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Process to make boxer shorts having a contracted crotch region

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-06-10
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC
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[0010] The present invention relates to a wide variety of absorbent and non-absorbent pants, including training pants, swim pants, diaper pants, incontinence garments, feminine care products, health care garments, apparel for institutional, industrial and consumer use, or other garments. Disposable absorbent pants are adapted to be worn adjacent the body of a wearer to absorb and contain various exudates discharged from the body.

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However, many disposable pants are aesthetically unappealing.
Existing disposable absorbent pants can be overly bulky and often resemble disposable baby diapers.
However, disposable pants, particularly disposable absorbent boxer shorts, present many manufacturing challenges.
Product design is often compromised by cost and manufacturing constraints, resulting in disposable pants that lack aesthetic appeal and product function.
In addition, crotch depth is required for a good fit, but difficult to achieve in a garment like boxer-shorts with hanging legs when using conventional manufacturing processes.
Thus, what is lacking and needed in the art are garment-like, aesthetically appealing boxer shorts, as well as methods of efficiently manufacturing such boxer shorts.

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[0057] As representatively illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2A and 2B, an embodiment of a pant 10 of the present invention includes a garment shell 64. The garment shell 64 can include a front region 22, a back region 24, a contracted crotch region 26, an inner surface 28 which is configured to contact the wearer, and an outer surface 30 opposite the inner surface 28 which is configured to contact the wearer's clothing. The pant 10 also defines a pair of longitudinally opposed waist edges, which are designated front waist edge 38 and back waist edge 39. The front region 22 is contiguous with the front waist edge 38, and the back region 24 is contiguous with the back waist edge 39. The front region 22 includes the portion of the pant 10 which, when worn, is positioned on the front of the wearer while the back region 24 includes the portion of the pant 10 which, when worn, is positioned on the back of the wearer. The contracted crotch region 26 of the pant 10 includes the portion of the pant w...

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Abstract

A method of making a boxer-style pant having side seams, a contracted crotch region and hanging legs. A flat web is provided. Portions are removed from the flat web to define leg openings. The flat web is then contracted either elastically or inelastically in selected areas along the flat web between the leg openings. The flat web is cut into separate pieces, folded and side seams are formed. The pant may include an absorbent.

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BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0001] The present invention pertains to methods of making pants having side seams and a contracted crotch region. More particularly, the present invention pertains to methods of making boxer shorts having side seams and a contracted crotch region. The boxer shorts may be absorbent or non-absorbent.[0002] Pant-like garments have numerous applications including disposable clothing, training pants, feminine care products, adult incontinence products, disposable swimwear, or the like. Pant-like disposable garments are typically three-dimensional products with closed sides so that the product has a unitary waist opening and two leg openings. The wearer raises and lowers the garment to apply the product. Three-dimensional, boxer shorts-like products are particularly appealing because the boxer shorts look more like conventional articles of clothes.[0003] Many disposable pants are formed as composite structures in which several components are combined to form a prod...

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IPC IPC(8): A41B9/00A41B9/02A41B9/12A41D1/08A41D13/12A61F13/15
CPCA41B9/001A41B2400/52A61F13/15593A61F13/15723A61F13/49017Y10T156/1051A61F13/4963Y10T156/1092Y10T156/1085Y10T156/1057Y10T156/1062A61F13/496A41B9/00A41B9/02A41B9/04
Inventor MORTELL, HEATHER SCHENCKCOENEN, JOSEPH DANIELPOPP, ROBERT LEE
Owner KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC
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