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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1994
SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A disposable, absorbent pants-type diaper includes a front-part ( ), a back-part ( ), a crotch-part ( ) between the front and back parts ( ), at least two side-closure parts ( ) which mutually join parts of the side-edges ( ) of respective front and back parts, so that the pants will present a waist opening ( ) and two leg openings ( ). The diaper pants further include an elongated absorbent pad ( ), an inner casing layer ( ), and an outer casing layer ( ). At least one of the respective front and back parts ( ) has at least one elastically stretchable region ( ). The crotch-part ( ) is essentially non-stretchable in relation to the stretchable region ( ). At least one of respective end-parts ( ) of the absorbent pad ( ) is disposed within one of the elastically stretchable regions ( ), while the center-part ( ) of the absorbent pad is disposed within the relatively non-stretchable crotch-part ( ) of the pants.