Sca Hygiene Products Ab

Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag

Sca Molnlycke Ab

Carina Hedlund

Kent Hermansson

Jan Wästlund-Karlsson

Margareta Wennerbäck

Niclas Norrby

Fredrik Boberg

Lennart Nilsson

Elisabeth Lakso

Petter Andreassen

Morgan Swedberg

Margaretha WENNERBÄCK

An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet arranged on the garment-facing side, an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet and a pair of standing gathers. The topsheet and the standing gathers comprise sheet materials with specified stiffness, softness and smoothness properties. The absorbent article may be a diaper or incontinence guard.

Absorbent article having a topsheet and standing gathers each having a sheet material with specified stiffness, softness and smoothness properties

A method for production of disposable hygienic absorbent articles, the method comprising advancing in a first direction a continuous length of a substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web having a maximum elastic extensibility in the first direction of at least 40% under a peak load F; maintaining said substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web under a tensioning load Fin the first direction during the advancing, the tensioning load Fsatisfying the condition: 0.03 F&#x2264;F&#x2264;0.25 F; attaching individual absorbent cores to the substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web while maintaining said substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web under the tensioning load F; and severing the substantially homogenous elastic laminate web into individual disposable hygienic absorbent articles.

Method for production of disposable absorbent articles

A method for production of disposable hygienic absorbent articles () in which each article has a substantially homogenous elastic laminate web () having a maximum elastic extensibility in a first direction of at least 40%, preferably at least 60%, and most preferably at least 80%, under a peak load F, and an absorbent core () attached to the elastic laminate web. The method including the steps of providing a continuous length of the elastic laminate web (); advancing the continuous length of the elastic laminate web in a direction of travel (A) corresponding to the first direction; attaching individual absorbent cores () to the continuous length of the elastic laminate web at spaced intervals, and forming individual articles () from the thus assembled individual absorbent cores and the continuous length of said elastic laminate web. The continuous length of the elastic laminate web () is maintained under a tensioning load Fin the direction of travel during the advancing, with the tensioning load Fsatisfying the condition: 0.03 F&#x2266;F&#x2266;0.25 F.

A male incontinence guard includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent body between the topsheet and the backsheet. The guard has a transverse direction and a longitudinal direction and is divided by a transverse dividing line into a front region with a front transverse edge and a rear region with a rear transverse edge. The front region has a greater maximum extension in the transverse direction than the maximum extension of the rear region in the transverse direction, and the longitudinal extension of the rear region is 10-60% of the longitudinal extension of the guard.

Male incontinence guard comprising an absorbent barrier

An absorbent article of the kind which is worn as a pair of absorbent pants with a waist opening defined by a rear waist edge and a front waist edge, and two leg openings. The absorbent article preferably includes an absorbent body attached to a covering. The covering preferably includes an elastic material arranged within an area which extends at least from the front waist edge to the leg openings. The elastic material is preferably treated. The treated elastic material preferably has no or reduced elasticity within a portion of the covering overlapping the absorbent core.

Absorbent article with improved leakage security and fit

An absorbent article having two side edges ( ) and two end edges ( ), and comprising a liquid-permeable cover layer ( ), a liquid-impermeable cover layer ( ), and an absorption body ( ) enclosed between the two cover layers ( ). The article further comprises a barrier layer ( ) arranged outside the liquid-permeable cover layer ( ). At least one elastic member ( ) is arranged with prestressing in direct contact with the absorption body ( ) and extends in an arched curve across the absorption body ( ) between the side edges ( ). The barrier layer ( ) partly covers the liquid-permeable cover layer and is anchored in the liquid-permeable cover layer ( ) only within areas of the barrier layer ( ) which are situated along the edges ( ) of the article. At least one elastic member ( ) is arranged in direct connection with the barrier layer ( ), as a result of which the elastic member ( ) cooperates with the elastic member ( ) arranged in contact with the absorption body ( ) so as to form a constantly basin-shaped space ( ) between the barrier layer ( ) and the liquid-permeable cover layer ( ).

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Mölnlycke, Sweden

Carina Hedlund