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Absorbent article
Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc
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Filing: 1989-08-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-08-18
Abstract
Abstract A distinctive absorbent article (10) includes a backsheet layer (12), a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer (14), and an absorbent body (16) located between the backsheet (12) and liner layers (14). The backsheet and liner layers generally define a front waistband section (24), a rear waistband section (25) and an intermediate section (26) of the article, with the intermediate section (26) interconnecting the front (24) and rear (25) waistband sections. A resilient barrier member (54, 54a) is located in the intermediate section (26) of the article (10) and includes at least a portion which extends generally transversely along the article cross-direction (64). The barrier member (13,54,54a) extends toward the body of the wearer and operably inhibits the longitudinal movement of liquid or viscous waste materials between the front (24) and rear (25) waistband sections of the article (10).
Inventors
- 👤 Kenneth Maynard Enloe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:38
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/45; A61F13/47; A61F13/475; A61F13/4758; A61F13/51; A61F13/511; A61F13/53; A61F13/534; A61F13/537; A61F13/53743; A61F13/53747; A61F13/5376; A61F13/49; A61F13/49007; A61F13/49009; A61F13/49011; A61F13/491; A61F13/56; A61F13/58; A61F13/62; A61F13/622; A61F13/4902; A61F2013/49031; A61F2013/49068; A61F2013/49076; A61F13/495; A61F2013/4951; A61F2013/4958; A61F2013/51002; A61F2013/51038; A61F2013/51042; A61F2013/51059; A61F2013/51078; A61F13/514; A61F13/51401; A61F2013/51409; A61F2013/51411; A61F2013/51441; A61F2013/530481; A61F2013/5666; A61F2013/5672
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
48 words
An absorbent article (10) comprising: a backsheet layer (12), a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer (14) an absorbent body (16) located between said backsheet (12) and liner layers (14) and resilient barrier means (13,54,54a) extending in cross direction of the article (10) and towards the body of the wearer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
48 words
An absorbent article (10) comprising: a backsheet layer (12), a substantially liquid-permeable liner layer (14) an absorbent body (16) located between said backsheet (12) and liner layers (14) and resilient barrier means (13,54,54a) extending in cross direction of the article (10) and towards the body of the wearer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
An absorbent article as recited in claim 1 in which a resilient barrier member (13) is located in an intermediate section (26) of said article and includes at least a portion extending generally transversely along a cross-direction (64) of said article (10) for operably inhibiting a longitudinal movement of waste materials.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
An article as recited in claim 2, wherein said resilient barrier member (13) comprises a ridge member composed of a compressible material which has sufficient resiliency even when wet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
An article as recited in claim 3, wherein said ridge member is composed of a foam material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
An article as recited in claim 3 or 4, wherein said ridge member (13) extends along the article cross-direction in a generally linear configuration.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
An article as recited in claim 3 or 4, wherein said ridge member (13) extends along the article cross-direction in a nonlinear configuration.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
An article as recited in claim 6, wherein said ridge member (13) extends in a generally U-shape configuration.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
154 words
An absorbent article (10) according to one of the preceding claims comprising: A plurality of longitudinally extending elastic members (40, 40a) which are connected to said liner layer (14) and transversely distributed in a substantially adjacently-spaced relation over a medial section (26) of said article (10), said elastic members (40,40a) having a total, active longitudinal extent of not more than about 50 percent of the total length of said absorbent article (10), said elastic members (40,40a) operably gathering said liner layer (14) to form therein one or more ruffled panel regions (54,54a) which include a plurality of transversely aligned ridges (44) extending generally perpendicularly from said liner layer (14) and positioned at a predetermined portion of said absorbent article (10), and said elastic members (40,40a) arranged to operably shorten said liner layer (14) to reduce the occurrence of transversely aligned wrinkling and folding thereof at a designated region (60,62) of said absorbent article (10).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
An absorbent article as recited in claim 8, wherein said ruffled panel region (54a) is formed at a front waistband section of said article.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
An absorent article as recited in claim 8 or 9 wherein said ruffled panel region (54a) is formed at a rear waistband portion of said article.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
An absorbent article as recited in one of claims 8 to 10 wherein said ruffled panel region (54) is formed at an intermediate section of said article.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
43 words
An absorbent article as recited in claim 8, wherein a first ruffled panel region (54a) is formed at a rear waistband section of said article (10) and a second ruffled panel region (54) is formed at an intermediate section of said article (10).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
44 words
An absorbent article as recited in one of claims 8 to 12 further comprising resilient spacing means (90,92) located at each side of a centerline (68) of said article for urging lateral sections of said liner layer (14) away from said absorbent body (16).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
An absorbent article as recited in claim 12, wherein a first ruffled panel region (54a) is located at a rear waistband section of said article (10) and a second ruffled panel region (54) is located at an intermediate section of said article.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
An absorbent article as recited in one of claims 8 to 12, wherein said ruffled panel region in its ruffled condition extends over about 2-20 cm. of said absorbent article length.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
An absorbent article as recited in claim 14, wherein said first ruffled panel region (54a) extends over about 2-5 cm. of said absorbent body length, and said second ruffled panel region (54) extends over about 2-10 cm. of said absorbent article length.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
59 words
An absorbent article as recited in one of claims 12 to 16, wherein said resilient spacing means (90,92) comprises elastic spacing members which extend longitudinally along a length dimension of said article (10) and are attached to said liner layer (14) to contract and draw said lateral sections of said liner layer (14) away from said absorbent body (16).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
An absorbent article as recited in one of claims 12 to 17, wherein said resilient spacing means comprises elasticized containment flaps which are configured to extend longitudinally along a length dimension of said article.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
60 words
An absorbent article of one of claims 8 to 18 wherein one or more of said backsheet and liner layers (12,14) extend beyond lateral side edges of said absorbent body (16) to form gatherable side margins of said article (10); one or more leg elastic members (28) connected to each side margin to form elasticized gathers in the side margin.
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