Disposable wearing article

US9107778B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9107778-B2
Application numberUS-201213878811-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJan 27, 2012
Priority dateJan 31, 2011
Publication dateAug 18, 2015
Grant dateAug 18, 2015

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Abstract

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A disposable wearing includes a crotch chassis having a liquid-impervious sheet. The crotch chassis has a main region and opposite lateral portions lying outboard of the main region in the transverse direction and provided with leg elastic elements extending in the longitudinal direction. The opposite lateral portions respectively have fold lines extending in the longitudinal direction, outer side zones lying outboard of the respective fold lines in the transverse direction and inner side zones lying inboard of the respective fold lines in the transverse direction. The outer side zones of the respective lateral portions are folded inward and fixed to the associated inner side zones via associated bond zones extending in the longitudinal direction to form a pair of elastic lateral portions having folded back regions, respectively.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A disposable wearing article having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction extending orthogonally to the longitudinal direction, said disposable wearing article comprising: a skin-facing side; a non-skin-facing side; a front waist region; a rear waist region; and a crotch region extending between the front and rear waist regions, and including an elastic waist panel defining the front and rear waist regions and a crotch chassis attach…

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What does patent US9107778B2 cover?
A disposable wearing includes a crotch chassis having a liquid-impervious sheet. The crotch chassis has a main region and opposite lateral portions lying outboard of the main region in the transverse direction and provided with leg elastic elements extending in the longitudinal direction. The opposite lateral portions respectively have fold lines extending in the longitudinal direction, outer s…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Sasayama Kenichi, Ichikawa Makoto, Katsuragawa Kunihiko, and 1 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification A61F13/49017. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 18 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).