Fastening member and fastening segment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9820536-B2
Application number	US-201214344975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 14, 2012
Priority date	Sep 16, 2011
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

Provided are a fastening member and a fastening piece for which an unpleasant texture and an incongruous appearance are significantly reduced, and that bring about an integrated feeling with the main body of a disposable article for wearing. A fastening segment includes a hook fastener and a base sheet. A hook height H 1 of a hook is set to 45 μm to 150 μm, and a hook sheet thickness T 2 is set to 45 μm to 75 μm. When in an L*a*b* color coordinate system, a color difference of L* is ΔL*, a color difference of a* is Δa*, and a color difference of b* is Δb*, a color difference ΔE between the hook fastener and the base sheet calculated using the ΔL*, the Δa* and the Δb*, is less than 5.5.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fastening member for a wearing article, the wearing article having a base sheet configured to be fixed to the fastening member, said fastening member comprising:
a plurality of hooks; and
a planar hook sheet provided with the plurality of hooks, wherein
a height of each of the plurality of hooks is 45 μm to 150 μm,
a thickness of the hook sheet is 45 μm to 75 μm, and
in an L*a*b* color coordinate system,
a color difference of L* is ΔL*,
a color difference of a* is Δa*,
a color difference of b* is Δb*, and
a color difference ΔE between the fastening member and the base sheet, calculated according to a formula: ΔE=√{square root over (ΔL* 2 +Δa* 2 +Δb* 2 )}, is less than 5.5.

2. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein
a light transmittance of the fastening member, in a direction from a tip of each of the plurality of hooks toward the hook sheet, is 60% to 85%.

3. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between adjacent hooks of the plurality of the hooks is 120 μm to 300 μm.

4. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein an accumulated value of (i) a standard deviation of an average coefficient of friction of the fastening member and (ii) an average deviation of the average coefficient of friction is 0.10 to 0.45.

5. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein
a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a first direction along a surface of the fastening member and a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction along the surface of the fastening member are equal to or less than 0.142 gf·cm 2 /cm.

6. The fastening member according to claim 5 , wherein
a bending resiliency of the fastening member in the first direction or in the second direction is equal to or less than 0.1145 gf·cm/cm.

7. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein
the base sheet includes a nonwoven fabric, and
a basis weight of an entirety of the nonwoven fabric is 10 to 100 g/m 2 .

8. The fastening member according to claim 7 , wherein
a thickness of the entirety of the nonwoven fabric is 50 μm to 600 μm.

9. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein
a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a first direction along a surface of the fastening member and a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction along the surface of the fastening member are equal to or less than 0.072 gf·cm 2 /cm.

10. The fastening member according to claim 1 , wherein the color difference ΔE between the fastening member and the base sheet is in a range of 0.29 and 5.5.

11. A fastening segment, comprising:
a fastening member having a plurality of hooks and a planar hook sheet provided with the plurality of hooks,
a base sheet fixed to the fastening member,

wherein
a height of each of the plurality of hooks is 45 μm to 150 μm,
a thickness of the hook sheet is 45 μm to 75 μm, and
in an L*a*b* color coordinate system,
a color difference of L* is ΔL*,
a color difference of a* is Δa*,
a color difference of b* is Δb*, and
a color difference ΔE between the fastening member and the base sheet, calculated according to a formula: ΔE=√{square root over (ΔL* 2 +Δa* 2 +Δb* 2 )}, is less than 5.5.

12. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein
the base sheet has a surface to which the fastening member is attached, said surface including a predetermined pattern including at least one of a predetermined design, a pattern, and an emboss,
the fastening member has a formation area where the plurality of hooks and the hook sheet are formed, and a reminder defining a non-formation area, and
the predetermined pattern continuously extends from the formation area of the fastening member to the non-formation area of the fastening member.

13. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein
a light transmittance of the fastening member , in a direction from a tip of each of the plurality of hooks toward the hook sheet, is 60% to 85%.

14. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein a distance between adjacent hooks of the plurality of the hooks is 120 μm to 300 μm.

15. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein an accumulated value of (i) a standard deviation of an average coefficient of friction of the fastening member and (ii) an average deviation of the average coefficient of friction is 0.10 to 0.45.

16. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein
a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a first direction along a surface of the fastening member and a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction along the surface of the fastening member are equal to or less than 0.142 gf·cm 2 /cm.

17. The fastening segment according to claim 16 , wherein
a bending resiliency of the fastening member in the first direction or in the second direction is equal to or less than 0.1145 gf·cm/cm.

18. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein
the base sheet includes a nonwoven fabric, and
a basis weight of an entirety of the nonwoven fabric is 10 to 100 g/m 2 .

19. The fastening segment according to claim 18 , wherein
a thickness of the entirety of the nonwoven fabric is 50 μm to 600 μm.

20. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein
a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a first direction along a surface of the fastening member and a bending stiffness of the fastening member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction along the surface of the fastening member are equal to or less than 0.072 gf·cm 2 /cm.

21. The fastening segment according to claim 11 , wherein the color difference ΔE between the fastening member and the base sheet is in a range of 0.29 and 5.5.

Assignees

• Sakaguchi Satoru
• Oritani Tadato
• Unicharm Corp
• 3M Innovative Properties Co

Inventors

• Sakaguchi Satoru
• Oritani Tadato

Classifications

• A61F13/5622

  specially adapted for diapers or the like · CPC title

• A61F13/5638

  adjustable open type diapers (adjustable otherwise than by the fasteners A61F13/493) · CPC title

• A61F13/622

  Fabric strip fastener elements, e.g. hook and loop · CPC title

• A44B18/0019 Primary

  of a mushroom type · CPC title

• A44B18/0015 Primary

  Male or hook elements (A44B18/0007 takes precedence) · CPC title