Containment system

US9011398B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Angela Ann Johnston · New London, US
• Paula Katherine De Bruin · Harrison, US
• Stacy E. Evenson · Neenah, US
• Katherine Carol Shaw · Harrison, US
• Kevin Michael Jauquet · De Pere, US
• Kevin Leon LaBerge · Harrison, US
• Connie May McMorrow · Menasha, US
• Brooke Ann Robaidek · Menasha, US
• Gay Lynn Wolf · Neenah, US
• Marcille Faye Ruman · Oshkosh, US
• Nicole Minotti · Appleton, US
• Stephen Carl Baumgartner · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2015
• Expiry date: Aug 6, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F13/5519
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for providing a containment system includes providing a permanently closed containment pant and providing a discrete absorbent insert. The containment pant includes an elastically extensible chassis and a sling positioned within the chassis that includes a fluid-impervious pouch. The pouch has a first end section maximum width of at least 145 mm, a central section maximum width of less than 115 mm, and a second end section maximum width of at least 145 mm. The containment pant is substantially devoid of an integrated absorbent core. The absorbent insert includes an absorbent core with a first end section maximum width of at least 120 mm, a central section maximum width of less than 100 mm, and a second end section maximum width of at least 120 mm. The absorbent insert is devoid of a fluid-impervious layer.