The present disclosure generally relates to an absorbent pad for use in a garment. The absorbent pad includes: a liquid impermeable barrier layer; a functional layer attached to the barrier layer, the functional layer comprising a liquid absorbent component; a liquid impermeable peripheral sealing element bonded to peripheries of the functional layer and barrier layer; and a peripheral attaching element having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion bonded to the peripheral sealing element. The second portion of the peripheral attaching element is detached from the peripheral sealing element and is arranged to be attached to a fabric body of the garment, thereby attaching the absorbent pad to the garment.

Disclosed is a pant type absorbent article having a waist guard portion on the front and/or back elastic belt, wherein the waist guard portion has a specific location in view of the location from the distal edge to the proximal edge relative to the percentage of the seam length LS, the waist guard portion comprising a waist guard elastic portion having a longitudinal dimension of no greater than about 40mm, wherein the remainder of the elastic belt superposing the waist guard elastic portion is defined a correlated portion, wherein the tensile stress of the waist guard elastic portion is higher than that of the correlated portion.

The present invention is directed to a substrate, in particular textile material to which one or more antimicrobial and/or hydrophilic and/or stain release agents are adhered. The agent(s) is/are adhered to the substrate in such a manner that they are not released from the textile even if the textile is wetted or washed, so that the textile is reusable. Washability and/or usability of the textile are improved where one or more hydrophilic and/or stain release agents are adhered to the textile. The substrate can be used, e.g., in a reusable sanitary napkin or other hygiene product. The structure of the hygiene product is disclosed, together with a process of attaching the different layers of the hygiene product together by ultrasonic welding. The invention further relates to a method of finishing a substrate by applying and binding antimicrobial and/or hydrophilic and/or stain release agents to the substrate so that the agents are essentially irreversibly adhered to the finished substrate.

The present disclosure generally relates to an absorbent pad for use in a garment. The absorbent pad includes: a liquid impermeable barrier layer; a functional layer attached to the barrier layer, the functional layer comprising a liquid absorbent component; a liquid impermeable peripheral sealing element bonded to peripheries of the functional layer and barrier layer; and a peripheral attaching element having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion bonded to the peripheral sealing element. The second portion of the peripheral attaching element is detached from the peripheral sealing element and is arranged to be attached to a fabric body of the garment, thereby attaching the absorbent pad to the garment.

A cover nonwoven fabric covers a back surface of an inner member from between a front side outer member and the inner member to between a back side outer member and the inner member. The cover nonwoven fabric extends from a back surface side of a base portion of one side gather to a back surface side of a base portion of the other side gather. The cover nonwoven fabric has holes penetrating the front and back surfaces at intervals from between the front side outer and inner members to between the back side outer and inner members. The side edges of the cover nonwoven fabric are located at the positions same as the side edges of the narrowest part of the absorber in the width direction or on the center side in the width direction with respect to the side edges of the narrowest part.

An absorbent article including: a leak preventer sheet form; an absorber capable of absorbing bodily fluid, wherein minimum one layer is above the leak preventer; a surface sheet covers part of the absorber upper surface and includes a liquid impermeable area; right and left floating leg gathers above the absorber, from front to rear end parts in length direction of the absorbent article body via a front body, a crotch part and rear body, wherein floating leg gather has a head and hanging parts connects to the head part, wherein a front and rear end parts of the floating leg gather are respectively coupled to the front and rear end parts vicinity of the absorbent article body, the hanging part hanging from the head part toward the absorber; wherein a transferring passage is formed by coupling each hanging part of the right and left floating leg gathers to the surface sheet.

The present invention is intended to provide the advantages of forming the leg gathers with the liquid impervious film that allow reduction of the used amount of the non-woven fabric while suppressing the deterioration of the texture, and others. The foregoing issue is solved by providing leg gathers that have: an inside non-woven fabric layer constituting a width-direction inner surface; an outside non-woven fabric layer constituting a width-direction outer surface; elastically stretchable gather materials that are provided along the front-back direction between the inside non-woven fabric layer and the outside non-woven fabric layer of at least forward end portions in front-back direction intermediate portions; and a liquid impervious film that is sandwiched between the inside non-woven fabric layer and the outside non-woven fabric layer ranging from a base end to a position nearer a forward end side than the base end, and is configured such that parts of the leg gathers having the liquid impervious film nearer the base end side than the forward end portions constitute non-woven fabric absent parts where the inside non-woven fabric layer does not exist and the liquid impervious film is exposed.

A disposable diaper includes a crotch section sheet member that is long in one direction, a belly side sheet member, and a back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member includes first adhesive sections having first adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the lengthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, and the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member include second adhesive sections having second adhesive-coated regions coated continuously in the widthwise direction of the crotch section sheet member, at sections where the crotch section sheet member is to contact with the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member. The crotch section sheet member is bonded to the belly side sheet member and the back side sheet member with the first adhesive-coated regions and the second adhesive-coated regions crossing each other.

A garment having a fabric body and an absorbent pad attached to the fabric body is disclosed. The absorbent pad includes a liquid impermeable barrier layer and a functional layer attached to the barrier layer. The functional layer has a wicking component and a liquid absorbent component. The liquid absorbent component is disposed between the wicking component and the barrier layer. The absorbent pad is washable and reusable.

A disposable absorbent pant having an enhanced belted or balloon-type structure is disclosed. The belt structure may be formed of stretch laminate material, including laterally pre-strained elastomeric material sandwiched between inner and outer layers of nonwoven web material. The belt structure may include one or more unelasticized zones, in which the elastomeric material is omitted, removed or deactivated. As a result, lateral gathers or ruffles of the inner and outer layers, otherwise resulting from elastic contraction of the pre-strained elastomeric material, are substantially reduced in size and/or frequency, or eliminated, within the unelasticized zones. The laminate in the unelasticized zone(s) will thus have relatively lower z-direction thickness and will lie more closely against the wearer's skin. When unelasticized zone(s) are located proximate the sides/hip areas of the product, for example, this effect may provide the product with a more tailored profile and enhance its discreetness when worn beneath outer clothing.