US 12,279,940 B2
Absorbent articles comprising stretch laminates
Marcus Schönbeck, Versmold (DE); Henner Sollmann, Gronau (DE); Georg Baldauf, Laer (DE); Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Milford, OH (US); Miguel Alberto Herrera, Loveland, OH (US); and Erica Lynne Locke, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,170.
Application 17/465,170 is a continuation of application No. 17/102,825, filed on Nov. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,135,100.
Application 17/102,825 is a continuation of application No. 16/658,225, filed on Oct. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,590,033.
Application 16/658,225 is a continuation of application No. 15/360,289, filed on Nov. 23, 2016, granted, now 10,485,713, issued on Nov. 26, 2019.
Application 15/360,289 is a continuation of application No. 14/265,629, filed on Apr. 30, 2014, granted, now 9,533,067, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/896,816, filed on Oct. 29, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/819,151, filed on May 3, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393453 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61L 15/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/4902 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/49015 (2013.01); A61F 13/49019 (2013.01); A61L 15/24 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49022 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising: a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis, wherein the elastically elongatable panel comprises an ultrasonically bonded stretch laminate comprising:
a first nonwoven and a second nonwoven; and
an elastomeric film sandwiched between the first and second nonwovens, wherein the elastomeric film has two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces;
wherein the laminate comprises a zone that is unactivated,
wherein the elastomeric film comprises activation stripes, and
wherein a portion of the laminate is elastically extensible in a stretch direction.