Something more on Change 'N Go

After many requests I received during past weeks hereunder I will list some applications about reusable diapers and specifically about diapers with repleaceble cores.
These applications have some links with new baby diaper launched by Pampers named Change 'N Go (www.pamperschangengo.com).

At the beginning of baby diaper history generally it was used a simple textile piece of cotton for this type of articles. This could be washed and reused many times but with poor performance and bulky appearance. To improve it evolved in a disposable product using high absorbtion powder in the core that allowed a slimmer product.

Moreover other features were added to the same disposable product (elastic panel, mechanical closures, printed and very soft materials). It is today a product so sophisticated that is a pity to throw it away after a single use. Many producers have been looking a way to improve the effectiveness of single diaper and increase its life. At the beginning it was obtained simply by increasing total capacity of absorbtion for a single diaper. But very soon it was clear it was not a direction suitable for ever.

A simpler and effective way to extend diaper life was to use inserts or additional cores. Hereunder some applications are listed as example.

• WO199415563
• WO2002080834
• WO2005020852

Those inserts had a common characteristic, or at least it appears at first glance as such: the absorbent insert typically is removable only from interior. The overgarment must be removed from the wearer in order to remove the insert.

The great innovation Pamper Change 'N Go brings on the market is the following: from now on there will be no need to remove diaper from the wearer when the insert is needed to be changed.

A few applications, listed here, disclose a specific design

• WO2006108029
• WO2008030984
• WO2008059401

consisting of a pocket, a space between backsheet and topsheet, configured to receive an absobent insert therin. In the backsheet it is provided a slit to easily access to the pocket. Moreover it is provided a flap that is positionable in an open configuration and a closed position. When it is in closed position the flap covers the slit and inhibits contact between the diaper wearer and absorbent insert positioned in the pocket.

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