Johnson & Johnson Gmbh

Personal Products Company

Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company

Ludwig Tritsch

Talivaldis Cepuritis

Mark I Feldman

A disposable diaper having an absorbent layer and a moisture-impervious backing sheet. The diaper has an adhesive tab system comprising an adhesive tab and a release liner. The adhesive tab has an anchoring end portion which is permanently attached to the backing sheet, an intermediate portion, and a free end portion. The release liner has an end portion which is permanently secured to an outermost portion of the free end portion of the tab in covering relation in the free end portion of the adhesive tab. The intermediate portion of the adhesive tab may be folded back under the backing sheet with the tacky surface thereof facing outward of the backing sheet and the free end portion of the adhesive tab and the release liner may be further folded back such that the other surface of the release liner is in covering relation to the intermediate portion of the adhesive tab.

Disposable diaper with improved adhesive tab system

An adhesive resealable tab fastener means suitable for use on a disposable diaper is provided which minimizes tearing of the tab fastener means itself or tearing it from the diaper when opening and closing repeatedly. The tab fastener means is provided with a grippable holding means and a grippable carrying tape segment. By being able to grip both parts of the tab fastener means, accidental tearing or rupturing of the fastener or diaper is minimized.

Resealable adhesive tab fastener

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward the wearer and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tape tabs comprising first and second anchoring portions and an attachment portion. The anchoring portions are attached to the inside surface and the outside surface of the diaper at a marginal portion thereof. One of the anchoring portions is made from elastic web material, and the other anchoring portion is made from inelastic web material. The attachment portion is temporarily attached to the inelastic anchoring portion and adhesively secured to the elastic anchoring portion. In use, the temporary attachment is detached leaving only the adhesive securement of the attachment portion to the elastic anchoring portion to provide an elastic tape tab fastener.

Diaper with potentially elastic tape fastener

A disposable diaper having a resealable tape tab fastener in which a first securing tape ribbon has a free end and a fixed end which is attached to the diaper. A second securing tape ribbon has a free working end, and a fixed end which is adhesively but releasably attached to the free end of the first securing tape ribbon. One face of the second securing tape ribbon is provided with an adhesive coating. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is adapted to secure the diaper about an infant by adhesive attachment via the adhesive-coated face of the second securing tape ribbon. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is separable from the fixed end of the second securing tape ribbon to permit the opening of an applied diaper for inspection, and to make the adhesive coating on the free end of the first securing tape ribbon available for use in refastening the diaper about the infant.

Diaper with resealable tape closure

A disposable diaper is provided with adhesive tabs permanently adhered to a backing sheet of a diaper at marginal locations. Each tab is folded back on itself so that a tacky surface on the free end of each tab is exposed. A release coated surface is provided on the backing sheet of the diaper inwardly of the folded over free end of each tab so that when each side margin of the diaper is folded along the length of the diaper prior to packaging, the exposed tacky surface of the free end of the tab is lightly adhered to the release coated surface to hold the diaper in a folded attitude and to retain the tacky surface in a protected position within the confines of the fold, thereby eliminating the need for a separate release sheet. For use, the tacky surfaces adhered to the respective release surfaces are exposed for applying the diaper to the baby by merely unfolding the diaper.

Disposable prefolded diaper with permanently attached adhesive closure

A disposable diaper is provided with adhesive tab fasteners having a fixed end secured to the diaper and an extendible free end. A pressure-sensitive adhesive coating is provided on one face of the free end and a partible protective cover means is permanently attached to the adhesive coating. The protective cover is substantially coextensive with the adhesive coating when the free end is in a non-extended storage position, but is parted when the free end and adhesive coating are extended to a working position, thereby making portions of the adhesive coating available for use in securing the diaper about an infant. The size and spacing of the exposed adhesive portions on the free end can be controlled to provide adequate adhesive contact for securing the diaper about the infant, while at the same time providing a free end that can be separated from the diaper after affixation for inspecting or repositioning the diaper, and thereafter refastening the diaper.

Disposable diaper having stretchable adhesive tab fasteners with

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs having an adhesive-coated face and a non-tacky opposite face. A fixed end of each tab is attached to a side marginal location of the diaper outside surface, and the opposite free end of each tab is adapted for folding back to a position wherein the non-tacky face of the free end is juxtaposed to the non-tacky face of the fixed end. A release means is provided on the diaper outside surface adjacent to the adhesive-coated face of the free end when folded back, and a portion of the diaper bearing the release means is adapted for folding thereover. The tabs are movable from a storage position, wherein the free end of each tab is folded back and a portion of the diaper is folded thereover to releasably adhere the adhesive-coated face of the free end to the release means, to an unfolded working position wherein the free end is available to secure the diaper about an infant and the release means remains on the diaper outside surface where it will not contact the infant's skin.

Tape closure having release means integral with diaper backing sheet

A disposable diaper has an improved tape tab fastening means in which a first securing tape ribbon has a free end and a fixed end which is attached to the diaper. A second securing tape ribbon has a free working end, and a fixed end which is adhesively but releasably attached to the free end of the first securing tape ribbon. One face of the second securing tape ribbon is provided with an adhesive coating. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is adapted to secure the diaper about an infant by adhesive attachment via the adhesive-coated face of the second securing tape ribbon. The free end of the first securing tape ribbon is separable from the fixed end of the second securing tape ribbon to permit the opening of an applied diaper for inspection, and to make the adhesive coating on the free end of the first securing tape ribbon available for use in refastening the diaper about the infant.

A disposable diaper has an improved tape tab fastening means comprising a securing tape segment and a backing web associated therewith. The backing web has a first leg attached to the diaper backing sheet and a second leg attached to the diaper facing sheet. The securing tape segment has a fixed end attached directly to the diaper backing sheet inwardly of the first leg, an intermediate portion attached to the first leg, and an adhesive-coated free end releasably attached to the second leg. The free end is separable from the second leg to make the free end available for securing the diaper about an infant. Stresses imposed on the securing tape segment when in use are distributed to both the diaper facing sheet and the diaper backing sheet via the intermediate portion and fixed end of the tape segment. In another embodiment, a transferable tape ribbon is releasably attached to the free end to enable an applied diaper to be opened or removed from the infant and thereafter to be refastened about the infant. In a further embodiment, pre-assembled tab fasteners are provided for securing together two flaps, such as opposite corners of a disposable diaper.

Tab fastener having two tape segments attached to each other and to

A disposable diaper is provided with a release region on the diaper outside surface spaced inwardly from the longitudinal margins of the diaper. At least one tape segment having an adhesive-coated face is releasably parked on the release region, and is completely removable therefrom for securing the diaper about an infant. A plurality of tape segments may be releasably parked on the release region so that after securement the diaper can be removed from the infant and thereafter refastened thereon by means of subsequent tape segments. One or more release regions may be provided. Preferably, two release regions are provided spaced inwardly from opposite longitudinal margins of the diaper, with at least two tape segmens being releasably parked on each release region.

Disposable diaper having multiple tape tabs adhered to diaper backing

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an integral elongated tape ribbon which is folded to form a plurality of articulated segments. The tab forms a loop having inner and outer faces with a backing-anchoring segment and facing-anchoring segment at opposite ends of the tab. The anchoring segments are attached to the backing sheet and facing sheet, respectively, to distribute stresses which are imposed on the tab. A securing segment having pressure-sensitive adhesive means on the outer face thereof, and a release-bearing segment having release means on the outer face thereof, are positioned intermediate the anchoring segments. The adhesive means is contiguous to and protected by the release means when the tab is in a storage position, and can be separated therefrom when the tab is extended to a working position in which the adhesive means is available for securing the diaper about an infant. In one embodiment, further adhesive means and release means are provided to enable the diaper to be removed from the infant and thereafter refastened thereon by employing the further adhesive means.

Diaper with collapsible adhesive tab fastener

A disposable diaper is provided with adhesive tab fasteners having an adhesive coating on substantially all of one face thereof. The tabs have side edges, a fixed end secured to the diaper, and a free working end which includes a distal end portion and an adjacent central portion. A plurality of elongated spacer means are adhered to the adhesive-coated surface and define expoded adhesive regions therebetween. The distal end portion is folded over onto the central portion, with the spacer means being positioned so that the spacer means on the distal end portion bridge the spacer means on the central portion and vice versa, and are in limited adhesive contact with a juxtaposed region of the adhesive coated surface at a plurality of attachment points between the points of bridging by juxtaposed spacer means.

Disposable diaper having adhesive tab fasteners with built-in release

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising a backing web, a first tape segment and a second tape segment. The backing web is folded over to form a pair of anchoring legs which are permanently attached to a marginal portion of the diaper received therebetween. First and second tape segments each have a fixed end attached to the same anchoring leg, and a free end which is folded about the edge of the diaper and releasably attached to an underlying release means. The free end of the first tape segment is separable from a first release means carried on the free end of the second tape segment to make the first tape segment available for use in securing the diaper about an infant. The first tape segment can be severed to remove the diaper from the infant, and the free end of the second tape segment can be separated from a second release means carried on the other anchoring leg to refasten the diaper about an infant.

Diaper having primary and secondary tab fasteners

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an integral elongated tape segment having a fixed end attached to the backing sheet at a location spaced inwardly from the edge of the backing sheet, an adhesive-coated free working end, and a pleated central segment. Release means is carried by the backing sheet between the edge thereof and the fixed end of the tab. The free end of the tab is movable from a storage position in which the central segment is pleated and extensibly folded and the free end is releasably adhered to the release means, to an extended working position in which the central segment is in an extended position and the free end is released from the release means and is available to secure the diaper about an infant.

Disposable diaper having pleated tab fastener

A disposable diaper having a facing sheet defining a diaper inside surface for direction toward an infant and a backing sheet defining a diaper outside surface is provided with adhesive tabs comprising an elongated tape segment folded over to form a loop having an inner face and an outer face, the tabs including first and second terminal portions and a central portion integral with the terminal portions. The tape segment receives a marginal portion of the diaper between the terminal portions and is permanently attached to the facing and backing sheets by means of adhesive coatings on opposing inner faces of the terminal portions. An adhesive coating is provided on the outer face of the central portion of the tape segment, is releasably attached to a release region provided on the diaper inside surface, and the central portion of the tab is movable from a folded-over storage position wherein the adhesive-coated central portion is releasably adhered to the release region to a working position wherein the adhesive-coated central portion is available for use in securing the diaper about an infant. Secondary fastening means may be provided for refastening the diaper about the infant by positioning a second adhesive coating and second release means on the inside surface of the central portion. Lines of weakening may be provided in a tab having secondary fastening means to facilitate repositioning of the diaper about the infant.

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Wilmette, IL, United States of America

Ludwig Tritsch