WO2006136839A1 - An adjustable washable nappy - Google Patents
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- WO2006136839A1 WO2006136839A1 PCT/GB2006/002299 GB2006002299W WO2006136839A1 WO 2006136839 A1 WO2006136839 A1 WO 2006136839A1 GB 2006002299 W GB2006002299 W GB 2006002299W WO 2006136839 A1 WO2006136839 A1 WO 2006136839A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
- A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
- A61F13/493—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers adjustable by adding or removing material, e.g. umbilical cord arrangements
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
- A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
- A61F13/49003—Reusable, washable fabric diapers
- A61F13/49004—Reusable, washable fabric diapers with fastening means
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/505—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators with separable parts, e.g. combination of disposable and reusable parts
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- the present invention relates to size adjustable washable nappies.
- the present invention relates to nappies that can be adjusted to adapt to changes in the width between the legs of a child.
- Adjustable washable nappies are known in the art. However, it is only possible to adjust these nappies to change the length of the waistband.
- the prior art nappies are not adjustable to accommodate changes in the distance between a child's hips.
- conventional one sized and sized nappies are too big for a new born child. Consequently the fabric of the nappy gathers between the child's legs and is unnecessarily bulky.
- the present invention provides a size adjustable washable nappy having a crotch portion extending between the legs of a wearer in use and a waistband portion, the nappy comprising two side panels and a central panel each forming part of the waistband portion and part of the crotch portion, wherein each side panel is provided with releasable attachment means for selective attachment to the other side panel or to the central panel .
- the central panel may be formed integrally with the side panels.
- the central panel may be formed separately from the side panels.
- the side panels of the nappy of the present invention each comprise first and second waistband portions and a crotch portion therebetween, and means to selectively releasably attach the first waistband portion to the second waistband portion of the same side panel or of the other side panel, in order to secure the nappy in place when wrapped around the wearer .
- the distance between the two side panels may be changeable by replacement of the central panel.
- the distance between the two side panels may be changeable by attaching them to the central panel at different positions.
- the two side panels may be attachable to the central panel using zip fasteners.
- the two side panels may be attachable to the central panel using push fasteners.
- the zip fasteners are arranged such that the side panels may be zipped to the central panel and may also be zipped directly to each other.
- one side panel may be provided with half of a zip fastener on the inside surface of the nappy
- the other side panel may be provided with half of a zip fastener on the outside surface of the nappy
- the central panel may be provided with half of a zip fastener on both its inside and outside surfaces.
- the present invention provides a nappy wherein the two side panels and the central panel may each be provided with a plurality of slots, wherein a set of slots in one of the side panels may be aligned with a set of slots in the central panel, and a set of slots in the other of the side panels may be aligned with a different set of slots in the central panel, and through each pair of aligned sets of slots a tape may be woven in order to attach each side panel to the central panel .
- the parts of the first waistband portions are provided with a plurality of rows of fasteners on the surface facing outwardly in use and the second waistband portions are provided with one or more mating fasteners on the surface facing inwardly in use, wherein, the one or more second waistband portion fasteners are selectively attachable to one or more of the first waistband portion fasteners.
- the central panel comprises an absorbent pad.
- Figure 1 shows an outside plan view of a first embodiment of a nappy according to the present invention
- Figure 2 shows an outside plan view of the first embodiment of a nappy according to the present invention with the side panels attached together;
- Figure 3 shows an outside plan view of a second embodiment of a nappy according to the present invention in an unassembled form
- Figure 4 shows an outside plan view of the second embodiment of a nappy according to the present invention in an assembled form
- Figure 5 shows an outside plan view of a third embodiment of a nappy according to the present invention in an unassembled form
- Figure 6 shows an outside plan view of the third embodiment of a nappy according to the present invention in an assembled form.
- FIG. 1 A preferred embodiment of a nappy 201 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in Figure 1.
- the nappy 201 is made up from a piece of material 202, typically a cotton cloth, which is folded and stitched to form two plackets 225,231. These plackets 225,231 divide the nappy 201 into two side panels 203,205 and a central panel 207. This three panel construction permits adjustment of the width of the nappy 201. To reduce the width of the nappy 201 the side panels 203,205 can be attached together. This is explained in further detail below.
- FIG. 3 A second embodiment of a nappy 1 according to the present invention is illustrated in Figure 3.
- the nappy 1 is made up from three separate panels, a first side panel 3, a second side panel 5 and a central panel 7.
- the side panels 3,5 are attached to opposite edges of the central panel 7.
- Each of the panels 3,5,7 is made of a cloth material, typically a cotton cloth.
- This three panel construction permits adjustment of the nappy 1.
- the width of the nappy 1 can be changed so that it fits wearers, for example children, of different sizes.
- each of the side panels 203,205,3,5 respectively takes the form of an elongate rectangle of cloth having two tongues 9,11 and 13,15, respectively, attached at either end of the long edge of the rectangle that is not attached to (in the case of the first embodiment of the present invention) or does not attach to the central panel 207, 7.
- tongues 9,11,13,15 in combination with the end sections of the elongate rectangular portion of the side panels 203,205,3,5 and the end sections of the central panel 207,7, form the waistband of the nappy 201,1.
- the remaining parts of the side panels 203,205,3,5 and the central panel 207,7 form the crotch of the nappy.
- the tongues 9 and 13 form the end sections of the back half of the waistband and the tongues 11 and 15 form the end sections of the front half of the waistband.
- the other long edges 17,19 of the elongate rectangular portions of the side panels 3, 5 are each provided with a placket 225,231,25,31 within which is provided respectively one half of a fastener 227,233,27a, 33a.
- the fastener is a snap fastener, such as the Parallel Tapey fastener from the Tapey Snapper range by Morito.
- the fastener is a zip fastener. The half of the fastener 227,27a and the half of the fastener 233,33a can be fastened together.
- the side panels 3,5 are respectively provided with a male and a female fastener portion 50,52 on the same side as the half of the zip fastener 27a, 33a respectively.
- the side panels are respectively provided with three male and three female fastener portions 54,56 on the same side as the half of the zip fastener 27a, 33a respectively.
- the inside surface of the tongue 9 is attached to the outside surface of the tongue 11 and the inside surface of the tongue 13 is attached to the outside surface of the tongue 15. So that the points of attachment of the tongues _. H —
- the central panel 207 which lies between the plackets 225,231, is rectangular in shape.
- the central panel 7 comprises a rectangular transverse section 40, which acts as an absorbent layer on the inside of the nappy 1, and a rectangular and elongate central section 43, that is narrower and longer than the transverse section 4 " 0, which forms the body of the nappy 1.
- the planar sides of the central section 43 and the transverse section 40 are positioned next to each other so that the centre points of each overlay each other and so that the edges of the transverse section 40 are parallel to the edges of the central section 43.
- the central section 43 is attached to the transverse section 40 by a line of stitching that passes along the centre of the central section 43, parallel to and intermediate its two long edges.
- the central panel 7 is cross-shaped.
- the two arms of the cross that are part of the transverse panel 40 form wing sections 39, 41, one on each side of the central section 43, spaced equidistantly from each short edge of the central section 43.
- the two arms of the cross that are part of the central section 43 respectively form part of the front and back of the waistband of the nappy 1.
- the wing sections 39, 41 are shorter than the central section 43 so that when the nappy 1 is assembled the wing sections 39, 41 do not overlap the waistband of the nappy 1. This makes the nappy 1 less bulky when the front of the nappy 1 is folded down to decrease its depth.
- the central panel 7 is provided with a placket 29, 35 within which is provided one half of a zip fastener 27b, 33b.
- the central section 43 has a female fastener portion 42 adjacent to the same edge and on the same side as the half of the zip fastener 27b and a male fastener portion 44 adjacent to the same edge and on the same side as the half of the zip fastener 33b.
- the central section 43 has three female fastener portions 46 adjacent to the same edge and on the same side as the half of the zip fastener 27b and three male fastener portions 48 ' adjacent to the same edge and on the same side as the half of the zip fastener 33b.
- the side panels 3,5 are attached to the central panel 7.
- the halves of the zip fasteners 27a, 33a, attached to the side panels 3,5 are zipped together with the halves of the zip fasteners 27b, 33b, attached to the central panel 7, and the fastener portions 42 and 50,44 and 52,46 and 54 and 48 and 56 are attached together.
- the nappy 201,1 according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention is placed relative to the child such that one of the child's legs is positioned between the tongues 9,11 and the other of the child's legs is positioned between the tongues 13,15.
- the back tongues 9,13 and the front tongues 11,15 are then brought together around the child's waist.
- the back tongues 9,13 overlap the front tongues 11,15 on the outside of the nappy 1.
- the tongues 9,11,13,15 are attached to each other using push fasteners .
- the tongues 9,11,13,15 are provided with a plurality of push fasteners so that the distance around the waistband can be adjusted.
- the tongues 9,11 are provided on their inside surfaces with male or female fastener portions 53,55.
- the tongues 11,15 are provided on their outside surfaces with female or male fastener portions 45,47.
- the tongues 11,15 are provided with three rows of female fastener portions 45, 47, with, for example, seven female fastener portions 45,47 in each row.
- the male fastener portions 53,55 are fastened into any of the female fastener portions 45,47 contained in the same row in order to form a nappy 201,1 with a waistband of the desired size.
- the minimum size of the waistband is limited by the tongues 9,13 because when the ends of the tongues 9,11,13,15 meet at the front of the nappy 201,1 the female fastener portions 45,47 are obscured and the waistband of the nappy 1 cannot be made any smaller.
- the outside surface of one of the tongues 9,13 is provided with a female fastener portion 57.
- This enables one or more of the male fastener portions 53,55, on one of the tongues 9,13, to engage with one or more of the female fastener portions 45,47 on the opposite side of the nappy 201,1, and one of the male fastener portions 53,55 on the other one of the tongues 9,11 to engage with the male fastener portion 57 on the outside of the first tongue 9,13, when the tongues 9,13 have overlapped.
- the width of the nappy 201 is changed by connecting the fasteners 227,233 together, to create a smaller nappy, or by disconnecting the fasteners 227,233, to create a larger nappy.
- central panel 7 has three distinct sections. There are two wing sections 39 and 41 and a central section 43. For differently sized central panels 7 the wing sections 39 and 41 remain the same width and the width of the central section 43 changes. To accommodate larger children a central panel 7 having a central section 43 of increased width is used. To accommodate smaller children a central panel 7 having a central section 43 of decreased width is used.
- the depth of the nappy 201,1 i.e. the distance between the bottom of the nappy 201,1 and the waistband.
- the top edges of the tongues 11,15, and the central panel 207,7 are folded inside the nappy 1 so that two, or only one, of the rows of female fastener portions 45,47 are externally visible.
- the male fastener portions 53,55 on the tongues 9,13 then engage with any of the female fastener portions 45,47 within the externally visible rows.
- FIG. 5 A third embodiment of a nappy 101 according to the present invention is illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
- the nappy 101 is made up from three separate panels, a first side panel 103, a second side panel 105 and a central panel 107.
- the side panels 103,105 are attached to opposite sides of the central panel 107.
- Each of the panels 103,105,107 is made of a cloth material, typically a cotton cloth.
- each of the side panels 103,105 is substantially the same shape and acts in the same way as the side panels 3 and 5 of the first embodiment.
- the side panels 103,105 are each provided with a single column of slots 125,127 running adjacent and perpendicular to the long sides 117,119 which are adjacent the central panel 107 when the nappy 101 is assembled.
- the central panel 107 is manufactured from a single piece of cloth.
- the central panel 107 is elongate and rectangular in shape. It is provided with four parallel columns of slots 129,131,133,135 running perpendicular to its long sides 121,123.
- each of the column of slots 125,127 on the side panels 103,105 is aligned with one of the columns of slots 29,131,133,135 on the central panel 107 and a tape 137,139 is passed through both sets of slots to secure the side panels 103,105 and the central panel 107 together.
- the slots 125 on the side panel 103 are aligned with the slots 129 on the central panel 107 and the slots 127 on the side panel 105 are aligned with the slots 135 on the central panel 107, as shown in Figure 3.
- the central panel 107 is placed on the inside of the nappy 101.
- a tape 137 is attached to the central panel 107 by a push fastener 141 attached to the outside surface of the central panel 107.
- the tape 137 is then threaded through a slot in the side panel 103 and then through an aligned slot in the central panel 107.
- the tape 137 is then passed back through the central panel 107, through an adjacent slot, and then through an aligned slot in the side panel 103.
- the slots 125 on side panel 103 are aligned with the slots 131 on the central panel 107 and the slots 127 on side panel 105 are aligned with the slots 133 on the central panel 107.
- the tapes 137 and 139 are woven between the panels 103,105,107 and attached as described above .
- the nappy 101 can be fitted to a child in the manner described previously in relation to the first embodiment of the present invention.
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