WO2013095227A1 - Article absorbant avec fixations - Google Patents

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WO2013095227A1
WO2013095227A1 PCT/SE2011/051560 SE2011051560W WO2013095227A1 WO 2013095227 A1 WO2013095227 A1 WO 2013095227A1 SE 2011051560 W SE2011051560 W SE 2011051560W WO 2013095227 A1 WO2013095227 A1 WO 2013095227A1
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Maria GUSTIN BERGSTRÖM
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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
    • A61F13/5605—Supporting or fastening means specially adapted for sanitary napkins or the like
    • A61F13/5611—Supporting or fastening means specially adapted for sanitary napkins or the like using fastening strips, e.g. adhesive, on the undergarment-facing side
    • 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
    • A61F13/62—Mechanical fastening means, ; Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop
    • A61F13/622—Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop
    • A61F13/625—Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop characterised by the hook

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  • the present disclosure relates to an absorbent article for being worn inside a garment and wherein the absorbent article is arranged with fastening means for releasable attachment of the absorbent article to the garment.
  • Absorbent articles intended for being worn inside garments such as ordinary underpants include feminine care products, such as sanitary pads and panty liners, and incontinence pads. Such absorbent articles are meant to absorb fluid being dispersed close to the crotch region of the wearer of the absorbent article. The absorbent article is therefore normally secured by fasteners so as to be correctly positioned in the garment or adjacent to the crotch and for comfortable wear.
  • the absorbent article is typically positioned in ordinary underwear and secured thereto by means of a pressure sensitive adhesive provided on a garment-facing side of the absorbent article.
  • the underwear region to which the absorbent article normally is attached is continuously distorted, stretched and twisted during wear causing stresses and pressures on the adhesive attachment.
  • the stresses and pressures may in some circumstances cause detachment of the adhesive attachment and a movement of the absorbent article into an undesirable place, in particular when the absorbent article becomes wet.
  • the use of adhesive attachments may have a negative influence on the wear comfort as well as to the possibility of the absorbent article to absorb the desired fluid.
  • the use of such adhesives may also cause adhesive contamination and residual build-up on the underwear.
  • a known absorbent article of the above-mentioned type with adhesive fasteners is disclosed in US 2010/02621 11 A1.
  • the absorbent article disclosed therein is a protector for male incontinent persons that includes attachment means in the form of adhesive strings affixed to an outer liquid-impermeable casing sheet for attachment to underwear.
  • the use of mechanical fasteners, such as hooks materials have been suggested.
  • US 2010/02621 11 A1 discloses the use of hooks material as means for attachment to underwear. In that case, a strip of hooks material is used such that the hooks have the capability to attach to the loops in the material of ordinary underwear.
  • Absorbent articles such as feminine care products, having a hook-type attachment material arranged on the garment facing side of the article are also disclosed in WO 97/22321 A1 and WO 2005/06091 1 A1.
  • EP 0 321 232 A1 discloses a disposable absorbent article with a combination mechanical and adhesive tape system.
  • an absorbent article for being worn inside a garment.
  • the garment comprises a garment-facing side, a wearer facing side and fastening means for releasably engaging a surface of the garment.
  • the fastening means comprises an adhesive fastener being provided on a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. At least a portion of the adhesive fastener is covered by a releasable protective layer.
  • the fastening means moreover comprises at least one mechanical fastener comprising a backing material.
  • the backing material of the mechanical fastener forms a removable unit with the releasable protective layer, such that removal of the mechanical fastener leads to removal of the releasable protective layer, for revealing the covered portion of the adhesive fastener.
  • the absorbent article is an article that is intended to absorb and contain exudates discharged from the body of a wearer.
  • the article is intended for being worn inside garments such as ordinary underpants.
  • the article may be disposable, i.e. intended to be discarded after a single use and not intended to be laundered or otherwise restored or reused.
  • the garment-facing side or surface is the side or surface intended to be directed towards the garment such as underwear during use.
  • a wearer-facing side or surface refers to the side or surface that is intended to be directed towards the user during use.
  • the mechanical fastener being releasably arranged so as to cover at least a portion of the adhesive fastener, enables the user to select between two means for attachment of the article to the garment.
  • the product may be used with the mechanical fastener as provided on the article, for mechanical attachment thereof to the garment.
  • the mechanical fastener may be removed from the article, whereby the adhesive fastener is revealed and may be used for adhesive attachment to the garment.
  • the absorbent article as proposed herein comprises fastening means that provides a possibility of choosing between the use of a mechanical fastener and an adhesive fastener, and in this way the user has the possibility to choose the most suitable fastener or fastener system for use with the garment fabric in use and the conditions during use.
  • fastening means may be the best fastener to choose and use.
  • the mechanical fastening means might be preferred.
  • a fastening means wherein the user can choose between using one of the mechanical fasteners and the adhesive fastener.
  • a fastening means as proposed herein with the possibility of choosing different types of fasteners may hereinafter be referred to as a selectable fastening means.
  • adhesive fastener here refers to an adhesive or glue provided on a garment- facing surface of the absorbent article for adhesively attaching the absorbent article to the garment.
  • Adhesive fasteners may be applied in any continuous or intermittent way and geometrical pattern, e.g. rectangular, squared, oval, polygonal, circular, triangular etc.
  • the adhesive fastener may be any kind of pressure-sensitive adhesive such as pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive (PSHM) that is commercially available.
  • PSHM pressure sensitive hot melt adhesive
  • the adhesive fastener Prior to use of the absorbent article or during use thereof, the adhesive fastener is conventionally covered by a release protective layer.
  • the release protective layer acts to protect the adhesive fastener from dirt and damage and to prevent the adhesive fastener from adhering before the absorbent article is to be used.
  • a release protective layer may carry and/or form part of the mechanical fastener so as to form a removable unit therewith.
  • the release protective layer may be of any material suitable for the purpose as known in the art. Examples of such a material are siliconized paper, a nonwoven or a plastic film.
  • the face of the release protective layer, which contacts the adhesive fastener may have a release coating, such as silicon, to easily facilitate the removal of the release protective layer.
  • the adhesive fastener may be covered by more than one release protective layer.
  • one portion of the adhesive fastener may be covered by a release protective layer formed as a removable unit with a mechanical fastener, and another portion of the adhesive fastener may be covered by a conventional release paper.
  • the term "mechanical fastener” here refers to a fastener that mechanically engages with the surface structure of the garment to which the fastener is intended to be secured.
  • the “mechanical fastener” may be a “touch fastener” providing releasable attachment to the garment.
  • the “mechanical fastener” may for example be a “frictional fastener” providing a non-slip interaction with the garment.
  • the mechanical fastener comprises a backing material, and hence "one” mechanical fastener is defined as “one” piece of backing material.
  • the mechanical fastener as such is herein defined by the extension of its backing material.
  • the mechanical fastener may comprise a backing material carrying macroscopic protrusions extending from a surface of the backing material facing away from the garment facing surface and towards the garment such as underwear during use (see below).
  • the mechanical fastener may comprise a backing material with macroscopic protrusions extending from a garment-facing surface of the backing material for providing a non-slip interaction or releasable attachment between the mechanical fastener and a garment in contact thereto.
  • the backing material may be a thin layer forming a support for the protrusions, and may, for example, be in the form of a strip of hooks materials sold under the trademark
  • the backing material may be the releasable protective layer as such or a material layer attached to the releasable protective layer.
  • the protrusions may provide non-slip interactions between the fastener and the garment in contact thereto, the mechanical fastener hence being a "frictional fastener".
  • Other types of frictional fasteners are conceivable, which do not use protrusions to achieve the desired friction.
  • One example thereof is an open-celled foam providing a non-slip interaction between the fastener and the garment in contact thereto.
  • the macroscopic protrusions may also provide releasable attachment to the garment, e.g. preferably forming a "touch fastener” as described below.
  • a “macroscopic protrusion” is here meant an element that protrudes from a surface with a size which is observable by the naked eye and could be felt by a bare hand.
  • the macroscopic protrusion could have a protruding length being equal to or smaller than one millimeter, for example between 0.1 and 1 mm.
  • the mechanical fastener may be fabricated as well-known in the art or be a mechanical fastener as being commercially available (see below).
  • the hooks may be fabricated by weaving yarns such as nylon into loops and then cutting the loops into hooks.
  • the protruding elements may be formed, molded or extruded directly on a surface of a backing material as, for example, described in WO 2005/06091 1.
  • Backing material and/or protrusions may, advantageously be formed from thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester and nylon as is known in the art.
  • the above provides a possibility of safe securing of the absorbent article in the garment.
  • the mechanical fastener may be a touch fastener comprising the backing material carrying protrusions for interacting with loops and/or a surface structure of the garment material.
  • touch fastener here refers to a fastener material that comprises a backing material having a surface carrying protrusions in the form of hooks, mushrooms, balls on stems, pig tails, or the like.
  • the protrusions are capable of engaging the surface structure of the garment, such as the loops in the garment material.
  • Touch fasteners such as hooks materials or mushrooms materials are well-known in the art and are, for example, commercially available from Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St Paul, Minnesota and as the material sold under the trademark VELCRO. Examples of touch materials and the fabrication thereof are, for example, described in US 4776068 and WO 2005/060911. This provides for a releasable attachment of the absorbent article to the garment.
  • the touch fastener may comprise a material with hooks for interacting with loops in a garment material.
  • hooks provide a possibility of a releasable attachment of the absorbent article to the garment that provides proper securement to the garment and is easy to handle and manufacture.
  • the backing material may be a flexible planar material.
  • the flexible planar backing material may be of any material suitable for the purpose as known in the art (e.g. see above for backing material).
  • the backing material of the mechanical fastener is attached to the garment-facing surface of a release protective layer. Accordingly, the mechanical fastener and the releasable protective layer form a single unit, such that removal of the mechanical fastener leads to removal of the releasable protective layer for directly revealing the adhesive fastener. Hence, the adhesive fastener is easily rendered ready to use.
  • the single unit is made up of two pieces, namely the backing layer and the releasable protective layer. These two pieces may be attached to one another in numerous ways, e.g. by attachment over their entire surfaces, intermittently, or along the edges of one of the pieces.
  • the attachment of the backing material to the release protective layer may by adhesives or any conventional suitable means as is known in the art or mentioned herein for connecting such parts to each other.
  • a wearer-facing surface of the backing material of the mechanical fastener is attached to the garment-facing surface of the release protective layer.
  • the backing layer of the mechanical fastener forms a release protective layer covering at least a portion of the adhesive fastener. Removal of the release protective layer hence implies the removal of the mechanical fastener and simultaneous uncovering of the adhesive fastener.
  • This embodiment is particularly useful in that it provides a simple and economical alternative, including a low number of pieces, and which is particularly easy to handle. Moreover, the reduced number of pieces provides for the selectable fastening means being relatively smooth and flexible, and thereby providing comfort to the wearer.
  • the releasable protective layer is arranged so as to cover the entire adhesive fastener.
  • the backing material which forms a removable unit with the releasable protective layer, may likewise be arranged so as to cover the entire adhesive fastener.
  • a plurality of releasable protective layers may be arranged so as to cover the entire adhesive fastener. In this embodiment, removal of a selected number of the releasable protective layers results in certain portions of the adhesive fastener being exposed.
  • the adhesive fastener may comprise a plurality of separate adhesive areas, and the backing material of at least one mechanical fastener may be arranged to extend over more than one adhesive area.
  • Figure 1 illustrates ordinary underpants inside which an incontinence pad is positioned.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic plan view of an embodiment of an absorbent article being an incontinence pad. The view shows the backside of the article, which will be facing the garment when the article is worn.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic transversal cross-sectional view through the sanitary pad in figure 2, taken along the line Ill-Ill.
  • Figure 4 is as schematic plan view of a mechanical fastener.
  • Figures 4a-d show cross-sections through the mechanical fastener shown in figure 4, taken along the line IV a .d - IV a .d, and illustrate alternative embodiments of mechanical fasteners.
  • FIGS 5a-d show alternative embodiments of absorbent articles in accordance with the invention, with different configurations of fastening means.
  • Figures 6a-d show examples of mechanical fastener arrangements on a backing material and/or release protective layer.
  • Figure 7 shows one embodiment, wherein the absorbent article is a male incontinence protector.
  • the present disclosure relates to an absorbent article arranged with fastening means for releasably attaching the absorbent article to a garment.
  • the absorbent article is intended for being worn inside garments such as ordinary underpants and includes feminine care products, such as sanitary pads and panty liners, and incontinence pads.
  • the absorbent article will be exemplified by an incontinence pad.
  • Figure 1 illustrates ordinary underpants 1 inside which an incontinence pad 2 is positioned and secured by fastening means 12, 13.
  • Figures 2 and 3 show an embodiment of the absorbent article being an incontinence pad 2.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic top plan view of the side which will be facing the garment when the incontinence pad 2 is being worn, said side hereinafter referred to as the garment- facing side 3.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic transversal cross-sectional view through the incontinence pad 2 in figure 2, taken along the line Ill-Ill.
  • the incontinence pad 2 has a front end portion 4, a rear end portion 5 and a crotch portion 6 located intermediate the end portions 4, 5.
  • the crotch portion 6 is that portion of the incontinence pad 2 which is intended to be placed against the crotch of a wearer during wearing of the pad 2 and to constitute the main acquisition area for body fluid that reaches the pad 2.
  • the incontinence pad 2 comprises a fluid permeable topsheet 7, a backsheet 8 and an absorbent core 9 that is enclosed between the topsheet 7 and the backsheet 8.
  • absorbent articles other than the incontinence pad 2 that the present disclosure relates to may be having similar arrangements of materials and contents thereof.
  • the topsheet 7 and backsheet 8 may be replaced by alternative covering arrangements such as wrapped-around covers.
  • absorbent articles having an absorbent core 9 of air-laid material may not necessarily require the use of a topsheet 7.
  • the topsheet 7 and the backsheet 8 may consist of any material suitable for the particular purpose.
  • topsheet 7 materials are nonwoven materials, perforated plastic films, plastic or textile mesh, and fluid permeable foam layers. Laminates consisting of two or more topsheet 7 materials are also commonly employed, as are topsheet 7 consisting of different materials within different parts of the fluid permeable wearer-facing surface.
  • the topsheet 7 is preferably a non-apertured nonwoven web.
  • the backsheet 8 is preferably fluid impermeable. However, backsheet 8 materials that are only resistant to fluid penetration may be used, particularly in instances where relatively small amounts of urine are expected to be taken up by the incontinence pad 2.
  • the backsheet 8 may be a thin, flexible, fluid-impermeable plastic film, but fluid-impermeable nonwoven materials, fluid impermeable foams and fluid impermeable laminates are also contemplated as alternative materials.
  • the backsheet 8 may be breathable, implying that air and vapor may pass through the backsheet 8.
  • the backsheet 8 may have an outer, garment-facing surface 10 of a textile material such as nonwoven.
  • the absorbent core 9 may be made up of any suitable absorbent or fluid uptake material as known in the art, such as one or more layers of cellulose fluff pulp, foam, fiber waddings, etc.
  • the absorbent core 9 may contain fibers or particles of highly absorbent polymer material, commonly known as superabsorbents, which are materials having the ability to absorb and retain large quantities of fluid upon formation of a hydrogel.
  • the superabsorbents may be mixed with cellulose fluff pulp and/or may be arranged in pockets or layers in the absorbent core.
  • the absorbent core 9 may further incorporate components for improving the properties of the absorbent core. Some examples of such components are binder fibers, fluid-dispersing materials, fluid acquisition materials, etc. as known in the art.
  • the absorbent article 2 may comprise more than one absorbent core 9.
  • the cores may be an upper larger core and a lower, smaller core.
  • the topsheet 7 and the backsheet 8 of the incontinence pad 2 are shown to extend together laterally outside of the absorbent core 9 along the whole circumference of the absorbent core 9 and are connected to each other in an edge join 1 1 around the periphery of the absorbent core 9.
  • the absorbent article 2 may further comprise components such as elastic elements 20a, 20b. As shown in figure 2, the elastic elements 20a, 20b may be arranged along the side edges of the incontinence pad 2.
  • Elastic elements arranged along the side edges of the incontinence pad 2 improve the anatomical fit of the article by inducing longitudinal bending of the pad 2 in conformation with the curvature in a wearer's crotch.
  • the components in the absorbent article 2 may be connected to each other by
  • the incontinence pad 2 further has fastening means 12, 13 for releasably fastening or securing of the incontinence pad 2 inside a supporting pant garment 1 , such as a pair of underpants.
  • the fastening means 12, 13 comprises an
  • adhesive fastener 12 in this case in the form of a longitudinally extending strip 12 of
  • adhesive such as a pressure sensitive adhesive, arranged on a garment-facing surface 10 of the backsheet 8.
  • the adhesive fastener 12 is shown to be covered by a releasable protective layer 14.
  • the 15 protective layer 14 may be a siliconized paper, a nonwoven, plastic film or any other
  • the face of the release protective layer 14, which contacts the adhesive fastener, may have a release coating, such as silicon, to easily facilitate the removal of the release protective layer 14.
  • a release coating such as silicon
  • the protective layer 14 covers the entire adhesive fastener 12.
  • the fastening means 12, 13 further comprises a mechanical fastener 13 that is arranged to form a removable unit with the releasable protective layer 14 which covers at least a portion of an outer-facing surface of the adhesive fastener 12.
  • the mechanical fastener 13 may be a touch fastener or a frictional fastener such as open-celled foam providing a 25 non-slip interaction between the fastener 13 and the garment 1 in contact thereto.
  • the mechanical fastener 13 may include an array of macroscopic protrusions 15 that have the capability of providing a non-slip interaction or attachment between the fastener 13 and the garment 1 in contact thereto. This mechanical fastener
  • 30 13 further comprises a backing material 16 carrying the macroscopic protrusions 15
  • the backing material 16 may be a thin flexible planar layer acting as a support for the protrusions 15 as known in the art, and may, for example, be in the form of a strip as the hooks material tapes sold
  • the mechanical fastener 13 and its backing material 16 may, for example, be attached to the release protective layer 14 such that the mechanical fastener 13 forms a removable unit with the release protective material 14.
  • the protrusions of the mechanical fastener 13 may be directly formed or molded on the release protective layer 14, the latter then forming the backing material 16 of the mechanical fastener 13.
  • the mechanical fastener 13 brings along the removal of the release protective layer 14, hence revealing the adhesive fastener 12.
  • the macroscopic protrusions 15 of the mechanical fastener 13 provide non-slip interactions or attachment points between the fastener 13 and the garment 1 in contact thereto.
  • the protrusions 15 may provide for a frictional fastener or a touch fastener.
  • the mechanical fastener 13 may be fabricated by any method as is well-known in the art or is commercially available.
  • Backing material 16 and/or protrusions 15 may, for example, be formed from thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester and nylon as is known in the art.
  • the protrusions 15 may, for example, be molded in arrays and may be molded integrally with a flexible, sheet-form base (backing material) as in known in the art.
  • the protrusions 15 may be formed, molded or extruded directly on the garment-facing surface of the backing material 16.
  • Figures 4a-d illustrate cross-sections through the mechanical fastener 13 shown in figure 4, taken along the line IV a .d - IV a .d.
  • Figures 4a-d show examples of protrusion 15 forms such as forms 15b, 15c, 15d being part of a touch fastener or protrusions in the form of pyramids 15a intended to provide a non-slip interaction between the fastener 13 and the garment 1 in contact thereto.
  • the mechanical fastener 13 may be a touch fastener wherein the protrusions have the forms of hooks 15b, mushrooms 15c, 15d, balls on stems, pig tails or the like, which are capable of engaging the surface structure of the garment 1 , such as the loops in the garment material 1.
  • Touch materials, such as hooks materials are all well-known in the art and are, for example, commercially available from Minnesota Mining and
  • the touch fastener may be fabricated as described for mechanical fastener 13 above.
  • a further example of fabricating a touch fastener is the manufacturing of a conventional hooks material, such as a male VelcroTM tape, wherein the hooks may be fabricated by weaving yarns such as nylon into loops and then cutting the loops into hooks.
  • the adhesive fastener 12 may comprise adhesive areas having any suitable pattern such as full covering of the backsheet, one or more longitudinal bands, transverse bands, dots, circles, curves, stars, etc.
  • the mechanical fastener 13 may comprise areas with macroscopic protrusions extending from the backsheet, and areas without any such protrusions, where the areas form any suitable patterns such as those mentioned above.
  • the mechanical fastening means per se might form different shapes, in that the backsheet may be cut to various forms.
  • One or more release papers may be used for covering the adhesive fastener, and said release papers may be combined with mechanical fasteners in various ways.
  • the adhesive fastener may, for example, comprise three longitudinal adhesive areas forming strips bieng attached to the outer-facing surface of the backsheet, which strips may be covered by one or more release protective layer, e.g. three protective layers.
  • One or more of the release protective layers may be formed in a removable unit with one or more backing sheet of mechanical fasteners. Using one release protective layer for covering the adhesive strips may provide an easy handling, while using more than one release protective layer may provide certain flexibility to the user.
  • FIGs 5a-d examples of alternative embodiments absorbent articles with fastening means, wherein different arrangements of the fastening means 12, 13 are shown.
  • Figures 5a, 5c and 5d illustrate the embodiments of the adhesive fattener 12 forming three longitudinal adhesive areas which are used with different release protective layer 14 and mechanical fastener 13 arrangements.
  • each one of the strips forming the adhesive fastener 12 is covered by a separate release protective layer 14, and each release protective layer 14 forms a removable unit with the backing layer of a mechanical fastener 13.
  • Fig. 5b the arrangement is similar to that of Fig. 5a, but the adhesive fastener form a front, a centre and a back region of adhesive rather than three longitudinal strips.
  • Fig. 5a and Fig. 5b the user may select whether to remove none, all, or some of the mechanical fasteners 13 so as to display a portion of or the entire adhesive fastener 12.
  • the adhesive fastener 12 is formed by three longitudinal areas containing adhesive.
  • One single release protective layer 14 is arranged to cover the entire adhesive fastener 12, that is all of the strips.
  • At least one mechanical fastener is attached in combination with the release protective layer 14.
  • the backing material of one mechanical fastener 13 may form a removable unit with the release protective layer.
  • separate backing materials of separate mechanical fasteners 13 may be arranged to form a removable unit with the single release protective layer.
  • Fig. 5d is similar to Fig. 5d, but more specific in that it is clear that a single backing material of one single mechanical fastener 13 form a removable unit with the release protective layer 14, and moreover extends over the entire release protective layer 14.
  • any mechanical fasteners 13 will be removed together with the release protective layer 14, exposing the entire adhesive fastener 12.
  • the release protective layer 14 may be attached to the backing material 16 of the mechanical fastener or may alternatively be formed by the backing material 16.
  • Figures 6a-d show examples of macroscopic protrusion 15 arrangements on a backing material 16 and/or release protective layer 14.
  • backing material 16 and/or release protective layer 14 may have the same form as the macroscopic protrusion arrangement or a different form than the protrusions.
  • the areas shown as reference 14 (release protective layer) may also include or be the backing material 16.
  • the absorbent article may comprise an adhesive fastener
  • the absorbent article has mainly been exemplified by an incontinence pad 2.
  • the absorbent article is intended for being worn inside garments such as ordinary underpants and it also includes other feminine care products, such as sanitary pads and panty liners, and incontinence pads.
  • Figure 7 illustrate one embodiment of the absorbent article being a male incontinence protector 2 ' with fastening means 12 ' , 13 ' .
  • the absorbent article may be provided with transversely extending side portions (so called wings), which, in use will be wrapped around the crotch portion of the underpants. Fastening means as those described above may be applied also to such side portions.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un article absorbant (2) destiné à être porté à l'intérieur d'un vêtement (1), comprenant : un côté faisant face au vêtement (3), un côté faisant face au porteur et des moyens de fixation (12, 12, 13, 13) pour engager de façon réversible une surface du vêtement (1), les moyens de fixation (12, 12, 13, 13) comprenant une fixation adhésive (12, 12) étant disposée sur une surface faisant face au vêtement (10) de l'article absorbant (2), au moins une partie de ladite fixation adhésive (12, 12) étant recouverte par une couche protectrice antiadhésive (14), et au moins une fixation mécanique (13, 13) comprenant un matériau de support (16). Le matériau de support (16) de la fixation mécanique (13, 13) forme une unité amovible avec la couche protectrice antiadhésive (14), de sorte que le retrait de la fixation mécanique (13, 13) conduise au retrait de la couche protectrice antiadhésive (14) pour exposer la partie recouverte de la fixation adhésive (12, 12).
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