US 12,279,939 B2
Wearable article having elastic belt
Koichi Morimoto, Beijing (CN); Ling Tong, Beijing (CN); and Chunmin Cheng, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,287.
Application 18/189,287 is a continuation of application No. 16/812,738, filed on Mar. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,642,254.
Application 16/812,738 is a continuation of application No. 15/443,045, filed on Feb. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,632,025, issued on Apr. 28, 2020.
Application 15/443,045 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2014/091624, filed on Nov. 19, 2014.
Application 15/443,045 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2014/085248, filed on Aug. 27, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225914 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49012 (2013.01) [A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/4963 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt, the center of the front belt is joined to a front waist panel of the main body, the center of the back belt is joined to a back waist panel of the main body, the front and back belt each having a left side panel and a right side panel where the main body does not overlap, and the transverse edges of the front belt and the back belt are joined by a seam to form a waist opening and two leg openings,
wherein each of the front belt and back belt are formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction substantially parallel to each other;
wherein each front belt and back belt have transversely continuous distal edges, each front belt and back belt having side edges;
wherein at least some of the elastic bodies disposed on either the front belt or the back belt are arranged in at least 2 sets of a concentrated array, the concentrated arrays meeting a), b), and c) as follows:
a) one concentrated array is formed by at least 2 elastic bodies;
b) each elastic body within the one concentrated array (of clause a) above) is disposed in an inner-interval in the longitudinal direction between each elastic body of 2-4 mm;
c) one specific concentrated array, outside of and separate from the one concentrated array, disposed in an extra-interval in the longitudinal direction between at least one neighboring elastic body outside the specific concentrated array of greater than the inner-interval of the specific concentrated array;
wherein the entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt is seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a seam length LS;
the front and back belts each divided into 4 zones extending in the transverse direction and defined by its location from the distal edge to the percentage of the seam length LS wherein; 0-25% is the waist zone, 25-50% is the distal tummy zone, 50-85% is the proximal tummy zone, and 85-100% is the leg zone; and
wherein at least one of the at least 2 concentrated arrays are disposed on the front proximal tummy zone.