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Belted absorbent article

US8444619B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB · SE

Inventors

Christian Almberg · Mölnlycke, SE
Lucas Bäck · Göteborg, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 15, 2003
Grant date	May 21, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2027

Classification

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

Abstract

A belted absorbent article (10) having an absorbent structure (16) and a pair of opposed belt halves (12, 14) attached to the absorbent structure (16) via a respective joint (50). The joint (50) between each belt half (12, 14) and the absorbent structure (16) is designed such that when each belt half is subjected to a tension force of 35 N acting along the belt half and the direction of applied tension creates an angle (α) to the transverse axis (T) of the absorbent structure, the following minimum average release times (t) of each belt half from the absorbent structure are attained:

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