JPH11104180A - Disposable pants type diaper - Google Patents

Disposable pants type diaper

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JPH11104180A
JPH11104180A JP9267542A JP26754297A JPH11104180A JP H11104180 A JPH11104180 A JP H11104180A JP 9267542 A JP9267542 A JP 9267542A JP 26754297 A JP26754297 A JP 26754297A JP H11104180 A JPH11104180 A JP H11104180A
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outer face
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Yoshikazu Jitoue
良和 地頭江
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Unicharm Corp
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Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable to draw up a diaper easily for wearing to improve usability, by forming a liquid impermeable outer face sheet of a first outer face sheet and a second outer face sheet and equipping plural finger tip engaging parts separately in parallel in the circumferential direction by the first and second outer face sheets on front and back waist range. SOLUTION: An outer face sheet 3 of this disposable pants type diaper is constituted of a first outer face sheet 3a and a second outer face sheet overlapped thereon. In the circumferential direction of front and back waist ranges 6, 7, a finger tip engaging part 14 is formed of a folding-in part 15 which the first outer face sheet 13a is folded into and opens toward a crotch range 8 and plural window parts 16 opening outward from the position of the second outer face sheet 3b neboring to the folding-in part 15. When an infant, aged, diseased, etc., who are lack of skill on finger tips or extremely weak in pinching power are to wear a diaper by him-/her-self, since the diaper can be drawn up by engaging finger tips with the girth range of the diaper, he/she can easily wear the diaper.

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【発明の詳細な説明】DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

【０００１】[0001]

【発明が属する技術分野】この発明は、使い捨てパンツ
型おむつ（トレニングパンツを含む）に関する。The present invention relates to disposable pants-type diapers (including training pants).

【０００２】[0002]

【従来の技術】この種のパンツ型おむつは、腰開口部
と、一対の脚開口部とを有し、これら開口部は、それら
の周り方向に沿って取り付けられた弾性伸縮部材によっ
て弾性伸縮する。2. Description of the Related Art A pants-type diaper of this type has a waist opening and a pair of leg openings, and these openings are elastically expanded and contracted by elastic elastic members attached along their circumferential direction. .

【０００３】こうしたおむつは、その腰開口部を指先で
摘持しながら、着用者の足先から腰周りへ引き上げて着
用される。その引き上げ過程で、各弾性伸縮部材が身体
の当該部位を締め付けるので、前記指先による摘持には
或る程度の摘持力が必要であることはいうまでもない。[0003] Such a diaper is worn while being pulled up from the toe of the wearer to the waist while holding the waist opening with a fingertip. In the pulling-up process, each elastic member expands and contracts the corresponding part of the body, so that it is needless to say that a certain gripping force is required for gripping with the fingertip.

【０００４】[0004]

【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、指先が
不器用であったり、指先による摘持力が極めて弱かった
りする幼児、老人、病人らが自分でおむつを着用する場
合、おむつの腰開口部を摘持しておむつを充分に引き上
げることが困難なことがある。おむつを引き上げる場
合、摘持した指先が腰開口部からすべるからである。However, when infants, elderly people, or sick people who are clumsy at fingertips or who have extremely weak gripping force with fingertips wear their own diapers, the waist opening of the diapers is removed. It may be difficult to raise the diaper sufficiently while holding it. This is because when the diaper is pulled up, the pinched fingertip slides from the waist opening.

【０００５】この発明の課題は、おむつの着用に際し
て、おむつを指先で摘持することにかえて、指先をおむ
つの胴周域に係合しておむつを引き上げることができる
使い捨ておむつを提供することにある。An object of the present invention is to provide a disposable diaper in which, when the diaper is worn, the diaper can be pulled up by engaging the diaper with the torso peripheral region instead of gripping the diaper with the fingertip. It is in.

【０００６】[0006]

【課題を解決するための手段】この発明に係る使い捨て
おむつは、透液性内面シートと、不透液性外面シート
と、これら間に介在する吸液性コアとから形成され、前
後腰周域と、これら間の股下域と、弾性伸縮腰開口部
と、一対の弾性伸縮脚開口部とを有する使い捨てパンツ
型おむつにおいて、前記外面シートが、第１外面シート
と、その外側に重なる第２外面シートとから成り、前記
前後腰周域には、前記第１及び第２外面シートによって
該域の周り方向に離間して並列する複数の指先係合部が
設けられていることを特徴とする。A disposable diaper according to the present invention is formed from a liquid-permeable inner sheet, a liquid-impermeable outer sheet, and a liquid-absorbing core interposed therebetween, and includes a front and rear waist region. In a disposable pants-type diaper having a crotch region therebetween, an elastic elastic waist opening, and a pair of elastic elastic leg openings, the external sheet is a first external sheet, and a second external surface overlapping the outside thereof. The first and second outer sheets are provided with a plurality of fingertip engaging portions which are arranged in parallel in the front and rear waist peripheral region so as to be separated from each other in a circumferential direction of the region.

【０００７】特に好ましい実施の形態の一つにおいて
は、前記指先係合部は、前記第１外面シートが折り込ま
れて前記股下域へ向って開口する折り込み部と、前記折
り込み部に隣接する前記第２外面シートが外方へ開口す
る窓部とによって形成されており、前記第１外面シート
は、プラスチックフィルムであり、かつ、前記第２外面
シートは繊維不織布である。[0007] In one particularly preferred embodiment, the fingertip engaging portion includes a fold portion in which the first outer sheet is folded and opened toward the crotch region, and a fold portion adjacent to the fold portion. The first outer sheet is a plastic film, and the second outer sheet is a fibrous nonwoven fabric.

【０００８】[0008]

【発明の実施の形態】図面を参照して、この発明に係る
使い捨てパンツ型おむつの実施の形態を説明すると、以
下のとおりである。BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a disposable pants-type diaper according to an embodiment of the present invention.

【０００９】図１及び図２において、おむつは積層体１
から構成されている。積層体１は、透液性内面シート２
と、不透液性外面シート３と、これらの間に介在する砂
時計型の吸液性コア４とから構成され、前後腰周域６，
７、これら間の腰下域８を有する。内外面シート２，３
は、コア４の外周から外方へ延出する。前後腰周域６，
７における内外面シート２，３の縦方向延出部のそれら
の間には、前記腰周域６，７の周り方向に沿って作用す
る弾性伸縮部材９が、かつ、股下域８における内外面シ
ート２，３の横方向延出部のそれらの間には、それら延
出部に形成された凹曲縁に沿って作用する弾性伸縮部材
１０が、それぞれそれらの長さ方向への伸長下に取り付
けられている。積層体１は、内面シート２がおむつの内
側に位置するように二つ折りされ、前後腰周域６，７の
両側縁１１に沿って熱溶着手段で間欠的に接合され、腰
開口部１２と、一対の脚開口部１３とを画成している。In FIG. 1 and FIG.
It is composed of The laminate 1 includes a liquid-permeable inner sheet 2
And an hourglass-shaped liquid-absorbent core 4 interposed between them, and a front and rear waist circumferential region 6,
7, having a lower waist region 8 between them. Inner and outer sheets 2,3
Extends outward from the outer periphery of the core 4. Waist circumference 6,
7, between the longitudinally extending portions of the inner and outer sheets 2 and 3, elastic elastic members 9 acting along the circumferential direction of the waist peripheral regions 6 and 7, and the inner and outer surfaces of the crotch region 8 Between the laterally extending portions of the sheets 2, 3, elastic elastic members 10 acting along the concave curved edges formed in the extending portions, respectively, extend under their lengthwise directions. Installed. The laminate 1 is folded in two so that the inner sheet 2 is positioned inside the diaper, and is intermittently joined by heat welding along both side edges 11 of the front and rear waist peripheral regions 6 and 7, and is connected to the waist opening 12. , And a pair of leg openings 13.

【００１０】外面シート３は、第１外面シート３ａと、
その外側に重なる第２外面シート３ｂとから構成されて
いる。前後腰周域６，７には、第１及び第２外面シート
３ａ，３ｂによって該域の周り方向に離間して並列する
複数の指先係合部１４が設けられている。さらに具体的
には、指先係合部１４は、前後腰周域６，７における第
１外面シート１３ａが折り込まれ股下域８へ向って開口
する折り込み部（プリーツ）１５と、折り込み部１５に
隣接する第２外面シート３ｂの部位から外方へ開口する
複数の窓部１６とによって形成されている。窓部１６は
少なくとも大人の一本の指先を挿入することができる大
きさを有する。The outer sheet 3 includes a first outer sheet 3a,
And a second outer sheet 3b that overlaps the outside. A plurality of fingertip engaging portions 14 are provided in the front and rear waist circumferential regions 6 and 7 by the first and second outer sheets 3a and 3b and are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the regions and arranged in parallel. More specifically, the fingertip engaging portion 14 is a fold portion (pleat) 15 in which the first outer sheet 13 a in the front and rear waist circumference regions 6 and 7 is folded and opened toward the crotch region 8, and is adjacent to the fold portion 15. And a plurality of windows 16 opening outward from a portion of the second outer sheet 3b. The window 16 has a size that allows insertion of at least one fingertip of an adult.

【００１１】おむつの構成材料としては、この種のおむ
つのそれとして一般に公知のものが採択される。例え
ば、内面シート２には繊維不織布、第１外面シート３ａ
には透湿性プラスチックフィルム、第２外面シート３ｂ
には繊維不織布、コア４にはフラッフパルプと超吸水性
ポリマー粒子との混合物が、それぞれ採択される。As the constituent material of the diaper, those generally known as diapers of this kind are adopted. For example, the inner sheet 2 has a fibrous nonwoven fabric, the first outer sheet 3a.
Has a moisture-permeable plastic film, the second outer sheet 3b
, A mixture of fluff pulp and superabsorbent polymer particles is adopted for the core 4.

【００１２】[0012]

【発明の効果】この発明に係る使い捨てパンツ型おむつ
は、前後腰周域に指先係合部が設けられているから、指
先が不器用であったり、指先による摘持力が極めて弱か
ったりする幼児、老人、病人らでも、指先係合部に指先
を係合しておむつを容易に引き上げて着用することがで
き、実用に供しきわめて有益である。According to the disposable pants-type diaper according to the present invention, since the fingertip engaging portions are provided in the front and rear waist circumferences, the fingertip is clumsy or the gripping force by the fingertip is extremely weak. Even elderly people and sick people can easily pull up and wear the diaper by engaging their fingertips with the fingertip engaging portions, which is practically useful.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of the drawings]

【図１】この発明に係る使い捨てパンツ型おむつの一部
を破断した斜視図。FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which a part of a disposable pants-type diaper according to the present invention is partially broken.

【図２】図１のＸ−Ｘ線に沿う拡大断面図。FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

【符号の説明】[Explanation of symbols]

２ 内面シート ３ 外面シート ３ａ 第１外面シート ３ｂ 第２外面シート ４ コア ６ 前腰周域 ７ 後腰周域 ８ 股下域 ９ 弾性伸縮部材 １０ 弾性伸縮部材 １２ 腰開口部 １３ 脚開口部 １４ 指先係合部 １５ 折り込み部 １６ 窓部 2 inner sheet 3 outer sheet 3a first outer sheet 3b second outer sheet 4 core 6 front waist area 7 rear waist area 8 inseam area 9 elastic elastic member 10 elastic elastic member 12 waist opening 13 leg opening 14 fingertip engagement Joint 15 Folding 16 Window

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項１】 透液性内面シートと、不透液性外面シー
トと、これら間に介在する吸液性コアとから形成され、
前後腰周域と、これら間の股下域と、弾性伸縮腰開口部
と、一対の弾性伸縮脚開口部とを有する使い捨てパンツ
型おむつにおいて、 前記外面シートが、第１外面シートと、その外側に重な
る第２外面シートとから成り、前記前後腰周域には、前
記第１及び第２外面シートによって該域の周り方向に離
間して並列する複数の指先係合部が設けられていること
を特徴とする前記おむつ。1. A liquid-permeable inner sheet, a liquid-impermeable outer sheet, and a liquid-absorbing core interposed therebetween,
In a disposable pants-type diaper having a front and rear waist peripheral region, a crotch region therebetween, an elastic elastic waist opening, and a pair of elastic elastic leg openings, the outer sheet is a first outer sheet and an outer sheet. A plurality of fingertip engaging portions that are arranged in parallel with each other in the front and rear waist peripheral region in the front and rear waist peripheral region so as to be spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction around the region. The diaper as described above. 【請求項２】 前記指先係合部は、前記第１外面シート
が折り込まれて前記股下域へ向って開口する折り込み部
と、前記折り込み部に隣接する前記第２外面シートの部
位が外方へ開口する窓部とによって形成されている請求
項１に記載のおむつ。2. The fingertip engaging portion includes: a fold portion in which the first outer sheet is folded and opened toward the crotch region; and a portion of the second outer sheet adjacent to the fold portion is directed outward. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein the diaper is formed by a window that opens. 【請求項３】 前記第１外面シートは、プラスチックの
フィルムであり、かつ、前記第２外面シートは繊維不織
布である請求項１に記載のおむつ。3. The diaper according to claim 1, wherein the first outer sheet is a plastic film, and the second outer sheet is a fibrous nonwoven fabric.
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