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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8057457 | Belted absorbent garment Absorbent garment such as a diaper and an incontinence guard, said garment has a first body panel, a second body panel and a crotch portion there between. The garment is provided with opposed laterally extending belt members attached to the waist portion of the firs... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8038662 | Incontinence article in the form of pants An incontinence article comprising front and back belly sections connected at side seams forming belly and back bands, continuous in the hip direction having a hip opening closed in the hip direction, and a crotch section comprising an absorbent body, extending long... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8025652 | Incontinence article in the form of pants An incontinence article comprising front and back belly sections connected at side seams forming belly and back bands, continuous in the hip direction having a hip opening closed in the hip direction, and a crotch section comprising an absorbent body, extending long... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8016806 | Incontinence article in the form of pants An incontinence article comprising front and back belly sections connected at side seams forming belly and back bands, continuous in the hip direction having a hip opening closed in the hip direction, and a crotch section comprising an absorbent body, extending long... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7993320 | Incontinence article in the form of pants An incontinence article comprising front and back belly sections connected at side seams forming belly and back bands, continuous in the hip direction having a hip opening closed in the hip direction, and a crotch section comprising an absorbent body, extending long... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7963953 | Article with adjustable elastomeric waist belt A disposable absorbent article includes a main body, a sleeve-like member extending adjacent the waist edge of the front or rear portions, and an adjustable elastomeric waist belt having a central portion and a pair of opposite free ends each defining ear-like proje... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7955311 | Disposable diaper with stretchable suspender members joined outside absorbent pad A disposable diaper includes a pants member and a body fluid absorbent pad lying inside the pants member. The pad is connected to elastic first and second suspender members extending in a circumferential direction of the diaper and joined under extension in the circ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7901392 | Refastenable absorbent article and a method of applying thereof Absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders, training pants and the like, having elastomeric ear panels and a fastening system that provides the user with different options as to how the absorbent article may be fitted to and re... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7540862 | Method of applying elastic end pieces to an absorbent product web and absorbent product produced thereby Starting from an elastic material web and an absorbent product web, the method includes removing a first material piece from the elastic material web to provide a second material piece with an aperture and applying the first piece to a first portion of the absorbent... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7438707 | Absorbent articles with absorbent pad gapping An absorbent article constructed to isolate skin from absorbed moisture and promote ventilation. The article, which has particular application in the form of an absorbent garment worn to capture body wastes, has an absorbent body and liquid impermeable outer cover w... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7368027 | Method of making an edge fold having substantially uniform gathers for absorbent article A method for making an edge fold on an absorbent article having longitudinal edges including the steps of activating a portion of an absorbent article along its longitudinal edges to create substantially uniform gathers, folding a portion of the absorbent article al... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7347914 | Method for producing an article having an elastic bonded between two webs A method for producing an article of the present invention includes: a supply step of supplying a first web; a first bonding step of bonding the first web and an elastic together; a placement step of placing a second web so as to sandwich the elastic between the fir... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347848 | Absorbent article and method for its manufacture An absorbent article is provided with a belt 9, 9′ attached to or adapted to be attached to the back portion 6 of the article and to the front portion 5 of the article in such a way that the article assumes a pantlike shape, where the belt for... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347847 | Disposable diaper capable of being put on either from the front or the back of a wearer A disposable diaper capable of being put on from either the front or the back of a wearer is disclosed. The longitudinal end section having the fastening tapes has a waist elastic member and an extensible side part. The absorbent member is disposed such that its lon... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347846 | Elastic absorbent pants having an elastic material secured in an unstretched state to an absorbant core or core pack Absorbent pants with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction at right angles to the longitudinal direction and having an absorption core arranged between a liquid-tight cover sheet and a liquid-permeable cover sheet. The diaper pants have a front portion... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344523 | Dual-layered disposable garment having tailored stretch characteristics The present invention relates to improvements in structure of disposable garments. The disposable garments of the invention may include an outer layer and an elastic inner layer. The elastic inner layer has an elastic inner layer perimeter and defines an opening, wh... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7331946 | Disposable pull-on undergarment A disposable pull-on undergarment includes each of front and rear waist-encircling regions having a first elasticized zone and a second elasticized zone extending in a waist-encircling direction. Tensile stress of the first elasticized zone is greater than that of t... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329245 | Disposable paper diaper and method of attaching expansible members of the disposable paper diaper A disposable diaper having an absorbent, a waist opening and right and left leg openings which are formed when the diaper is in use, and many stretchable members which are provided along the peripheral direction of the diaper at least in a girth area having a length... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322967 | Pant-type disposable garment A pant-type disposable garment having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings is disclosed. The garment comprises a first waist panel, a second waist panel and a crotch panel positioned between, the first waist panel and the second waist panel. The crotch panel i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322968 | Disposable wearing article and process for making the same A disposable wearing article is provided on its garment facing surface with tape fasteners. The tape member forming each of the tape fastener has a fixed end portion and a free end portion adapted to be taken between the fingers longitudinally opposed to each other.... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7300395 | Method for manufacturing a bag A retaining element for use with elastic sheet material is disclosed. In one form, the sheet material can be provided as a bag (100) having first and second side walls (102, 104). The retaining element can be in the form of an elastic strip attached to... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294121 | Disposable body fluid absorbent pad Here is disclosed a pad being relatively large in its longitudinal direction and comprising a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent core interposed between these top- and backsheets and an cover sheet lying outside the backsheet... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291138 | Disposable absorbent article A rear elastic area formed by a rear waist region with rear waist elastic members stretchable laterally across the rear waist region. A front elastic area formed by a front waist region with front waist elastic members stretchable laterally across the front waist re... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288079 | Disposable diaper capable of being put on either from the front or the back of a wearer A disposable diaper capable of being put on from either the front or the back of a wearer. The ratio of the minimum width W1 of the crotch section to the whole width W2 of the longitudinal end section having the fastening tapes is from 0.30 to 0.75. Th... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7264686 | Method of forming a waist band on an absorbent article A method of forming a waist band on an absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes forming stretchable front and back panels and attaching an elastic band to at least one of the panels. Each elastic band is cantilevered outward from a distal end of the panel... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7255688 | Pull-on disposable wearing article A pull-on disposable wearing article has a first waist region and a second waist region. The first waist region is elastically stretch- and contractible in the transverse direction. The second waist region is formed with a pair of finger-grip zones which are non-str... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252730 | Method and apparatus for applying an elastic member A method and apparatus for stretching an elastic member and applying it to an article web include a pair of wheels that rotate the elastic member. In particular, the pair of wheels engages the elastic member at an entry location on the pair of wheels and rotates the... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7229515 | Process for making a garment with refastenable sides A method of producing refastenable side seams in an absorbent garment results in an absorbent garment that is adapted to easy application and removal. The refastenable side seams can be produced in either a cross direction, wherein the width of the product is the ma... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7217260 | Absorbent article with tension-dividing side panels Absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, incontinent briefs, diaper holders, training pants, and the like, that provide dynamic fit about the wearer by the use of extensible, outwardly extending side panels. The side panel includes at least one discontinuity f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214287 | Process for continuously making disposable wearing articles In a process for continuously making disposable wearing articles, a first web which will be finally cut into a series of sheet members that are contiguous to one another in a transverse direction, and that define an outer surface of the article, is continuously fed ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7195586 | Apparatus and method for folding and tucking disposable diapers in their crotch regions An apparatus includes a first rotary disc, a plurality of folding plates arranged at regular intervals along a peripheral zone of the first rotary disc, a plurality of positive motion cams arranged at regular intervals along the peripheral zone of the first rotary d... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192422 | Pull-on disposable wearing article A disposable wearing article has first and second barrier flaps on first and second side flaps, respectively. A crotch region is formed with first and second folding guide lines diverging from the vicinity of proximal edges of the first and second barrier flaps towa... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179248 | Edge seal for absorbent article and method for making A disposable diaper comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet and backsheet define a periphery and longitudinal edges, portions of the longitudinal edges define leg openings when the diaper is... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7172585 | Absorbent product Absorbent product of pants-like shape, such as incontinence pants, including an elastic waist portion, an absorbent element, and a liquidtight outer layer which is intended to enclose the absorbent element on at least that side thereof which faces away from the wear... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160282 | Disposable wearing article A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-pervious topsheet, a liquid-impervious backsheet, a liquid-absorbent base panel interposed between these two sheets, a pair of side flaps lying outside transversely opposite side edges of the base panel so as to extend ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156829 | Disposable diaper having elasticized wings and waistband A disposable diaper is provided with elastically stretchable waist areas extending in a transverse direction along respective end portions of front and rear waist regions and a pair of elastically stretchable wing areas extending outward in the transverse direction ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150729 | Disposable pull-on wearing article A disposable pull-on wearing article wherein: a body fluid absorbent assembly of a disposable pull-on wearing article is formed in a crotch region with a pair of inwardly folded portions on both sides of a longitudinal center line. The body fluid absorbent assembly ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7150732 | Disposable diaper having antislip elements A disposable diaper includes antislip elements having a frictional force higher than those of end flaps and side flaps. These antislip elements are attached to portions of the end flap extending immediately outside transversely opposite ends of a waist elastic membe... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7135014 | Diaper with thigh elastics positioned beneath inner pad and overlapping second elastics positioned above backsheet A disposable diaper that includes an outer sheet having thigh-surrounding peripheral side regions curving inwardly in a transverse direction and an inner pad disposed to the inner side of the outer sheet. The outer sheet is provide in thigh-surrounding peripheral si... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128733 | Incontinence article having a back guard An incontinence article having a back guard is provided. In particular, the present invention provides an incontinence article in which a back guard extends from a rear portion of the article to a middle back area of a user. The back guard article preferably include... | 10/31/2006 |
