Patent ID: 6336923
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
Disposable absorbent pants comprising a front body (2), a rear body (3) and a liquid absorbent panel (15) disposed between said front body (2) and said rear body (3), said pants further having a waist opening, two leg openings (10) and a crotch area extending between said leg openings (10),(a) each said body (2, 3) comprised of a liquid-permeable topsheet (4), a liquid-impermeable backsheet (5) and a mass of absorbent material (6) sandwiched therebetween, (b) each body (2, 3) having spaced apart side edges, each side edge of said front body (2) being detachably joined in overlapping relationship to a side edge of said rear body (3) by a plurality of fasteners (13), (c) each body (2, 3) having bottom edges, portions of the bottom edges of said bodies (2,3) being spaced apart from each other to form leg openings (10) and the remaining portions of the bottom edges of said bodies (2,3) being bonded together along a convexly curved welding line (8) to thereby form a convexly curved crotch zone that extends between said leg openings (10), said convexly curved crotch zone having an apex (9) that is closer to said waist opening than are said leg openings (10), (d) said liquid-absorbent panel (15) having a generally U-shaped configuration (i) that is positioned in said crotch zone and permanently attached to each topsheet, (ii) open ends of said U-shaped configuration facing toward said waist opening, (iii) a closed end of said U-shaped configuration being mounted so that a lowermost portion of the closed end facing downward towards the bonded together bodies along the welding line (8) is spaced above the bonded together bodies along the welding line (8) so as to float at a spaced distance from said convexly curved welding line (8) of said convexly curved crotch zone.