Incontinence article in pant form

US9011405B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PAUL HARTMANN AG · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Gassner · Milford, US
• Andreas Beyrle · Nattheim, DE
• Rüdiger Kesselmeier · Nattheim, DE
• Krzysztof D. Malowaniec · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2013
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/49036
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an incontinence article in pant form, a longitudinal extent of respective lateral seams is 100-170 mm, a ratio between this extent and an extent of the incontinence article between a waist border and a transverse center axis of the incontinence article is at most 0.42, wherein first elastifying means have a distance to one another which is at least 20% greater than a distance between second elastifying means to one another defined in the lateral seam region of the incontinence article, wherein the first elastifying means have a thread strength which is at least 20% greater than a thread strength of the second elastifying means, wherein the first and second elastifying means are fixed in the stomach section and in the back section with a pre-tension, and wherein the pre-tension of the first elastifying means is at least 10% greater than the pretension of the second elastifying means.