Folded incontinence article

US8864733B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PAUL HARTMANN AG · DE

Inventors

• Michael F. Koenig · Bellevue, US
• Hansgeorg Gunesch · Giengen an der Brenz, DE
• Benjamin Wenzel · Utica, US
• Ruediger Kesselmeier · Herbrechtingen, DE
• Christian Koch · Oberottmarshausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 21, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/5633
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to an absorbent open-type incontinence article with attached ears, wherein the rear ears have closure elements in the peripheral region, and to the folding of the ears at high production speeds without the functionality of the closure elements being impaired and with the simultaneously use-friendly arrangement of the closure elements in the folded absorbent incontinence article. The invention also relates to a method of producing this absorbent incontinence article.