CA2181220C - Disposable undergarment having a tape fastener - Google Patents
Disposable undergarment having a tape fastenerInfo
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- CA2181220C CA2181220C CA002181220A CA2181220A CA2181220C CA 2181220 C CA2181220 C CA 2181220C CA 002181220 A CA002181220 A CA 002181220A CA 2181220 A CA2181220 A CA 2181220A CA 2181220 C CA2181220 C CA 2181220C
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- Prior art keywords
- tape fastener
- fastening
- panel member
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- base panel
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/56—Supporting or fastening means
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/551—Packaging before or after use
- A61F13/55105—Packaging before or after use packaging of diapers
- A61F13/5512—Packaging before or after use packaging of diapers after use
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/56—Supporting or fastening means
- A61F13/58—Adhesive tab fastener elements
- A61F13/581—Tab fastener elements combining adhesive and mechanical fastening
Abstract
A disposable undergarment having a tape fastener for releasably joining front and rear regions of the under-garment to each other, the tape fastener comprising a relatively soft base panel member extending laterally outward from a transverse side edge of the undergarment and relatively rigid fastening panel members provided at longitudinally spaced apart locations of the base panel member.
Description
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DIspQcARr~T~l TTNrlT~lRt:AT~M~!NT
EIAVING A TAPE FAcTp7`TRT~
The present invention relates to a disposable 5 undergarment having a tape fastener and, more specifically to an undergarment such as a disposable diaper for babies, a disposable incontinence diaper for adults, disposable training pants for babies and the like, having an improved tape f astener .
Japanese I aid-Open Utility Model Application No.
Hei6 - 61227 discloses a disposable diaper having a pair of tape fasteners P~Pn~l;nS laterally outward from transversely opposite edges of a rear body of the diaper.
15 The tape fastener may be engaged with the other tape fastener bonded to an outer surface of a front region of the diaper for releasably joining the front and rear regions to each other along their transversely opposite edges. An example of such tape fastener~ is known by the 2 0 trademark VE~CRO or MAGIC TAPE .
At least one of the hook and loop ~ nPntg forming the tape fastener is sometimes selected to have a relatively high rigidity 80 as to be easily engaged with 25 and/or disengaged from the other component. For disposable diapers, the component having a relatively high rigidity is often bonded to tape fasteners extending laterally outward from transversely opposite edges of one of ~ront and rear regions of the diaper ~o that the component having a 30 relatively high rigidity may be engaged with and/or disen-gaged from the other relatively soft ~ nPn~ provided on an outer surface of the other region. When the one compo-nent of the tape fastener has a relatively high rigidity, an engaging or disengaging operation will be facilitated;
35 however, a disengaging force exerted on one end of this component may cause the entire tape f astener to be disen-gaged from the diaper. A8 a result, body fluids may leak sideways if it is during use of the diaper.
Accordingly, it i3 a principal object of the invention to eliminate the problem that the tape f astener as a whole might be lln;ntPnt;onally disengaged from the diaper .
According to the invention, there is provided a disposa~le diaper having a tape fastener f~lrt~nll; n~ lat-erally outward from a transverse side edge of either the front or rear region3 for releasably joining these front 10 and rear regions to each other, wherein:
the tape fastener comprises a relatively soft ba3e panel member P~tPn~;n~ laterally outward from said transverse side edge and having a base end and a free end, and at least two relatively rigid fastening panel melr~ers 15 bonded to an inner surface of the base panel member; and the fastening panel member8 are provided at longitl~-l;n~l 1y spaced apart locations of the base panel member to be engaged with a fastening region provided on an outer surface of the other of said front and rear bodies.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a disposable diaper as an example of an undergarment of the invention, as partially broken away;
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a tape fastener;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along a line II
- III in Fig. 2;
DIspQcARr~T~l TTNrlT~lRt:AT~M~!NT
EIAVING A TAPE FAcTp7`TRT~
The present invention relates to a disposable 5 undergarment having a tape fastener and, more specifically to an undergarment such as a disposable diaper for babies, a disposable incontinence diaper for adults, disposable training pants for babies and the like, having an improved tape f astener .
Japanese I aid-Open Utility Model Application No.
Hei6 - 61227 discloses a disposable diaper having a pair of tape fasteners P~Pn~l;nS laterally outward from transversely opposite edges of a rear body of the diaper.
15 The tape fastener may be engaged with the other tape fastener bonded to an outer surface of a front region of the diaper for releasably joining the front and rear regions to each other along their transversely opposite edges. An example of such tape fastener~ is known by the 2 0 trademark VE~CRO or MAGIC TAPE .
At least one of the hook and loop ~ nPntg forming the tape fastener is sometimes selected to have a relatively high rigidity 80 as to be easily engaged with 25 and/or disengaged from the other component. For disposable diapers, the component having a relatively high rigidity is often bonded to tape fasteners extending laterally outward from transversely opposite edges of one of ~ront and rear regions of the diaper ~o that the component having a 30 relatively high rigidity may be engaged with and/or disen-gaged from the other relatively soft ~ nPn~ provided on an outer surface of the other region. When the one compo-nent of the tape fastener has a relatively high rigidity, an engaging or disengaging operation will be facilitated;
35 however, a disengaging force exerted on one end of this component may cause the entire tape f astener to be disen-gaged from the diaper. A8 a result, body fluids may leak sideways if it is during use of the diaper.
Accordingly, it i3 a principal object of the invention to eliminate the problem that the tape f astener as a whole might be lln;ntPnt;onally disengaged from the diaper .
According to the invention, there is provided a disposa~le diaper having a tape fastener f~lrt~nll; n~ lat-erally outward from a transverse side edge of either the front or rear region3 for releasably joining these front 10 and rear regions to each other, wherein:
the tape fastener comprises a relatively soft ba3e panel member P~tPn~;n~ laterally outward from said transverse side edge and having a base end and a free end, and at least two relatively rigid fastening panel melr~ers 15 bonded to an inner surface of the base panel member; and the fastening panel member8 are provided at longitl~-l;n~l 1y spaced apart locations of the base panel member to be engaged with a fastening region provided on an outer surface of the other of said front and rear bodies.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a disposable diaper as an example of an undergarment of the invention, as partially broken away;
Fig. 2 is a plan view of a tape fastener;
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along a line II
- III in Fig. 2;
3 0 Fig . 4 is a perspective view showing the diaper as rolled up; and Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing a tape fastener different from that shown by Fig. 2.
Fig. 1 is a partially broken away perspective view showing a diaper 1 as put on a user~ s body. As shown, _ _ _ _ . . . .. , _ .. .. . _ . _ . . .
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the disposable diaper 1 comprises a liquid-permeable topsheet 2, a liquid- impermeable backsheet 3 and a liquid-absorbent core 4 disposed between these two sheets 2, 3.
The diaper 1 is composed of a front region 5, a rear region 5 6 and a crotch region 7 longit~ ;ni~lly extending between these two regions 5, 6. Tape fasteners 10 laterally extend outward from transversely opposite side edges 6A of the rear region 6, respectively, and re~pective inner surfaces of these tape fasteners 10 are engaged with fastening 10 regions 11 provided on an outer surface of the front region 5 at its tran8versely opposite edges. The diaper 1 is formed with a waist-openlng 12 and a pair of leg-openings 13 as the front and rear regions 5, 6 are joined to each other in the manner described above. The respective 15 openings 12, 13 are circumferentially provided with elastically stretchable membera 15, 16, respectively, which are bonded to at least one of the respective inner surfaces of the top- and h~ck~h~oets 2, 3.
The tape fastener 10 of which the inner side 18 shown by Fig. 2 comprises a 30ft base panel member 20 formed by a nonwoven fabric made of thermoplastic synthetic fibers and fastening panel members 21 made of plastic material having a rigidity higher than that of said sheet member 20. The fastening panel members 21 extend between upper and lower edges 20A, 203 of the base panel member 20 at locations spaced apart from each other, i . e ., at a location adjacent a base end 20C and at a location adjacent a free end 20D with respect to the associated edge of the rear region 6 from which this tape fastener 10 laterally extends outward, and are fixedly bonded to the base panel member 20 by a means of an adhesive agent 22A and heat-sealing spots 26. The base panel member 20 is provided between the two fastening panel members 21 with an adhesive region 22 carrying the adhesive agent 22A exposed thereon.
The ~ree end 20D of the base panel member 20 is non-adhes-ive and serves as a pick-up means. The tape fastener 10 is _ _ _ _ , . . .. . . ... _ .. . _ ~ _ ~i 218~22~
shown as before it i8 actually used by an imaginary line in Fog. 2. Specifically, the tape fastener 10 ia folded back onto the associated side edge' 8 inner surface of the diaper 1 with the adhesive region 22 being provisionally fixed to 5 a releasing strip 2A on the diaper 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along a line III
- III in Fig. 2. As ~hown, a part of the base panel member 20 is bonded to respective inner surfaces of the top- and 10 h~rk~hPf~ts 2, 3 by a means of hot melt adhesive 27. The spaced apart fastening panel members 21 are bonded to an upper surface of the adhesive agent 22 and heat-sealed to the base panel member 20 by a means of the heat-8ealing spots 26. rt should be under~tood that the adhesive region 15 22 lies at a level lower than that of the fastening panel members 21. Each fastening panel member 21 comprises a plurality of hook elements of the tape fastener which are known by the trademark VELCR0 or NAGIC TAPE and are made of nylon or other plastics. Each fastening region 11 with 20 which the respective fastening panel members 21 are engaged comprises a bulky nonwoven fabric made of crimped fibers and corresponds to a plurality of loop elements of said known tape fastener. The fastening region 11 presents a plurality of vertically ~t~r~l;ns stripes as seen in Fig.
25 1 80 that each of the~;e ~tripes may be used a~3 a position-ing indicator when the fastening panel members 21 are engaged with the fastening region ll. Such striped pattern is obtained by bonding a nonwoven fabric as material for the fastening region ll to the backsheet 3 using colored 30 hot melt adhe~ive wherein the nonwoven fabric is applied with the colored hot melt adhesive in the desired striped pattern. Referring to Fig. l, sections 28A will be bonded to the h~rkqh~t 3 and present a color of the hot melt adhesive therethrough while sections 28B are not bonded to 35 the backsheet 3 and present a color of the nonwoven fabric itself. The pattern in which the nonwoven fabric is applied with the hot melt adhesive and which serves as the _ _ _ , . ... .. . . . .
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positioning indicator may be selected from a group of appropriate patterns other than the striped pattern as adopted by the illustrated embodiment, so far as the adhesive is applied to the nul..7~v~ll fabric intermittently 5 along the waist line.
Fig. 4 shows the diaper 1 as rolled up after use and maintained in such a rolled up state with the adhesive region 22 being f astened to the diaper 1 at an appropriate 10 location thereof.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of a tape fastener 10 including a fastening panel member 21 which has a configur-ation different from that shown by fig. 2. According to 15 this embodiment, the respective fastening panel members 21 extending between the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B of the base panel member 20 are transversely dimensioned so as to be relatively narrow in the proximity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B and relatively large at their verti-20 cally middle portions. Generally, the fastening panelmember 21 i8 rather rigid and tends to irritate the user' s skin particularly at a region in the proximity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B. However, the tape fastener 10 according to this embodiment can alleviate such irritation, 2~ since the fastening panel member 21 is transversely dimen-sioned to be relatively narrow in the promixity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B, as previously described.
In this case, the fastening effect of the tape fastener 10 is c ~n~ntrated in its vertically middle portion which is 30 substAnt;~lly larger than its vertically opposite end portions in the proximity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20s .
To implement the invention, a nonwoven fabric or 3~ soft plastic film may be employed as the base panel member 20 of the tape fastener 10 and the known hook or loop material may be employed aA the fastening panel member 21.
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The invention can be effectively implemented even when the tape fastener 10 is not provided with the adhesive region 22. It is also possible without departing from the scope of the invention to bond the fastening panel member 21 to 5 the base panel member 2 0 by use of a means having an adhesion force higher than an adhesion force of the adhes-ive agent 22A, for example, hot melt adhesive. The fasten-ing region 11 may be of any suitable material other than a nonwoven fabric so long as the fastening panel member 21 10 can be disengaged therefrom.
It should be understood that not only an adhesive agent such a hot melt adhesive but also a heat-sealing technique may be employed for bonding the respective 15 members, the latter being useful for members made of a heat-sealable material.
According to the invention, the soft base panel member 20 extending laterally outward from the transverse 20 side edge of the diaper is provided with a pair of fasten-ing panel membere 21 spaced apart from each other, i.e., at a location ad~acent the base end 20C and at a location adjacent the free end 20D thereof, so that, even if one of the spaced apart fastening panel members 21, for example, 25 the one provided in the proximity of the free end 20D of the base panel member 20, is unintentionally disengaged from the fastening region 11, the other one provided in the proximity of the base end 20C of the base panel member 20 will not be affected by a disengaging force exerted on the 30 fastening panel member 21 provided in the proximity of the f ree end 2 OD of the base panel member 2 0 . The invention thereby can avoid an apprehension that unintentional release of one fastening panel member 21 might lead at once to release of the tape fastener 10 as a whole.
With an embodiment in which the base panel member 20 is provided with an adhesive region 22 between the pair ... . . . ... .. . . .. _ . _ _ .. .. . ..... . .
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of fastening panel member~ 21, thi~ adhe~ive region 22 may serve a~ an effective means by which a u~ed diaper i~
rolled up. Advantageou~ly, formation of such adhe~ive region 22 re~uire~ no enlargement of the base panel mem-5 ber' ~ length.
Fig. 1 is a partially broken away perspective view showing a diaper 1 as put on a user~ s body. As shown, _ _ _ _ . . . .. , _ .. .. . _ . _ . . .
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the disposable diaper 1 comprises a liquid-permeable topsheet 2, a liquid- impermeable backsheet 3 and a liquid-absorbent core 4 disposed between these two sheets 2, 3.
The diaper 1 is composed of a front region 5, a rear region 5 6 and a crotch region 7 longit~ ;ni~lly extending between these two regions 5, 6. Tape fasteners 10 laterally extend outward from transversely opposite side edges 6A of the rear region 6, respectively, and re~pective inner surfaces of these tape fasteners 10 are engaged with fastening 10 regions 11 provided on an outer surface of the front region 5 at its tran8versely opposite edges. The diaper 1 is formed with a waist-openlng 12 and a pair of leg-openings 13 as the front and rear regions 5, 6 are joined to each other in the manner described above. The respective 15 openings 12, 13 are circumferentially provided with elastically stretchable membera 15, 16, respectively, which are bonded to at least one of the respective inner surfaces of the top- and h~ck~h~oets 2, 3.
The tape fastener 10 of which the inner side 18 shown by Fig. 2 comprises a 30ft base panel member 20 formed by a nonwoven fabric made of thermoplastic synthetic fibers and fastening panel members 21 made of plastic material having a rigidity higher than that of said sheet member 20. The fastening panel members 21 extend between upper and lower edges 20A, 203 of the base panel member 20 at locations spaced apart from each other, i . e ., at a location adjacent a base end 20C and at a location adjacent a free end 20D with respect to the associated edge of the rear region 6 from which this tape fastener 10 laterally extends outward, and are fixedly bonded to the base panel member 20 by a means of an adhesive agent 22A and heat-sealing spots 26. The base panel member 20 is provided between the two fastening panel members 21 with an adhesive region 22 carrying the adhesive agent 22A exposed thereon.
The ~ree end 20D of the base panel member 20 is non-adhes-ive and serves as a pick-up means. The tape fastener 10 is _ _ _ _ , . . .. . . ... _ .. . _ ~ _ ~i 218~22~
shown as before it i8 actually used by an imaginary line in Fog. 2. Specifically, the tape fastener 10 ia folded back onto the associated side edge' 8 inner surface of the diaper 1 with the adhesive region 22 being provisionally fixed to 5 a releasing strip 2A on the diaper 1.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along a line III
- III in Fig. 2. As ~hown, a part of the base panel member 20 is bonded to respective inner surfaces of the top- and 10 h~rk~hPf~ts 2, 3 by a means of hot melt adhesive 27. The spaced apart fastening panel members 21 are bonded to an upper surface of the adhesive agent 22 and heat-sealed to the base panel member 20 by a means of the heat-8ealing spots 26. rt should be under~tood that the adhesive region 15 22 lies at a level lower than that of the fastening panel members 21. Each fastening panel member 21 comprises a plurality of hook elements of the tape fastener which are known by the trademark VELCR0 or NAGIC TAPE and are made of nylon or other plastics. Each fastening region 11 with 20 which the respective fastening panel members 21 are engaged comprises a bulky nonwoven fabric made of crimped fibers and corresponds to a plurality of loop elements of said known tape fastener. The fastening region 11 presents a plurality of vertically ~t~r~l;ns stripes as seen in Fig.
25 1 80 that each of the~;e ~tripes may be used a~3 a position-ing indicator when the fastening panel members 21 are engaged with the fastening region ll. Such striped pattern is obtained by bonding a nonwoven fabric as material for the fastening region ll to the backsheet 3 using colored 30 hot melt adhe~ive wherein the nonwoven fabric is applied with the colored hot melt adhesive in the desired striped pattern. Referring to Fig. l, sections 28A will be bonded to the h~rkqh~t 3 and present a color of the hot melt adhesive therethrough while sections 28B are not bonded to 35 the backsheet 3 and present a color of the nonwoven fabric itself. The pattern in which the nonwoven fabric is applied with the hot melt adhesive and which serves as the _ _ _ , . ... .. . . . .
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positioning indicator may be selected from a group of appropriate patterns other than the striped pattern as adopted by the illustrated embodiment, so far as the adhesive is applied to the nul..7~v~ll fabric intermittently 5 along the waist line.
Fig. 4 shows the diaper 1 as rolled up after use and maintained in such a rolled up state with the adhesive region 22 being f astened to the diaper 1 at an appropriate 10 location thereof.
Fig. 5 is a plan view of a tape fastener 10 including a fastening panel member 21 which has a configur-ation different from that shown by fig. 2. According to 15 this embodiment, the respective fastening panel members 21 extending between the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B of the base panel member 20 are transversely dimensioned so as to be relatively narrow in the proximity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B and relatively large at their verti-20 cally middle portions. Generally, the fastening panelmember 21 i8 rather rigid and tends to irritate the user' s skin particularly at a region in the proximity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B. However, the tape fastener 10 according to this embodiment can alleviate such irritation, 2~ since the fastening panel member 21 is transversely dimen-sioned to be relatively narrow in the promixity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20B, as previously described.
In this case, the fastening effect of the tape fastener 10 is c ~n~ntrated in its vertically middle portion which is 30 substAnt;~lly larger than its vertically opposite end portions in the proximity of the upper and lower edges 20A, 20s .
To implement the invention, a nonwoven fabric or 3~ soft plastic film may be employed as the base panel member 20 of the tape fastener 10 and the known hook or loop material may be employed aA the fastening panel member 21.
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The invention can be effectively implemented even when the tape fastener 10 is not provided with the adhesive region 22. It is also possible without departing from the scope of the invention to bond the fastening panel member 21 to 5 the base panel member 2 0 by use of a means having an adhesion force higher than an adhesion force of the adhes-ive agent 22A, for example, hot melt adhesive. The fasten-ing region 11 may be of any suitable material other than a nonwoven fabric so long as the fastening panel member 21 10 can be disengaged therefrom.
It should be understood that not only an adhesive agent such a hot melt adhesive but also a heat-sealing technique may be employed for bonding the respective 15 members, the latter being useful for members made of a heat-sealable material.
According to the invention, the soft base panel member 20 extending laterally outward from the transverse 20 side edge of the diaper is provided with a pair of fasten-ing panel membere 21 spaced apart from each other, i.e., at a location ad~acent the base end 20C and at a location adjacent the free end 20D thereof, so that, even if one of the spaced apart fastening panel members 21, for example, 25 the one provided in the proximity of the free end 20D of the base panel member 20, is unintentionally disengaged from the fastening region 11, the other one provided in the proximity of the base end 20C of the base panel member 20 will not be affected by a disengaging force exerted on the 30 fastening panel member 21 provided in the proximity of the f ree end 2 OD of the base panel member 2 0 . The invention thereby can avoid an apprehension that unintentional release of one fastening panel member 21 might lead at once to release of the tape fastener 10 as a whole.
With an embodiment in which the base panel member 20 is provided with an adhesive region 22 between the pair ... . . . ... .. . . .. _ . _ _ .. .. . ..... . .
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of fastening panel member~ 21, thi~ adhe~ive region 22 may serve a~ an effective means by which a u~ed diaper i~
rolled up. Advantageou~ly, formation of such adhe~ive region 22 re~uire~ no enlargement of the base panel mem-5 ber' ~ length.
Claims (4)
1. A disposable undergarment having a tape fastener extending laterally outward from a transverse side edge of a front or rear region of said undergarment for releasably joining said front and rear regions to each other, wherein:
said tape fastener comprises a relatively soft base panel member extending laterally outward from said transverse side edge and having a base end and a free end, and at least two relatively rigid fastening panel members bonded to an inner surface of said base panel member; and said fastening panel members are provided at longitudinally spaced apart locations of said base panel member, to be engaged with a fastening region provided on an outer surface of the other of said front and rear regions.
said tape fastener comprises a relatively soft base panel member extending laterally outward from said transverse side edge and having a base end and a free end, and at least two relatively rigid fastening panel members bonded to an inner surface of said base panel member; and said fastening panel members are provided at longitudinally spaced apart locations of said base panel member, to be engaged with a fastening region provided on an outer surface of the other of said front and rear regions.
2. A disposable undergarment having a tape fastener according to claim 1, wherein said fastening panel members are at least at a location adjacent the base end and a location adjacent the free end of said base panel member.
3. A disposable undergarment having a tape fastener according to claim 1, wherein said base panel member is provided on an inner surface thereof with an adhesive region extending between said spaced apart fastening panel members.
4. A disposable undergarment having a tape fastener according to claim 1, wherein said fastening panel members comprise a plurality of hook elements and said fastening region comprises a plurality of loop elements.
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