US 11,963,855 B2
Absorbent article having waist gasketing element
Kumardipti Chatterjee, Indian Hill, OH (US); Tina Brown, Cincinnati, OH (US); Joseph Hung Lam, Mason, OH (US); and Miguel Caballero, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/396,917.
Application 17/396,917 is a continuation of application No. 15/599,700, filed on May 19, 2017, granted, now 11,129,757.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/339,248, filed on May 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369507 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/4902 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/15723 (2013.01); A61F 13/15756 (2013.01); A61F 13/49012 (2013.01); A61F 13/49019 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 13/15 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1513 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15146 (2013.01); A61F 13/49 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49022 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49093 (2013.01); A61F 13/51305 (2013.01); A61F 13/51394 (2013.01); A61F 13/514 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the absorbent article comprising:
a first waist region having a first waist edge, a second waist region having a second waist edge, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions; and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge;
a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet;
a leg gasketing system comprising at least one of an inner cuff and outer cuff;
a waist gasketing element having an inboard lateral edge, an outboard lateral edge, a first longitudinal edge, and an opposing second longitudinal edge, the waist gasketing element being disposed in one of the first waist region and the second waist region;
a first zone proximate to the outboard lateral edge and the first and second longitudinal edges, and a second zone disposed longitudinally inboard of the first zone and adjacent the first and second longitudinal edges and the inboard lateral edge;
wherein the first zone comprises a plurality of intermittent bonds and open areas;
wherein the second zone comprises a plurality of intermittent bonds and open areas;
wherein the first zone comprises a first aggregate bond area and the second zone comprises a second aggregate bond area, wherein the second aggregate bond area is not equal to the first aggregate bond area;
wherein the waist gasketing element is bonded with the leg gasketing system with the plurality of intermittent bonds in the second zone; and
wherein the waist gasketing element is bonded with the topsheet with the plurality of intermittent bonds in the first zone.