Patent AU-2013262009-B2 (AU)
Title: Incontinence article in the form of underpants
Inventor: GASSNER OLIVER
IPC: A61F13/551
Filed: 2013-04-30
Granted: 2017-08-17
Abstract: The invention relates to a folded incontinence article (2) in the form of underpants for receiving bodily excretions, comprising a front stomach section (4) and a rear back section (6) which are formed by separated components arranged at a distance to each other in a longitudinal direction (9) along a longitudinal central axis (44) but which are interconnected by the manufacturer in order to form a continuous stomach and back strip in transversal or peripheral direction (16) of the hips with a hip opening (18) which is closed in the peripheral direction of the hips at lateral seam regions (14) on both sides, and comprising a crotch section (8) which has an absorption body (7) and which extends in the longitudinal direction (9) between the stomach section (4) and the back section (6) and which is attached undetachably at its side facing away from the body to the stomach section (4) and to the back section (6) in a mutual overlapping region (36, 38), wherein the stomach section (4), the back section (6) and the crotch section (8) jointly delimit leg openings (19) of the incontinence article, first elasticising means (28, 29) being provided in the stomach section (4) and in the back section (6) and extending at a distance from each other and parallel to one another in the transversal or peripheral direction (16) of the hips and thus extensively elasticising the stomach section (4) and the back section (6), second elasticising means (40, 42) being provided in a region (22, 26) of the stomach section (4) and of the back section (6), said region being located on the crotch side and facing the leg openings (19), and extending, in particular proceeding from the two lateral seam regions (14), towards a longitudinal central axis (44) of the incontinence article and extending into the overlapping region (36, 38) of the crotch section (8) and the stomach section (4) and/or of the crotch section (8) and the back section (6), wherein said second elasticising means may lose their elasticising effect here, in particular be cut, the incontinence article being placed into a folded state by the manufacturer, and a first fold axis (150) being formed by a transversal central axis (30); the incontinence article is characterised in that a second fold axis (152) which extends substantially in longitudinal direction (9) is provided on both sides of the absorption body (7) and outside the absorption body (7), about which second fold axis projecting regions (154) of the stomach section (4) and the back section (6) are placed laterally towards the longitudinal central axis (44) on both sides over the crotch section (8), and in that indeed a third fold axis (156) which extends in transversal direction (16) is provided in the region of the absorption body (7), about which third fold axis the article is folded, and in that, after being folded about the third fold axis (156), the hip edge (17) of the stomach and back strip, which is continuous in transversal or peripheral direction of the hips, does not protrude beyond the first fold axis (150) in longitudinal direction (9), i.e. not beyond the external fold edge (158) of the incontinence article formed by the first fold axis (150), and in that the absorption body (7) has a first basis weight in suction body material in the region of the transversal central axis (30), and in that, proceeding from the transversal central axis (30) along the longitudinal central axis (44) towards the stomach-section-side end (134) of the absorption body (7) and towards the back-section-side end (135) of the absorption body (7), the basis weight decreases in suction body material, and in that the third fold axis (156) is provided at such a distance from the transversal central axis (30) in longitudinal direction (9) that the absorption body (7) has a basis weight in suction body material there which measures at most 80% of the value of the first basis weight in the region of the transversal central axis (30).