A fixing member including a sheet-like base member 21 and a surface fastener 30 provided on the base member 21 is disclosed. The surface fastener 30 covers a surface of the base member 21 at a position separated from a tip end 21E1 of the base member 21 in a wrap-around direction, and minimum bending stiffness of the fixing member 20 as determined via a bending test using a Gurley tester being 150 mgf or less when measured using a test piece cut from a portion where the surface fastener 30 is provided. The surface S1 on the surface fastener 30 side of the portion 21a on the tip end 21E1 side of the surface fastener 30 of the base member 21 is a surface with reduced engagement with the surface fastener 30.

A method is for manufacturing closing systems for hygiene articles, in particular diaper closing systems. An attachment part (16) is fed to the rear face of a substrate part (18) having protruding closing elements (22) arranged in rows at a predefined distance from each other, and is joined to the substrate part (18) along welding points using an ultrasonic welding process. At least some of the welding points are introduced to extend along weld seam lines (46) between adjoining rows of closing elements (22) and to extend at least partially in parallel to the rows of closing elements (22).

An absorbent article (10) can include a fastening system including a primary fastening system (82) and a secondary fastening system (84). The primary fastening system (82) can include at least one primary first fastening component (86) and at least one primary second fastening component (88). The secondary fastening system (84) can include a first secondary first fastening component (96) and at least one secondary second fastening component (98). The absorbent article (10) can also include a pocket (64) disposed in the front waist region (12) such that at least one primary first fastening component (86) is configured to engage the pocket (64) when engaging the at least one primary second fastening component (88) in the fastened condition of the absorbent article (10) and the first secondary first fastening component (96) can engage the at least one secondary second fastening component (98) in the fastened condition.

A process and an apparatus for making a refastenable side seam of an hygienic absorbent article efficiently, without the need to remove scrap and which allows refastenable side seams to be obtained which are ergonomic, aesthetically pleasing, easily identifiable by the user and such that they do not reduce the wearability of the article. The disclosure also relates to a hygienic absorbent article provided with at least one refastenable side seam. The disclosure also relates to a process and an apparatus for carrying out one or more operations on elastic panels usable for making an hygienic absorbent article provided with at least one refastenable side seam.

An underwear or incontinent device for children or adults is disclosed. The front portion of the underwear further includes a closable penile opening, such as a fly, which extends from the waist opening through the center of the front portion down into the crotch portion of the underwear. The opening is held closed by a hook and loop type fastener or the like. The penile opening comprises a pair of flaps which overlap each other in a closed position and which can be pulled apart to define an opened position and thus allow the user to urinate therethrough. The opening can then be closed and/or resealed. The penile opening can be advantageously formed without otherwise disturbing the secure attachment of the underwear around the user's waist. The underwear is therefore useful for purposes of potty training a male child or for protection of adult males having incontinence problems. The underwear can be used with an ordinary pair of pants and avoids the necessity of removal of pants and/or underwear for normal urination, allowing the wearer to use a urinal or toilet in the conventional manner.

A diaper with removable wipe pouch. The diaper includes a flexible base having a front panel and a rear panel. The flexible base is movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, wherein the front panel is secured to the rear panel when in the closed configuration, such that an upper opening is defined. The flexible base further includes arcuate lateral edges defining a pair of leg openings when the flexible base is in the closed configuration. A pouch is removably secured to the rear panel, wherein at least one cleaning wipe is disposed within an interior volume thereof. The pouch is secured to the rear panel via a continuous perforated seam disposed about a perimeter of the pouch.

An elastic panel for use in an absorbent article including a first nonwoven web layer, a second nonwoven web layer and an elastomeric film layer disposed between the first and second nonwoven layers. At least one of the first and second nonwoven web layers includes at least one group of folded portions. Each folded portion includes a first fold line and a second fold line so that the folded portion is divided into a proximal section, a distal section and a medial section disposed between the proximal and distal sections. The proximal section is directly attached to the elastomeric film layer and the medial and distal sections are not directly attached to the elastomeric film layer so that the folded portions extend to allow the web panel to stretch elastically.

A folded disposable absorbent garment has an absorbent chassis, a pair of front side panels extending from a front region of the absorbent chassis, and a pair of back side panels extending from a back region of the absorbent chassis. Each of the front side panels has a first fastening component and each of the back side panels has a second fastening component. Each of the second fastening components is releasably attached to a respective one of the first fastening components to define a pair of refastenable seams. The front side panels and the back side panels are folded such that each of the refastenable seams overlies an outer surface of one of the front region and the back region of the absorbent chassis in a plane generally parallel to the front and back regions of the absorbent chassis.

The present invention relates to a fastening member comprising a base pane, a closure member extending laterally from the base panel, the closure member comprising a closure member upper edge and a closure member lower edge, and a fastening element disposed on the closure member, the fastening element comprising a fastening element upper edge and a fastening element lower edge, wherein the closure member upper edge comprises a concave portion along the fastening element upper edge and the closure member lower edge comprises a convex portion along the fastening element lower edge, and wherein the closure member extends upwardly laterally.

A disposable diaper includes side flaps; pieces of fastening tape respectively arranged on widthwise side portions of the side flaps; and joining portions each of which joins a portion of each piece of the fastening tape to a non-skin side of the side flaps in the thickness direction. In an unfolded state, for each of the pieces of fastening tape, a magnitude of force applied at a time when the joining portion is peeled off when a region of the fastening tape that is outward in the width direction with respect to the joining portion is pulled in an outward direction is greater than a minimum value of an magnitude of force applied at a time when the joining portion is peeled off when a region of the fastening tape that is inward with respect to the joining portion is pulled in any outward direction.