Disposable diaper with improved hook and loop fastener system

US5053028A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · US

Inventors

• Anthony J. Zoia · North Oaks, US
• Roland R. Midgley · Minneapolis, US
• Donald L. Plaschko · Woodbury, US
• William L. Melbye · Minneapolis, US
• Leigh E. Wood · Woodbury, US
• Susan K. Nestegard · Windom, US
• John A. Miller · Shoreview, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 1989
• Grant date: Oct 1, 1991
• Expiry date: Oct 10, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/581
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A disposable garment or diaper including a laminate and a hook and loop fastener for fastening together portions of the laminate to secure the diaper to an individual. The fastener includes a loop fastener portion adjacent a first end of the laminate comprising a multiplicity of loops, a pair of flexible elongate polymeric tab assemblies having first end portions attached at opposite sides to the laminate adjacent a second end of the laminate and having distal end portions unattached to the laminate, and hook fastener portions at the distal end portions of the tab assemblies comprising a plurality of projecting hook members adapted to make releasable engagement with the loops. The tab assemblies include a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive on the distal end portions adjacent the hook fastener portion which can, after the diaper has been soiled and removed from the individual, be used for securing the soiled diaper in a rolled or folded condition surrounding the soiled portion of the diaper to facilitate its disposal by engagement of the layer of pressure sensitive adhesive with the laminate.