Patent ID: 6142986
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent article having a first waistband portion, a second waistband portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting said first and second waistband portions, said article comprising:a backsheet layer;a liquid permeable topsheet layer;an absorbent structure sandwiched between said backsheet and topsheet layers;a primary fastening system for joining said first and second waistband portions in an overlapping relation to hold said article on a wearer to hold said article on a wearer, said primary fastening system including at least one laterally extending fastener tab operably attached to said first waistband portion, and a fastener landing zone disposed on an appointed surface of said second waistband portion,said fastener tab having a factory-bond section and a user-bond section, said user-bond section having a first primary mechanical fastener component disposed on an appointed mating surface of said user-bond section,said first primary mechanical fastener component configured to provide an operably secure, fastening engagement with a cooperating, second primary mechanical fastener component which is disposed in said fastener landing zone,said primary fastening system providing an initial primary peel strength when said first primary mechanical fastener component is engaged with said cooperating, second primary mechanical fastener component during an initial fastening therebetween, andsaid primary fastening system providing an increased, aged primary peel strength after a continued engagement between said first primary mechanical fastener component with said cooperating, second primary mechanical fastener component during an ordinary wearing period; anda secondary, transition fastening system which is attached to said factory-bond section of the fastener tab and which releasably secures at least a portion of said fastener tab to said first waistband portion of the article with a transition peel strength;wherein said initial primary peel strength of the primary fastening system is not more than said transition peel strength, and wherein said increased, aged primary peel strength of the primary fastening system is greater than said transition peel strength of said transition fastening system.