US 12,329,618 B2
Absorbent articles having a belt portion with a texture zone having a texture ratio
Ronald Joseph Zink, Blue Ash, OH (US); Farihah Ibrahim, Cincinnati, OH (US); Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield, OH (US); Gary Dean LaVON, Liberty, OH (US); Tina Marie Glahn, West Chester, OH (US); Kaoru Ishihara, West Chester, OH (US); and Diana Woehnl Juratovac, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/751,228.
Application 16/751,228 is a continuation of application No. 15/137,041, filed on Apr. 25, 2016, granted, now 10,575,997.
Application 15/137,041 is a continuation of application No. 13/893,658, filed on May 14, 2013, granted, now 9,375,361, issued on Jun. 28, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,078, filed on May 15, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,071, filed on May 15, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/647,061, filed on May 15, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0155367 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/493 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01); A61F 13/515 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/64 (2006.01); B32B 3/08 (2006.01); B32B 3/30 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); D06N 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/51 (2006.01); A61F 13/68 (2006.01); A61F 13/72 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49011 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15593 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15731 (2013.01); A61F 13/49019 (2013.01); A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/49058 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 13/493 (2013.01); A61F 13/51496 (2013.01); A61F 13/515 (2013.01); A61F 13/5655 (2013.01); A61F 13/64 (2013.01); B32B 3/08 (2013.01); B32B 3/30 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 7/12 (2013.01); D06N 1/00 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49023 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49025 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49026 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51028 (2013.01); A61F 13/565 (2013.01); A61F 13/68 (2013.01); A61F 13/72 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1039 (2015.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising:
a chassis comprising:
a topsheet;
a backsheet; and
a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; and
a belt portion extending from the chassis, wherein the belt portion comprises:
a first substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a nonwoven material;
a second substrate nested with the first substrate and comprising a nonwoven material;
a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate comprises cut-outs so that only portions of the elastic elements are disposed intermediate the first and second substrates;
a first texture zone having a first texture ratio and comprising a first densified region;
a second texture zone having a second texture ratio, wherein the first texture ratio has a first value, wherein the second texture ratio has a second value, wherein the first value is at least 3 different than the second value, and wherein a number of substrate layers in the first texture zone differs from a number of substrate layers in the second texture zone;
a first adhesive pattern in the first texture zone; and
a second adhesive pattern in the second texture zone, wherein the first and second adhesive patterns differ.