Articles with elasticated topsheets

US7771406B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Joerg Mueller · Karben, DE
• Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
• Lars Westerheide · Kelkheim, DE
• Frederick Michael Langdon · Cincinnati, US
• Michael Divo · Friedrichsdorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 13, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 10, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 30, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/513
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an absorbent, disposable article, preferably a diaper, having a backsheet and a topsheet comprising a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region interposed there between, a longitudinal axis, and an opening, which provides a passageway to a primary void space for receiving bodily exudates therein, positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet, whereby the opening is positioned in at least the crotch region along the longitudinal axis; whereby the topsheet is elasticated; and whereby the article has a shortened article portion, as defined herein, which has a shortened article length L, a stretched shortened article length Ls and a contracted shortened article length Lc, whereby the article and/or its topsheet has an specific elastic profile and/or a specific ratio of Lc to Ls. The article preferably has a slit opening with on each side elastic regions, preferably in the shape of an X, as shown in FIG. 1, and preferably making an angle with the adjacent topsheet and thereby bending away from the void space underneath the topsheet.