US 11,883,269 B2
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); Jill Trygier, West Chester, OH (US); and Vanessa Melendez, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,341.
Application 17/738,341 is a continuation of application No. 14/699,097, filed on Apr. 29, 2015, granted, now 11,357,671.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/990,347, filed on May 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257437 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/45 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/55105 (2013.01) [A61F 13/45 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising:
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;
a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
wherein the article has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 2.3 to about 6.0, wherein the Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette is a Relaxed Product Hip Width (measured when the absorbent article is relaxed) divided by a Relaxed Product Side Length (measured when the absorbent article is relaxed) of the absorbent article.