WO2006004872A2 - Disposable absorbent article having backsheet strips - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to disposable absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and other articles intended for use on incontinent persons.
- Disposable absorbent articles are designed to absorb and contain bodily waste in order to prevent soiling of the body and clothing of the wearer, as well as bedding or other objects with which the wearer comes into contact.
- the present invention provides a disposable absorbent article including two laterally opposing longitudinally extending backsheet strips attached to an exterior surface of an absorbent assembly in laterally opposing attachment zones.
- Each backsheet strip may include a water- impermeable layer and may be extensible.
- the absorbent assembly includes laterally opposing side flaps which may be formed by folding portions of the absorbent assembly laterally inward.
- a longitudinally extending elastic gathering member is attached to each side flap adjacent to its proximal edge. When the article is worn, the elastic gathering members contract and raise the side flaps to form side barriers.
- the absorbent assembly includes an absorbent core that may contain superabsorbent particles, which may be contained inside pockets.
- a portion of the absorbent assembly such as the portion that lies between the backsheet strip attachment zones may be extensible and may include a water-impermeable layer.
- lowercase letters appended to reference numerals indicate generally symmetric elements, e.g., the left and right side edges of the absorbent assembly 200 are respectively identified by the reference numerals 237a and 237b.
- a reference numeral without an appended lowercase letter identifies all of the elements to which that particular reference numeral applies, e.g., a backsheet formed of individual left and right portions may be identified in its entirety by the reference numeral X, while the left and right portions are individually identified by the respective reference numerals Xa and Xb; thus, textual reference to a structure identified by X includes elements Xa, Xb, and so on.
- Figure 1 is a plan view of an exemplary disposable absorbent article in the form of a diaper 20, which is shown in its flat, uncontracted state, i.e., without the contraction induced by elastic members.
- Figure 1 the interior portion of the diaper 20 that faces inwardly toward the wearer and contacts the wearer is shown facing the viewer.
- Figure 2 is a plan view of the diaper 20 of Figure 1 in its flat, uncontracted state, with the exterior portion of the diaper 20 that faces outwardly away from the wearer shown facing the viewer.
- Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5 are section views of the diaper 20 of Figure 1 and Figure 2 taken at the respective section lines 3-3, 4-4, and 5-5. In these section views, the interior portion of the diaper 20 that faces inwardly toward the wearer and contacts the wearer is shown facing upward.
- Figure 6 is a simplified side elevation view of an exemplary diaper 20 being worn about a lower torso of a wearer.
- Figure 7 is a front elevation view of the diaper 20 of Figure 6 being worn about the lower torso of the wearer.
- Figure 8 is a back elevation view of the diaper 20 of Figure 6 being worn about the lower torso of the wearer.
- Figure 9 is a plan view of an exemplary fragment of a formed web material.
- Figure 10 is a simplified left side elevation view of an exemplary diaper 20 including cohesive fastening patches being worn about a lower torso of a wearer.
- Figure 11 is a simplified right side elevation view of the diaper 20 of Figure 10 including cohesive fastening patches being worn about the lower torso of the wearer.
- Figure 12 is a simplified plan view of another exemplary disposable absorbent article in the form of a diaper 20, which is shown in its flat, uncontracted state and with its interior portion facing the viewer.
- Figure 13 is a simplified plan view of the diaper 20 of Figure 12 with its exterior portion facing the viewer.
- Figure 14 is a perspective view of an exemplary diaper 20, which is shown in its relaxed, contracted state and with its interior portion facing upward.
- Figure 15 is a plan view of an exemplary absorbent assembly 200, shown separately from the other portions of an exemplary diaper and with its interior portion facing the viewer.
- Figure 16 is a section view of the absorbent assembly of Figure 15 taken at the section line 16-16.
- Figure 17 is a section view of the absorbent assembly of Figure 15 taken at the section line 17-17.
- Figure 18 is a section view of an exemplary absorbent assembly 200 showing details of an exemplary absorbent core having particles of superabsorbent material contained inside pockets
- Figure 19 is a section view of an exemplary absorbent assembly 200 having an additional bottom sheet 226, taken at a section line corresponding to the section line 4-4 in Figure 1.
- Figure 20 is a plan view of another exemplary disposable absorbent article in the form of a diaper 20, which is shown in its flat, uncontracted state and with its interior portion facing the viewer.
- Figure 21 is a plan view of another exemplary disposable absorbent article in the form of a diaper 20, which is shown in its flat, uncontracted state and with its interior portion facing the viewer.
- Figure 22 is a plan view of the diaper 20 of Figure 21 in its flat, uncontracted state, with its exterior portion facing the viewer.
- Figure 23 is a section view of the diaper 20 of Figure 21 and Figure 22 taken at the section line 23-23, with its interior portion facing upward.
- Figure 24 is a plan view of another exemplary disposable absorbent article in the form of a diaper 20, which is shown in its flat, uncontracted state and with its interior portion facing the viewer.
- absorbent article refers to a device that absorbs and contains liquid, and more specifically, refers to a device that is placed against or in proximity to the body of the wearer to absorb and contain the various exudates discharged from the body.
- doctor refers to an absorbent article that is generally worn by infants and incontinent persons about the lower torso so as to encircle the waist and the legs of the wearer and that is specifically adapted to receive and contain urinary and fecal waste.
- dispenser refers to the nature of absorbent articles that generally are not intended to be laundered or otherwise restored or reused as an absorbent article, i.e., they are intended to be discarded after a single use and, preferably, to be recycled, composted or otherwise disposed of in an environmentally compatible manner.
- longitudinal refers to a direction running from a waist edge to an opposing waist edge of the article and generally parallel to the maximum linear dimension of the article. Directions within ⁇ 45° of the longitudinal direction are considered to be “longitudinal”.
- lateral refers to a direction running from a side edge to an opposing side edge of the article and generally at a right angle to the longitudinal direction. Directions within ⁇ 45° of the lateral direction are considered to be “lateral”.
- disposed refers to an element being attached and positioned in a particular place or position in a unitary structure with other elements.
- attached refers to elements being connected or united by fastening, adhering, bonding, etc. by any method suitable for the elements being attached together and their constituent materials. Many suitable methods for attaching elements together are well-known, including adhesive bonding, pressure bonding, thermal bonding, mechanical fastening, etc. Such attachment methods may be used to attach elements together over a particular area either continuously or intermittently.
- cohesive refers to the property of a material that, once set, sticks to itself but does not to any significant degree stick to other materials.
- water-permeable and water-impermeable refer to the penetrability of materials in the context of the intended usage of disposable absorbent articles. Specifically, the term “water-permeable” refers to a layer or a layered structure having pores, openings, and/or interconnected void spaces that permit liquid water to pass through its thickness in the absence of a forcing pressure. Conversely, the term “water-impermeable” refers to a layer or a layered structure through the thickness of which liquid water cannot pass in the absence of a forcing pressure. A layer or a layered structure that is water-impermeable according to this definition may be permeable to water vapor, i.e., may be "water vapor-permeable”.
- Such a water vapor- permeable layer or layered structure is commonly known in the art as "breathable".
- a common method for measuring the permeability to water of the materials typically used in absorbent articles is a hydrostatic pressure test, also called a hydrostatic head test or simply a "hydrohead” test.
- Suitable well known compendial methods for hydrohead testing are approved by INDA (formerly the International Nonwovens and Disposables Association, now The Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry) and EDANA (European Disposables And Nonwovens Association).
- proximal and distal refer respectively to the location of an element relatively near to or far from the center of a structure, e.g., the proximal edge of a longitudinally extending element is located nearer to the longitudinal axis than the distal edge of the same element is located relative to the same longitudinal axis.
- interior and exterior refer respectively to the location of an element that is intended to be placed against or toward the body of a wearer when an absorbent article is worn and the location of an element that is intended to be placed against or toward any clothing that is worn over the absorbent article.
- Synonyms for “interior” and “exterior” include, respectively, “inner” and “outer”, as well as “inside” and “outside”.
- synonyms include “upper” and “lower” and “top” and “bottom”, respectively.
- one end portion of the exemplary diaper 20 is configured as a front waist region 36, the longitudinally opposing end portion is configured as a back waist region 38, and an intermediate portion is configured as a crotch region 37.
- the basic structure of the diaper 20 includes an absorbent assembly 200, which has a front edge 236, a back edge 238, a left side edge 237a, a right side edge 237b, an interior surface 202, and an exterior surface 204.
- a longitudinal axis 42 extends through the midpoints of the front edge 236 and the back edge 238 and a lateral axis 44 extends through the midpoints of the left side edge 237a and the right side edge 237b.
- the absorbent assembly 200 has laterally opposing side flaps 247a and 247b that are described in more detail below.
- the basic structure of the diaper 20 also includes two laterally opposing longitudinally extending backsheet strips designated the left backsheet strip 100a and the right backsheet strip 100b.
- the backsheet strips have respective left front waist edge 136a and right front waist edge 136b, left back waist edge 138a and right back waist edge 138b, left strip proximal edge 156a and right strip proximal edge 156b, left interior surface 102a and right interior surface 102b, left exterior surface 104a and right exterior surface 104b.
- the two backsheet strips define a left side edge 137a and a right side edge 137b of the diaper 20.
- the backsheet strips 100a and 100b and the lower covering sheet 25 of the absorbent assembly 200 are attached together in laterally opposing longitudinally extending attachment zones such as the exemplary attachment zones 220a and 220b.
- the front waist edges 136a and 136b of the backsheet strips, the front edge 236 of the absorbent assembly, the back waist edges 138a and 138b of the backsheet strips, and the back edge 238 of the absorbent assembly encircle the waist of the wearer
- the side edges 137a and 137b encircle the legs of the wearer
- the crotch region 37 is generally positioned between the legs of the wearer
- the absorbent assembly 200 extends from the front waist region 36 through the crotch region 37 to the back waist region 38.
- a portion or the whole of each of the backsheet strips may be formed of an elastically extensible material or materials.
- a portion or the whole of each of the backsheet strips may be made extensible to a degree greater than the inherent extensibility of the material or materials from which the backsheet strip is made.
- a portion or the whole of the absorbent assembly may be formed of an elastically extensible material or materials.
- a portion or the whole of the absorbent assembly may be made extensible to a degree greater than the inherent extensibility of the material or materials from which the absorbent assembly is made.
- the additional extensibility may be desirable in order to allow the diaper 20 to conform to the body of a wearer during movement by the wearer.
- Additional lateral extensibility may be particularly desirable to allow the user of a diaper to extend the front waist region and/or the back waist region to encircle the waist of a wearer, i.e., to tailor the waist size and fit of a diaper to the individual wearer.
- Such a lateral extension of the waist region or regions may give the diaper a generally hourglass shape and may impart a tailored appearance to the diaper when it is worn.
- the additional extensibility may be desirable in order to minimize the cost of the diaper, because a relatively lesser amount of material is needed when the material is made extensible as described.
- additional lateral extensibility in the absorbent assembly 200 is provided only between the laterally opposing attachment zones 220a and 220b where the absorbent assembly 200 and the backsheet strips 100a and 100b are attached together, rather than in the entire absorbent assembly.
- Additional extensibility in the backsheet strips and/or the absorbent assembly may be provided in a variety of ways.
- the backsheet strips and/or the absorbent assembly may be pleated by any of many known methods.
- all or a portion of the backsheet strips and/or the absorbent assembly may be made of a formed web material or a formed laminate of web materials like those described in U.S. Patent No. 5,518,801 issued on 21 May 1996 in the name of Chappell
- An exemplary fragment 300 of such a formed web material 305 is shown in Figure 9.
- This formed web material 305 includes distinct laterally extending regions 310 in which the original material has been altered by embossing or another method of deformation to create a pattern of generally longitudinally oriented alternating ridges 312 and valleys 314.
- the formed web material 305 also includes laterally extending unaltered regions 316 located between the laterally extending altered regions 310.
- Such a formed web material 305 can be laterally extended beyond its original dimension with the application of relatively less force than that required to extend the same material to the same extent when undeformed.
- the application of opposing divergent forces directed generally perpendicular to the ridges 312 and valleys 314 extends such a formed web material along an axis between the opposing forces and generates a resistive contractive force, primarily in the unaltered regions 316.
- This resistive force is relatively smaller than the resistive force that is generated by the same material in its unaltered form when extended to the same extent, at least up to an extension at which the ridges and valleys in the altered regions flatten and begin to contribute to the resistive force.
- such formed web materials exhibit an extensible behavior resembling that of traditional elastic materials in the range of extensibility that is useful in absorbent articles, but may be made of relatively less expensive materials that are not inherently elastic and, thus, their use may provide an advantage in terms of the cost of manufacturing the absorbent articles.
- different portions of the backsheet strips and/or the absorbent assembly may be formed to have different ranges of extensibility and/or to be extensible to a greater or lesser degree when subjected to a given level of opposing tensile forces, i.e., to be relatively more easily or less easily extensible.
- Such differential extensibility may be desirable so that, for example, one or both of the waist regions may be laterally extended relatively farther or relatively more easily than the crotch region.
- the diaper 20 includes two laterally opposing longitudinally extending backsheet strips designated the left backsheet strip 100a and the right backsheet strip 100b as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, and Figure 5.
- the backsheet strips may be formed of a nonwoven material, for example a synthetic nonwoven such as spunbonded or carded polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, or rayon.
- each backsheet strip may include a water-impermeable layer that is formed of a suitable material, for example a film of polyethylene or another polyolefin, a microporous breathable film, a hydrophobic nonwoven, or a film formed of coextruded polyolefin layers.
- a suitable coextruded film is available from Clopay Plastic Products Co. of Mason, Ohio, U.S.A.
- a multi-layer backsheet strip such as a laminate of a film and a nonwoven, may also be suitable and may be oriented with the nonwoven disposed exteriorly to provide the feel and appearance of a cloth-like outermost layer, with the nonwoven disposed interiorly to separate the film from the skin of the wearer, or with nonwovens disposed both exteriorly and interiorly.
- the front waist region and the back waist region can be fastened together to encircle the waist and the legs of the wearer in many ways.
- separate fastening devices such as safety pins, separate tapes, a separate tie strap or straps, and/or a separate belt can be used for this purpose.
- fastening elements can be incorporated into the disposable absorbent article to enable a user to apply the diaper to the body of the wearer without, or in conjunction with, any separate fastening devices.
- Many suitable types of such incorporated fastening elements are well-known, including, for example, tapes, adhesives, adhesive tape tabs, ties, buttons, hooks, loops, snap fasteners, other forms of mechanical fasteners, cohesive patches, etc.
- Some suitable mechanical fasteners may be adapted to engage with a nonwoven, e.g., a nonwoven layer of a laminate backsheet.
- the fastening of the front waist region and the back waist region together may be openable and refastenable to allow for the adjustment of the fit of the diaper on the wearer and for the inspection of the interior of the diaper without fully removing it from the wearer.
- the fastening may be permanent, i.e., its opening may require the destruction of a portion of the diaper, e.g., the tearing of a portion of the diaper or the breaking of fused side seams.
- Cohesive fastening patches may be formed by the application of a cohesive material onto a substrate.
- the cohesive material may be applied in any of a variety of patterns, such as a continuous film, discrete dots, stripes, polygons, etc., and/or spaced and interconnected geometric elements describing a grid.
- Suitable synthetic cohesive products are available from Andover Coated Products, Incorporated, of Salisbury, Massachusetts, U.S.A. and are described in U.S. Patent No. 6,156,424 issued on 5 December 2000 in the name of Taylor.
- Such cohesive fastening patches may be disposed on the exterior of the diaper 20.
- cohesive fastening patches 110a and 110b may be disposed on the exterior surfaces of the respective backsheet strips 100a and 100b in the front waist region 36.
- functionally complementary cohesive fastening patches 120a and 120b are disposed on the interior surfaces of the respective backsheet strips 100a and 100b in the back waist region 38.
- the front cohesive fastening patches may be disposed on the interior of the diaper 20 and the back cohesive fastening patches may be disposed on the exterior of the diaper 20 in order to adapt the configuration for front-over-back fastening.
- the cohesive fastening patches may be disposed in a reversible configuration that is adapted to provide the user of the diaper with both options for fastening, i.e., either back-over-front or front-over-back, according to personal preference.
- cohesive fastening patches that are disposed on both the exterior and the interior of the diaper 20 may allow a back cohesive fastening patch to overlap a front cohesive fastening patch or the front cohesive fastening patch to overlap the back cohesive fastening patch.
- the cohesive fastening patches be similarly extensible such that the underlying extensible portion of the diaper is not restrained.
- adhesive tape tabs may be attached to the diaper 20 and may be used to fasten the back waist region 38 and the front waist region 36 together.
- laterally opposing adhesive tape tabs 114a and 114b may be attached to the respective backsheet strips 100a and 100b at or adjacent to the side edges 137a and 137b of the diaper 20.
- Suitable adhesive tapes are available from the 3M Corporation of St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A., under the designation of XMF99121, and from the Avery Dennison Corporation, Specialty Tape Division, Mentor, Ohio, U.S.A., under the designation of F4416.
- fastening sheets may also be attached to the diaper 20 and used in conjunction with such adhesive tape tabs.
- fastening sheets 116a and 116b may be attached onto the exterior surfaces 104a and 104b of the respective backsheet strips 100a and 100b as shown in Figure 12 and Figure 13.
- the adhesive tape tabs may be adhered to the fastening sheet to fasten the back waist region 38 and the front waist region 36 together.
- the fastening sheet serves to distribute the tensile force transmitted by each of the adhesive tape tabs over an area larger than the adhered area of the adhesive tape tab and may, itself, bear a portion of the tensile force and thereby relieve a portion of the force exerted on the underlying portion of the diaper, such as the backsheet strips.
- a fastening sheet may make it possible to use a relatively inexpensive and relatively weak material for the underlying portion of the diaper.
- a fastening sheet can have a surface and/or elements that engage with the mechanical fastener, e.g., loops with which hooks may engage.
- the fastening sheet be similarly extensible such that the underlying extensible portion of the diaper is not restrained.
- the absorbent assembly 200 has left and right laterally opposing side flaps 247a and 247b.
- the side flaps may be formed by folding portions of the absorbent assembly toward the longitudinal axis 42, to form both the respective side flaps 247a and 247b and the side edges 237a and 237b of the absorbent assembly 200.
- the side flaps may be formed by attaching an additional layer or layers to the absorbent assembly 200 at or adjacent to each of the respective side edges 237a and 237b.
- each of the additional layer or layers may be attached at or adjacent to its laterally distal edge.
- the absorbent assembly 200 may simply be folded loosely or may be creased along a portion of each of its side edges 237a and 237b. For example, it may be desirable to form creases along portions of the side edges 237a and 237b in the crotch region 37 in order to impart a more finished appearance to the diaper 20. Alternatively or in addition to creasing, a portion of each of the folded side flaps 247a and 247b adjacent to the side edges 237a and 237b may be attached to the interior surface 202 of the absorbent assembly 200 to achieve a similar result.
- the side flaps may overlap the absorbent core 250, i.e., the proximal edges 255a and 255b of the side flaps may lie laterally inward of the respective left side edge 257a and right side edge 257b of the absorbent core 250. Alternatively, the side flaps may not overlap the absorbent core.
- the side flaps preferably are water vapor-permeable, i.e., breathable, at least in the crotch region 37 where they form side barriers when the diaper is worn, as described in detail below.
- the absorbent assembly 200 extends the full length of the backsheet strips 100a and 100b between the front waist edges 136a and 136b and the back waist edges 138a and 138b.
- a full length configuration may be desirable in order to minimize the amount of waste material and the difficulty associated with the manufacture of the diaper 20, especially when the method used to manufacture the diaper 20 requires the introduction of the material or materials for the absorbent assembly 200 in the form of a continuous web or multiple continuous webs.
- such a full length configuration may be desirable in order to isolate the skin of the wearer from the backsheet strips.
- the absorbent assembly 200 may be shorter and extend less than the full length of the backsheet strips. Such a shorter configuration may be desirable in order to minimize the total amount of material used and the cost of the diaper 20.
- Each of the side flaps 247a and 247b is attached to the interior surface 202 of the absorbent assembly 200 in attachment zones located at or adjacent to the front edge 236 and the back edge 238.
- the left side flap 247a is attached to the interior surface 202 of the absorbent assembly 200 in attachment zones 251a and 251c
- the right side flap 247b is attached to the interior surface 202 in attachment zones 251b and 251d.
- the attachment zones may have equal areas or may be unequal in area.
- each side flap preferably includes a longitudinally extensible flap elastic member that is attached adjacent to the proximal edge of the side flap.
- a longitudinally extensible flap elastic member that is attached adjacent to the proximal edge of the side flap.
- elastic strands 267a and 267b are attached adjacent to the respective proximal edge 255a and 255b of the side flaps.
- the flap elastic member may be enclosed inside folded hems, such as the hems 271a and 271b shown in Figure 4.
- the flap elastic member may be sandwiched between two layers of the absorbent assembly or may be attached on a surface of the absorbent assembly and remain exposed.
- the flap elastic members When stretched, the flap elastic members allow the proximal edges of the side flaps to extend to the flat uncontracted length of the absorbent assembly, as shown in Figure 1. When allowed to relax, the flap elastic members contract to gather the portions of the proximal edges along which the flap elastic members are attached. For example, when the exemplary diaper 20 is in a relaxed condition as shown in Figure 14, the elastic strands 267a and 267b contract to gather the proximal edges 255a and 255b of the side flaps 247a and 247b.
- the contractive forces of the elastic strands pull the front waist region 36 and the back waist region 38 toward each other and thereby bend the absorbent assembly 200 and the entire diaper 20 into a "U" shape in which the interior of the "U” shape is formed by the interior portions of the diaper. Because the proximal edges remain free between the attachment zones, the contractive forces of the elastic strands lift the proximal edges 255a and 255b of the side flaps 247a and 247b away from the interior surface 202 of the absorbent assembly and thereby raise the side flaps into position to serve as side barriers.
- the lateral spacing of the lifted proximal edges is selected to allow the deposit of bodily wastes from the lower torso of the wearer into the space between the raised side flaps.
- each of the side flaps 247a and 247b in effect becomes its height when the free portion of its proximal edge is lifted and the side flap is raised.
- This height preferably is selected to allow the lifted proximal edges 255a and 255b to fit into the leg creases of the body of the wearer to form seals to help prevent the leakage of deposited bodily waste out of the diaper.
- the absorbent assembly 200 includes an absorbent core 250 that serves to absorb and retain liquid bodily waste materials.
- the absorbent core 250 has a front edge 256, a back edge 258, a left side edge 257a, a right side edge 257b, an interior surface 252, and an exterior surface 254.
- the absorbent assembly 200 may include an upper covering sheet that is disposed in a face- to-face arrangement with the interior surface 252 of the absorbent core 250 in addition to a lower covering sheet that is disposed in a face-to-face arrangement with the exterior surface 254 of the absorbent core 250 and the interior surfaces 102a and 102b of the respective backsheet strips 100a and 100b. If both are present, such an upper covering sheet and lower covering sheet may be attached together to contain the absorbent core 250 between them and thereby form the absorbent assembly 200.
- an upper covering sheet 24 and a lower covering sheet 25 are attached together at or adjacent to the side edges 237a and 237b of the absorbent assembly 200 in attachment zones 29a and 29b.
- the upper covering sheet is water-permeable and allows liquid bodily waste to pass through its thickness to the absorbent core.
- the upper covering sheet preferably is formed of a soft material that will not irritate the skin of the wearer, for example a synthetic nonwoven such as spunbonded or carded polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, or rayon.
- the lower covering sheet may include a water-permeable layer of any suitable material, for example the same material as the upper covering sheet.
- a portion or the whole of either or both of the upper covering sheet and the lower covering sheet may be water vapor-permeable, i.e., breathable.
- the lower covering sheet may include a water-impermeable layer that is formed of a suitable material, for example a film of polyethylene or another polyolefin, a microporous breathable film, a hydrophobic nonwoven, or a film formed of coextruded layers of polyolefin layers.
- a suitable coextruded film is available from Clopay Plastic Products Co. of Mason, Ohio, U.S.A. under the designation of Ml 8-327.
- a multi ⁇ layer lower covering sheet such as a laminate of a film and a nonwoven, may also be suitable and may be oriented with the nonwoven disposed exteriorly to provide the feel and appearance of a cloth-like outermost layer, with the nonwoven disposed interiorly to separate the film from the skin of the wearer, or with nonwovens disposed both exteriorly and interiorly.
- the upper covering sheet and the lower covering sheet may extend to the same width and the same length.
- one or more of the edges of one of the covering sheets may lie distally relative to the respective edge or edges of the other covering sheet.
- the upper covering sheet may extend longitudinally only to an extent sufficient to cover the absorbent core and to be attached to the lower covering sheet adjacent to either the front or the back edge of the absorbent core, while the lower covering sheet may extend longitudinally beyond the upper covering sheet toward or to the adjacent waist edges of the backsheet strips.
- Such a longitudinally extended lower covering sheet may serve to isolate the skin of the wearer from a portion of the backsheet strips as may be desirable, for example, when the diaper is worn under conditions in which contact between the skin and a backsheet film could be uncomfortable.
- the upper covering sheet may extend laterally only to an extent sufficient to cover the absorbent core, or to an extent sufficient to be attached to the lower covering sheet adjacent to either the left or the right side edge of the absorbent core.
- the lower covering sheet may extend laterally beyond the upper covering sheet.
- the upper covering sheet 24 extends laterally only a relatively small distance beyond the side edges 257a and 257b of the absorbent core 250 and is attached to the lower covering sheet 25 in this area.
- the lower covering sheet 25 in this exemplary absorbent assembly extends laterally beyond the upper covering sheet 24 and is folded to form the side flaps 247a and 247b.
- the absorbent assembly and the backsheet strips may be attached together over any part or the whole of the length of the absorbent assembly.
- the absorbent assembly is attached on its exterior surface to the backsheet strips in laterally opposing longitudinally extending attachment zones such as the exemplary attachment zones 220a and 220b shown in Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4, Figure 5, Figure 13, Figure 15, Figure 16, Figure 17, and Figure 19.
- the portions of the backsheet strips that lie outside such an attachment pattern are not restrained by attachment to the absorbent assembly and therefore remain extensible.
- a relatively narrow longitudinally extending attachment zone such as left attachment zone 220a leaves the majority of the width of the left backsheet strip 100a freely extensible and thereby allows extension of the left backsheet strip 100a in the lateral direction.
- the absorbent assembly may be attached to the backsheet strips continuously or intermittently.
- a film of an adhesive may be applied continuously over the entire area of the attachment zones and then used to continuously attach the absorbent assembly to the backsheet strips.
- an adhesive may be applied discontinuously at and inside the boundaries of the attachment zones, such as in the form of dots, stripes, beads, spirals, etc., and then used to attach the absorbent assembly to the backsheet strips.
- the absorbent core may be attached to the lower covering sheet over any part or the whole of the area of the absorbent core.
- the absorbent core is attached on its exterior surface to the lower covering sheet in a cruciform attachment pattern, i.e., in an attachment pattern that forms or is arranged in a cross or "+" shape.
- the cruciform attachment pattern may be contiguous, i.e., all of its portions may be touching or connected throughout the pattern in an unbroken sequence, or may include detached portions and thereby lack contiguity but still be arranged such that the shape of the overall pattern is a cruciform.
- An exemplary contiguous cruciform attachment pattern 210 is shown in Figure 15, Figure 16, and Figure 17.
- a relatively narrow longitudinally extending portion 212 of a cruciform attachment pattern 210 leaves the majority of the width of the lower covering sheet 25 in the front waist region 36 and in the back waist region 38 freely extensible and thereby allows extension of the lower covering sheet 25 in the lateral direction in these regions.
- a relatively wide laterally extending portion 214 of a cruciform attachment pattern 210 like that shown in Figure 15 and Figure 16 prevents the portion of the lower covering sheet 25 in the crotch region 37 to which the absorbent core 250 is attached from shifting relative to the absorbent core 250 in that region and thereby contributes to the effectiveness of the raised side flaps.
- the raised side flaps 247a and 247b might distort and fail to maintain contact with the body or become improperly positioned.
- the absorbent core may be attached to the lower covering sheet continuously or intermittently.
- a film of an adhesive may be applied continuously over the entire area of the cruciform attachment pattern and then used to continuously attach the absorbent core to the lower covering sheet.
- an adhesive may be applied discontinuously at and inside the boundaries of the cruciform attachment pattern, such as in the form of dots, stripes, beads, spirals, etc., and then used to attach the absorbent core to the lower covering sheet.
- the absorbent core 250 includes a storage component 272 that serves to absorb and retain liquid bodily waste materials.
- Suitable known materials for the absorbent core storage component include cellulose fibers in the form of comminuted wood pulp, which is commonly known as "airfelt", layers or sheets of a natural or synthetic fibrous material or materials, a superabsorbent polymer or polymers, etc. These absorbent materials may be used separately or in combination. Many known absorbent materials may be used in a discrete form, i.e., in the form of fibers, granules, particles, and the like.
- Such a discrete form of an absorbent material may be immobilized by an adhesive that attaches the discrete pieces together to form a coherent layer or that attaches the discrete pieces to a substrate layer or that attaches the discrete pieces both to each other and to the substrate layer.
- the absorbent core may include an acquisition component in addition to one or more storage components.
- the absorbent core acquisition component serves to acquire deposited liquid bodily waste material and transfer it to the absorbent core storage component. Any porous absorbent material which will imbibe and partition liquid bodily waste material to the storage component or components may be used to form the acquisition component.
- Preferred materials for the acquisition component include synthetic fiber materials, open celled polymeric foam materials, fibrous nonwoven materials, cellulosic nonwoven materials, and various combination synthetic/cellulosic nonwoven materials.
- the acquisition component may be formed of a nonwoven web or webs of synthetic fibers including polyester, polypropylene, and/or polyethylene, natural fibers including cotton and/or cellulose, blends of such fibers, or any equivalent materials or combinations of materials.
- High loft nonwoven acquisition materials suitable for the acquisition component of the present invention can be obtained from Polymer Group, Inc., (PGI), 450 N.E. Blvd, Landisville, New Jersey 08326, U.S.A., under the material code designation of 98920.
- Such an absorbent core acquisition component 290 is shown overlying the absorbent core storage component 272 in Figure 15, Figure 16, and Figure 17.
- a separation sheet 292 of, e.g., a tissue or a nonwoven material, may be disposed between the absorbent core storage component 272 and the absorbent core acquisition component 290 to help ensure that none of the gel formed by a superabsorbent polymer reaches the skin of the wearer.
- This separation sheet 292 may extend laterally beyond the side edges 257a and 257b of the absorbent core 250 and the upper covering sheet 24 may be attached to the separation sheet 292.
- the liquid bodily waste material that is deposited onto the upper covering sheet 24 will pass through the thickness of the upper covering sheet 24 to be absorbed by the absorbent core acquisition component 290, and some or all of it may then pass through the thickness of the separation sheet 292 and then be absorbed and retained by the absorbent core storage component 272.
- an absorbent core storage component 272 may include the discrete form of an absorbent material that is immobilized in pockets formed by a layer of a thermoplastic material, such as a hot melt adhesive, that intermittently contacts and adheres to a substrate sheet, while diverging away from the substrate sheet at the pockets.
- a thermoplastic material such as a hot melt adhesive
- Absorbent core components having such structures and being suitable for the storage of liquid bodily wastes are described in co-pending and commonly assigned U.S. Patent Applications Nos. 10/776,839 and 10/776,851, both filed on 11 February 2004 in the name of Ehrnsperger et al.
- An exemplary absorbent core storage component 272 having such a structure is shown in Figure 18.
- the absorbent core storage component 272 particles 270 of a superabsorbent polymer are contained inside pockets 280 formed by a layer 275 of a thermoplastic material.
- the absorbent core storage component may include both particles of a superabsorbent polymer and airfelt and both materials may be contained inside the pockets formed by the layer of the thermoplastic material.
- an exemplary absorbent core storage component may contain no airfelt and therefore the component can be made relatively thinner and more flexible for the comfort of the wearer.
- the particles of the superabsorbent polymer can be immobilized relatively more easily in the absence of airfelt.
- the layer 275 of the thermoplastic material intermittently contacts and adheres to a substrate sheet 274 at the areas of attachment 282.
- the layer 275 diverges away from the substrate sheet 274 to form the pockets 280.
- the layer 275 may have the form of a sheet of fibers of the thermoplastic material through which the liquid bodily waste may pass to be absorbed by the particles 270 of the superabsorbent polymer.
- thermoplastic layer covering sheet 276 is shown overlying the layer
- thermoplastic layer covering sheet 275 of the thermoplastic material.
- thermoplastic layer covering sheet 276 may be superposed with one absorbent core storage component inverted such that the respective substrate sheets distally oppose each other.
- either or both of the distally opposing substrate sheets may serve respectively as either or both of an upper covering sheet and a lower covering sheet for the absorbent assembly.
- the absorbent assembly may include a separate lower covering sheet that is disposed between the absorbent core and the interior surface of the backsheet and/or a separate upper covering sheet that is disposed interiorly of the absorbent core.
- the absorbent assembly may include an additional bottom sheet of a film or other water- impermeable material to enhance the protection against leakage.
- an additional bottom sheet 226 of a film or other water-impermeable material may be attached inside the absorbent assembly between the lower covering sheet 25 and the absorbent core 250.
- the additional bottom sheet may be attached to the absorbent assembly exteriorly of the lower covering sheet.
- This additional bottom sheet may extend laterally less far than either or both of the left side edge 237a and the right side edge 237b of the absorbent assembly 200, as shown in Figure 19, or may extend laterally to overlap one or both of the side edges of the absorbent assembly.
- the additional bottom sheet may be attached to the lower covering sheet in a cruciform attachment pattern similar to that shown in Figure 15, thus leaving the portions of the lower covering sheet that lie outside the cruciform attachment pattern unrestrained by attachment to the additional bottom sheet and allowing these portions to be extensible.
- a laterally extending portion 214 of such a cruciform attachment pattern is shown in Figure 19.
- the additional bottom sheet in such an embodiment may be attached in such a cruciform attachment pattern to the absorbent core, thus leaving the portions of the additional bottom sheet that lie outside the cruciform attachment pattern unrestrained by attachment to the absorbent core and therefore allowing these portions to be extensible.
- the additional bottom sheet is attached to the lower covering sheet in a pattern other than a cruciform, the lower covering sheet is not indirectly restrained by the absorbent core and therefore is allowed to be extensible.
- the finished diaper may have a generally rectangular shape, as in the exemplary diaper 20 shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. Such a generally rectangular configuration may be desirable in order to minimize the amount of waste material and the difficulty associated with the manufacture of the diaper 20.
- the diaper may have side edges 137a and 137b that are not straight, but instead are curved and/or notched, thereby giving an overall shape in plan view of an hourglass or of an "I" to the diaper 20.
- Such a non-rectangular configuration may be desirable in order to impart a tailored appearance to the diaper 20 when it is worn.
- Such a non-rectangular configuration may also be desirable in order to impart an impression that the diaper 20 will fit comfortably between the legs of a wearer.
- a non-rectangular configuration of the diaper may be formed in any one of several ways. For example, laterally distal portions may be removed from the diaper to make its lateral dimension at and adjacent to the lateral axis 44 smaller than its lateral dimension at and adjacent to the front waist edge 136 and smaller than its lateral dimension at and adjacent to the back waist edge 138, i.e., to make the diaper narrower in the crotch region 37 than at the waist edges.
- An exemplary form of such a non-rectangular configuration of the diaper is shown in Figure 20. As shown in this figure, portions of the backsheet strips 100a and 100b may be removed to form laterally opposing side notches Ilia and 111b, while leaving the backsheet strips longitudinally continuous.
- each of the side edges 137a and 137b may be folded laterally inward in order to form a non-rectangular configuration of the diaper.
- laterally opposing portions 107a and 107b of the backsheet strips 100a and 100b in the crotch region 37 may be folded laterally inward to overlap the respective side flaps 247a and 247b and may be attached to the side flaps, for example, in the respective attachment zones 109a and 109b.
- each of the folded laterally opposing portions 107a and 107b extends laterally only a part of the way from the respective side edge 237a or 237b of the absorbent assembly 200 toward the longitudinal axis 42, thus leaving uncovered respective exposed portions 207a and 207b of the side flaps, which form side barriers when the diaper is worn, as described above, particularly when the side barriers are breathable.
- the backsheet strips may be made longitudinally discontinuous in order to form a non-rectangular configuration of the diaper.
- the backsheet strips may be separated into a left front backsheet strip 100a, a left back backsheet strip 100c, a right front backsheet strip 100b, and a right back backsheet strip 10Od, and each of these backsheet strips may extend laterally beyond the side edges 237a and 237b of the absorbent assembly 200, thereby imparting an "I" shape to the diaper 20.
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