AN INITIAL PRODUCT ADAPTABLE TO SERVE AS A GARMENT AND ITS METHOD OF MANUFACTURE

摘要

AN INITIAL PRODUCT (10) ADAPTABLE TO FORM A GARMENT SUCH AS A DIAPER, TRAINING PANT, PULL-ON DIAPER, ADULT INCONTINENCE PANT AND DIAPER HOLDER. THE INITIAL PRODUCT INCLUDES A CHASSIS (14) FOR RECEIVING THE ABSORBENT STRUCTURE. THE CHASSIS INCLUDES A FIRST LATERAL MARGIN (20) AND A SECOND LATERAL MARGIN (22). THE FIRST AND SECOND LATERAL MARGINS ARE JOINED TO A CENTRAL STRUCTURE (24) ALONG A FIRST LINE OF JOINDER (26) AND A SECOND LINE OF JOINDER (28), RESPECTIVELY, THE FIRST AND SECOND LINES OF JOINDER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS. THE FIRST AND SECOND LATERAL MARGINS HAVE A FIRST END REGION (44), A SECOND END REGION (46) AND A CENTRAL REGION (48). THE FIRST AND SECOND LATERAL MARGINS (20, 22) COMPRISE A MATERIAL (51) WHICH IS ELASTICALLY EXTENSIBLE IN AT LEAST THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION IN THE CENTRAL REGION (48). LATERAL EDGES (40, 42) OF THE LATERAL MARGINS ARE PROVIDED BY THIRD AND FOURTH STRIPS (76, 78) OF SUBSTANTIALLY INELASTIC MATERIAL. A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INITIAL PRODUCT IS ALSO DISCLOSED.