Patent ID: 6123695
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
An absorbent article comprising a fastener device mutually fastening together mutually opposing front and rear side-parts of the absorbent article, wherein the article comprises a central part that includes an absorbent body, and front and rear pliable side-parts that extend from both sides of the central part, and wherein the fastener device comprises two mutually coacting first and second fastener elements, of which the first element is attached to the front side-part and the second element is attached to the rear side-part on the same side of the central part as its associated first fastener element, wherein the first or the second fastener elements includes a fastener portion which projects out in the direction of the perimeter of the waistband and which is insertable into an insertion opening in its associated second or first fastener element; and in that one of the first and the second fastener elements includes at least one locking member extends generally at right angles to the insertion direction of the fastening portion and projects outwardly in a direction generally perpendicular to the plane of the waistband, the locking member coacts with a locking aperture in the respective first or second fastener element in such a way that when the fastening portion is inserted the locking member is releasable by the application of a force, which is perpendicular to the plane of the waistband, to the locking member or to the part of the respective first or second fastener element containing the locking aperture, wherein locking members and locking apertures coacting therewith are configured so that the first and the second fastener elements can only be locked together in one single relative position.