US 11,938,004 B2
Absorbent article having a waist gasketing element
Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Cincinnati, OH (US); Thorsten Rinnert, Schwalbach Am Taunus (DE); Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Cincinnati, OH (US); Darren Lee Goad, Cold Spring, KY (US); Michael Brian Quade, Blue Ash, OH (US); Jason Edward Naylor, Loveland, OH (US); Uwe Schneider, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Thomas F. Gross, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/864,292.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,808, filed on Nov. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,181, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,198, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,001, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0375815 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/515 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/58 (2006.01); A61F 13/47 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15593 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15723 (2013.01); A61F 13/15764 (2013.01); A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/4906 (2013.01); A61F 13/51113 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/58 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15861 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/4708 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable absorbent article, comprising:
a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the front and back waist regions;
a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis;
a front waist edge, a back waist edge, a first side edge extending longitudinally and a second side edge extending longitudinally;
a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;
a waist gasketing element comprising a proximal end edge, a distal end edge, and a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein the waist gasketing element is a laminate comprising a first nonwoven and an elastic film, the waist gasketing element further comprising a stretch zone positioned between a first film dead zone and a second film dead zone, the elastic film is configured to extend and contract in the stretch zone while remaining unstretched in the first and second film dead zones;
a leg gasketing element comprising a proximal end edge, a distal end edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, and an elastic material; and
wherein at least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to the chassis and wherein at least a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to the chassis, wherein the waist gasketing element comprises an adhesive zone, a first adhesive-free zone, and a second adhesive-free zone.