Containment pant

US9308131B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Stacy E. Evenson · Neenah, US
• Stephen Carl Baumgartner · Neenah, US
• Angela Ann Johnston · New London, US
• Marcille Faye Ruman · Oshkosh, US
• Kevin Leon LaBerge · Harrison, US
• Connie May McMorrow · Menasha, US
• Brooke Ann Robaidek · Menasha, US
• Katherine Carol Shaw · Harrison, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 12, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 12, 2016
• Expiry date: May 3, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2013/49057
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A permanently closed containment pant includes an elastically extensible chassis and a sling positioned within the chassis. The sling is joined to the front waist region and the back waist region. The sling includes a fluid-impervious base sheet and a containment flap joined with the base sheet to create a fluid-impervious pouch. The sling also includes a first transition and a second transition that are elastically extensible in a longitudinal direction and in a transverse direction. The base sheet is a fabric laminated with polyurethane and the containment flap is a fabric laminated with polyurethane. The polyurethane surface of the base sheet is ultrasonically joined in facing relationship with the polyurethane surface of the containment flap. The permanently closed containment pant is substantially devoid of an integrated absorbent core.