Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a stretchable fastening member is disclosed. The absorbent article comprises a chassis and a stretchable fastening member. The chassis extends longitudinally and laterally and comprises a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The stretchable fastening member comprises a fixed portion permanently joined to the chassis, a distal portion provided with a fastening material and a stretchable panel positioned between the fixed portion and the distal portion. The stretchable fastening member is joined to the chassis such that the distal portion is positioned laterally outwardly from the fixed portion in the flat-out configuration of the stretchable fastening member. The stretchable panel of the stretchable fastening member comprises a first stretchable zone and a second stretchable zone disposed in the lateral direction.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an auxiliary pad for absorbent article that can prevent body fluid from leaking along with the dislocation of an absorbent article such as sanitary napkin, and provides a hygienic article that can reduce the occurrence of body fluid leak, even when the dislocation of fitting happens, all the way securing a sufficient adhesion to the inside of the thigh. An auxiliary pad for absorbent article (2), comprising an absorbent sheet body (5) adhered to the inside of the thigh of the wearer for absorbing body fluid, a linkage stem body (9) for linking the absorbent sheet body and an junction sheet body (7), and the junction sheet body (7) to which an adhesive (6) is applied, is attached to a sanitary napkin (10) to constitute a sanitary article (1).

Abstract: A refastenable pant-like disposable undergarment for absorbing human discharge is disclosed. The undergarment includes a front panel, a back panel, and an absorbent assembly secured therebetween. The front and back panels are joined together to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. A pair of tear lines is formed in the front panel with each extending from the waist opening to one of the respective leg openings. A pair of attachment members is secured across the pair of tear lines and one side of the attachment members is removeably fastened to the front panel. The undergarment further includes a pair of ear flaps formed in the front panel under the pair of attachment members. Each ear flap extends to a portion of one of the pair of tear lines and is fixed to one of the attachment members. As the attachment members are opened, the pair of ear flaps will cause the pair of tear lines to break.

Abstract: An incontinence article having a back guard is provided. In particular, the present invention provides an incontinence article in which a back guard extends from a rear portion of the article to a middle back area of a user. The back guard article preferably includes an absorbent material and optional elastic.

Abstract: A moisture management incontinence pad is adapted for placement within an undergarment worn by a user. The fabric composite includes a plurality of overlying absorbent layers having respective first and second opposing end edges and first and second opposing side edges. The adsorbent layers are substantially unattached to one another along at least one of respective first and second side edges and first and second end edges to promote circulation between the layers during laundering. A liquid impermeable jacket resides adjacent an outside major surface of the fabric composite, and covers the opposing end edges and opposing side edges of the absorbent layers. The jacket is adapted for trapping moisture within the composite, and forms a moisture barrier between the composite and the undergarment.

Abstract: A disposable diaper that includes a cover member and a body fluid absorbent member attached to an inner side of the cover member. The absorbent member is composed of a liquid-pervious topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core member disposed therebetween. The absorbent member is formed on a side adjacent the backsheet with at least one first groove concaved in a direction from the backsheet toward the topsheet.

Abstract: A pant-like disposable garment for absorbing human discharge is disclosed. The pant-like garment includes a front panel, a back panel, and an absorbent assembly. The absorbent assembly includes a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent positioned therebetween. The absorbent assembly further including a pair of end edges and is secured to the front panel and to the back panel. The front and back panels are joined together by a pair of seams to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The garment also includes a pair of perforation lines formed in the front panel with each being aligned non-parallel to one of the seams. The garment further includes a pair of attachment members which overlap the pair of perforation lines. The pair of perforation lines and the pair of attachment members function to allow the waist opening to be easily opened and closed more than once.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent article adapted to be worn about a lower torso of a human body and having a chassis, a non-removable absorbent core component disposed in a crotch region of the chassis, and one or more replaceable absorbent core component or components disposed in capillary liquid communication with the non-removable absorbent core component. The replaceable absorbent core component may be removed and a like component may be substituted in place of the removed component without the removal of the absorbent article from the wearer. The replaceable absorbent core component may be disposed inside an openable chassis pocket, with access for its removal and replacement provided by an aperture in a garment-facing layer, an openable end of an external pocket, or an openable end of an internal pocket formed at an area of a waist end edge where the garment-facing layer and a wearer-facing layer may be separated.

Abstract: Disclosed are absorbent cores for inclusion in articles such as diapers, incontinent briefs, training pants, diaper holders and liners, feminine hygiene garments, and the like, designed to provide improved fit and comfort for the wearer while adequately containing body exudates. The absorbent core is designed so as to retain low levels of fluid in the crotch region, relative to the other core regions, even when the core absorbs significant amounts of fluid during use. To achieve this, the absorbent core is designed such that fluid is moved substantially from the crotch region to the front and/or rear ends of the article. In particular, the absorbent core comprises in its crotch region a material having significant vertical wicking absorbent capacities. The absorbent core also preferably comprises a non-removable absorbent core component in the crotch region, and removable absorbent core components in the front or rear regions of the article.

Abstract: A toilet flushable diaper for use by infants and incontinent adults. The diaper has a liquid impervious back sheet comprised of a soluble film center layer covered on both sides with flocking or nonwoven material. An absorbent member is carried on the inner surface of the back sheet comprises a liquid pervious cover which encapsulates an inner body for absorbing urine and other body fluids. The diaper is formed with a weakened tear sheet which enables manual tearing of it into several pieces, allowing the pieces to dissolve when absorbing water as they are flushed down a toilet.

Abstract: An absorbent article such as a pant diaper (1), where one of the side portions (3) has an openable and reclosable side join (13), the crotch portion (6) has an openable and reclosable crotch join (14), and the absorbent body (7) in the pant diaper (1) extends in an undivided manner from the rear portion (2) over the crotch portion (6) to the rear portion (5) when the pant diaper (1) is used.

Abstract: A disposable garment for absorbing human exudate is disclosed that includes front and back panels. The front panel has a pair of side edges and a first attachment member secured to it that extends beyond the pair of side edges. The back panel has a pair of tabs each containing a second attachment member. The garment also includes an absorbent assembly secured to the front and back panels. The absorbent assembly is folded to enable the first attachment member to be secured to the pair of tabs to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. A pair of frangible sections is formed in the first attachment member at locations outboard of the pair of side edges of the front panel. The pair of tabs can be folded to allow each of the second attachment members to bridge across one of the frangible sections and be removeably secured to the first attachment member to form an easy to open disposable garment.

Abstract: A pant-like disposable garment for absorbing human discharge is disclosed. The pant-like garment includes a front panel, a back panel, and an absorbent assembly. The absorbent assembly includes a bodyside liner, an outer cover, and an absorbent positioned therebetween. The absorbent assembly further including a pair of end edges and is secured to the front panel and to the back panel. The front and back panels are joined together by a pair of seams to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. The garment also includes a pair of perforation lines formed in the front panel with each being aligned non-parallel to one of the seams. The garment further includes a pair of attachment members which overlap the pair of perforation lines. The pair of perforation lines and the pair of attachment members function to allow the waist opening to be easily opened and closed more than once.

Abstract: A method of forming a disposable, refastenable absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes directing a first material parallel to and spaced apart from a second material. A pair of lines of perforations is formed across the width of the first material. A pair of attachment members is then secured to the first material such that each bridges across one of the pair of lines of perforations. An absorbent assembly is secured across the first and second materials to form a subassembly. The subassembly is then folded and the first and second materials are bonded together by first and second seam lines. The first and second materials are then separated at locations outward from each of the first and second seam lines to form a disposable, refastenable absorbent article.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent pant having refastenable seams that minimize the product's potential for tearing when forces are applied to separate the refastenable seams. More particularly, the refastenable seams have a shear separation strength that is less than a tensile or tear strength of the outer cover and/or side panels. Also, the bonding strength between a fastening component and the portion of the chassis to which the fastening component is bonded may be greater than the shear separation strength of the refastenable seams. Additionally, the shear separation strength of the refastenable seams may be greater than the peel separation strength of the refastenable seams to enable easy unfastening of the garment through the application of peel forces.

Abstract: The disposable pull-on undergarment that has first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between these two waist regions. The waist regions are connected with each other in bonding zones extending along transversely opposite side edge portions thereof so as to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings. First elastic members are bonded under tension to peripheral edge of the waist-opening and second elastic members are bonded under tension to peripheral edges of the leg-openings so that respective opposite ends of the first elastic members are positioned and fixed at first zones defined immediately inside the bonding zones in a circumferential direction of the waist-opening and respective opposite ends of the second elastic members are positioned and fixed at second zones defined immediately inside the bonding zones in a circumferential direction Y of the leg-openings.

Abstract: Absorbent article such as a diaper and an incontinence guard comprising a liquid permeable topsheet (2), a liquid impermeable backsheet (3) and an absorbent body (4) enclosed therebetween, the article having a front portion (5), a rear portion (6) and a crotch portion (7), therebetween, whereby the front and rear portion exhibits side flaps (8, 9), which are intended to attach the article to a pantlike shape around the waist of the user. The article comprises at least one attachment element (11) located on the rear portion (6) alternatively the front portion (5) of the article, close to an upper edge (6a, 6b) thereof, whereby the attachment element (11) is intended to be attached against the skin of the user to facilitate centering and application of the article on the user. Preferably the attachment element is arranged inside a perforated line, comprising an indication of fracture.

Abstract: Absorbent articles having improved sustained fit on the body, improved appearance through the period of use, and improved comfort for the wearer. The absorbent article has a containment assembly, a waist feature and a diagonal support member feature disposed so as to lie in the diagonal support zone of the wearer's body when the article is worn. The diagonal support member is designed to support the article from the small of the back, over the hip, and to the lower abdomen. The diagonal support member is distinct from the waist feature, which is designed to provide only enough circumferential tension to hold itself in position on the body. The absorbent article has a garment-like high-waisted appearance, gentle tension around the waist to avoid discomfort and/or pressure marking, good leakage protection, good sustained fit, and easy application and removal.

Abstract: An absorbent article including a disposable diaper, reusable diaper, feminine care pad, training pants, incontinence garment and the like. The article comprises a detachable flushable topsheet and an absorbent pouch containing absorbent contents; however, the detachable topsheet is optional. A fastening means releasably attaches the absorbent pouch in a stationary position within the article and prevents the pouch from shifting with respect to the article. The detachable topsheet can be removed from the article and flushed in a toilet together with the human waste. A binding allows the pouch to be opened to flush the absorbent contents and human waste inside the pouch, in segments to avoid clogging a toilet. Instead of flushing, the absorbent pouch can be removed from the article and disposed of in a waste receptacle, by rolling the pouch, with minimum finger contact with human waste, and securing the pouch to itself using an adhesive tab.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hygiene product including an absorbent article having a top layer for facing a wearer and a back layer having a pressure sensitive adhesive layer on a garment surface thereof, and a packaging sheet in which the absorbent article is wrapped. The packaging sheet has a first surface and a second surface. At least 50% of the top layer of the absorbent article faces the first surface of the packaging sheet. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer of the absorbent article is covered with a release sheet. The absorbent article is wrapped in the packaging sheet such that the second surface of the packaging sheet appears externally.

Abstract: An absorbent article that is adaptable for use with different types of underwear, the absorbent article having an absorbent core having a length and a width; a backsheet having a length and a width underlying the absorbent core; and a first perforation line positioned between a first portion of the absorbent article and a second portion of the absorbent article, whereby separation of the first portion from the second portion along the first perforation line provides at least one newly shaped absorbent article wherein the length or width of the absorbent core is shorter and the length or width of the backsheet layer is shorter.

Abstract: A pant-like, disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent chassis, a pair of opposed side panels, at least one releasable joint and at least one folded fastenery. The absorbent chassis defines a pair of laterally opposed side edges and a pair of longitudinally opposed waist edges. The side panels extend between the side edges of the absorbent chassis to define a waist opening and a pair of leg openings in the pant-like disposable absorbent article. Each of the opposed side panels defines a first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in one waist region of the absorbent article to provide a permanent joint. At least one of the opposed side panels further defines a second side margin opposite the first side margin which is releasably attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in the other waist region of the absorbent article to provide a releasable joint.

Abstract: A diaper is provided which includes a chassis having front, rear, and crotch portions. The chassis includes a topsheet, backsheet, core and pair of ears. Each ear includes a topsheet, backsheet and proximal, distal, first connecting, and second connecting edges. The first connecting and second connecting edges connect the distal to proximal edges. The proximal edge is integral to the chassis. Each ear has an elastic layer sandwiched between its topsheet and backsheet. Each elastic layer has first and second edges which are secured to the ear topsheet and backsheet. The elastic layer has a central portion not secured to either the ear topsheet or backsheet. Each ear topsheet and backsheet has perforations. The tearable portion is adjacent to the central portion. Each ear may be pulled away from the chassis causing the ear topsheet and backsheet to tear at the perforations thereby exposing the elastic layer.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent article is provided which includes a chassis having a front portion, a rear portion, a crotch portion, a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, and a pair of ear portions integral to the backsheet. Each ear portion has proximal, distal, first connecting and second connecting edges. The first and second connecting edges connect the distal to the proximal edges. The proximal edge is integral to the topsheet. Each ear portion has an elastic layer having first and second edges where the first edge and second edge are secured to the backsheet. The elastic layer has a central portion not secured to the backsheet. The ear portion has a tearable portion extending from the first to the second connecting edges and extends along the central portion of the elastic layer. A fastener joined to each of the elastic layers secures the disposable absorbent article.

Abstract: A disposable garment having enhanced extensibility around the leg openings is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis and seams. The chassis comprises a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The chassis has a central panel having side edges and a waist edge, and an ear panel extending laterally outwardly from each side edge of the central panel in the front region and the back region. The ear panel is rendered extensible to form an extensible ear. The extensible ear has a higher end edge, a lower end edge, an inner side edge, and an outer side edge. The outer side edge is non-parallel to the inner side edge, and is non-parallel to a longitudinal center line of the garment, and projects laterally outwardly proximate the lower end edge.

Abstract: A disposable absorbent garment includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet, the backsheet, and the absorbent core form a layered assembly including a front region, a back region, and a crotch region disposed between the front region and the back region. The garment is characterized by a vertical longitudinal plane that extends substantially centrally through the front, back and crotch regions. Each of the front and back regions includes a pair of ear portions extending in substantially opposite lateral directions with respect to the longitudinal plane. Each ear portion is a breathable stretchable layer assembly having a plurality of vent sites. Further, each ear portion includes an outer layer that is an extension of the backsheet and which extends laterally to the side edge of the ear portion, and an inner layer that is an extension of the topsheet and which also extends laterally to the side edge of the ear portion.

Abstract: An absorbent article that is adaptable for use with different types of underwear, the absorbent article having an absorbent core having a length and a width; a backsheet having a length and a width underlying the absorbent core; and a first perforation line positioned between a first portion of the absorbent article and a second portion of the absorbent article, whereby separation of the first portion from the second portion along the first perforation line provides at least one newly shaped absorbent article wherein the length or width of the absorbent core is shorter and the length or width of the backsheet layer is shorter.

Abstract: A diaper has a front part, a rear part and an intermediate crotch part which includes an absorbent body that extends in the longitudinal direction of the diaper from the rear part, through the crotch part and into the front part and which is spaced from the end-edge of the rear part and/or the front part. A weakening line is provided transversely in that part of the diaper which lies longitudinally outside the absorbent body, in the front or the rear part. The weakening line terminates at a distance from the side-edges of the diaper in the diaper part.

Abstract: An absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin, an incontinence pad, panty liner or the like, which article is intended to be substantially accommodated within a user's panties and comprising an absorbent upper part (2) and an absorbent lower part (3), which two parts are mutually joined in such a manner that the article, at least in its mid portion (26), presents an elongate cavity between the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) which is maintained during use.

Abstract: A pant-like, disposable absorbent article includes an absorbent chassis, a pair of opposed side panels, at least one line of weakness and at least one fastener. The absorbent chassis defines a pair of laterally opposed side edges and a pair of longitudinally opposed waist edges. The side panels extend between the side edges of the absorbent chassis to define a waist opening and a pair of leg openings in the pant-like disposable absorbent article. Each of the opposed side panels defines a first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in one waist region of the absorbent article to provide a front permanent joint. The opposed side panels further define a second side margin opposite the first side margin which is permanently attached to the side edge of the absorbent chassis in the other waist region of the absorbent article to provide a back permanent joint.

Abstract: A wearable article including a fever indicator disposed on at least a portion of the article for indicating the body temperature of a wearer. The fever indicator may be used in conjunction with a disposable absorbent article and provides a signal indicating qualitative or quantitative information about the body temperature of the wearer based on the temperature of the wearer's urine.

Abstract: A disposable pull-on undergarment having front and rear waist regions bonded together along longitudinally extending bonding zones to define a waist-hole and a pair of leg-holes. The respective bonding zones have an upper end lying most adjacent the waist-hole and a lower end lying most adjacent the leg-holes and extend from the upper ends toward the lower ends so that these bonding zones approach a longitudinal center line X of the undergarment.

Abstract: A pant-like, prefastened, disposable absorbent article having side seams which include a front ear passively bonded to a back ear, wherein the front ear is releasable from the back ear desirably without tearing or damaging the back ear. The tearable front ear has a basis weight less than a basis weight of the back ear.

Abstract: A brief for padding a wearer's hips to reduce the risk of hip fracture. The brief comprises a front panel having first and second side edges and a rear panel having first and second side edges. The first side edge of the rear panel is connected to the first side edge of the front panel, and the second side edge of the rear panel is connected to the second side edge of the front panel, thereby forming first and second opening for receiving the wearer's legs. Shock-absorbing padding lines at least part of the rear panel. The shock-absorbing padding extends from a position proximal the first edge of the rear panel to a position proximal the second side edge of the rear panel and at least to a position between the two leg openings.

Abstract: A shorts type absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet 2, a liquid-impermeable antileakage sheet and a liquid-retentive absorbent core 4, opposing left and right side edge portions of a stomach-side zone A and opposing left and right side edge portions of a back-side zone B being joined together to thereby form one pair of joined-sections 9, wherein the joined sections 9 include securely joined sections which are joined by being pressed substantially from both a surface on the side of the stomach-side zone A and a surface on the side of the back-side zone B, moderately joined sections which are joined by being pressed substantially from either the surface on the side of the stomach-side zone A or the surface on the side of the back-side zone B and non-joined sections which are not substantially pressed from either the surface on the side of the stomach-side zone A or the surface on the side of the back-side zone B, the joined sections having three or more stages of thickness in section.

Abstract: A disposable pull-on diaper (10) comprising an outer surface, an inner surface, a front portion (11), a rear portion (12), a crotch portion (13), each of said front portion (11) and said rear portion (12) having side panels with side edges (14), and overlapping side seams (15) which join together said side panels of said front portion (11) and said rear portion (12) to form leg openings (16) and a waist area characterized in that at least one side flap (17) is disposed outboard of each of the side edges (14) of said side panels forming the outermost portion of said overlapping side seams (15).

Abstract: The disposable pull-on undergarment has first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between these two waist regions. The waist regions are connected with each other in bonding zones extending along transversely opposite side edge portions thereof so as to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings. First elastic members are bonded under tension to peripheral edge of the waist-opening and second elastic members are bonded under tension to peripheral edges of the leg-openings so that respective opposite ends of the first elastic members are positioned and fixed at first zones defined immediately inside the bonding zones in a circumferential direction of the waist-opening and respective opposite ends of the second elastic members are positioned and fixed at second zones defined immediately inside the bonding zones in a circumferential direction Y of the leg-openings.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing tape tabs for use in disposable absorbent articles such as diapers. The method includes steps of cutting a unitary strip of material along parallel curved transverse lines to product tab shapes in the strip material having rounded corners, doubling over the strip material into itself to form a gripping area, and cutting the strip material along parallel cut lines which extend from the curved transverse cut lines to the longitudinal edge to form individual tape tabs.