US 12,226,297 B2
Feminine hygiene article with improved wings having distal and proximal zones and adhesive deposits
Henning Vohwinkel, Kronberg (DE); Wolfgang Domeier, Frankfurt am Main (DE); Rainer Hefele, Wurzburg (DE); Bruce William Lavash, West Chester, OH (US); and Holger Wendt, Schwalbach am Taunus (DE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,401.
Application 18/313,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/341,730, filed on Jun. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,684,524.
Application 17/341,730 is a continuation of application No. 15/977,047, filed on May 11, 2018, granted, now 11,058,591, issued on Jul. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/505,154, filed on May 12, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270603 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/472 (2006.01); A61F 13/476 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/5616 (2013.01) [A61F 13/472 (2013.01); A61F 13/47245 (2013.01); A61F 13/476 (2013.01); A61F 13/84 (2013.01); A61F 13/15723 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feminine hygiene article having a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, a longitudinal centerline and a lateral centerline perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline, a first end, an opposing second end, and an intermediate region connecting the first end and the second end; the feminine hygiene article further comprising:
a first wing extending laterally outboard of the chassis having a first leading edge extending outboard of the chassis, a first trailing edge extending outboard of the chassis and a first curvilinear edge connecting the first leading edge and the first trailing edge, wherein the first curvilinear edge forms an outermost portion of the first wing, wherein the first wing has a first length and a first bisecting line bisecting the first length, the first bisecting line forming, at least a portion, of a boundary between a first distal zone and a first proximal zone, wherein the first bisecting line bisects the first curvilinear edge into a first proximal edge and a first distal edge, the first distal edge bounding the first distal zone more outboard of the chassis than the first proximal edge bounds the first proximal zone, wherein the first wing further comprises a first surface and an opposing second surface, and a first adhesive area and a second adhesive area disposed on the second surface, wherein the first adhesive area is disposed in the first distal zone, and wherein the second adhesive area is disposed laterally inboard of the first adhesive area;
a second wing extending laterally outboard of the chassis having a second leading edge extending outboard of the chassis, a second trailing edge extending outboard of the chassis and a second curvilinear edge connecting the second leading edge and the second trailing edge, wherein the second curvilinear edge forms an outermost portion of the second wing, wherein the second wing has a second length and a second bisecting line bisecting the second length, and the second bisecting line forming, at least a portion, of a second distal zone and a second proximal zone, wherein the second bisecting line bisects the second curvilinear edge into a second proximal edge and a second distal edge, the second distal edge bounding the second distal zone more outboard of the chassis than the second proximal edge bounds the second proximal zone, and wherein the second wing further comprises a first surface and an opposing second surface, a third adhesive area and a fourth adhesive area disposed on the second surface, wherein the third adhesive area is disposed in the second distal zone, wherein the fourth adhesive area is disposed laterally inboard of the third adhesive area; wherein the second adhesive area and the fourth adhesive area is spaced apart by a distance of about 70 mm to 120 mm.