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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Ontex Bvba, Buggenhout, BE;
Hayri Köktürk, Istanbul, TR;
Gül Gürsoy, Istanbul, TR;
Özgür Akyildiz, Lasne, BE;
Ahmet Halilbeyoglu, Istanbul, TR;
Pek Gökmen, Istanbul, TR;
Hans-Joerg Hufnagel, Bonn, DE;
Helen Assenheimer, Sinzheim, DE;
ONTEX BVBA, Buggenhout, BE;
ONTEX GROUP NV, Erembodegem, BE;
Abstract
The current invention concerns an absorbent hygiene article suitable to be worn around the waist of a wearer, such as a diaper, diaper pants or incontinence diaper, the article comprising a leakage barrier comprising a pair of leg cuffs arranged longitudinally on the body-facing side of the article from the front region to the back region across the crotch region, a first leg cuff of said pair of leg cuffs being arranged near a first leg hole defining edge of the article and a second leg cuff of said pair of leg cuffs being arranged near a second leg hole defining edge of the article and a front barrier and/or a back barrier, wherein the front barrier and/or the back barrier comprises a liquid-impermeable nonwoven sheet comprising a weight of at most 18 gsm and in that the elastic members of the leg cuffs do not overlap with the front barrier and/or the back barrier. The present invention also pertains to methods and apparatuses for manufacturing the article and the leakage barrier.