Appeal 2006-2014
Application 09/745,006
an elongated material having two enlarged end portions and a
narrowed portion intermediate said two enlarged end portions, one of said
two enlarged end portions corresponding to a back region of said absorbent
article; and
said elongated material comprising a fluid impermeable backsheet, a
fluid permeable body-side liner attached to one side of said fluid
impermeable backsheet, and a separate flap sheet attached directly to said
fluid permeable body-side liner by point bonding at opposed peripheral
edges of the flap sheet and at an edge of the flap sheet disposed toward the
back region of said absorbent article, said flap sheet including two opposed
pleats and being expandable in a direction away from said fluid impermeable
backsheet proximate said back region of said absorbent article, whereby the
pleats define a pocket between the flap sheet and the body-side liner for
collection of fecal matter;
wherein the two opposed pleats are disposed substantially parallel to a
longitudinal centerline of said elongated material.
15. A method for producing a disposable absorbent article comprising
the steps of:
forming a substantially rectangular multi-layer material comprising a
fluid impermeable backsheet, a fluid permeable body-side liner attached to
one side of said fluid impermeable backsheet, and a flap sheet attached
directly to said fluid permeable body-side liner whereby said body-side liner
is disposed between said fluid impermeable backsheet and said flap sheet;
removing a portion of said material from opposed longitudinal edges
of said substantially rectangular multi-layer material, producing two
enlarged end portions and a narrowed portion intermediate said two enlarged
end portions, one of said enlarged end portions corresponding to a back
region of said disposable absorbent article; and
forming at least two discrete longitudinal pleats along opposed sides
of said flap sheet, the longitudinal pleats defining peripheral sides of a
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