Patent ID: 6099516
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A personal care article for being worn on a body of a wearer, wherein said personal care article having a rear portion, a front portion, and a crotch portion, said personal care article comprising:a body substrate including an outer cover and a bodyside liner, wherein said bodyside liner is in facing relationship to said outer cover;first and second fastening tabs each being secured to and extending outwardly from said body substrate at opposing sides of said rear portion of said personal care article, each of said first and second fastening tabs including a tab substrate, a securing zone having a securing element, and a friction zone having a friction element, each of said tab substrates supporting said securing element and said friction element and being made of a substantially non-extensible material without any one of pleats, gathers, and other means for extension of said tab substrates, said securing zones being located proximate outer ends of each of said first and second fastening tabs, said friction zone being located inwardly of each of said securing zones, said friction zones providing no securement of said first and second fastening tabs to said personal care article, said securing zones of said first and second fastening tabs securing said first and second fastening tabs to said outer cover at said front portion of said personal care article, and said friction zones stabilizing said front portion with respect to said rear portion by resisting relative surface-to-surface movement of said front portion relative to said first and second fastening tabs.