Absorbent garment closure system having non-linear fastening
View Patent ↗A fastener tab for use on an absorbent garment is provided. The fastener tab has a tab body with a proximal edge for locating proximate the garment, a distal edge opposite the proximal edge, a top edge adjacent the proximal edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge, and a fastening area for removeably fastening the tab body to the garment. The fastening area has a first edge. A first tangent line is tangent to a first portion of the first edge of the fastening area, a second tangent line is tangent to a second portion of the first edge of the fastening area, the second tangent line intersects the first tangent line, and one of the first and second tangent lines is non-parallel to a primary pull direction of the fastener tab.
1. A fastener tab for use on an absorbent garment, the fastener tab comprising:
a tab body having a proximal edge for locating proximate the garment, a distal edge opposite the proximal edge, a top edge adjacent the proximal edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge; and
a fastening area for removeably fastening the tab body to the garment, the fastening area having a first edge,
wherein a first tangent line is tangent to a first portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
a second tangent line is tangent to a second portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
the second tangent line intersects the first tangent line, and
one of the first and second tangent lines is non-parallel to a primary pull direction of the fastener tab, and
the fastening area having a second edge,
wherein the second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge along the entire length of the second edge.
2. The tab of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the tab body is elastic.
3. The tab of claim 2 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is curved.
4. The tab of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is concave toward the proximal edge of the tab.
5. The tab of claim 3 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is convex toward the proximal edge of the tab.
6. The tab of claim 3 , wherein the second portion of the first edge is curved.
7. The tab of claim 6 , wherein the first and second portions of the first edge are concave toward the proximal edge of the tab.
8. The tab of claim 6 , wherein the first and second portions of the first edge are convex toward the proximal edge of the tab.
9. The tab of claim 3 , wherein the second portion of the first edge is straight.
10. The tab of claim 2 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is straight.
11. The tab of claim 10 , wherein the second portion of the first edge is straight.
12. A fastener tab for use on an absorbent garment, the fastener tab comprising:
a tab body having a proximal edge for locating proximate the garment, a distal edge opposite the proximal edge, a top edge adjacent the proximal edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge; and
a fastening area for removeably fastening the tab body to the garment, the fastening area having a first edge,
wherein a first tangent line is tangent to a first portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
a second tangent line is tangent to a second portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
the second tangent line intersects the first tangent line,
the first tangent line is non-parallel to one of the top edge and the bottom edge, and
the second tangent line is non-parallel to one of the top edge and the bottom edge, and
the fastening area having a second edge,
wherein the second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge along the entire length of the second edge.
13. An absorbent garment, comprising:
a garment chassis;
an absorbent core; and
a fastener tab, the fastener tab having
a tab body with a proximal edge located proximate the garment, a distal edge opposite the proximal edge, a top edge adjacent the proximal edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge; and
a fastening area for removeably fastening the tab body to the garment, the fastening area having a first edge,
wherein a first tangent line is tangent to a first portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
a second tangent line is tangent to a second portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
the second tangent line intersects the first tangent line, and
one of the first and second tangent lines is non-parallel to a primary pull direction of the fastener tab, and
the fastening area having a second edge,
wherein the second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge along the entire length of the second edge.
14. The garment of claim 13 , wherein a portion of the tab body is elastic.
15. The garment of claim 14 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is curved.
16. The garment of claim 15 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is concave toward the proximal edge of the tab.
17. The garment of claim 15 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is convex toward the proximal edge of the tab.
18. The garment of claim 15 , wherein the second portion of the first edge is curved.
19. The garment of claim 18 , wherein the first and second portions of the first edge are concave toward the proximal edge of the tab.
20. The garment of claim 18 , wherein the first and second portions of the first edge are convex toward the proximal edge of the tab.
21. The garment of claim 15 , wherein the second portion of the first edge is straight.
22. The garment of claim 14 , wherein the first portion of the first edge is straight.
23. The garment of claim 22 , wherein the second portion of the first edge is straight.
24. The garment of claim 13 , wherein the first edge stops short of the top edge of the tab body.
25. The garment of claim 13 , wherein the first edge stops short of the bottom edge of the tab body.
26. The garment of claim 25 , wherein the first edge stops short of the top edge of the tab body.
27. An absorbent garment, comprising:
a garment chassis;
an absorbent core; and
a fastener tab, the fastener tab having
a tab body with a proximal edge located proximate the garment, a distal edge opposite the proximal edge, a top edge adjacent the proximal edge, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge; and
a fastening area for removeably fastening the tab body to the garment, the fastening area having a first edge,
wherein a first tangent line is tangent to a first portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
a second tangent line is tangent to a second portion of the first edge of the fastening area,
the second tangent line intersects the first tangent line,
the first tangent line is non-parallel to one of the top edge and the bottom edge, and
the second tangent line is non-parallel to one of the top edge and the bottom edge, and
the fastening area having a second edge,
wherein the second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge along the entire length of the second edge.
28. A disposable absorbent garment comprising:
a main body defining a longitudinal direction and a cross direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and
a pair of fastener tabs, the fastener tabs
being stretchable in the cross direction,
attached to the main body for securing the garment about a wearer,
having a proximal end for attachment to the garment, a distal end opposite the proximal end and end edges connecting the proximal end to the distal end,
having a width defined as that portion of the tab extending between the end edges in the longitudinal direction, and
having a deadened zone positioned between the distal end and the proximal end, the deadened zone being a segment of substantially non-stretchable material positioned on the fastener tab to create differing zones of stretchability as the tabs are stretched in the cross direction,
the deadened zone having a first edge extending across at least a portion of the width of the tab, the first edge being non-parallel to the fastener tab proximal end, and
the deadened zone having a second edge,
wherein the second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge along the entire length of the second edge.
29. The garment of claim 28 , wherein the deadened zone is created by a segment of hook and loop material extending across the width of the tab non-linearly.
30. The garment of claim 29 28 , wherein the deadened zone is created by hook and loop material attached to the fastener tabs.
31. The garment of claim 28 , wherein the deadened zone is created by a segment of hook and loop material extending across the width of the tab, and
at least a portion of the deadened zone is linear.
32. The garment of claim 31 , wherein the deadened zone is created by hook and loop material attached to the fastener tabs.