Patent ID: 6689115
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An absorbent garment, comprising:a waste containment section comprising an anterior side and a posterior side which define first and second leg openings and a waist opening, and a crotch area adapted to be located between a wearer's legs; and a first set of at least three non-segmented elastic members bonded to the absorbent garment about the first leg opening and a second set of at least three non-segmented elastic members bonded to the absorbent garment about the second leg opening, the first set of elastic members and the second set of elastic members located on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis bisecting the absorbent garment; wherein spacing between the bonded elastic members around each leg opening is asymmetrical about each leg opening with respect to a front area and a rear area thereof, with the spacing between each of the bonded elastic members in the rear area of each leg opening being narrower than the spacing between each of the bonded elastic members in a crotch area of each leg opening and with the spacing between the bonded elastic members in the crotch area of each leg opening being narrower than the spacing between the bonded elastic members in the front area of each leg opening.