US 11,890,175 B2
Article with chassis having an elastic distribution, absorbent core and system and method for making same
Andrew Wright, Rotherham (GB); Dennis Smid, Wolvega (NL); Anne Smid, Wolvega (NL); and Eugenio Varona, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to DSG Technology Holdings Ltd., Kwai Chung (HK)
Filed by DSG TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LTD., Kwai Chung (HK)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,154.
Application 17/234,154 is a continuation of application No. 15/903,008, filed on Feb. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,993,849.
Application 15/903,008 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/946,528, filed on Nov. 19, 2015, granted, now 10,045,887, issued on Aug. 14, 2018.
Application 14/946,528 is a continuation of application No. 13/200,100, filed on Sep. 16, 2011, granted, now 9,205,003, issued on Dec. 8, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/462,349, filed on Feb. 22, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/403,488, filed on Sep. 16, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307974 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B32B 37/20 (2006.01); B32B 3/18 (2006.01); B32B 37/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49019 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15593 (2013.01); A61F 13/15609 (2013.01); A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); A61F 13/15723 (2013.01); A61F 13/15747 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/49014 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15715 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49038 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); B32B 3/18 (2013.01); B32B 37/02 (2013.01); B32B 37/144 (2013.01); B32B 37/203 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article, the absorbent article comprising:
an absorbent core comprising absorbent material, wherein the absorbent core has a first slit, a second slit, and a first fold line;
elastics coupled with the absorbent core;
wherein the elastics bias a portion of the absorbent core to fold along the first fold line, forming a first folded core section of the absorbent core, wherein the first folded core section is positioned between the first and second slits in the absorbent core, and wherein the first folded core section forms a first cuff of the absorbent core.