Incontinence article in pant form

US9066833B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• PAUL HARTMANN AG · DE

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: May 17, 2013
• Grant date: Jun 30, 2015
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/5355
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In an incontinence article in pant form, a crotch section having an absorption body, is connected to stomach and back sections in respective overlapping regions of the crotch section and the stomach section, and the crotch section and the back section, wherein the incontinence article has a first fold axis formed by a transverse center axis of the incontinence article, second fold axes extending outside on either side of the absorption body, and a third fold axis in a region of the absorption body, wherein regions of the stomach section and the back section which laterally protrude over the crotch section are folded about the second fold axes toward the longitudinal center axis, wherein after folding the incontinence article about the third folding axis, the border of the stomach and back band does not protrude over the first fold axis wherein a mass per area of the absorption body decreases from a region of the transverse center axis toward stomach-section side and back-section side ends of the absorption body.