US 12,458,544 B2
Origami patterns for diapers
Janette D.F. Herron, Provo, UT (US); Bridget N. Beatson, Provo, UT (US); Spencer P. Magleby, Provo, UT (US); and Larry Howell, Provo, UT (US)
Assigned to BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Provo, UT (US)
Appl. No. 16/605,222
Filed by BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY, Provo, UT (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 19, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/028432
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 15, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/195352, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/518,968, filed on Jun. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/487,371, filed on Apr. 19, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0038255 A1, Feb. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/534 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49001 (2013.01) [A61F 13/53409 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A diaper comprising:
a front portion including a front topmost edge;
a back portion including a back topmost edge longitudinally spaced from the front topmost edge;
at least one origami pattern layer extending from the front portion to the back portion, the at least one origami pattern layer comprising at least one origami pattern, the at least one origami pattern including a pattern of pre-determined fold lines, the pattern of pre-determined fold lines includes an arc origami pattern, a radial water-bomb based origami pattern, or a radial muiri-ori origami pattern, the pattern of pre-determined fold lines including:
a plurality of longitudinal fold lines extending continuously from the front topmost edge to the back topmost edge, of the plurality of longitudinal fold lines do not intersect each other; and
a plurality of branched fold lines each intersecting one of the plurality of longitudinal fold lines at at least one intermediate location thereof spaced from the front topmost edge and the back topmost edge, at least one of the plurality of branched fold lines extending from the at least one intermediate location to the front topmost edge and at least one of the plurality of branched fold lines extending from the at least one intermediate location to the back topmost edge;
wherein each of the plurality of longitudinal fold lines and the plurality of branched fold lines are able to be folded simultaneously.