PROCESS FOR MAKING ELASTOMERIC ABSORBENT GARMENTS TO REDUCE ABSORBENT BUNCHING, AND GARMENT MADE THEREBY

• Main Authors: HAHN, JOHN, T, PAVELETZKE, JULIE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 11.10.2012
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

A method of making disposable absorbent garments includes providing an elastomeric body panel and an absorbent assembly having an absorbent core. The method includes stretching the elastomeric body panel in the transverse direction, attaching side margins of the absorbent assembly to the stretched elastomeric body panel at attachment regions, and relaxing the body panel so as to induce folds in the absorbent assembly. A center region of the absorbent assembly between the attachment regions is minimally attached to the stretched elastomeric body panel to reduce bunching of the absorbent core. A garment made thereby is also disclosed. L'invention porte sur un procédé de fabrication de vêtements absorbants jetables, lequel procédé consiste à fournir un panneau de corps élastomère et un ensemble absorbant ayant une âme absorbante. Le procédé consiste à étirer le panneau de corps élastomère dans la direction transversale, attacher des marges latérales de l'ensemble absorbant au panneau de corps élastomère étiré en des régions d'attachement, et relâcher le corps de panneau de façon à induire des plis dans l'ensemble absorbant. Une région centrale de l'ensemble absorbant entre les régions d'attachement est attachée de façon minimale au corps de panneau élastomère étiré, de façon à réduire l'enchevêtrement de l'âme absorbante. L'invention porte également sur un vêtement fabriqué à l'aide de celui-ci.