EP0185593A1
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Disposable garment having high-absorbency area
Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc
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Filing: 1985-12-17
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2005-12-17
Abstract
Abstract The invention is generally accomplished by providing a disposable garment comprising a liquid impervious backing sheet (12), a liquid pervious body-side liner sheet (14), and an integral absorbent pad disposed between the liner and cover sheets. The absorbent pad is provided with a high adsorben- cy area (40) extending from the crotch region toward the center of the front waist of the garment. It is preferred that about 65 percent of the total adsorbent be in the front half (3) of the diaper with the about 40 percent of the total in the high absorbency area (40). Figure 2.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth Maynard Enloe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:34
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/53; A61F13/534; A61F13/535; A61F13/02; A61F13/023; A61F13/45; A61F13/49; A61F13/49007; A61F13/49009; A61F13/49011; A61F13/551; A61F13/55105; A61F13/55115; A61F2013/530481
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
52 words
A disposable garment comprising an impervious backing material (12), a pervious body-side liner (14), and an integral absorbent, wherein said absorbent is arranged such that about 30 to about 50 percent of the absorbency of said absorbent is in a high-absorbency region (40) of the center front panel (43) of the diaper.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
52 words
A disposable garment comprising an impervious backing material (12), a pervious body-side liner (14), and an integral absorbent, wherein said absorbent is arranged such that about 30 to about 50 percent of the absorbency of said absorbent is in a high-absorbency region (40) of the center front panel (43) of the diaper.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The garment of claim 1 wherein between about 25 percent and about 45 percent of the total absorbency is in the back (5) of the diaper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The garment of claim 1 wherein between about 10 percent and about 20 percent of total absorbency is 2n the ears (42, 44) on the front (43) of said garment outside of said center front panel high-absorbency region (40).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
66 words
The garment of claim 1 wherein said absorbent is wood fluff between about 0.5 and about 0.8 inch thick in said high absorbency region (40) and between about .2 and about .5 inch thick in the remainder of said garment with a height difference between the ears of said garment (42, 44) and said center front panel (43) of between about. 0.3 and about 0.6 inch.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein said center front panel (43) has a length of between about 9 and about 5.5 inches and a width of between about 4 and about 5 inches.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A garment of claim 4 wherein said high-absorbency region (40) is formed by compression of a pile of vacuum formed fluff about 2 inches in height prior to compression.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
The garment of claim 1 wherein between about 20 and about 30 % of said absorbent is in the center panel (50) of the back (5) of said diaper.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
The garment of claim 7 wherein each of the four ears (42, 44, 45, 47) of said dia l er has between about 5 and up to 10 percent of the absorbency of said garment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
51 words
A disposable garment comprising an impervious backing layer (12), a pervious liner material (14), and a one-piece absorbent layer between said backing and said liner wherein said absorbent is arranged such that between about 55 and about 75 of said absorbent capacity is in the front half (3) of said garment.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
51 words
A disposable garment comprising an impervious backing layer (12), a pervious liner material (14), and a one-piece absorbent layer between said backing and said liner wherein said absorbent is arranged such that between about 55 and about 75 of said absorbent capacity is in the front half (3) of said garment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
32 words
The disposable garment of claim 9 wherein said absorbent is wood fluff between about .5 and about .8 inch thickness in the middle (54) of the area of said centered absorbent (40).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The garment of claim 1 wherein said high absorbency region (40) is created utilizing superabsorbents.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
The garment of claim 9 wherein said garment further comprises an elasticized waist (7, 9).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
44 words
The garment of claim 9 wherein said absorbent is formed as an integral layer develicated wood fluff that is compressed to between about .5 and about 0.8 inch thick along the centerline and between about 0.2 and about 0.4 inch thick along the edges.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
125 words
An absorbent garment comprising an impervious backing (12), a permeable body side lining (14) and an absorbent between said impervious backing and said body side lining, said garment divided into six panels by folds, the front (3) of the garment divided into a front center panel (43) and two side ears (42, 44),the back (5) divided into a back center panel (50) and two side ears (45, 47) wherein said back and front ears have between about 20 and up to 40 percent of the absorbency of said garment, said front center panel (43) has between about 30 and about 50 percent of said absorbency of said garment. and said back center panel (50) has between about 20 and about 30 percent of said absorbency.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
125 words
An absorbent garment comprising an impervious backing (12), a permeable body side lining (14) and an absorbent between said impervious backing and said body side lining, said garment divided into six panels by folds, the front (3) of the garment divided into a front center panel (43) and two side ears (42, 44),the back (5) divided into a back center panel (50) and two side ears (45, 47) wherein said back and front ears have between about 20 and up to 40 percent of the absorbency of said garment, said front center panel (43) has between about 30 and about 50 percent of said absorbency of said garment. and said back center panel (50) has between about 20 and about 30 percent of said absorbency.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
26 words
The garment of claim 14 wherein between about 25 percent and about 45 percent of the total absorbency is in the back (5) of the diaper.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
39 words
The garment of claim 14 wherein between about 10 percent and about 20 percent of total absorbency is in the ears (42, 44) on the front (3) of said garment outside of said center front panel high-absorbency region (40).
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
69 words
The garment of claim 14 wherein said absorbent is wood fluff between about 0.5 and about 0.8 inch thick in said center front panel (40) and between about 0.2 and about 0.5 inch thick in the remainder of said garment with a height difference between the fluff in the ears (42, 44) of said garment and said center front panel (43) of between about 0.3 and about 0.6 inch.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
The garment of claim 14 wherein said front center panel (40) has a length of between about 9 and about 5.5 inches and a width of between about 4 and about 5 inches.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
The garment of claim 14 wherein between about 20 and about 30 % of said absorbent is in the center panel (50) of the back (5) of said diaper.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
13 words
The garment of claim 14 wherein said center front panel (40) comprises superabsorbent.
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