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U.S. Patent No. 11,160,698
December 3, 2021
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Justin L. Honcoop, Garfield, WA; and Jessie N. Honcoop, Garfield, WA. Filed: 7/20/17 Issued: 11/2/21 A diaper band for impeding removal of a diaper by a wearer, the diaper including tabs that secure the diaper to the wearer, the diaper band comprising: an inner elastic band having a right end and a left end; an outer elastic fabric cover that covers the inner elastic band from the right end to the left end; a right attachment strap, attached to the right end, the right attachment strap having an inward-facing side presenting hook material, and an outward facing side presenting loop material; a left attachment strap, attached to the left end, the left attachment strap having an inward-facing side presenting hook material, and an outward-facing side presenting loop material; and a central attachment patch, attached to an inner portion of the outer elastic fabric cover, the central attachment patch presenting hook material configured to attach to a first outward-facing fabric surface of the diaper, wherein when the hook material of the central attachment patch is attached to the first outward facing fabric portion of the diaper: the right and left attachment straps are configured such that the hook material of the first one of the right and left attachment straps can be attached to a second outward facing fabric portion of the diaper that is located on the diaper opposite from the first outward facing fabric portion, and the hook material of the second one of the right and left attachment straps is configured to be attached to at least a portion of the loop material of the first one of the right and left attachment straps and at least a portion of the second outward facing fabric portion of the diaper, and wherein when the first outward facing fabric portion is located at the front of the diaper and the central attachment patch is attached thereto, the right and left attachment straps are configured to be attached to the second outward facing fabric portion at the rear of the diaper, so that the tabs are substantially covered by the elastic fabric cover and the attached right and left attachment straps are functionally inaccessible to the wearer.
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