US 6,981,968 B2
Absorbent article with waist belt
Liljana Kusibojoska, Hisings Kärra (Sweden); and Peter Rönnberg, Mölndal (Sweden)
Assigned to SCA Hygiene Products AB, Gothenburg (Sweden)
Filed on Sep. 19, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/955,018.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/234970, filed on Sep. 25, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2002/0038110 A1, Mar. 28, 2002
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 604—392 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, comprising:
a liquid-permeable cover sheet,
a liquid-tight cover sheet,
an absorption body enclosed between the cover sheets,
two side edges extending in the longitudinal direction,
two end edges extending in the transverse direction,
a waist belt formed by at least one material layer and arranged substantially parallel to one of the end edges of the article,
the waist belt has two free ends each comprising a first fastening member having a surface provided with fastening loops that are designed to cooperate with a fastening member comprising hook members, the fastening loops are arranged in a number of chain-like rows, each chain-like row formed by a continuous thread that penetrates through at least the material layer included in the waist belt,
the chain-like rows of loops are arranged principally in the longitudinal direction of the article, at right angles to a direction of extent of the waist belt, and
a second fastening member arranged on the end edge of the article opposite the waist belt, the second fastening member has hook members that are arranged to cooperate with the first fastening members in order to fasten the article into a shape similar to underpants,
wherein the waist belt at least partially comprises a nonwoven material with a stiffness of 0.10-0.70 N measured according to a modified version of ASTM D 4032-82, CIRCULAR BEND PROCEDURE.