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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2009
William W. Gaston, Greenville, NC (US);
William W. Gaston, Greenville, NC (US);
Attends Healthcare Products, Inc., Greenville, NC (US);
Abstract
Oversized adult diapers are made on converting machinery designed for handling only components no greater than a maximum component width, while utilizing as an outer layer component of the diapers an elongate sheet-like web having a width exceeding the maximum component width of the machinery. The web is pre-formed with at least one folded pleat along a laterally outward margin of the web, such that the pleat reduces the width of the web to less than the maximum component width. The pleat is temporarily tacked to retain the pleat against unfolding while the web is handled by the machinery, but is yieldable to unfold when a diaper made with the web is donned for wearing. The pre-formed pleated web is delivered to the machinery, which is then operated in normal manner to incorporate the web into a plurality of diapers.