Patent · US Expired

Absorbent article having v-shaped elastic attached to backsheet

US6616648B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 30, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 17, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61F13/64
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Absorbent article such as a diaper and an incontinence guard comprising a liquid permeable topsheet (2), a liquid impermeable backsheet (3) and an absorbent body (4) enclosed therebetween, said article having a front portion (5), a rear portion (6) and a crotch portion (7), therebetween, whereby the front and rear portion exhibits side flaps (8, 9), which are intended to attach the article to a pantlike shape around the waist of the user. The article has at least one pre-stressed elastic means (11a) and at least attached to the back sheet, that said first elastic means (11a) is brought in an essentially V-shaped pattern having the peak of the pattern located to a first point (13) being essentially located on a imagined longitudinal center line (12) in said crotch portion (7) and that the V-shaped elastic means (11a) diverge in the direction from said longitudinal center line (12) toward the front portion (5).

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