US 11,857,401 B2
Hip-to-side silhouettes for boxer brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays
Gary Dean Lavon, Liberty Township, OH (US); Bret Darren Seitz, West Chester, OH (US); Masaharu Nishikawa, Cincinnati, OH (US); Sarah M. Wade, Springfield Township, OH (US); and Franz-Josef Hermes, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/739,276.
Application 17/739,276 is a continuation of application No. 16/023,809, filed on Jun. 29, 2018, granted, now 11,432,973.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/530,472, filed on Jul. 10, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/527,549, filed on Jun. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257433 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49011 (2013.01) [A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 13/4963 (2013.01); A61F 13/511 (2013.01); A61F 13/514 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49068 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49088 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein each of the front and back belts comprise at least one elastic element;
wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
wherein the article has a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length and wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is less than 150% of the Relaxed Product Length; and
wherein the article has a side seam length that is greater than about 70% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article and wherein the side seam length is less than about 100% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article.