Patent ID: 8020523
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article for a four-footed animal having an interior surface for facing the animal and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface, the absorbent article comprising: an abdomen part for facing the abdomen of the animal; a back part for facing the back of the animal, wherein a direction along the absorbent article proceeding from the abdomen part toward the back part defines a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; a main body comprising the abdomen part and the back part, and having lateral sides; the abdomen part comprising two pairs of movable parts, each pair of movable parts respectively having a recess therebetween and being spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, each of the pairs of movable parts respectively being provided at a lateral side of the abdomen part, each movable part of each pair of movable parts having an outer lateral side edge; four attachment tabs, each attachment tab being secured to and projecting laterally away from one of the movable parts; four engaging members, each engagement member being provided with one of the attachment tabs and configured to be removably securable to the exterior surface of the back part, wherein each recess is recessed from the outer lateral side edges of the adjacent movable parts toward the longitudinal centerline, the movable parts in each pair of movable parts are divided along the longitudinal direction by one of the recesses, and each recess is configured and arranged to enable the engaging members and the attachment tabs secured to each of the movable parts to increase or decrease a longitudinal distance therebetween, and the exterior surface has at least one landing sheet which permits the removable securement of the engaging members, the landing sheet being horizontally centered on the exterior surface of the back part.