Patent ID: 8147475
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. A disposable wearing article, comprising: a front waist region; a rear waist region; a crotch region extending between said waist regions; a pair of longitudinally opposite ends extending in a transverse direction of said article; a pair of transversely opposite lateral margins extending in a longitudinal direction of said article; opposite body-side and garment-side surfaces; a liquid-absorbent core at least in said crotch region for absorption and containment of bodily fluids, said core being sandwiched between the body-side surface and the garment-side surface: a pair of liquid-impervious barrier sheets laid on the body-side surface in at least said crotch region among said front and rear waist regions and said crotch region, said barrier sheets comprising (a) proximal zones lying along said lateral margins of said article so as to extend in the longitudinal direction, (b) elasticized distal zones extending in the longitudinal direction and normally biased to rise up above said body-side surface, and (c) longitudinally opposite front and rear ends bonded to said body-side surface; and an elasticized end sheet positioned toward said rear ends and between said distal zones, and adapted to pull said distal zones closer to each other, wherein said end sheet comprises (1) opposite lateral segments that are directly bonded to said distal zones when said elasticized end sheet is being stretched in the transverse direction so that said distal zones are pulled towards each other in the transverse direction by the so bonded elasticized end sheet and (2) an intermediate segment extending in the transverse direction between said opposite lateral segments and being free of direct attachment to said barrier sheets; wherein a dimension, by which distal edges of said distal zones are spaced from each other in the transverse direction, increases gradually in a direction from said rear ends toward said front ends of said liquid-barrier sheets; and wherein said end sheet extends in the transverse direction without obstructing, in use, movement of body discharges on the body-side surface in the longitudinal direction from said crotch region to the front waist region, and further comprises: a rear portion which, in a region rearward of said core and along a rear end of said rear waist region, is sandwiched between and bonded directly to (i) the rear ends of the barrier sheets and (ii) a topsheet defining said body-side surface; and a front portion which spans a gap between the distal edges of said distal zones and defines, together with the distal zones of the barrier sheets, a top wall of a pocket that opens forwardly for receiving fecal material in use.