Absorbent Article With Deformation Inducing Means. (Patent Review).Absorbent absorbent /ab·sor·bent/ (-sor´bent) 1. able to take in, or suck up and incorporate. 2. a tissue structure involved in absorption. 3. a substance that absorbs or promotes absorption. Article With Deformation Inducing Means: No. 6,447,496; Satoshi Mizutani, assignor ASSIGNOR. One who makes an assignment; one who transfers property to another. 2. In general the assignor can limit the operation of his assignment, and impose whatever condition he may think proper, but when he makes a general assignment in trust for the use of to Uni-Charm Corporation, Ehime-ken, Japan. Filed 5/5/00. Issued 9/10/02. An absorbent article has been patented. The article has a longitudinal centerline cen·ter·line n. 1. A line that bisects something into equal parts. 2. A painted line running along the center of a road or highway that divides it into two sections for traffic moving in opposite directions, or, in the case of , a transverse centerline that is orthogonal to the longitudinal centerline, a skin-contactable side and a non-skin-contactable side. The article features an absorbent laminate laminate, n a thin slice of porcelain or plastic fabricated in a dental lab, which is cemented to the front of the teeth to cover gaps, whiten stained teeth, or reshape chipped or broken teeth. and a deformation inducing means adjacent to the skin-noncontactable side. This convexly deforms the absorbent laminate toward the skin-contactable side. The absorbent laminate includes a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet surrounding a liquid-absorbent core. The deformation-inducing means includes a hydrophobic hydrophobic /hy·dro·pho·bic/ (-fo´bik) 1. pertaining to hydrophobia (rabies). 2. not readily absorbing water, or being adversely affected by water. 3. panel member and an elastically stretchable member secured to the panel member along the longitudinal centerline to convexly deform the panel member toward the skin-contactable side. When the elastically stretchable member contracts, the panel has a more narrow width, compared to the absorbent laminate measured along the transverse centerline, and the panel member lies inward on the absorbent laminate's transversely opposi te side edges. The deformation inducing means is disposed beneath the absorbent laminate on the backsheet's outer surface. The respective regions of the absorbent laminate and the deformation inducing means are convexly deformed to become flattened against the contractile contractile /con·trac·tile/ (kon-trak´til) able to contract in response to a suitable stimulus. con·trac·tile adj. Capable of contracting or causing contraction, as a tissue. forces of the elastically stretchable member. |
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