Patent ID: 7033341
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable undergarment comprising: a skin-contactable surface; a non skin-contactable surface opposed to said skin-contactable surface; a liquid-impervious base sheet contoured by longitudinally opposite end portions extending in a transverse direction and transversely opposite side edge portions extending in a longitudinal direction; a liquid-absorbent panel attached to said base sheet; and skin-contactable sheets attached under tension in said longitudinal direction to said skin-contactable surface of said undergarment so as to cover said liquid-absorbent panel, said skin-contactable sheets being stretchable in said longitudinal direction and substantially liquid-impervious, said skin-contactable sheets having fixed surface areas at longitudinal ends thereof and free surface areas extending between said fixed surface areas, said skin-contactable sheets being exclusively attached to said skin-contactable surface at said fixed surface areas and said free surface areas are not fixed to said undergarment so as to be spaced upward from said liquid-absorbent panel as said undergarment curves in said longitudinal direction with its skin-contactable surface inside, said skin-contactable sheets being made of a non-stretchable fibrous nonwoven fabric and elastically stretchable members being attached under tension in said longitudinal direction to said non-stretchable fibrous fabric so that said skin-contactable sheets may have a stretchability in said longitudinal direction.