Absorbent product
US7172585B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F13/496
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Absorbent product of pants-like shape, such as incontinence pants, including an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element, and a liquidtight outer layer which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wearer during use of the article. The elastic waist portion is made from an elastic first piece which is essentially rectangular and is intended to form the rear portion and side portions of the pants-like product. A second piece forms the front portion and crotch portion of the pants-like product. The second piece is elongate, and the width thereof is, at least in the crotch portion, smaller than the length of the first piece. The second piece is arranged with its longitudinal direction at right angles in relation to the longitudinal direction of the first piece and is connected by a first end portion to one longitudinal edge portion of the first piece. One end portion of the first piece is connected to a first side edge portion of the second piece, and the other end portion of the first piece is connected to a second side edge portion of the second piece. The absorbent element is in its entirety arranged on the second piec…
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