Patent ID: 6432099
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A waist belt for supporting a disposable absorbent article having a front part, a rear part and an intermediate crotch part, wherein the belt can be fastened to the rear part of the article and when fastened to the rear part of the article comprises two front portions which project out laterally from mutually opposing side edges of the rear part of said article and which can be fastened together with mechanical fastener elements to form a waist band, said front portions tapering towards their respective ends to form tapering portions over at least a substantial part of their lengths; wherein each of the front portions includes first fastener elements which are disposed on an outer side of the belt, which in use faces outwardly in relation to a wearer's body, and which extend at least over essentially the whole of the tapering portions along longitudinal symmetry lines of the front portions, said first fastener elements being spaced from longitudinal edges of the front portions by an area free of fastener elements at least along a major part of the length of said fastener elements; and a second fastener element is provided on the inside of one of the front portions at the end portion thereof, said second fastener element being structured and arranged to be fastened to the first fastener element on the other front portion along a plurality of mutually spaced points along the longitudinal symmetry line of said other front portion.