US 11,986,379 B2
Bond pattern
Ray Dennis Dria, Mason, OH (US); Michael Joseph Page, Cincinnati, OH (US); Joseph Leslie Grolmes, Madeira, OH (US); Scott Alan King, Liberty Township, OH (US); Matthew Steven Ritter, Liberty Township, OH (US); and Christopher Colin Arp, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/191,947.
Application 18/191,947 is a continuation of application No. 16/357,685, filed on Mar. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,642,255.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/780,520, filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/645,483, filed on Mar. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233384 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/515 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/515 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15756 (2013.01); A61F 13/511 (2013.01); A61F 13/514 (2013.01); A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 13/55115 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51078 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising:
a topsheet, a backsheet, and absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and backsheet;
a waist feature comprising a first substrate and a second substrate joined in a bonding region, wherein the first substrate comprises a first Average Peak Force Tensile Strength and the second substrate has a second Average Peak Force Tensile Strength, wherein the first Average Peak Force Tensile Strength is greater than the second Average Peak Force Tensile Strength, and wherein the bonding region comprises:
a plurality of discrete bonds disposed in a pattern, wherein the pattern has a repeat unit comprising from about 5 bonds to about 15 bonds; and
a Bond Density of about 10% to about 22%, and wherein the waist feature comprises an Average Composite Tensile Strength that is within about 15% of the second Average Peak Force Tensile Strength.