Classifications

• • 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 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 specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies
  • A61F13/49001—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 specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies having preferential bending zones, e.g. fold lines or grooves
• • 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 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 specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies
  • A61F13/494—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 specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies characterised by edge leakage prevention means
  • A61F13/49406—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 specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies characterised by edge leakage prevention means the edge leakage prevention means being 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
  • A61F13/53—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 absorbing medium
  • A61F13/534—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad
  • A61F13/53409—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad having a folded core
  • A61F13/53436—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad having a folded core having an undulated or corrugated cross-section
• • 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
  • A61F13/53—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 absorbing medium
  • A61F13/534—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad
  • A61F13/537—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer
  • A61F2013/53765—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer characterized by its geometry
  • A61F2013/53778—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 absorbing medium having an inhomogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad characterised by a layer facilitating or inhibiting flow in one direction or plane, e.g. a wicking layer characterized by its geometry with grooves

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a disposable diaper, and more particularly, to a disposable diaper capable of stopping urine and soft stool from flowing in the front-rear direction.
• disposable diapers are known in the crotch region of diapers, which can prevent urine and soft stool from mixing in the crotch region without soiling the wearer's skin.
• a disposable diaper disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2002-315778 Patent Document 1
• a first core material having a body fluid absorbing property is not sandwiched between a liquid-permeable sheet and a liquid-impermeable sheet.
• a large panel is formed so as to extend to a rear waist region and a crotch region.
• a small panel formed by wrapping a second core material having body fluid absorbency with a liquid-permeable sheet is formed so as to spread over the front waist region and a part of the crotch region.
• the small panel and the large panel overlap, and the small panel is located on the inner side of the diaper, and the opening between the small and large panels is directed toward the rear waist area.
• Pockets are formed. Soft stool flowing from the rear waist area toward the front of the diaper flows into these pockets, stopping further flow and not mixing with urine. Therefore, in this diaper, it is possible to eliminate the problem that the diaper wearer's skin is stained by mixing urine and soft stool in the crotch region.
• Patent Document 1 JP 2002-315778 A
• a disposable diaper has two panel strengths, a panel having a large body fluid absorbing part and a small panel, and is compared to a conventional disposable diaper having a single body fluid absorbing part. Since the structure is complicated, the manufacturing cost tends to be high. Further, in the inseam region, since these two panels are overlapped with each other, the inseam region may be so bulky that the diaper wearing feeling is deteriorated.
• An object of the present invention is to provide a simple disposable diaper having a structure capable of solving such a problem that occurs when mixing urine and loose stool is prevented.
• an object of the present invention includes a front-rear direction and a width direction orthogonal to the front-rear direction, the crotch region in the front-rear direction, and the crotch region in front of the crotch region.
• a front waist region formed and a rear waist region formed behind the crotch region, wherein the crotch region includes a single panel-shaped body fluid absorbing portion extending in the front-rear direction;
• a leakage prevention force which is located near both side edges in the width direction of the body fluid absorbing portion and extends in the front-rear direction, wherein the leakage prevention cuff has an outer edge and an inner edge in the width direction.
• the outer edge portion is fixed near each of both side edge portions of the body fluid absorbing portion, while the inner edge portion is inside the outer edge portion in the width direction and the front-rear direction.
• V, RU is a throwaway diaper.
• the present invention is characterized in that the bodily fluid absorbing portion is traversed in the crotch region of the bodily fluid absorbing portion in the width direction and the bodily fluid absorbing portion is crossed.
• First bending guide means capable of bending so as to draw a V-shaped cross section in the front-rear direction is formed.
• the leak-proof cuff contracts.
• the body fluid absorbing portion which also becomes a single panel, to shrink the body fluid absorbing portion in the front-rear direction
• the body fluid absorbing portion is located near the first bending guide means in the front-rear direction. Is bent toward the diaper wearer's skin to form a V-shaped peak with an inverted cross section, which stops the urine from flowing backwards. Stop the flow toward the front of the loose stool. Therefore, in this disposable diaper, mixing of urine and loose stool in the crotch region can be prevented by using one panel-shaped absorbent portion.
• the first bending guide means in parallel to the first bending guide means, is located closer to the front waist region than the first bending guide means.
• the body fluid absorbing portion may be bent to form a V-shape opposite to the reverse V-shape.
• (2) folding guide means, and the body fluid absorbing portion is parallel to the first folding guide means and located closer to the rear waist area than the first folding guide means, and the body fluid absorbing portion has the opposite V-shape.
• at least the third bending guide means of the third bending guide means capable of bending so as to draw an opposite V-shape is formed.
• the body fluid absorbing portion is bent so as to form a valley in the second bent guide means and the third bent guide means, the second and third bent parts are formed.
• Providing at least one of the bending means of the guide means ensures the formation of a peak near the first bending guide means.
• the inner edge portion of the leak prevention cuff is joined to the body fluid absorbing portion near the first bending guide means.
• the inner edge of the leak-proof cuff contracts, it acts to lift the vicinity of the first bending guide means in the bodily fluid absorbing portion, and thus the crest near this means. Formation is ensured.
• the liquid-permeable top sheet in which the body fluid absorbing portion is in contact with the skin of the diaper wearer, and a liquid-impermeable and liquid-pervious misalignment This back sheet and a bodily fluid-absorbing core material interposed between the two sheets, the first bending guide means is formed on the back sheet side of the bodily fluid absorbing portion and extends in the width direction.
• the body fluid absorbing portion has an inverted V-shaped groove as the first bending guide means, and a V-shaped groove as the second and third bending guide means.
• the body fluid absorbing portion easily forms a peak near the first bending guide means and easily troughs near the second and third bending means. Transform the part.
• FIG. 1 is a partially broken plan view of a disposable diaper.
• FIG. 2 is a partially broken perspective view of a disposable diaper in a curved state.
• FIG. 3 is a view showing a cross section taken along line III-III of FIG. 1.
• FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line IV—IV in FIG.
• FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 showing an example of the embodiment.
• FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI—VI in FIG.
• FIGS. 1 and 2 are a partially cutaway plan view of the disposable diaper 1 and a partially cutaway perspective view of the diaper 1 in a state where the diaper 1 is curved by contraction of elastic members 16, 17, and 38 described later.
• the diaper 1 has a front-rear direction indicated by a double-headed arrow A and a width direction indicated by a double-headed arrow B orthogonal to the arrow A, and a body covering portion 2 formed of a rectangular sheet long in the front-rear direction A, It comprises a body fluid absorbing part 3 attached to the body covering part 2.
• Body cover 2 is made of liquid-impervious plastic
• the body covering 2 also includes a crotch covering area 5 in the front-back direction A, a front waist covering area 6 formed in front of the crotch covering area 5, and a rear trunk formed behind the crotch covering area 5.
• a front wing portion 13 extends in the width direction B from each side edge 11 of the front waistline surrounding area 6, and extends from each side edge 11 of the rear waistline surrounding area 7.
• the rear wing portion 14 extends in the width direction B.
• a leg elastic member 16 extending in the front-rear direction A between the inner sheet 8 and the outer sheet 9 is attached to at least one of the sheets 8, 9 in an extended state.
• a waistline elastic member 17 extending in the width direction B between the inner sheet 8 and the outer sheet 9 extends to at least one of the inner surfaces of the sheets 8, 9.
• the front and rear wings 13 and 14 function as a nonwoven fabric, a plastic film, or a laminate of both, and a fastener 18 formed of an adhesive or the like is provided on the inner surface of the rear wing 14.
• the rear wing portion 14 can be detachably fixed to a predetermined portion of the outer sheet 9 or the outer surface of the front wing portion 13 in the front waistline covering area 6.
• the body fluid absorbing part 3 includes a top sheet 21 and a back sheet 22 and a core 23 interposed between the two sheets 21 and 22, and the top sheet 21 and the back sheet 22 extend 24 rims of the core 23.
• a pair of side edges 26 extending in the front-rear direction A and overlapping with each other by bonding or welding to form a pair of side edges 26 extending in the width direction B.
• a leak-proof cuff 28 extending in the front-rear direction A is formed near each side edge 26.
• the leak prevention cuff 28 has an inner edge 31, an outer edge 32, a front edge 33, and a rear edge 34, and the outer edge 32, the front edge 33, and the rear edge 34.
• the inner edge 31 of the leak prevention cuff 28 is located closer to the center line CC of the diaper 1 that bisects the width of the body fluid absorbing portion 3 than the outer edge 32, and partially covers the body fluid absorbing portion 3. Te ru.
• An elastic member 38 is attached to the inside of a sleeve 37 formed on the inner edge 31 in an extended state.
• FIGS. 3 and 4 show a cross section taken along the line III-III of FIG. 1 and a cross-section taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 2, respectively.
• the IV-IV line corresponds to the C-C line in Fig. 2.
• the topsheet 21 in the bodily fluid absorbing section 3 is liquid-permeable and is formed of a nonwoven fabric or a perforated plastic film.
• the back sheet 22 is liquid-impermeable or liquid-permeable, and is formed of a nonwoven fabric or a plastic film.
• the core material 23 sandwiched between the top sheet 21 and the back sheet 22 is made of a bodily fluid-absorbing material 41 such as pulverized pulp or a mixture of pulverized pulp and superabsorbent polymer particles.
• a liquid-permeable sheet 42 which is excellent in shape, and has an hourglass shape in plan view (see Fig. 1). It is made narrower than the width at 7.
• the liquid permeable sheet 42 is preferably joined to the top sheet 21 and the back sheet 22 via a hot melt adhesive.
• a first bending guide means 51 is also formed on the surface facing the back sheet 22 so as to have a V-shaped groove force crossing the core material 23 along a virtual line PP (see FIG. 1).
• second and third bending guide means 52, 53 which also have a V-shaped groove force crossing the core material 23 along the imaginary line Q--Q and the imaginary line R--R are formed. ing.
• the preferred first bending guide means 51 is formed closer to the front waistline covered area 6 than a center line D-D bisecting the dimension of the diaper 1 in the front-rear direction in FIGS.
• the body fluid absorbing portion 3 which has been subjected to the action is bent in the vicinity of the first bending guide means 51 so as to draw a V-shape in which the cross-sectional shape in the front-rear direction A is reversed, and the diaper wearer's skin (not shown) ), And the vicinity of the second and third bending guide means 52, 53 is bent to form a V-shape opposite to the reverse V-shape, and the diaper is worn.
• the valleys 57 and 58 are formed so that the skin force of the person is also separated, as shown in FIG.
• the crest 56 of the diaper 1 in FIG. 4 is directed from the front waistline covered area 6 to the rear waistline covered area 7 to stop the flow of urine.
• the flow of loose stool from the rear waistline covered area 7 to the front waistline covered area 6 can be stopped. Therefore, in the diaper 1, if the genital area and the crotch area of the diaper wearer are soiled with the urine mixed with the loose stool in the crotch area 5, the diaper 1 will not be caught!
• the first, second, and third bending guide means 51, 52, and 53 can replace the V-shaped groove with a U-shaped groove or another shape. Also, by setting a plurality of parallel belt-like portions that cross the body fluid absorbing portion 3 in the body fluid absorbing portion 3 and making the rigidity of the belt portions lower than the rigidity of the portions located before and after the belt portion.
• the band-shaped portions may be first, second, and third bending means 51, 52, and 53.
• the width of the core material 23 in the crotch covering area 5 as shown in the illustrated example is adjusted around the front and rear waist.
• the joint area ratio of the two parts 2 and 3 is made lower in the crotch covering area 5 than in the front and rear waist circumference covering areas 6 and 7, and It is preferable that the body fluid absorbing portion 3 in the first, second, and third bending means 51, 52, 53 be easily bent.
• the body covered part 2 and the bodily fluid absorbing part 3 are to be joined to a joint area composed of a plurality of parallel stripes extending in the width direction B, the body covered part 2 It is possible to suppress the influence of the increase in the bending rigidity in the front-rear direction A of the body fluid absorbing section 3 caused by joining the body fluid absorbing section 3 to the body fluid absorbing section 3.
• the back sheet 22 of the body fluid absorbing part 3 is liquid-impermeable
• the liquid-impermeable plastic film used for the inner sheet 8 of the body covering part 2 is used.
• the inner sheet 8 is a liquid-impermeable plastic film
• the back sheet 22 of the body fluid absorbing portion 3 can be replaced with a liquid-permeable plastic film / nonwoven fabric.
• the inner edge 31 of the leak-preventing cuff 28 is joined to the surface sheet 21 of the body fluid absorbing portion 3 at a portion 61 shown in Figs. , That is, the formation of the crest 56 can be facilitated.
• the portion 61 is in the vicinity of the first bending guide means 51, and the formation of the peak portion 56 is extremely easy by joining at the portion 61. In such a case, at least one of the second and third bending guide means 52 and 53 can be omitted.
• the outer edge 32 of each of the leak prevention cuffs 28 is joined to each of the side edges 26 of the bodily fluid absorbing portion 3 in the illustrated example, but may be joined to the body covering portion 2 near the side edge 26. Good.
• FIGS. 5 and 6 are views similar to FIGS. 3 and 4 showing an example of the embodiment.
• the diaper 1 of the illustrated example is the same as the diaper 1 of FIG. 1 in that it has the first bending guide means 51 and the third bending guide means 53, but does not have the second bending guide means. Is different from diaper 1 in FIG.
• the bodily fluid absorbent material 41 of the core material 23 in the crotch region 5 is formed so as to have a particularly low density near the front waistline region 6.
• the strong body fluid absorbing part 3 is bent along the first bending guide means 51 so as to draw an inverted V-shape, the vicinity of the portion shown by the imaginary line Q in FIGS.
• a crest similar to crest 56 in FIG. 3 can be formed.

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