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Adhesive closure system for oil-containing sheet material
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1994-12-13
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Granted: 1996-10-08
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Expires: 2014-12-13
Abstract
Abstract There is provided a disposable garment, such as a diaper, with a liquid additive, such as oil, containing microporous film and a pressure-sensitive adhesive fastening tab for releasably fastening to the microporous film. The pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises a copolymer of a) monoolefinically unsaturated monomer having an aldehyde group or ketone group and b) a base monomer.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhiro Kono
- 👤 Yorinobu Takamatsu
- 👤 Kengo Imamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 21:31
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/56; A61F13/58; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2874; Y10T428/2878; Y10T428/2891
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
A disposable garment comprising a thin liquid-impermeable sheet material of a liquid additive containing microporous film and a closure system comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive fastening tab having a first free end for releasably attaching to said liquid additive containing microporous film, said fastening tab permanently attached, at a second end opposite the free end, to a first edge region of the garment, said fastening tab free end having a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles said microparticles comprising a copolymer comprising the polymerization product of a) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a mono-olefinically unsaturated monomer having an aldehyde group or a ketone group; b) 75 to 94 parts by weight of a free radically polymerizable base monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl (meth)acrylate esters, vinyl esters and mixtures thereof; and c) 0 to about 20 by weight of a polar monomer different than monomers a) and b) wherein the microparticles are crosslinked together by a polyhydrazide crosslinking agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
A disposable garment comprising a thin liquid-impermeable sheet material of a liquid additive containing microporous film and a closure system comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive fastening tab having a first free end for releasably attaching to said liquid additive containing microporous film, said fastening tab permanently attached, at a second end opposite the free end, to a first edge region of the garment, said fastening tab free end having a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles said microparticles comprising a copolymer comprising the polymerization product of a) 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a mono-olefinically unsaturated monomer having an aldehyde group or a ketone group; b) 75 to 94 parts by weight of a free radically polymerizable base monomer selected from the group consisting of alkyl (meth)acrylate esters, vinyl esters and mixtures thereof; and c) 0 to about 20 by weight of a polar monomer different than monomers a) and b) wherein the microparticles are crosslinked together by a polyhydrazide crosslinking agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the liquid additive comprises 5 to 50 percent by weight of the film, and the film is oriented.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The disposable garment of claim 2 wherein the liquid additive comprises 10 to 30 percent by weight of the film, and the film is oriented by up to 3.0 to 1 in at least one direction.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The disposable garment of claim 3 wherein the liquid additive is selected from plasticizing oil, glycerine, petroleum jelly, soft carbowax, low molecular weight polyethylene, polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide, polytetramethylene oxide, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
The disposable garment of claim 4 wherein the liquid additive is a mineral oil.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
12 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the microparticles are suspension copolymers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the microparticles are emulsion copolymers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive copolymer has a glass transition temperature of from -80° to -20° C.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive copolymer has a glass transition temperature of from -60° to -30° C.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
34 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the base monomer is a monofunctional unsaturated (meth) acrylate ester of a non-tertiary alkyl alcohol, the alkyl group of which has from 4 to 14 carbon atoms.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the mono-olefinic unsaturation in monomer (a) is provided by (meth) acrylate, (meth) acrylamide or styryl functionality.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
The disposable garment of claim 11 wherein monomer (a) is selected from the group consisting of acrolein, vinyl methyl ketone, vinyl ethyl ketone, vinyl isobutyl ketone, diacetone (meth)acrylamide, formylstyrol, diacetone (meth)acrylate, acetonyl acrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl acrylate-acetyl acetate, 1,4-butanediol acrylate-acetyl acetate, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the polyhydrazide has the general structure: ##STR5## wherein R is an organic radical containing about 2 to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
39 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the polyhydrazide is selected from the group consisting of oxalyl dihydrazide, malonyl dihydrazide, succinyl dihydrazide, glutaryl dihydrazide, adipoyl dihydrazide, maleyl dihydrazide, sebacoyl dihydrazide, fumaroyl dihydrazide, isophthalic dihydrazide, terephthalic dihydrazide, and mixtures thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein the polyhydrazide comprises about 0.5 to 150 milliequivalents per 100 grams of copolymer.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 further comprising a multifunctional free-radically polymerizable crosslinking agent for internally crosslinking the microparticles.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
41 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein for the pressure-sensitive adhesive microparticles the sum of a)+b)+c) is 100 parts by weight; and the pressure-sensitive adhesive comprises about 0.5 to 150 milliequivalents per 100 grams of microparticles of said polyhydrazide crosslinking agent.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
The disposable garment of claim 1 wherein for the pressure-sensitive adhesive microspheres: monomer a) provides about 80 to 99 parts by weight; monomer b) provides about 0.5 to 7 parts by weight; monomer c) provides about 0 to 15 parts by weight.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
37 words
The disposable garment of claim 18 wherein: monomer a) provides about 85 to 98 parts by weight; monomer b) provides about 1 to 5 parts by weight; monomer c) provides about 0 to 10 parts by weight.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
The disposable garment of claim 15 wherein the polyhydrazide crosslinking agent is present in an amount of about 1 to 100 milliequivalents.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
22 words
The disposable garment of claim 20 wherein the polyhydrazide crosslinking agent is present in an amount of about 2 to 50 milliequivalents.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
16 words
The disposable garment of claim 17 further comprising a crosslinking agent for internally crosslinking the microparticles.
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