Abstract: A street grid is provided for surface drainage. The grid includes a frame and a grating, which are adapted to the contours of a paved gully in order to be integrated into the latter, for draining water that flows towards the street grid in a pre-defined flow direction. The aim of the grid is to ensure permanent drainage. To achieve this, recessed inlet openings are provided in the upper edge of at least one lateral wall of the frame in order to guide the water in the flow direction.

Abstract: A surface water drainage system is provided that comprises a structure that can be installed in the ground, and a cover that can be laid onto an upper edge of said structure. Fixation devices are provided that are attached to the cover and comprise a locking means in the form of elastic hook elements fixed to edges of the cover that can be brought into snap-on engagement with other locking means on said structure in order to retain the cover on the structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drainage device for surface drainage, in particular to drainage channels with a channel body and a frame which fits on an upper edge of the channel body, comprising an outer arm and an inner arm between which the upper edge of the channel body sits, for housing a cover. According to the invention, simple economic production and assembly of the frame on the channel body may be guaranteed whereby the frame is embodied such as to be able to be cast within the body of the channel body on the casting thereof, or alternatively, may be fixed to the channel body by means of continuous jointing to a pre-fabricated channel body.

Abstract: In a method for adjusting the transmission characteristic of a hearing aid, the characteristic being defined by hearing aid-specific parameters, a data processing device is used that has a screen and a pointer device. On a graphics user interface of the data processing device, an object displayed in a first area of the screen is selected and copied with the pointer device and the copy is moved into the second area of the screen and stored there, with the transmission characteristic of the hearing aid being able to be changed by the stored object. Settings selected for a hearing aid or a hearing program thus can be transferred quickly and easily to a second hearing aid or a second hearing program.

Abstract: A street grid is provided for surface drainage. The grid includes a frame and a grating, which are adapted to the contours of a paved gully in order to be integrated into the latter, for draining water that flows towards the street grid in a pre-defined flow direction. The aim of the grid is to ensure permanent drainage. To achieve this, recessed inlet openings are provided in the upper edge of at least one lateral wall of the frame in order to guide the water in the flow direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drainage device for surface drainage, in particular to drainage channels with a channel body and a frame which fits on an upper edge of the channel body, comprising an outer arm and an inner arm between which the upper edge of the channel body sits, for housing a cover. According to the invention, simple economic production and assembly of the frame on the channel body may be guaranteed whereby the frame is embodied such as to be able to be cast within the body of the channel body on the casting thereof, or alternatively, may be fixed to the channel body by means of continuous jointing to a pre-fabricated channel body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fastening tab including a manufacturer's bond end, attached to a disposable absorbent product, and a user's end. The user's end includes a mechanical fastener component and is configured to have a disengagement ratio of at least 1.5:1.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved process for attaching and protecting a mechanical fastener on a disposable absorbent article and a disposable absorbent article produced by the same. The process comprises the following steps: (1) providing a disposable absorbent article which includes an outer cover, a bodyside liner, and an absorbent core disposed between the outer cover and the bodyside liner; (2) providing a mechanical fastener which includes a first fastening element; (3) attaching the first fastening element of the mechanical fastener to the disposable absorbent article; (4) releasably engaging the first fastening element with the disposable absorbent article to protect the first fastening element; and (5) subsequently packaging the disposable absorbent article for commercial sale. The first fastening element and a portion of the disposable absorbent article may be releasably engaged by constrictively passing them between a pair of rotatable nip rolls.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: An absorbent or other article including a tensioning system for joining portions of the article together. The system includes a plurality of hook members attached on one portion of the article, and a plurality of loop members attached to a loop panel wherein the loop panel may be intermittently attached to the article.

Abstract: An absorbent or other article including a tensioning system for joining portions of the article together. The system includes a plurality of hook members attached on one portion of the article, and a plurality of loop members attached to a loop panel wherein the loop panel may be intermittently attached to the article.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved process for attaching and protecting a mechanical fastener on a disposable absorbent article and a disposable absorbent article produced by the same. The process comprises the following steps: (1) providing a disposable absorbent article which includes an outer cover, a bodyside liner, and an absorbent core disposed between the outer cover and the bodyside liner; (2) providing a mechanical fastener which includes a first fastening element; (3) attaching the first fastening element of the mechanical fastener to the disposable absorbent article; (4) releasably engaging the first fastening element with the disposable absorbent article to protect the first fastening element; and (5) subsequently packaging the disposable absorbent article for commercial sale. The first fastening element and a portion of the disposable absorbent article may be releasably engaged by constrictively passing them between a pair of rotatable nip rolls.

Abstract: An absorbent article includes an absorbent core positioned between a bodyside liner and an outer cover. Containment flaps are inwardly folded to form containment reservoirs which inhibit exudates from leaking through or out of the absorbent article. The containment flaps include flap elastics which form surface contact with the user's body. The containment flaps are generally spaced outwardly from the absorbent core to increase the capacity of the reservoirs. In one embodiment, the unfolded containment flaps have a width greater than the crotch side width from the absorbent core to an outer edge of the absorbent article. This arrangement also allows the absorbent article to contain a sudden increase in exudates.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.