Patent ID: 7435245
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A roll of fastening elements for releasably closing of hygiene articles when worn by the user and produced on a continuous web, wherein the roll comprises: fastening elements each having a respective longitudinal section of the continuous web with a first lengthwise direction and a second transverse direction; mechanically acting closures; the fastening elements having a first section of a first supporting layer and a second section of a second supporting layer which is disposed in a transverse direction next to the first section and is connected thereto; the first section having a first zone configured for non-detachably attaching the fastening elements to the hygiene article and the second section having a second zone located in the transverse direction outside the first section in which the mechanically acting closures are disposed; the second section further having a pull tab, the pull tab being graspable by a user to releasably close the hygiene article; the first section being folded in a lengthwise direction in a Z-shape with fold lines running in the lengthwise direction, so that pulling the pull tab in the second transverse direction causes the folded, Z-shaped configuration to unfold and to extend in this second transverse direction; the second zone having the mechanically acting closures lying outside the folded, Z-shaped configuration in the transverse direction; wherein the pull tab is located adjacent to the mechanically acting closures in the transverse direction opposite the folded, Z-shaped configuration; the fastening elements severable from the continuous web in the transverse direction as longitudinal sections thereof; and the continuous web with the folded, Z-shaped configuration wound to form the roll.