Absorbent product with intergluteal cleft facing portion elastic member

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9681998-B2
Application number	US-201113807518-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2011
Priority date	Jun 30, 2010
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

Provided is an underpants-type disposable diaper that is improved in a fit to a part from the intergluteal cleft to the crotch of a wearer and less prone to give a wearer a puffy and discomfort feeling at a crotch portion during wearing, provided is an underpants-type disposable diaper, wherein the back body part has at an intergluteal cleft facing portion a bending fit portion which is bent so as to enter into the intergluteal cleft of a wearer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An underpants-type disposable diaper, comprising: an outer sheet forming a front body part and a back body part; and an inner body having a perimeter and including an absorbent body and fixed to an internal surface of the outer sheet, the front and back body parts of the outer sheet being joined to each other at respective side portions thereof to form a waist opening and a pair of leg openings,
wherein
the outer sheet of the back body part has an intergluteal cleft facing portion located at a lateral center portion and side areas located laterally to the right and left of the intergluteal cleft facing portion, respectively,
a portion of each of the side areas, which is adjacent to the intergluteal cleft facing portion and within the boundaries of the inner body perimeter, is located so as to be apart from an edge of the outer sheet of the back body part toward a lateral center side,
the outer sheet of the back body part has an elongated intergluteal cleft portion elastic member extended laterally over the intergluteal cleft facing portion and within the boundaries of the inner body perimeter,
the intergluteal cleft portion elastic member is cut at the portion of each of the side areas, which is adjacent to the intergluteal cleft facing portion,
the back body part has at the intergluteal cleft facing portion a bending fit portion which is bent so as to enter into the intergluteal cleft of a wearer by the intergluteal cleft portion elastic member acting a contraction force on the intergluteal cleft facing portion,
the outer sheet has at each of the front and back body parts a lifting elastic member which exerts a contraction force of a vertical component to lift a crotch portion toward a waist side,

each lifting elastic member is cut at the portion of each of the side areas, which is adjacent to the intergluteal cleft facing portion and within the boundaries of the inner body perimeter.

2. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 1 , wherein
a part of the intergluteal cleft facing portion under the action of the contraction force of the intergluteal cleft portion elastic member is shaped so as to be wider in a backward direction from a front end to a longitudinal middle of the intergluteal cleft facing portion, and to be narrower in the backward direction from the longitudinal middle to a further back side of the intergluteal cleft facing portion.

3. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 2 , wherein
a groove or a slit is formed in the absorbent body so as to follow the intergluteal cleft of a wearer, and the bending fit portion is formed with the groove or the slit as a folding line.

4. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 2 , wherein
both lifting elastic members comprise an elongated curved elastic member, which is fixed, on each of the front and back body parts of the outer sheet, so as to curve and extend toward the other body part while running from the side portions towards the lateral center, in a state of being stretched in a direction of extension of the elongated curved elastic member at a predetermined extension ratio.

5. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 1 , wherein
a groove or a slit is formed in the absorbent body so as to follow the intergluteal cleft of a wearer, and the bending fit portion is formed with the groove or the slit as a folding line.

6. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 5 , wherein
both lifting elastic members comprise an elongated curved elastic member, which is fixed, on each of the front and back body parts of the outer sheet, so as to curve and extend toward the other body part while running from the side portions towards the lateral center, in a state of being stretched in a direction of extension of the elongated curved elastic member at a predetermined extension ratio.

7. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 1 , wherein
both lifting elastic members comprise an elongated curved elastic member, which is fixed, on each of the front and back body parts of the outer sheet, so as to curve and extend toward the other body part while running from the side portions towards the lateral center, in a state of being stretched in a direction of extension of the elongated curved elastic member at a predetermined extension ratio.

8. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 7 , wherein
a plurality of curved elastic members is aligned with predetermined intervals therebetween in the front and back body parts, and
at portions on lateral outer sides with respect to side edges of the inner body, vertical intervals between the curved elastic members at the back body part are larger than vertical intervals between the curved elastic members at the front body part.

9. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 8 , wherein
on each of the front and back body parts of the outer sheet, a plurality of elongated waist-portion elastic members laterally extending is fixed at an edge portion of the waist opening at vertical intervals therebetween in a state of being laterally stretched at a predetermined extension ratio, and a plurality of elongated waist-around elastic members laterally extending is fixed in a section, at a longitudinally intermediate portion side with respect to the waist-portion elastic members, at vertical intervals therebetween in a state of being laterally stretched at a predetermined extension ratio.

10. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 9 , wherein
the outer sheet is formed by bonding together a plurality of sheets of nonwoven fabric with an adhesive at least at portions with the waist-portion elastic members, the waist-around elastic members, and the curved elastic members, and the waist-portion elastic members, the waist-around elastic members, and the curved elastic members are sandwiched and fixed between the nonwoven fabric sheets,
a basis weight of the outer sheet is 30 to 75 g/m 2 ,
the waist-portion elastic members at the front and back body parts are 470 to 1.240 dtex in fineness, are 5 to 10 in number, have intervals of 0 to 5 mm therebetween, and have an extension ratio of 200 to 350% in a fixed state,
the waist-around portion elastic members at the front and back body parts are 470 to 1,240 dtex in fineness, are 6 to 26 in number, have intervals 10 to 40 mm therebetween, and have an extension ratio of 200 to 350% in a fixed state,
the curved elastic members at the front body part are 620 to 1,240 dtex in fineness, are 3 to 10 in number, have intervals 10 to 35 mm therebetween, and have an extension ratio of 230 to 380% in a fixed state that is higher than an extension ratio of the curved elastic members at the back body part, and
the curved elastic members at the back body part are 620 to 1.240 dtex in fineness, are 3 to 10 in number, have intervals 10 to 35 mm therebetween, and have an extension ratio of 200 to 350% in a fixed state.

Assignees

• Nakano Yuki
• Kobori Asami
• Daio Seishi Kk

Inventors

• Nakano Yuki
• Kobori Asami

Classifications

• A61F13/49017 Primary

  the elastic means being located at the crotch region · CPC title

• A61F13/515

  characterised by the interconnection of the topsheet and the backsheet · CPC title

• A61F13/49019

  the elastic means being placed longitudinally, transversely or diagonally over the article · CPC title

• A61F13/49001

  having preferential bending zones, e.g. fold lines or grooves · CPC title

• A61F13/496 Primary

  in the form of pants or briefs · CPC title