CPC A61F 13/4902 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15 (2013.01); A61F 13/49 (2013.01); A61F 13/49019 (2013.01); A61F 13/49473 (2013.01); A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51409 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51452 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530598 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of forming front and back waist gasketing elements on an absorbent article comprising the steps of:
providing a web of chassis material;
providing a plurality of waist gasketing elements, each waist gasketing element having a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge; and wherein each waist gasketing element further comprises a top layer and a bottom layer;
bonding the top and bottom layers of the waist gasketing elements in closure bond regions;
joining the waist gasketing elements to the web of chassis material to form a strip of final articles;
dividing the strip of final articles between the first and second transverse edges of the waist gasketing elements such that a cut separates two final articles, the two final articles comprising a leading article and a trailing article, wherein each cut:
is disposed at least partially within a closure bond region;
forms a back waist edge of the leading article and a front waist edge of the trailing article; and
forms an outboard lateral edge of a back waist gasketing element on the leading article and an outboard lateral edge of a front waist gasketing element on the trailing article.
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