US 11,957,552 B2
Absorbent garment and method of manufacture thereof
Suet Hing Yip, Tai Wai (HK); and Fung Yee Debby Au, Tai Po (HK)
Assigned to Mast Industries (Far East) Limited, Kowloon (HK)
Filed by Mast Industries (Far East) Limited, Kowloon (HK)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,690.
Application 17/475,690 is a continuation of application No. 17/221,326, filed on Apr. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,154,431.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,554, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0142827 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A41B 9/00 (2006.01); A41B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49006 (2013.01) [A41B 9/001 (2013.01); A41B 17/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/15747 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent garment comprising:
a main body including a front portion, a back portion, and a gusset connecting the front portion and the back portion, wherein the gusset has left and right lateral edges configured to partially define respective left and right leg openings of the garment;
a layer of absorbent material sized and shaped to fit on the gusset and having left and right lateral edges configured to extend alongside the respective left and right lateral edges of the gusset;
left and right elastic bands that are folded around and attached along the respective left and right lateral edges of the layer of absorbent material; and
a layer of waterproof material sized and shaped to fit on the gusset and having left and right lateral edges configured to extend alongside the respective left and right lateral edges of the gusset;
wherein the left and right lateral edges of the layer of waterproof material are bonded to the respective left and right elastic bands externally of the folds of the respective left and right elastic bands; and
wherein the left and right elastic bands are attached to the respective left and right lateral edges of the gusset to couple the layer of absorbent material and the layer of waterproof material to an inside face of the main body such that the layer of waterproof material is sandwiched between the layer of absorbent material and the main body.