US 12,433,802 B2
Washable outer shell with hook cover member
Helena Corneliusson, Gothenburg (SE); Mattias Johansson, Gothenburg (SE); Ulla Danielsson, Gothenburg (SE); and Karoline Lenhult, Lidköping (SE)
Assigned to Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 18/264,082
Filed by Essity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed Feb. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/054851
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/179700, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0115431 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/505 (2006.01); A61F 13/62 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/505 (2013.01) [A61F 13/625 (2013.01); A61F 13/627 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15276 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washable outer shell for an absorbent assembly, the outer shell comprising
an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface,
the outer shell has an extension in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction,
the outer shell comprises a front region, a crotch region and a rear region,
the rear region comprising a first and a second corner region and a rear central region arranged between the first and the second corner regions, as seen in the transverse direction,
the outer shell comprising a first hook member provided in the first corner region on the inner surface of the outer shell and a second hook member provided in the second corner region on the inner surface of the outer shell,
the first corner region comprising a first corner outer edge and the second corner region comprising a second corner outer edge,
the outer shell comprising a hook attachment zone on the outer surface in the front region of the outer shell,
the first and second hook members being adapted to be attached to the hook attachment zone to form a waist opening,
wherein each of the first corner region and the second corner region is provided with a respective first and second hook cover member,
each hook cover member having a first mode in which the respective hook cover member is arranged to expose the respective first and second hook member and a second mode covering the respective hook member,
each of the respective hook cover members has a free edge and an attached edge, wherein the attached edge is attached to the respective corner outer edge of the respective corner region, and
each of the respective hook cover members has an elastic member extending along the respective free edge,
wherein each of the first and the second hook cover member is arranged on the outer surface of the outer shell when in the first mode, and
wherein each of the first and the second hook cover member is folded over the respective first and a second corner outer edge and arranged on the inner surface of the outer shell when in the second mode.