Incontinence article in the form of pants

US8025652B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PAUL HARTMANN AG · DE

Inventors

• Fridmann Hornung · Itapecerica da Serra, BR
• Benjamin Wenzel · Utica, US
• Wolfgang Ostertag · Gerstetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 17, 2008
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 23, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/496
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An incontinence article comprising front and back belly sections connected at side seams forming belly and back bands, continuous in the hip direction having a hip opening closed in the hip direction, and a crotch section comprising an absorbent body, extending longitudinally between and permanently attached to the belly and back sections, wherein the crotch, belly, and back sections define leg openings, the belly and back sections have an edge contour extending towards a transverse center axis, wherein first elastification means in the belly and back sections extend parallel to each other in the hip direction and wherein, in the belly and back sections, second elastification means extend from two side seam areas towards a longitudinal center axis of the article in a curved shape, thereby fanning out with increasing separation from each other, where the second elastification means fan out, the restoring force from extensive stretching of this area is smaller than that from extensive stretching of an area on the hip side, having only the first elastification means.