Patent ID: 9050222
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
1. An incontinence brief for an adult wearer, the brief comprising: an absorbent body having a fluid-permeable inner side, a fluid-tight outer side, and an absorbent liner between the inner side and the outer side, the body being subdivided into a central part adapted to fit in a crotch region of the wearer, a rear part connected to the central part and adapted to fit against a rear waist region of the wearer, and a front part adapted to fit against a front waist region of the wearer; two fastening straps each having a length of at least 200 mm when not tensioned and each adapted to fit around a respective side of a waist of the wearer, each having an outer layer formed by a stretchable fleece formed of water-jet consolidated fibers, and each having a rear end secured to the rear part and a front end, one of the straps also having an inner layer provided between its respective front and rear ends and an elastic layer sandwiched in only one section between the inner and outer layers and forming an elastically stretchable region in only the one section of the one strap such that the one strap is elastically stretchable, has three layers, and is of greater thickness in the one section having the elastic layer than elsewhere, the inner and outer layers lying flat without bulges against the elastic layer in the one section, the one strap being of two layers and stretchable except at the one section; a hook-and-barb fastener that can releasably secure the front ends of the straps together at the front waist region; and respective hook patches on the front part releasably securable to the outer layers of the fastening straps at the front waist region.