US 11,723,813 B2
Length-to-waist and hip-to-side silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays
Bret Darren Seitz, West Chester, OH (US); Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH (US); Jeremy Menner, Cincinnati, OH (US); Raymond Scott Hamilton, Lebanon, OH (US); and Luke Robinson Magee, Loveland, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/94,889.
Application 17/094,889 is a continuation of application No. 14/878,142, filed on Oct. 8, 2015, granted, now 10,864,117.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/061,874, filed on Oct. 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0059865 A1, Mar. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15203 (2013.01) [A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 13/55105 (2013.01); A61F 13/5638 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15146 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15243 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15365 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49025 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49041 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530131 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530481 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An array of packages comprising three or fewer different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising:
a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first size;
a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second size;
wherein the first absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
wherein the front belt comprises first elastic strands;
wherein the back belt comprises second elastic strands;
a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
wherein the second absorbent article comprises:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
wherein the front belt comprises first elastic strands;
wherein the back belt comprises second elastic strands;
wherein the array comprises an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from about 0.64 to about 1.08;
wherein the plurality of elastics of at least one of the absorbent articles are disposed between a film layer of the backsheet and a nonwoven layer of the backsheet; and
wherein at least one of the articles of the array comprises at least one of the following:
(a) Relaxed Product Waist Width from about 304 mm to about 358 mm;
(b) Relaxed Product Side Length less than about 202 mm;
(c) Relaxed Product Length from about 241 mm to about 316 mm; and
(d) Relaxed Product Hip Width less than about 373 mm.