Pant-Type Disposable Absorbent Hygiene Product

Abstract

The invention relates to a pant-type disposable absorbent hygiene article ( 2 ), comprising a waist edge ( 20 ), continuous in the circumferential direction thereof and forming a waist opening, and leg openings ( 8 a,b ), a front piece ( 6 ) and a back piece ( 4 ) having longitudinal side edge sections ( 16,18 ), and a crotch region ( 10 ), disposed between the front piece ( 6 ) and the back piece ( 4 ). The waist edge ( 20 ), continuous in the circumferential direction thereof, and the leg openings ( 8 a,b ) are produced by joining, on the manufacture end, the longitudinal side edge sections ( 16,18 ) of a front piece ( 6 ) and a back piece ( 4 ). The hygiene article also comprises an absorbent body ( 22 ). Every leg opening ( 8 a,b ) has an elastic leg opening section ( 81 ). Cuff elements ( 7 ) are provided on both sides of the absorbent body ( 22 ) and extend in the longitudinal direction ( 28 ) thereof, each cuff element ( 7 ) having an elastic cuff element section ( 9 ), and a) every cuff element ( 7 ) having at least one non-elastic cuff element section ( 11 ) and, when the product is placed on the body of the user, the elastic leg opening section ( 81 ) crosses the respective non-elastic cuff element section ( 11 ) or b) the length of the respective cuff element ( 7 ) being chosen in such a manner that, when the product is placed on the body of the user, the elastic leg opening section ( 81 ) does not cross the respective cuff element ( 7 ).

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         23 . A pant-type disposable absorbent hygiene article comprising:
 means defining a hip edge, said hip edge forming a hip opening which is continuously closed in a peripheral direction;   means defining two leg openings;   a front part having longitudinal side edge sections;   a rear part having longitudinal side edge sections;   a crotch area disposed between said front part and said rear part, wherein said hip edge and said leg openings are formed by connecting said longitudinal side edge sections of said front part and said rear part to each other during manufacture of the article;   an absorbent body;   elastic leg opening sections disposed proximate each leg opening; and   cuff elements extending in a longitudinal direction of said absorbent body at each side thereof, each cuff element having an elastic cuff element section, wherein each cuff element has at least one non-elastic cuff element section and said elastic leg opening sections cross a respective non-elastic cuff element section after application to a body of a user or a longitudinal extension of each respective cuff element is dimensioned such that, after application to the body of the user, said elastic leg opening sections do not cross a respective said cuff element.   
     
     
         24 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein each cuff element has two non-elastic cuff element sections, wherein a first non-elastic cuff element section is disposed closer to a front hip edge than said elastic cuff element section and a second non-elastic cuff element section is disposed closer to a rear hip edge than said elastic cuff element section. 
     
     
         25 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein each cuff element has one single elastic cuff element section at least a portion of which is positioned in said crotch area. 
     
     
         26 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein each cuff element comprises at least two elastic cuff element sections, wherein said elastic cuff element sections are spaced apart by non-elastic cuff element sections. 
     
     
         27 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said elastic cuff element section and/or said elastic leg opening section is elastified by thread- or band-shaped elastification means. 
     
     
         28 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said non-elastic cuff element section is obtained by separating previously extending elastification means. 
     
     
         29 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said separation is achieved by a plurality of cuts. 
     
     
         30 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said non-elastic cuff element section is obtained by eliminating an elastifying effect of a previously extending elastification means through application of heat, and/or pressure, and/or laser, and/or ultrasound. 
     
     
         31 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said non-elastic cuff element section is obtained in that elastification means extending at a location thereof are disposed without tension. 
     
     
         32 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said non-elastic cuff element section is obtained in that no elastification means are provided at least in sections at that location. 
     
     
         33 . The hygiene article of  claim 23 , wherein said cuff elements have a distal and a proximal edge and said elastic cuff element section is elastified by thread- or band-shaped elastification means disposed on said distal edge. 
     
     
         34 . The hygiene article of  claim 33 , wherein said absorbent body comprises a storage core, a top sheet that extends above said storage core, and a back sheet that extends below said storage core. 
     
     
         35 . The hygiene article of  claim 34 , wherein a respective said distal edge of a front and/or rear end section of said cuff elements is fixed to said top sheet. 
     
     
         36 . The hygiene article of  claim 34 , wherein a respective distal edge of said cuff elements is inwardly inclined towards a central longitudinal axis of the article, by inwardly disposing a respective end section towards said longitudinal axis of the article and by fixing it to said top sheet. 
     
     
         37 . The hygiene article of  claim 34 , wherein a first elastic leg opening section of each leg opening is provided in a flat state prior to connection of said longitudinal side edge sections by the manufacturer, starting from a longitudinal side edge of said front part or said rear part of the article on a curve along a periphery of a respective said leg opening and towards a center crotch line. 
     
     
         38 . The hygiene article of  claim 37 , wherein a third elastic leg opening section of each respective said leg opening is provided in a flat state prior to connection of said longitudinal side edge sections during manufacture, starting from a longitudinal side edge of said front part or said rear part of the article, on a curve along a periphery of each said leg opening towards a center crotch line. 
     
     
         39 . The hygiene article of  claim 38 , wherein a second elastic leg opening section is provided which joins said first elastic leg opening section, which is joined by said third elastic leg opening section. 
     
     
         40 . The hygiene article of  claim 39 , wherein said second elastic leg opening section is elastified by thread- or band-shaped elastification means, which are disposed substantially parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the article. 
     
     
         41 . The hygiene article of  claim 39 , wherein respective end regions of said second elastic leg opening section are spaced apart from respective end areas of said first and/or said third elastic leg opening section by a length A, wherein A is at least 10 mm or at least 15 mm. 
     
     
         42 . The hygiene article of  claim 39 , wherein elastification means of said second elastic leg opening section are fixed to said top sheet and/or said back sheet of said absorbent body. 
     
     
         43 . The hygiene article of  claim 42 , wherein elastification means of said second elastic leg opening section are fixed in a fold of said back sheet. 
     
     
         44 . The hygiene article of  claim 39 , wherein a longitudinal extension of said elastic cuff element section is larger than a longitudinal extension of a separation between said first elastic leg opening section and said third elastic leg opening section by at most 8 cm, at most 6 cm, at most 4 cm, or at most 2 cm.