JP7155468B2 - absorbent pad holder - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to absorbent pad holders used to hold absorbent pads.

Conventionally, an absorbent pad holder is used to hold an absorbent pad such as a light incontinence pad or a sanitary napkin under the wearer's crotch. The wearer only needs to replace the absorbent pad with a new absorbent pad after the absorbent pad absorbs bodily fluids, and the absorbent pad holder itself can be washed and reused as needed, resulting in cost advantages. and reduce the burden on the environment.

As such an absorbent pad holder, for example, in Patent Document 1, a front body (1) covering the groin side of the wearer, a back body (2) covering the buttock side of the wearer, and It has a crotch part (3) that connects the front body (1) and the back body (2), and a waist part (4) that wraps around the wearer's abdomen, and the back body (2) is elongated. and a hold portion having lower vertical stretchability than the plain portion of the back body (2). A belt-shaped lower buttock region (21) formed to reach the left and right sides of the part (4), and a band-shaped lower buttock region (21) formed to reach the center of the back side of the waist part (4) from the crotch part (3). a band-shaped gluteal cleft region (22), the lower gluteal region (21) and the gluteal cleft region (22) joining at a position corresponding to the wearer's coccyx near the crotch (3); The plain part of the back body (2) consists of left and right hip regions (23) formed by dividing the inner region of the lower buttock region (21) into left and right by the gluteal cleft region (22), and the lower buttocks. Formed at the confluence of the leg region (24), which is the region outside the region (21), and the lower buttock region (21) and the gluteal cleft region (22) near the crotch (3), the lower buttock region ( 21) and a coccygeal region (25) surrounded by the gluteal cleft region (22) and the crotch region (3), the elongation stress of the crotch region (3) being greater than that of the coccyx region (25). High holder pants, are disclosed.

Japanese Patent No. 5896180

However, in the absorbent pad holder described in Patent Document 1, as shown in FIG. 1 of Patent Document 1, the central portion in the left-right direction of the front body corresponds to the position where the absorbent pad such as a light incontinence pad is arranged. Since the absorbent pad is formed by plain knitting (flat knitting) with high extensibility, there is a problem that when a light incontinence pad or the like is attached, the absorbent pad is likely to be displaced on the front end side.
On the other hand, in the back body, in the region inside the lower buttock region, the hip region is divided into left and right and provided to form a pair of left and right hip regions. It is formed of parts (float knitting). Here, when body fluids are excreted with the absorbent pad placed inside and the absorbent pad holder worn, the body fluid tends to accumulate at the position of the absorbent pad corresponding to the lower part of the back body of the absorbent pad holder. Furthermore, since the superabsorbent polymer contained in the absorbent body of the absorbent pad swells when it absorbs bodily fluids, a hold portion with low extensibility is formed between the pair of left and right hip regions. , there is a problem that the buttocks are pressed and the feeling of wearing is reduced.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an absorbent pad holder that can stably hold an absorbent pad and that is comfortable to wear.

The inventors of the present invention conducted extensive research in view of the above problems. As a result, the present inventors have found that the above problems can be solved by devising the form of the hip region and providing predetermined front body hold regions and back body hold regions, thereby completing the present invention. Specifically, the present invention provides the following.

(1) A first aspect of the present invention is an absorbent pad holder used to hold an absorbent pad, which is arranged on the waist portion covering the abdomen of the wearer and on the abdominal side of the wearer. It has a front body, a back body arranged on the back side of the wearer, a crotch part connecting the front body and the back body at the wearer's crotch, and a leg part covering the wearer's thigh area. , the front body and the back body are divided into a flat knitted part having extensibility and a float knitted part having lower extensibility at least in the horizontal direction than the flat knitted part, and the flat knitted part and the float knitted part The knitted fabric in is composed of a wale row formed in the horizontal direction and a course formed in the vertical direction, and in the float knitting portion, at least one knit and at least one knit miss are alternately and regularly The array formed in the wale direction is regularly arranged in the course, and the front body is composed of a substantially inverted triangular float knit part from the boundary with the waist part toward the crotch part. A body hold region is provided, and the back body is provided with a substantially heart-shaped hip region which is composed of the plain knit portion and has a depression in the upper part of the center in the left-right direction, and the back body is provided with the hip region. A back body hold region composed of the float knitted portion is provided in a range that overlaps at least the left and right ends of the hip region in the upward direction from the boundary with the waist region to the boundary with the waist region. A pad holder.

(2) A second aspect of the present invention is the absorbent pad holder according to (1), wherein in the front body hold region, 1 or more and 4 or less knits and 1 or more and 4 or less An arrangement in which knit mistakes and are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction is regularly arranged in the course,
The knitting error is 6 or more and 18 or less per 1 cm in the wale direction in the region having the arrangement and per course.

(3) A third aspect of the present invention is the absorbent pad holder according to (1) or (2), wherein from the boundary of the back body hold region with the waist portion to the back body hold region An arrangement in which 1 or more and 4 or less knits and 1 or more and 4 or less knit misses are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction in a region up to 60% of the maximum dimension in the vertical direction, It is characterized in that the number of knitting errors is 6 or more and 18 or less per 1 cm in the wale direction in the region having the arrangement and is regularly arranged in the course.

(4) A fourth aspect of the present invention is the absorbent pad holder according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the crotch portion is composed of the flat knit portion. It is a thing.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to the absorbent pad holder of this invention, an absorbent pad can be stably hold|maintained, and a feeling of wearing can be maintained favorably.

1 is a drawing showing a state in which an absorbent pad holder of the present invention is worn together with an absorbent pad; Fig. 2 is a front view of the absorbent pad holder of the present invention as seen from the front body; Fig. 2 is a rear view of the absorbent pad holder of the present invention viewed from the back body; It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the knitted fabric of a flat-knit part. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a knitted fabric of a float knitted portion.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements throughout the description of the embodiments of the present invention.

In the description of the present specification, when the absorbent pad holder 1 is worn means at least one of when and after the absorbent pad holder 1 is worn. The left-right direction of the absorbent pad holder 1 is the direction across the left and right of the wearer when the absorbent pad holder 1 is worn, and is the direction indicated by X in the drawing. On the other hand, the vertical direction of the absorbent pad holder 1 is a direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction, which is indicated by Y in the drawing. Further, the front direction of the absorbent pad 100 refers to the direction in which the absorbent pad 100 is arranged on the front side (abdominal side) of the wearer when the absorbent pad 100 is arranged on the absorbent pad holder 1, and Direction refers to the direction opposite to the forward direction.

<Absorptive pad holder>
FIG. 1 is a drawing showing a state in which an absorbent pad holder 1 of the present invention is worn together with an absorbent pad 100. FIG. The absorbent pad holder 1 of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is worn with an absorbent pad 100 such as a light incontinence pad placed on the wearer's crotch. The wearer only needs to replace the absorbent pad 100 with a new absorbent pad 100 after the absorbent pad 100 absorbs bodily fluids, and the absorbent pad holder 1 itself can be used repeatedly by washing as necessary. Cost benefits and environmental load can be reduced.
Absorbent pads 100 to be placed in the absorbent pad holder 1 include urine absorption pads, light incontinence pads, light incontinence liners, sanitary napkins, and the like. Although each dimension is specified below, it is a numerical value when measured in an unstretched state.

The absorbent pad holder 1 of the present invention is an undergarment made by knitting thread material, and has stretchability in the vertical and horizontal directions. Thread materials constituting the absorbent pad holder 1 include synthetic fiber threads such as polyester, polyamide, polypropylene, and polyacrylonitrile; regenerated fiber threads such as rayon, cupra, and acetate; spun and processed threads obtained from these; thread is mentioned. Natural fibers such as cotton, wool, linen, and silk, and blended yarns thereof may also be used, but are not limited to these.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the absorbent pad holder 1 includes a waist portion 10 covering the abdomen of the wearer, a front body 20 arranged on the abdomen of the wearer, and a back of the wearer. a crotch part 40 connecting the front body 20 and the back body 30 at the wearer's crotch, and leg parts 50 covering the wearer's thighs. The vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1 is preferably 18 cm or more and 35 cm or less, and the horizontal dimension is preferably 17 cm or more and 40 cm or less. This makes it possible to obtain the absorbent pad holder 1 that matches the body shape of the wearer. Here, the vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1 is measured from the upper end of the waist portion 10 at the left and right ends when the absorbent pad holder 1 is laid flat with the front body up and the back body down. The horizontal dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1 refers to the horizontal distance of the waist portion 10 .
The annular waist portion 10 forms a waist opening 10A into which the wearer's waist can be inserted, and the annular leg portion 50 forms leg openings 50A into which the wearer's feet are inserted. As a result, the absorbent pad holder 1 is detachable. The waist portion 10 and the leg portions 50 are each stretchable in the circumferential direction. The waist portion 10 and leg portions 50 may be knitted in a known manner to provide a good fit.
In addition, the waist portion 10 and the leg portion 50 may be provided with an elastic member in order to enhance stretchability and improve fit. As the elastic member, for example, a stretchable woven fabric or nonwoven fabric containing polyurethane fibers, a synthetic rubber sheet, a natural rubber sheet, or the like is used. The elastic members used for the waist portion 10 and leg portions 50 may be the same or different.
From the viewpoint of wearing comfort and fit, the dimension of the waist portion 10 and the leg portion 50 in the direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction is preferably 2 cm or more and 5 cm or less. Moreover, it is preferable that the circumference of the waist opening 10A is 38 cm or more and 80 cm or less, and the circumference of each leg opening 50A is 24 cm or more and 60 cm or less. The distance from the upper end of the waist portion 10 to the crotch portion 40 is preferably 120 mm or more and 280 mm or less.

The front body 20 and the back body 30 are divided into a flat knitted portion having extensibility and a float knitted portion having lower extensibility at least in the horizontal direction than the flat knitted portion.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a knitted fabric with a flat knit portion, and FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a knitted fabric with a float knit portion.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the knitted fabric in the flat knitting portion and the float knitting portion is composed of wales formed in the horizontal direction and courses formed in the vertical direction. In FIG. 5, the plain white portion indicates a knit (mesh), and the hatched portion indicates a knit miss where no knit is formed.
In the flat knitting portion, as shown in FIG. 4, knits (stitches) are continuously formed in the wale direction (horizontal direction) and the course direction (vertical direction), and in the float knitting portion, at least one knit is formed. and at least one knitting mistake are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction, and are regularly arranged on the course.
Regarding the course direction, since the configuration of knits and knit mistakes in the wale direction affects, the course formed only by knits, at least one knit and at least one knit mistake are alternately and regularly in the wale direction. There are regularly formed courses.
FIG. 5 shows a mode in which two knits and two knit misses are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction in the float knitting portion. In FIG. 5, in the course direction, according to the arrangement rule of knits and knit mistakes in the wale direction, a course formed only by knits and a course in which one knit and one knit mistake are alternately and regularly formed. are alternately formed every two wales.
Due to these differences in knitting methods, the float knitted portion has lower extensibility at least in the left-right direction than the flat knitted portion.

[Front body]
FIG. 2 is a front view of the absorbent pad holder 1 of the present invention viewed from the front body 20. FIG. The front body 20 is provided with a front body hold region 21 composed of a substantially inverted triangular float knit portion extending from the boundary with the waist portion 10 toward the crotch portion 40 . By providing the front body hold region 21, the front end portion side of the absorbent pad 100 can be reliably held.
The shape of the front body hold region 21 is preferably an inverted equilateral triangle and an inverted isosceles triangle.
In addition, it is preferable that the lowest vertex of the substantially triangular shape is provided substantially in the center of the front body 20 in the left-right direction.
The maximum lateral dimension of the front body hold region 21 is preferably 45% or more and 75% or less of the lateral dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1, and the maximum vertical dimension of the front body hold region 21. is preferably 30% or more and 60% or less of the vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1 .

In the front body hold region 21, the arrangement in which 1 or more and 4 or less knits and 1 or more and 4 or less knit misses are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction is regularly formed in the course (preferably , the array formed in the wale direction and the row formed only by knitting) are arranged alternately, and there are 6 or more knit errors per 1 cm in the wale direction in the region having the array and per course 18 It is preferable that it is 1 or less.
As a result, the stretchability of the front body hold region 21 in the left-right direction can be moderately suppressed within a range that does not impair the feeling of wearing, and the front end side of the absorbent pad 100 can be held more reliably.

The area of the front body 20 excluding the front body hold area 21 may be entirely composed of the flat knitted portion, or may be partially composed of the float knitted portion.

[back body]
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the absorbent pad holder 1 of the present invention viewed from the back body 30. FIG.
The back body 30 is provided with a substantially heart-shaped hip region which is composed of a plain knit portion and has a depression in the upper portion of the central portion in the left-right direction.
The hip region 32 is a region that comes into contact with the bulge of the wearer's buttocks, and the hip region 32 is composed of the flat-knitted portion, so that the feeling of pressure on the buttocks can be reduced.
Furthermore, in the present invention, the hip region 32 is not provided so as to be separated into left and right and formed as a left and right pair, but has a substantially heart-shaped hip region 32 having a depression in the upper part of the center in the left-right direction.
Here, when body fluids are excreted with the absorbent pad placed inside and the absorbent pad holder worn, the body fluid tends to accumulate at the position of the absorbent pad corresponding to the lower part of the back body of the absorbent pad holder. Furthermore, since the superabsorbent polymer contained in the absorbent body of the absorbent pad swells when it absorbs bodily fluids, a float knitted portion with low extensibility is formed between the pair of left and right hip regions. As a result, there is a problem that the buttocks are pressed and the feeling of wearing is lowered. In the present invention, the hip region 32 is not provided so as to be divided into left and right and formed into a left and right pair, but has a substantially heart shape with a depression in the upper part of the center in the left and right direction, so the absorbent pad 100 Even if it swells after absorbing bodily fluids, it is possible to reduce the feeling of oppression in the buttocks and maintain a good wearing feeling.

The maximum horizontal dimension of the hip region 32 is preferably 50% or more and 85% or less of the horizontal dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1, and the maximum vertical dimension of the hip region 32 is equal to that of the absorbent pad. It is preferably 30% or more and 70% or less of the vertical dimension of the holder 1 . By adjusting the horizontal dimension of the hip region 32 formed by the flat knit portion within the above range, the feeling of pressure on the buttocks can be further reduced. The periphery of the hip region 32, including the back body hold region 31, which will be described later, is composed of a float knitted portion.
Moreover, the minimum vertical dimension of the recessed portion of the hip region 32 is preferably 5% or more and 20% or less of the vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1 . As a result, the function of holding the rear end portion side of the absorbent pad 100 in the back body hold region 31, which will be described later, can be sufficiently exhibited.

In addition, the hip region 32 is preferably arranged so that the substantially heart-shaped depression is positioned at the center of the back body 30 in the left-right direction. and the crotch portion 40 at the closest position) is preferably 0.5 cm or more and 5 cm or less.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, the back body 30 has float knitting in a range that overlaps at least the left and right ends of the hip region 32 in the upward direction from the boundary with the hip region 32 to the boundary with the waist portion 10. A back body hold area 31 is provided. As a result, the stretchability of the back body hold region 31 in the left-right direction can be appropriately suppressed within a range that does not impair the feeling of wearing, and the rear end side of the absorbent pad 100 can be held more reliably.
Further, the maximum lateral dimension of the back body hold region 31 may be larger than the maximum lateral dimension of the hip region 32 .
The maximum lateral dimension of the back body hold region 31 is preferably 70% or more and 100% or less of the lateral dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1, and the maximum vertical dimension of the back body hold region 31. is preferably 15% or more and 60% or less of the vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder 1 .

The configuration of the float knitted portion in the back body hold region 31 may be one type or a plurality of types. The maximum vertical dimension of the back body hold region 31 from the boundary with the waist portion 10 to the back body hold region 31 regardless of whether the float knitted portion in the back body hold region 31 is of one type or multiple types. In the area up to 60% of the, 1 or more and 4 or less knits and 1 or more and 4 or less knit misses are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction. (Preferably, the array formed in the wale direction and the row formed only by knitting are alternately arranged), and there are 6 knit errors per 1 cm in the horizontal direction in the region having the array and per course. It is preferable that the number is 1 or more and 18 or less. As a result, the stretchability of the back body hold region 31 in the left-right direction can be appropriately suppressed within a range that does not impair the feeling of wearing, and the rear end side of the absorbent pad 100 can be held more reliably.

The hip region 32 is composed of a flat knitted portion, and the back body hold region 31 and the periphery of the hip region 32 (part of the back body hold region 31) are composed of a float knitted portion. may consist of either a plain knit portion or a float knit portion.

[Crotch part]
The crotch portion 40 may be composed of either a plain knit portion or a float knit portion, or may be composed of a combination of a plain knit portion and a float knit portion, but is preferably composed of a plain knit portion. By forming the flat-knit portion, it is possible to improve the wearing comfort of the wearer's crotch.

Although the present invention has been described using the embodiments, it goes without saying that the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the invention described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that improvements are possible. In addition, it is clear from the description of the scope of the claims that forms with such modifications or improvements can also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1 Absorbent pad holder 10 Waist part 10A Waist opening 20 Front body 21 Front body hold area 30 Back body 31 Back body hold area 32 Hip area 40 Crotch part 50 Leg part 50A Leg opening 100 Absorbent pad

Claims (2)

An absorbent pad holder used to hold an absorbent pad, comprising:
A waist part that covers the wearer's abdomen,
A front body arranged on the abdomen of the wearer,
The back body arranged on the back side of the wearer,
A crotch portion that connects the front body and the back body at the wearer's crotch,
a leg portion covering the thigh of the wearer;
The front body and the back body are divided into a flat knitted portion having extensibility and a float knitted portion having lower extensibility at least in the horizontal direction than the flat knitted portion,
The knitted fabric in the flat knitting portion and the float knitting portion is composed of a row of wales formed in the horizontal direction and a course formed in the vertical direction,
In the float knitting portion, an arrangement in which at least one knit and at least one knit miss are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction is regularly arranged in the course,
The front body is provided with a front body hold region composed of a substantially inverted triangular float knit part from the boundary with the waist part toward the crotch part,
The back body is provided with a substantially heart-shaped hip region that is composed of the flat knitted portion and has a depression in the upper part of the center in the left-right direction,
In the back body, a back body hold composed of the float knitted portion is provided in a range from a boundary with the hip region to a boundary with the waist portion, at least in a range overlapping upwardly with both left and right ends of the hip region. area is provided ,
Furthermore, in the front body hold region, an arrangement in which 1 or more and 4 or less knits and 1 or more and 4 or less knit misses are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction is regularly arranged on the course. is,
The number of knitting errors per 1 cm in the wale direction in the region having the array and per course is 6 or more and 18 or less,
In the region from the boundary with the waist portion of the back body hold region to 60% of the maximum vertical dimension of the back body hold region,
An arrangement in which 1 or more and 4 or less knits and 1 or more and 4 or less knit misses are alternately and regularly formed in the wale direction is regularly arranged in the course, and the wale in the region having the arrangement The number of knitting errors per 1 cm in the direction and per course is 6 or more and 18 or less ,
The maximum vertical dimension of the front body hold area is 30% or more and 60% or less of the vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder.
The absorbent pad holder, wherein the minimum vertical dimension of the recessed portion of the hip region is 5% or more and 20% or less of the vertical dimension of the absorbent pad holder. 2. The absorbent pad holder of claim 1 , wherein said crotch portion comprises said flat knit portion.

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