Patent ID: 6364863
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable absorbent undergarment comprising short pants having longitudinal and transverse directions and a liquid-absorbent pad;said short pants being defined by a front waist section, a rear waist section, a crotch section interposed therebetween, a waist opening having first elastic material stretchable circumferentially thereof and a pair of leg-openings each having an upper end and a lower end; said crotch section including a liquid-impermeable film stretchable at least in said longitudinal direction; said crotch section further including elastically stretchable members extending between said pair of leg-openings so as to be stretchable transversely of said short pants, each of said elastically stretchable members having a portion extending along rear side peripheries of said legopenings and another portion extending across said crotch section in proximity of said lower ends of said leg-openings; a circumferential region along portions of said front and rear waist sections extending in said transverse direction between said upper ends of said leg-openings including second elastically stretchable members so as to be stretchable along said circumferential region; and said liquid-absorbent pad including a liquid-permeable topsheet, a backsheet and liquid-absorbent panel disposed therebetween, said liquid-absorbent pad being placed inside of said short pants so as to extend from said crotch section into said front and rear waist sections, with opposite ends of said liquid-absorbent pad in said longitudinal direction joined to said front and rear sections.