Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
604385201 | Foldable | 26 |
20090299321 | Folded disposable pants - Folded disposable pants which include an outer wear sheet of pants shape and an absorbent main body adhered to a skin-contacting surface side in the outer wear sheet, wherein elastic members are added at least to circumferences of a waist opening and a leg opening. The folded disposable pants are formed by folding back a crotch part of the disposable pants over a center pants part on the upside of the crotch part, folding back a left lateral part and a right lateral part of the pants over the center pants part, and then folding back an upper pants part in which the left and the right lateral parts of the pants are overlapped with each other, over a downside part thereof. | 12-03-2009 |
20100121303 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article that is worn by a user, including: a main body section of the absorbent article; an absorbent body that includes an absorbent member absorbing liquid, that has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction, that is superposed on a user side of the main body section, whose one end section of the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section at a first joined section, and whose another end section of the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section at a second joined section; and a restricting member that is disposed between the first joined section and the second joined section in the longitudinal direction, and that restricts relative shifting between the main body section and the absorbent body when the main body section and the absorbent body that are superposed are folded. | 05-13-2010 |
20110172630 | ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - A sanitary napkin ( | 07-14-2011 |
20110196333 | SIMPLE DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A simple disposable pant-like garment includes a chassis and an absorbent assembly. The chassis, which can be extensible, includes a water-impermeable sheet folded laterally inward at both of its side edges to form opposing side flaps. Each side flap is attached to the interior surface of the chassis adjacent to its end edges. Each side flap has a longitudinally extending elastic gathering member attached adjacent to its proximal edge. The absorbent assembly is smaller in width and in length than the chassis. The side edges and end edges of the absorbent assembly can be disposed proximally relative to the respective side edges and end edges of the chassis. The absorbent assembly includes an absorbent core that can contain superabsorbent particles contained inside pockets. The absorbent assembly may be attached in a cruciform pattern to the chassis to allow portions of the chassis to extend laterally. | 08-11-2011 |
20110251577 | WEARING ARTICLE - A wearing article configured so as to prevent bodily fluids from staying in the proximal side edges of the cuffs and thereby to restrict development of skin troubles such as diaper rashes due to such staying bodily fluids. The wearing article includes a chassis having an inner sheet lying on a side facing a wearer's body and an outer sheet lying on a side facing away from the wearer's body and a liquid-absorbent structure is sandwiched between these inner and outer sheet. The liquid-absorbent structure is formed with highly absorbent regions having a higher bodily fluid absorption capacity than that of a remaining region. The highly absorbent regions include front regions lying on the side of a front end and rear regions lying on the side of a rear end. The highly absorbent regions are formed by increasing a thickness of a liquid-absorbent core. Leakage-barrier cuffs are formed on the side of the inner sheet facing the wearer's body. Proximal side edges of the leakage-barrier cuffs are bonded to the inner sheet by bonding means which partially overlap the front and rear regions of the liquid-absorbent structure. | 10-13-2011 |
20110282315 | PACKAGE FOLDING OF DISPOSABLE SANITARY ARTICLES HAVING BELTS - A method of package folding a disposable sanitary article and article thereof having a front part, a rear part, a crotch part therebetween, and a belt including two parts. Each of the two belt parts can be extended in a cross-direction outwardly from the respective outer end portion of each side portion of the rear part. The belt is arranged on the rear part with the belt parts overlapping each other. Fastening elements for releasably fastening the front part to the belt are arranged on each side portion of the front part. The article is folded so that the folded article attains a rectangular shape and a desired size. As a first step in the package folding, the front and rear parts are folded towards each other so that the fastening elements on the front part are attached to one of the overlapping belt parts arranged on the rear part. | 11-17-2011 |
20120065607 | Folded incontinence article - The invention relates to an absorbent incontinence article ( | 03-15-2012 |
20120165777 | Absorbent incontinence article with improved closure system - An absorbent incontinence diaper ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120172828 | Folded Incontinence Article - The invention relates to an absorbent open-type incontinence article with attached ears, wherein the rear ears have closure elements in the peripheral region, and to the folding of the ears at high production speeds without the functionality of the closure elements being impaired and with the simultaneously use-friendly arrangement of the closure elements in the folded absorbent incontinence article. The invention also relates to a method of producing this absorbent incontinence article. | 07-05-2012 |
20120238990 | Resilient Tampon and Method for Making - A method of making a resilient tampon includes the steps of providing binder fibers having an average fiber length of at least 35 mm; combining the binder fibers to form a loose fleece; activating the binder fibers; and compressing a portion of the loose fleece into a pledget after activating the binder fibers. | 09-20-2012 |
20120253311 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE DIMENSIONALLY SHAPED ARTICLE COMPRISING HIP/THIGH PANELS AND A HOOP FROM A PLUS-SHAPED BLANK, AND SUCH AN ARTICLE - The present invention relates to an article for being worn on the lower torso of a wearer. The article having leg hoops for encircling a part of the upper thigh regions, a waist hoop for encircling the waist of a wearer during use, a centre piece, two hip/thigh panels, and a further web material for being positioned on the inner thigh region of the wearer. The centre piece having a web material including a front region for being positioned in the front abdominal region of the wearer, a rear region for being positioned in the lower back region of the wearer, and a centre region for being positioned in the crotch region of the wearer. The two hip/thigh panels have web materials for being positioned on the hips of the wearer and extending downwardly into at least the upper thigh region of the wearer, being rectangularly or trapzoidally shaped. | 10-04-2012 |
20120271269 | WEARING ARTICLE - A wearing article having a chassis bent in a crotch region. A diaper is folded along an imaginary lateral center line so that front and rear waist regions are in contact with each other and so that front and rear upper end edges in the regions substantially have the same level with each other. In such a folded state, first folds extending in the longitudinal direction are defined in portions of gasket cuffs which are biased toward the front waist region relative to the imaginary lateral center line. The first folds are defined along lateral edges of core of a liquid absorbent structure, and the gasket cuffs being located outboard of the lateral edges are folded along the first folds onto a garment-facing side of an outer sheet. Second folds which extend in the longitudinal direction are formed in containment cuffs. The second folds are lying on a side closer to the front waist region in relation to the imaginary lateral center line, and folded distal ends are expanded and folded to the garment-facing side of the outer sheet. | 10-25-2012 |
20120289923 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article according to the present invention includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorber. The absorber has a body unit having a foreside constricted portion and a backside constricted portion, and a pair of extension units extending outside in the widthwise direction of the absorber from the body unit. An outer region is folded toward an inner region at the side of the topsheet, and the maximum length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction of the absorber is shorter than the maximum length of the outer region. | 11-15-2012 |
20130012906 | WEARING ARTICLE - A wearing article including cover sheets used to cover front and rear ends of a liquid-absorbent structure and improved to alleviate undesirable irritation due to such cover sheets potentially experienced by the wearer. A diaper includes front and rear waist members and a liquid-absorbent structure by which the front and rear waist members are connected. The liquid-absorbent structure has front and rear ends overlapping the front and rear waist members, and front and rear cover sheets are laminated on these front and rear ends to cover them. The front and rear cover sheets are formed with bonded regions adapted to be bonded to the liquid-absorbent structure or the front and rear waist members, outside non-bonded regions lying outboard of the bonded regions and inside non-bonded regions lying inboard of the bonded regions. The inside non-bonded regions are respectively folded back along fold lines toward the wearer's body to form turnbacks. | 01-10-2013 |
20130012907 | DISPOSABLE PANTS-TYPE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable pants-type wearing article adapted to prevent body waste from leaking out beyond the peripheries of the leg-openings when disposing of the used article. A disposable pants-type wearing article includes a front panel, a rear panel and a central panel. When the front panel and the rear panel are respectively folded with respective inner surfaces lying inside, opposite side edges of the central panel get close to each other in a midsection of a crotch region to a distance in a range of 0 to 50 mm. | 01-10-2013 |
20130060222 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A PACKAGE OF FOLDED ABSORBENT ARTICLES, AND PACKAGE MADE THEREBY - A process for manufacturing a package of folded absorbent articles is disclosed. In one embodiment, the process includes providing a plurality of absorbent cores, and embossing at least one fold line into each core, each fold line defining a fold region. The process further includes folding each core along the fold region of each fold line to create a plurality of folded absorbent garments, and placing the plurality of folded absorbent garments into a container. In particular embodiments, each core can include two transversely opposed absorbent ears. The process can include folding each core along the fold region of each fold line to move each ear closer to a longitudinal centerline of the core to create a plurality of folded absorbent garments. A package of folded absorbent articles is also disclosed. | 03-07-2013 |
20130102988 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - An outer covering sheet ( | 04-25-2013 |
20130165896 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH BONDED LATERAL REGIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The product has a topsheet, and a backsheet overlaying the topsheet, with the topsheet and backsheet jointly defining first and second side edges of the product on respective sides of the longitudinal axis. An absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the product. The absorbent core has first and second lateral edges respectively inboard of the first and second side edges of the product so as to define respective first and second lateral portions of the product that are free of the absorbent core. The product also has a plurality of folds parallel to the transverse axis, and a plurality of bonds in at least one of the first or second lateral portions that secure the plurality of folds in place. | 06-27-2013 |
20140039442 | FOLDED DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT GARMENT AND A PACKAGE OF SUCH GARMENTS - A folded disposable absorbent garment has an absorbent chassis, a pair of front side panels extending from a front region of the absorbent chassis, and a pair of back side panels extending from a back region of the absorbent chassis. Each of the front side panels has a first fastening component and each of the back side panels has a second fastening component. Each of the second fastening components is releasably attached to a respective one of the first fastening components to define a pair of refastenable seams. The front side panels and the back side panels are folded such that each of the refastenable seams overlies an outer surface of one of the front region and the back region of the absorbent chassis in a plane generally parallel to the front and back regions of the absorbent chassis. | 02-06-2014 |
20140296819 | Transitional Absorbent Pad and Pantiliner - An array of personal care absorbent articles includes a menstrual absorbent article having a perimeter, a first transverse midline, a first minimum width line, and a menstrual absorbent layer having a menstrual absorbent shape, the perimeter defining a first article shape and a first article size. The array also includes an incontinence absorbent article having a perimeter, a second transverse midline a second minimum width line, and an incontinence absorbent layer having an incontinence absorbent shape, the perimeter defining a second article shape and a second article size, wherein the first article shape is substantially the same as the second article shape, and wherein the first article size is substantially the same as the second article size. | 10-02-2014 |
20140296820 | CLOTH DIAPER - A cloth diaper includes a size adjustable impermeable outer layer, and an elongated absorbent insert permanently attached only at one end to the inside of said outer layer, near the upper edge of the outer layer. The absorbent insert extends a substantial distance beyond the opposite upper edge of said outer layer. Preferably, there is an absorbent layer attached to the outer layer, between the outer layer and the insert. | 10-02-2014 |
20140350508 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE INCLUDING CONTAINMENT FLAPS - An absorbent article having a first and a second containment flap each having a stem, an inner flap projection, and an outer flap projection. The absorbent article can include a first and a second folding line for packaging each being substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis. The first and second containment flaps can be positioned in the absorbent article such that the distal end of the outer flap projections can be positioned laterally inside of each folding line, the distal ends of the inner flap projections can be positioned laterally outside of each folding line, or such that the first fold line extends through at least a portion of the inner or the outer flap projection of the first containment flap and the second fold line extends through at least a portion of the inner or the outer flap projection of the second containment flap. | 11-27-2014 |
20150045762 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE FOR PET ANIMALS AND PACKAGE THEREOF - An absorbent article and a package thereof are provided for a pet animal without a possibility that a fastener might be exposed on the outer side of the article. The absorbent article includes an absorbent panel and a fastener for fastening the absorbent panel. The absorbent panel has an absorbent region in which an absorbent body is disposed, a first non-absorbent region extending from the absorbent region to a first end edge and a second non-absorbent region extending from the absorbent region to a second end edge. The fastener is allocated on an exterior surface in the first non-absorbent region and releasably grabbed by the exterior surface of the absorbent panel except the first non-absorbent region to maintain such folded state when the absorbent panel is folded until the interior surface of the first non-absorbent region faces the interior surface of the second non-absorbent region. | 02-12-2015 |
20150126957 | ELONGATED PLEDGET FOR MEDICAL USE - The absorbent elongated pledget ( | 05-07-2015 |
20160015577 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCTS IN A STACKED ARRANGEMENT - Disposable absorbent products are stacked along a stacking axis. Each of a first plurality of folded disposable absorbent products is folded into at least two panels so as to define first and second ends and front and back oppositely-facing exterior faces of each of the first plurality of folded products, with the respective front faces of the first plurality of folded products facing a common, first direction. At least one folded disposable absorbent product is folded substantially in the same manner as the first plurality of folded products to thereby define first and second ends and front and back oppositely-facing exterior faces of that at least one folded product, with the front face of that at least one folded product facing a second direction opposite from the first direction. | 01-21-2016 |
20160166445 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING ELASTICIZED OUTER LEG CUFF | 06-16-2016 |