Patent ID: 6626879
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A disposable garment adapted to be worn on the lower torso of a wearer, said garment comprising:a. a chassis including a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the chassis having a front region, a back region, and a crotch region positioned between the front region and the back region, the chassis including side edges and end edges and having body-facing surfaces and surfaces that face away from the body of a wearer; b. a pair of side seams joining portions of the side edges of the chassis at the front region to other portions of the respective side edges of the chassis at the back region to define a pair of side panels adapted to overlie a hip area of a wearer and to form a garment having a pair of laterally spaced leg openings and a waistband defining a waist opening spaced from each of the leg openings and including a body-facing waistband inner surface, wherein the waistband and the side panels are elastically extensible; and c. at least one garment retention zone positioned interiorly of the garment at the waist opening, the garment retention zone having a surface slip resistance of at least about 1000 gm and having a coefficient of static friction that is at least about 200% greater than that of other body-contacting portions of the waistband, to assist in retention of the garment in a desired wearing position on the body of a wearer.