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CA2119649C - Waterproof pants for absorbent pads - Google Patents
Waterproof pants for absorbent pads
CA2119649C
CA2119649C CA 2119649 CA2119649A CA2119649C CA 2119649 C CA2119649 C CA 2119649C CA 2119649 CA2119649 CA 2119649 CA 2119649 A CA2119649 A CA 2119649A CA 2119649 C CA2119649 C CA 2119649C
CA 2119649
CA2119649A1 (en )
A garment for use with an absorbent product such as sanitary napkins and cloth or disposable nappies or pads for babies and incontinent children and adults, is disclosed. The garment is adapted to fit around the crotch of a user to hold the absorbent product against the user. The garment comprises a layer (3) of liquid-resistant or liquid-impervious material to contact the outer surface of the absorbent product to minimise leakage of body fluids. The layer (3) is characterized by darts (15) extending along the sides of the garment that define leg openings to minimise lateral movement of the absorbent product with respect to the garment and to form wet guards to minimise leakage of body fluids through the leg openings. In a preferred embodiment the garment also comprises hook and loop fasteners (13) to releasably hold the garment around the waist of the user which are arranged so that the fastening is to the rear of the user.
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W~TERPROOFP ~ SFORABSORBENTPADS
The ~resent ~u~ Qn re~ e~ to a garment for use with sanit~ry napk~n8 a~d rlo~h or disposable nappies ~ 5 or ~ads for b~bies ~n~ ~ncont~nent ch~ en ~na adults.
' A~ ~port~nt re ~ irement of san~t~ry ~p~n~ ~nd D~spies or ~ad8 for h~9~ ~Dd incontinent rh~l~ren a~d adults i8 a ~ ty to ~e~uL le~ ge. In par~i~nl~r, 10 the leakagQ of bo~y flv~ from nappies or ~ads can have a :.:
de~astating eoc~ mpact on incontinent c~ ren and .
. - . . ', The term ~~hsorhent prod~ct~ is herein 15 u~derstooa to mean sa~itary n~rk;n~ and cloth or disposable .
na~ies or ~ads for babies and in~o~tin~nt children and adults.
An ob~ect of the ~resent i~6~ion.is to ~rovide a garment for use with ~bior~ent ~lG~cts to ma~nta~ the ~h~Qr~nt proaucts in position and to retain any body that ma.y leak from the ~h~o~ t ~roducts.
~Q~Jlg to the y~ t i~ ion there is FrovidQd ~ q~r en~ for.us- with an ~bsorbent ~roduct, the 9~r~ent be~ng ~ptea to fit aroun~ the crotch of a user to hold the ab~o-l~o~t ~o~ again~t the user, the garment comprising a layer of liquid-resista~t or liquia-imFer~ious raterial to co~tact the outer surface of the ab~
product to minlmise le~k~ge of bo4y fluids from the ~o~hent ~ , an~ the layer of li ~ id-resistant or ~ li~ ia-impervious material ha~ing darts extending at least partially along each side of the garment ~-h;~h ~efine leg open;ngs of the garment to minimise lateral movement of the .
PCI~/AU92~00515 , 21196~9 absorbent ~,~ with respect to the garment and to form ~et guArds to minimise ~eA~Q of body fluid~ through the le~ o~en~ngs.
S It ~8 preferred that the garment be generaily rectangul_r in confi~r~t~on ~nd comprises ends and sides ~h~ch aefi~e waist ~nd leg-o~Qnings, respectively, of the g~rment when the garment is positione~ on the user.
It is ~referred that the garment comprises fasteDing means to rele~-hly hold the garment around the wa~st of the u~er.
It i8 partic~ rly preferred that the fastening means comprises hook and loop fastener~.
' It-is par~ rly preferred that the hoop and loop ,f,asteners be arranged 80 that the fa8~en~ng i8 to the rear of the usér.
It is preferred that the end~ and siaes comprise ,-boraers of stre~h~hl~ fabric to hold the garment snugly to the waist and legs of the user.
It i8 ~referred that the darts be elas~ eA.
It i8 par~ ~ly ~referred that each dart be formed by fixing a stretchea length of elastic material in a fol~'of the ~ resistant or liquia-impervious mater~al along one of the a~e~ of the ~arm~nt ana ~titch~ng together the siaes of the fold to enclose the stretchea elastic material and thereby form the ~art.
, It i8 preferred that the ganment further ~ ~Og3/~ 44 . . . PCT~AU92/OOS15 .-~ 21 ~ 9~
~omprises a ~art alon~ the end which forms t~e ~ront of the garment when pos~tionea on the user.
The present invention i8 described further with 5 re$erencè to the accom~anyi~g drawings in which: ~.
Figure 1 ~8 a ~lan view of a preferred e~bodime~t of a garment formed in accor~nce with the ~rëe~nt in~ention as ~t would a~pear stretched ~1at prior to positioning on a user; .
Figure 2 is a perspective ~iew of the garment shown in ~igure 1; and lS ~igure 3 i8 a section along the li~e 3-3 in Figure 1.
The garment shown.in the figures i8 formed from an inner layer 3 and an outer layer 5 of liquid-resistant ~abric, 8uch as coatea nylon ~which can ~breathen), and.an intermediate layer 6 of a padding material, such as polyester w~d~ , enclosed within the in~er and outer layers 3, 5.
25 . The garme~t ~8 generally rectangular in . con~~Ation when stretched:~1at.~s show~ in Figure 1 and comprises.ends 7 and sides 9 wbich fonm the waist and leg o~ -n; ~s, ~ ~r ~ctively, of the garment when the garment i~ ~.
positionea on a ~er. The e~ds 7 and sides 9 comprise borders 11 of stretc~le fabric to hold the garment snugly ~ to the waist and the legs of the user.
. The garment further comprises elasticised darts ~ 15 extenAin~ at.least partially along the sides 9 of the :
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gnrment. In a ~referrea embodiment of the invent~Qn the ~arment i8 formed with elastic~sea aarts by:
(a) ~o~it,iQ~;n~ the intermediate layer 6 on the S outer layer S;
(b) ~ositisn~ lengths of stre~r~-~ elasti~
material'19 on each ~ide of th,e ' intermediate layer 6;
~ 10 ~c) stitching'the'lengths of ~tre~ch?~ elastic ~ . material 19 to the outer layer 5 and the intermedlate layer 6;
- (d) positioning the i~ner layer 3 on the -.
in,termediate layer 6; and (e) sti~rh;ng together sections of the inner . layer 3 on opposite sides' of each length of stretched ela~tic material 19 to enclose the lengths of stretched elastic material 19 in the resultant aarts.
It i8 noted that in the abo~e~dQ~ibed preferred emboaime~t of the lnvention the darts lS ~nclude polyester Wadaing 80 that the,darts 15 are relatively ~soft~ to there~y minimise chafing of the user.
It ~8 also noted t~at the ~tretched elastic material l9 ~h~res the garment into a, pant-like configuration.
The garment further comprises an elasticised dart 17 along the end ? of the garment which forms She front of ~W093/ ~ 44 2 1 1 9 6 4 9 PCT/AU92/00515 S ' ' the ~arment when ~ositionea o~ a user. The elastic;~ed dart is fonmed in the ~me ~ay ag the darts 15.
The garment ~urther compr~ses fas~en;ng means ~n S the form of hook ~nd loo~ f~gteD~rs 13 on the cornêr~ of the g~rment. In the preferred e~boaiment ~hown in the ~ &~ the hook ana loo~ _asteDers 13 are a~ el 80 that - the fasten~ is-to the rear of the user. ,, The ganment has a DNmber of advantages, ~ome of which are summarised hel~r.
1. The side darts 15 and the front dart 17 define a bound~ry for locating an ~h~o~bent , product and ~e~e ~;-j lateral movem~nt of ,the ahso~hent product with respect to the g~rment. This ~8 important'for a number of reasons, i~cluding the fact that correct '' positioning of the abso~h~t product i8 ~
20 , function solely of the garment ana not the abs~hent y~ t and the garment.
2. The side darts 15 aoa the front dart 17 define ~e-~ to ~ t ~ ge of body ' 'fluids through the leg oCeLing8 and front , of the ~arm~t.
3. The garment c~ be e~ly formed without the use of'co,mrl~r~eA e~u~pment.
~' ~0 ', 4. The use of an inner layer 3 and an outer layer 5 of a' li~uid-resistant fabric and an intermediate layer 6 of a paading,material forms a garment which is able to .
yvog3~ ~ 44 PCT/AU9~ ~ 15 .
21196~9 subst~nt~lly ~u~ ge of body fluids from an ~h~orh~nt ~u~ct ana can ~bre~the~ thereby miDimi8ing aiscom~ort to - ths user if the garment is on the user for S ~rolonged ~eriods.
NJ~y mo~ ons may be made to the ~re~erred embodime~t descr~be~ w~th refe ~c to the arawing~ without ;~
departing from the s~irit ~nd scope of the present ~0 ~e~ion. r_ For example, whil~t the preferred embodiment comprises an essent~ y recta~gular garment which in use i8 wra~ped arouDa the crotch of a user and fastened by ~asten~n7 means, lt can reAA~ly be appreciated that the p.e~ent i~vention.is not limited to such a construction and ~ , exten~s to ~arments ~hich have a cQnt~nuous stretchable, .
waist with closed leg o~enings.
, Furthermore, whilst the preferred embodiment is formed from three layers of fabric/material which can ~br~h~, it can ~ ly be appreciated that any suitable , number of layers (including a single layer) of any suitable f~bric/material.could be usQa to form the garment bearing~' ~5 ~p ~ln4 th~t the ra~or re4uire~ent of the garme,nt i8 to ise leA~e of body flu~d from an ~hqo.~4-.~ ~ G~Ct.
In this regard, it i8 notQd that it i8 within the scope of the ~reF~ in~e,ntio~ to form the garment from a li~uia-~mpervious material.
Furthermore, whilst the preferrea emboaiment i8 ' foxmed by folding the ~nner layer of the garment around a stretchea length of elastic material fixed to the ga,rment, it can reaaily be appreciated that the pre~ent invention is ~ ~W~93~44- . ~ PCT/AU9~00515 ,--' 21i9649 not limite~ to.such a method ana may be formea by any ~uitable method.
. Furthermore, whilst the ~referred embodime~t ~ S com~rises hook ana loo~ fastenerg, it ca~ readily be te~ th~t the ~resQ~t ~ ion is not l~mited to ..
such a constructio~ an~ eYt~Aa to.~ny ~uitable faste~;n~
me~ns.
Finally, whil~t the ~referred embodiment comprises hook and loop fasteners which ~asten to the rear .
of the ~ser, it can rea~i~y be ~r~ te~ that the present in~e~t~on is not limited to such a construction and eYte to front attach~ent of hook and loop fastener~.
1. A garment for use with an absorbent product, the garment being adapted to fit around the crotch of a user to hold the absorbent product against the user, the garment comprising, a layer of liquid-resistant or liquid-impervious material to minimise leakage of body fluids from the absorbent product, and a substantially upstanding elasticised dart extending at least partially along each of the sides of the garment which define leg openings of the garment to minimise lateral movement of the absorbent product with respect to the garment and to form wet guards to minimise leakage of body fluids through the leg openings, each dart being formed by forming a fold of the layer of liquid-resistant or liquid impervious material along each of the sides of the garment and stitching together the sides of the fold.
2. The garment defined in claim 1, further comprising a front dart extending along a first end of the garment which forms a front of the garment when positioned on the user transverse to the darts along the sides of the garment.
3. The garment defined in claim 1 or 2, wherein the garment has a generally rectangular configuration including a second end opposite the first end, with the first and second ends defining a waist opening and the sides defining the leg-openings, respectively, of the garment when the garment is positioned on the user.
4. The garment defined in claim 3, wherein the first and second ends and the sides comprise borders of stretchable fabric to hold the garment snugly to the waist and legs of the user.
5. The garments defined in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, further comprising a fastening means to releasably hold the garment around the waist of the user.
7. The garment defined in claim 6, wherein the hook and loop fasteners are arranged to releasably hold the garment around the waist to the rear of the user.
CA 2119649 1991-09-26 1992-09-25 Waterproof pants for absorbent pads Expired - Fee Related CA2119649C (en)
AUPK860091 1991-09-26
AUPK8600 1991-09-26
CA2119649A1 true CA2119649A1 (en) 1993-04-01
CA2119649C true CA2119649C (en) 1998-09-15
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CA 2119649 Expired - Fee Related CA2119649C (en) 1991-09-26 1992-09-25 Waterproof pants for absorbent pads
US (1) US5820620A (en)
EP (1) EP0605616B1 (en)
JP (1) JPH06510922A (en)
CA (1) CA2119649C (en)
DE (2) DE69219609T2 (en)
WO (1) WO1993005744A1 (en)
DE188667C (en) *
JPH06510922A (en) 1994-12-08 application
DE69219609T2 (en) 1997-12-18 grant
EP0605616A1 (en) 1994-07-13 application
CA2119649A1 (en) 1993-04-01 application
US5820620A (en) 1998-10-13 grant
EP0605616B1 (en) 1997-05-07 grant
WO1993005744A1 (en) 1993-04-01 application
DE69219609D1 (en) 1997-06-12 grant
EP0605616A4 (en) 1994-11-30 application
1994-03-22 EEER Examination request