US 11,679,037 B2
Absorbent articles having texture zones forming background patterns and macro patterns
Ronald Joseph Zink, Blue Ash, OH (US); Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield Township, OH (US); Tina Marie Glahn, West Chester, OH (US); Rachael Eden Walther, Union, KY (US); Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH (US); Nicholas Paul Goyette, Cincinnati, OH (US); Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH (US); Amanda Margaret Bicking, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Diana Juratovac, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/348,812.
Application 17/348,812 is a continuation of application No. 15/833,166, filed on Dec. 6, 2017, granted, now 11,071,658.
Application 15/833,166 is a continuation of application No. 15/088,197, filed on Apr. 1, 2016, granted, now 9,867,740, issued on Jan. 16, 2018.
Application 15/088,197 is a continuation of application No. 13/893,405, filed on May 14, 2013, granted, now 9,326,899, issued on May 3, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,071, filed on May 15, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,061, filed on May 15, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,078, filed on May 15, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307973 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/515 (2006.01); B32B 5/04 (2006.01); A61F 13/64 (2006.01); D06N 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/493 (2006.01); A61F 13/72 (2006.01); A61F 13/68 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49011 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15593 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15731 (2013.01); A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/493 (2013.01); A61F 13/49019 (2013.01); A61F 13/49058 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/51496 (2013.01); A61F 13/5655 (2013.01); A61F 13/64 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); D06N 1/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/565 (2013.01); A61F 13/68 (2013.01); A61F 13/72 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49023 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49025 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49026 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51028 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1039 (2015.01)] 21 Claims
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1. An absorbent article comprising:
a chassis comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet; and
a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; and
a belt portion extending from the chassis, the belt portion comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate;
a plurality of elastic strands disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein portions of the elastic strands are joined to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate is joined to the first substrate or to portions of the elastic strands, and wherein the elastic strands have an elastic strand spacing in the range of about 0.5 mm to about 3 mm, according to the Rugosity Length, Rugosity Frequency, Rugosity Amplitude, Elastic Element Spacing, and Texture Ratio Method described herein;
a continuous texture grid comprising a first plurality of rugosities formed in the first substrate, wherein the first plurality of the rugosities have a first frequency range and a first amplitude range, and wherein the first plurality of rugosities have a minimum amplitude of 1 mm; and
a plurality of discrete texture areas each comprising a second plurality of rugosities formed in the first substrate, wherein the second plurality of the rugosities have a second, higher frequency range and a second, smaller amplitude range, and wherein the second plurality of the rugosities have a minimum amplitude of 1 mm;
wherein a portion of the first substrate is nested with a portion of the second substrate in the first plurality of rugosities or in the second plurality of rugosities.