in the preamble of the independent claims is known in the art of absorbent products for incontinence use.
  • Such a support arrangement comprises a reusable waist belt of non-woven material which is fastened around a user's waist.
  • An absorbent product such as a diaper having releasable attachment means thereon at the front and back is passed between a user's legs and releasably fastened to said belt.
  • Such an arrangement is shown for example in US-A-4 964 860 to Gipson et al. Background to the invention:
  • such a supporting belt is generally firmly fitted to the person's body so that it will not slip down during use. This generally creates two areas of forces on the body around the waist region, firstly due to the belt itself and secondly due to the waistband of the user's article of clothing which is being worn over the top. Often merely the belt by itself can be uncomfortable, but when added to the force applied by the clothing waistband, the resulting force is clearly worse.
  • One solution directed to the above problems is to make the outer clothing material in one piece with the absorbent product by connecting the absorbent part and the outer clothing-like layer by heat sealing or sewing at the waist region.
  • Such an article is known from WO-A-95/18589.
  • the item is a disposable all-in-one article.
  • the disadvantage with such disposable all-in-one articles is that when the article becomes soiled, the user must replace it with a further complete all-in-one article which is both expensive and wasteful. For incontinence sufferers who are not bedridden this also involves having to carry a larger replacement article in a handbag or case, compared to when only an absorbent product (and not the outer cloth of a clothing article) is made disposable. Additionally, since such all-in-one products are disposable, the products will normally be made with a relatively cheap garment material for the covering clothing part (i.e. the outer skirt material or shorts material).
  • the present invention is aimed at solving one or more of the above-mentioned problems.
  • releasable mechanical fastening means relates to fastening means which as a result of their shape or construction, releasably attach to a cooperating attachment surface or means. Such releasable attachments imply that the fastening means allows attachment, release and re- attachment, preferably many times.
  • Hook and loop type attachment means refers to a particular type of releasable mechanical fastening means where one part of the attachment means is formed by a material surface having generally a large number of very small hook (or loop) elements which cooperate with another co-operating material surface generally having a large number of loop (or hook) elements.
  • An example of such an attachment means is sold under the trade name Velcro®.
  • This type of attachment means does not only include elements which are specifically hook and loop shaped but also other types of surface structures with the same effect (e.g. having a mushroom-like head appearance instead of a hook- like head) .
  • connections or attachments are to be understood as distinct from “permanently attached”.
  • Permanent attachment refers to a connection between two parts which is not intended to be released.
  • Such connections in respect of this invention comprise for example heat-sealing, sewing or stitching, ultra-sonic welding or other forms of welding, permanent adhesive joints, etc.
  • the “articles of clothing” making up part of the support arrangement of this specification are intended to mean articles of clothing which per se are formed without an integral disposable absorbent batt therein.
  • the "waist region" of an article of clothing is intended to refer to that part of the article which is intended to be at, or proximate to, the user's waist during normal use. Where the article of clothing has no distinct waistband of its own (i.e. in the case of Fig. 4 or 5 to be described later), then the waist region of the article is the generally upper portion of the article close to the upper edge thereof.
  • substantially hidden from view from the side is intended to refer to a viewpoint to the support arrangement from any location generally above the lowest level of the support arrangement.
  • the viewpoint may be any point approximately level with the lower edge of the skirt to a point upwards therefrom.
  • the "intended position of use” on a wearer or “position of normal use” are intended to refer when the article is fitted correctly on the user as intended. Thus, this is not intended to refer to the case when the article is fitted inside-out or upside down for example.
  • the "inside” of any part is intended to mean the part of said item which faces the user in the normal position of use, whereas “outside” refers to the part of said item facing away from the user in the normal position of use.
  • the terms “upper, lower, front and back” refer to the relative locations on an article when in its orientation of intended use.
  • front portion of the support arrangement refers to the general portion of the arrangement which is positioned at the front of the user up to the region of the hips and the “back portion” refers to the portion of the arrangement situated at the back of the user up to region of the hips.
  • front and back portions of the support arrangement are joined by a seam in the item of clothing on one or both sides.
  • Fig. 1 is a frontal view of one embodiment of a support arrangement according to the invention, when fitted to a user.
  • Fig. 2 to Fig. 10 show various cross-sectional embodiments of the upper portion of support arrangements according to the invention, as seen along line A-A in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 11 shows an alternative placement and arrangement of material strips with fastening means in a support arrangement according to the invention.
  • Fig. 12 shows a further alternative placement of material strips with fastening means, also combined with an absorbent product fitted inside a support arrangement in accordance with the invention.
  • Fig. 13 shows a still further alternative placement and arrangement of material strips and fastening means according to the invention.
  • Fig. 14 shows an embodiment having material strips with fastening means similar to that in Fig. 12 and further shows the support arrangement in the form of a pair of shorts with an openable waistband and fly.
  • Fig. 15 shows an absorbent product suitable for use in the support arrangement of the invention.
  • Fig. 16 Shows an alternative form of absorbent product for use with the support arrangement of the invention.
  • Fig. 1 shows a view, from the front, of a person "B" wearing a support arrangement 1 in accordance with the invention, wherein the article of clothing forming part of said support arrangement is in the form of a pair of shorts 31.
  • the shorts have a waistband extending all the way around the arrangement from an upper edge 38 of the shorts 31 to a lower edge 36 beneath.
  • the lower edge 36 of the waistband is determined, in this particular embodiment, by the extent of the elastic element 29 (see Fig. 2).
  • Fig. 1 also shows, in dashed lines, alternative articles of clothing which may be used with the invention.
  • line 32 denotes the outline of the lower edge of a skirt, the sides of the skirt extending along lines 32a upwardly to the waistband.
  • the line 34 denotes the outline of a pair of trousers.
  • the line 33 is intended to denote the general outline of a dress, following lines 32 and 32a for example and extending above the waist band.
  • the support arrangement is designed to be reusable, preferably many times. Additionally, the support arrangement (which includes the article of clothing) is also designed to be able to be worn without an absorbent garment when one is not needed or desired. Thus a high quality material can be used for the article of clothing, since the article will not normally be disposed of after only one use.
  • a high quality material can be used for the article of clothing, since the article will not normally be disposed of after only one use.
  • the material strip Inside the article of clothing, and attached thereto, is at least one strip of material 3.
  • the material strip has an upper edge 35 and a lower edge 37.
  • This strip of material 3 is inside the article of clothing and is permanently attached at line 28 (which may for example be a continuous or intermittent attachment line, or even have connections at different levels). Attachment line 28 is positioned at the waist region of the article of clothing.
  • a single strip of material 3 extends all the way around the waist region. And is attached by a line 28 all the way around.
  • the strip is present both in the front portion and the rear portion of the support arrangement.
  • the strip itself may also be elasticated and thus be fitted, at least over part of its height, closely around the user's waist region as shown in Fig. 1.
  • Attachment line 28 is a line of permanent attachment between the shorts 31 and the material strip 3.
  • the material strip is not normally attached to the article of clothing at any further point below the line of attachment 28 and may thus freely drape downwardly (see e.g. Figures 2 to 10).
  • the strip 3 is preferably formed by a single strip of non- woven PP material having a surface suitable for the attachment of the hook part of a hook and loop type attachment means.
  • the single material strip forms a type of single piece internal belt attached to the article of clothing, said belt having a continuous surface of loop material of a hook and loop type releasable fastening means, which surface is available for the attachment of a corresponding hook part positioned on an absorbent product.
  • a cross-sectional view of such an arrangement is shown in Fig. 2.
  • a reusable belt of this general type is known per se from the aforementioned US-A-4 964 860 for example.
  • the support arrangement so-described comprises the article of clothing combined with the material strip 3.
  • the material strip itself has one part of the releasable fastening means integrally thereon due to the choice of material.
  • the support arrangement is ready for the attachment thereto of an absorbent product 2 (such as that shown in Fig. 15 for example).
  • the absorbent product 2 in Fig. 15 will be explained in more detail below, but for explaining its attachment to the support arrangement it suffices here to state that it comprises four hook material patches 11, one at each corner, which are releasably affixed to the material strip 3 on the inside of, and at the front and the back of, the support arrangement 1.
  • FIG. 2 shows, on the left hand side, the material layer of the shorts 31, having an elasticated material 29 integrated therein at said waistband.
  • Attached thereto by means of a stitched joint 28 is at least one material strip 3. Below the line of attachment 28, the strip 3 is able to drape freely downwardly, although it has been shown angled inwardly for reasons of clarity.
  • the attachment of the strip 3 (or belt if the strip is continuous) is such that the upper edge 38 of the shorts is above the upper edge 35 of the material strip 3 and the lower edge of the shorts 31 is well below the lower edge of the strip 3.
  • the support arrangement when the support arrangement is worn, the support arrangement will appear from the outside to be an entirely ordinary article of clothing, since when viewed from the side the attachment means are substantially hidden from view from at least the side thereof. Even when the user's article of clothing sags, the belt (material strip 3) will move down correspondingly at the attachment line 28 and thus the belt will not become visible. In this way, there is no requirement to choose a garment-like belt material for the strip or trying to match the colour of the article of clothing to that of the material strip 3.
  • the material strip 3 has an inside surface 8 and an outside surface 9. Either the inside surface 8 or the outside surface 9, or both, may form one part of the releasable attachment means, or one part of the releasable attachment means may be affixed thereto.
  • the strip of material 3 is formed as a non-woven belt.
  • the other part 11 (second attachment means) of a releasable attachment means is attached to one end 10 , 10' of a diaper.
  • the patch 11 is positioned on the impermeable backsheet of the absorbent product and is thus intended to be attached to the inside surface 8 of the material strip 3.
  • the absorbent product must have corresponding fastening means attached in the front portion and the back portion of the support arrangement such that it may be supported at either end 10, 10' (see Fig. 15).
  • the second attachment means 11 (e.g. made from hook-type material) is attached to the top sheet (i.e. facing or bodyside face of the absorbent garment) and thus is intended to be attached to the outside surface 9 of the material strip 3 as shown.
  • the methods of performing attachment to the support arrangement will be explained later.
  • Fig. 2 also shows an alternative configuration of the belt and waist region of the clothing article.
  • the upper edge 38 of the shorts 31 is positioned at substantially the same height as the upper edge of the material piece 3.
  • Two permanent attachment lines or zones 28, 30 have been used in this embodiment; more or less attachment lines or zones can however be used.
  • the upper edge 38 is partially visible, it will move together with the shorts material and thus the support arrangement will be perceived as a normal garment. Even when the top of the sorts is in view, the material strip 3 will merely be perceived as some type of lining material.
  • elastication may be provided in either the material of the article of clothing (e.g. the shorts 31) or the material strip 3 if desired. Elastication need not be provided around the whole waist, since only small portions need be elasticated. Elastication may also be replaced or supplemented by a cord fastener in the waistband or even by an external waist belt for example. However, where elastication or other tightening means is provided in either only the strip 3 or only in the article of clothing, it will be apparent that only one elastication force is experienced by the body around the waist, compared to two separate forces from a separate belt and separate article of clothing as used in the prior art. Thus the comfort of the support arrangement is improved compared to the prior art.
  • the material strip 3 has been folded over the upper waist region of the article of the shorts 31 and secured by a permanent stitching line 28.
  • the material strip (in this case preferably continuous) will form the waistband of the support arrangement .
  • a similar arrangement to Fig. 4 is shown in Fig. 5, whereby the outside surface material strip is arranged to be either inside or substantially flush (in part thereof) with the shorts 31.
  • the material strip 3 is firmly attached to the article of clothing and thus will generally appear as a normal article of clothing. However, since the material of the belt might not properly match the material of the clothing article, appropriate colouring may produce a more desirable appearance.
  • Fig. 6 shows an arrangement similar to Fig. 3 with a modification of the releasable attachment means.
  • the first attachment means part of the releasable attachment means is formed by a patch of hook material 13 (or loop material respectively) on the outside surface of material strip 3. This cooperates with a second attachment means 14 of loop material (or hook material respectively) on one end 15 of an absorbent product 2.
  • Figs. 7 to 9 show alternative releasable mechanical fastening means.
  • Fig. 7 comprises a button 18 and button-hole 17 arrangement.
  • the button is attached by stitching 19 in the lower part of material strip 3 and the button hole is formed in a part 16 of the disposable absorbent product.
  • the button 18 is on the outside of the material strip 3 facing away from the wearer for reasons of comfort and ease of fitting.
  • a stud or rivet-type two part mechanical connector is illustrated, the female part 20 being attached to the strip 3 proximate its lower edge and the male part 21 being attached to an end part 22 of an absorbent product.
  • Fig. 9 shows a two part clip fastening arrangement where each part is a moulded flexible plastics element.
  • the first part on the strip 3 comprises an integral moulding having an arm 27 spaced slightly from a base 27'.
  • the arm 27 can be pivoted about the base by pressing on integrally moulded lever 26.
  • the second part comprises moulded plastics arm 24 with integral lever portion 24' attached to a portion of the end 23 of a diaper (e.g. by an integral base portion or the like - not shown).
  • the arm 24 has attached at the outer end thereof a projection 25 for cooperation with the projection on the end of arm 27.
  • FIG. 11 shows an alternative embodiment of the invention, in which the at least one material strip 3 is formed as two material strips 4a and 4b, one placed in the back and one in the front portion of the article of clothing.
  • Each of the material strips 4a, 4b has a first attachment means 13 in the form of hook material patches attached to its outer surface.
  • the arrangement is thus similar to that in Fig. 6, with the exception that the upper edge of the material strips 4a, 4b being positioned below the upper edge 38 of the article of clothing.
  • the at least one strip of material 3 is in the form of four strips 5a, 5a', 5b, 5b', two placed at the front and rear of the article of clothing respectively as shown.
  • Each of the strips may for example be formed of a non-woven loop material for engagement with hook patches 14 (see also Fig. 6) on an absorbent product.
  • the absorbent product 2 depicted is attached at the front and the back regions to the attachment means 5a, 5a', 5b, 5b'.
  • the absorbent product may be of any suitable type (see e.g. the types in Fig. 15 and 16) with the correct cooperating attachment means.
  • Fig. 12 also shows the preferred feature of a readily- openable crutch region in the case of shorts or trousers.
  • buttons 39 joining the back and front parts of the crutch portion along line 40 are used.
  • crutch opening means such as hook and loop connection types for example, or other types.
  • This openable arrangement greatly facilitates fitting of an absorbent product to the support arrangement according to the invention when the user does not wish to remove the article of clothing itself. This will be explained in more detail below.
  • Fig. 13 a further alternative placement of materials strips is shown. Two material strips 6a and 6b are attached around the side portions of the article of clothing with their ends located within the front and rear portions of the article. In this way, four attachment locations are provided for the absorbent product.
  • the distance "a" between the internal opposed edges of the strips 6a and 6b would typically be of the order of 5 to 25 cm, depending on the product. It must however be ensured that there is sufficient fastening means area of attachment.
  • the strips 6a and 6b will each typically have a length of between 10 and 35 cm and a depth of between 4 and 14 cm for example.
  • the embodiment of Fig. 13 has the further advantage that the attached absorbent product exerts opposed forces on either end of each strip 6a and 6b which helps to stabilise the strips into an extended and thus more comfortable position on the body.
  • each strip is provided with its own patch of first attachment means, e.g. means 13 as shown in Fig. 6.
  • the shorts are depicted as having a fly portion 41 extending into an openable upper waist band portion 42.
  • An openable crutch portion 43 is also provided.
  • the support arrangement of the invention is adapted to support an absorbent article by attaching its outer ends 10, 10', preferably at four corners thereof.
  • the first and or second attachment means should extend over a sufficient distance so as to allow adjustment a few centimetres upwards or downwards.
  • the width of the draped portion of the strip is preferably between 6 and 12 cm. Other dimensions may also be used however.
  • the user can do this without removing or undoing the support arrangement as long as the article of clothing has an openable, or open, crutch region.
  • a skirt or dress no special opening arrangement is required of course since the lower part is already open.
  • the user first lifts the skirt from the lower edge upwardly so as to reveal the outside surface 9 of the strip 3.
  • the user takes an absorbent product such as that in Fig. 15 and fits each of tabs 11 to surface 9 at the rear which is fairly easily accomplished if the length of surface 9 at the rear of the support arrangement is adequately long (6 to 14 cm for example).
  • this attachment at one end 10' the absorbent product can be stretched out through the user's legs and then attached at the front waist region with the desired amount of tension.
  • the skirt then merely needs to be lowered back into place.
  • the desired amount of tension can be used for providing a good fit for the leg opening elasticated regions 44 and/or for opening-out standing gathers depicted generally at 12.
  • Standing gathers are known per se in the art (see e.g. EP- A-098 512).
  • the advantage of being able to use standing gathers is maintained by this invention, whereas the advantage is lost in the case of prior art articles where the core-containing element of a two-piece product is inserted into underwear and the underwear relied upon to hold the absorbent product in place against the body.
  • the article of clothing waistband (with integrated material strip 3) supports the absorbent product. This provides significant advantages compared to separate waist belts (e.g.
  • a further advantage achieved by the movement of the article of clothing and the absorbent product together is that the article of clothing always protects the absorbent product from abrasion, since the upper edges or the lower parts of the absorbent product sheets are not exposed outside the article of clothing.
  • the time taken for fitting or changing an absorbent product can be reduced and there is also less danger of the user's article of clothing becoming dirty as a result of clothing removal when the clothing items may fall down on to floors that are dirty (e.g. in toilets).
  • removal of a soiled absorbent product from below by adopting the fitting steps in reverse order), there is little danger of soiling the article of clothing itself when actually withdrawing the absorbent product.
  • a similar convenient fitting and removal possibility can be obtained if the crutch region is made openable as in Fig. 12 for example.
  • the user merely has to undo the fastening arrangement and draw up the front and rear part of the shorts to gain access in the same way as with a skirt.
  • additional opening means may be required such as a fly 41 and openable waist band 42 such that the opening allowed by the crutch fastening arrangement creates enough space for accessing the fastening means and also for removal of an absorbent product therefrom.
  • the article can be made to appear quite normal from the outside and indeed would be normal without the strips of material 3 which are specially constructed or adapted to be a part of releasable attachment means and fitted in a specific way.
  • This allows the support arrangement also to be worn by non-incontinence sufferers of course. Due to the re-usability of the support arrangement, use of expensive materials is economically possible.
  • the present invention also allows the possibility of the absorbent product to be fitted from above, or changed with the article of clothing removed or lowered, in addition to the method described above. Such can be made easier with a releasable connection arrangement between the absorbent product and the support arrangement of the type shown in Fig. 2 for example.
  • the support arrangement of the invention offers many advantages to incontinence sufferers which help to reduce embarrassment and ease fitting and removal of absorbent products .
  • FIG. 15 Examples of absorbent garments suitable for use with the support arrangement of the invention are shown in Fig. 15 and Fig. 16.
  • the absorbent garment of Fig. 15 comprises a top pervious sheet 46 (visible side in Fig. 15) and an impervious backsheet 47, with an absorbent core 45 therebetween.
  • Leg opening elastication 44 may be integrated into the product and/or standing gather arrangements 12 which generally run in line with, the central longitudinal axis X-X of the absorbent product, as shown.
  • Second attachment means 11 are preferably provided at four or more separate locations (at each corner) on the absorbent product on the top sheet side of the product, at locations proximate (i.e. within one to three centimetres, for example) of the longitudinal side edges 53, 54 of the product and with a similar proximity to the end edges 10 and 10'.
  • the attachment means 11 may however be affixed to the upper side of the backsheet 47, for example by making this larger than the top sheet 46. This may be of advantage to prevent tearing since backsheets are generally more durable than permeable top sheets.
  • FIG. 15 A diaper construction of the general type shown in Fig. 15 is already generally known in the art and the material selections used may vary widely.
  • the absorbent product must however be specially adapted with second fastening means which co-operate with the first fastening means of the at least one material strip 3 in the support arrangement.
  • the length of absorbent product or fitment thereof which is suitable for use with the support arrangement should also be chosen such that the article of clothing will substantially hide the absorbent product when fitted, from view from the side when the article is in its intended position of use. With shorts or trousers this presents no problem since the absorbent product is enclosed. This is important to avoid the absorbent article being seen, since with the invention no separate adjustment of the belt (material strip 3) with respect to the article of clothing is intended.
  • the diaper shown in Fig. 16 is merely one example of an alternative type to that in Fig. 16 and instead uses a central absorbent structure of any suitable type attached to four bands of material 48, 49, two at either end of the absorbent product.
  • Each end of the bands 48, 49 is provided with a second attachment means 51, 52 of suitable material or construction (see examples in Figs. 2 to 10).
  • the bands may be turned along their length to allow fitting to either the inside 8 or outside 9 of the material.
  • connection force between the first and second fastening means be sufficient to maintain safe positioning of the absorbent garment on the user .
  • the force should still be low enough to allow removal without excessive force.
  • Suitable ranges for the connection forces when two-part peelable connections are used would be with peel strengths between 0.1 and 2.0 Ncm " ' and shear strengths greater than about 3 Ncm "2 up to 20 Ncm 2 .
  • the choice of appropriate peel and shear strengths can be chosen by the skilled man.
  • the articles of clothing may be provided with opening arrangements allowing them to be opened completely along one or more sides and/or down the rear portions thereof.

Abstract

L'invention concerne un système support (1) destiné à un produit absorbant. Ce système comprend une bande (3) dotée de premières attaches (8, 9, 18, 20, 27). Ces premières attaches sont constituées d'une partie d'un moyen de fixation amovible destinée à être attachée de façon amovible à une attache coopérante (11, 17, 21, 24) placée sur un produit absorbant (2, 2a). Les premières attaches se trouvent respectivement sur la partie antérieure et la partie postérieure du système support (1). Le système support (1) comprend également une pièce de vêtement (31-34). La bande (3) est fixée de façon permanente à la pièce de vêtement dans la région de la taille, de telle façon que les premières attaches ne soient sensiblement pas visibles lorsque le vêtement est porté par l'utilisateur.
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