US 12,343,240 B2
Durable absorbent pant
Cassandra A. Sepello, Loveland, OH (US); Ashley Basius, Cincinnati, OH (US); Bret D. Seitz, West Chester, OH (US); Roi Kurt Ballin, Hoboken, NJ (US); and Amit Ron Ronkin, Ramot Hashavim (IL)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/159,462.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/966,142, filed on Jan. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0290447 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15203 (2013.01) [A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/51121 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51139 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A durable absorbent pant, comprising:
a front waist portion with a front waist edge and left and right front leg opening edges;
a rear waist portion with a rear waist edge and left and right rear leg opening edges;
a crotch portion comprising a crotch gusset, the crotch portion having a forward portion meeting the front waist portion and a rearward portion meeting the rear waist portion; and
left and right hip side portions joining the front waist portion to the rear waist portion and thereby forming a waist opening with a waist opening edge comprising the front waist edge and the rear waist edge, and left and right leg openings;
wherein, when the pant is in an opened configuration in which the front waist portion and rear waist portion are separated at the hip side portions, the pant has a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, with an intersection thereof, the intersection occurring in the crotch portion;
wherein each of the front waist portion, rear waist portion and crotch gusset comprises a knitted material;
wherein the crotch gusset comprises an absorbent assembly comprising a wearer-facing layer comprising a knitted fabric material, an absorbent layer comprising knitted terrycloth material, and a liquid impermeable barrier layer disposed to the outward-facing side of the absorbent layer, and wherein the crotch gusset exhibits a maximum Longitudinal Elongation of 25 percent to 100 percent and a Longitudinal Tensile Modulus of 10 gf/mm to 100 gf/mm and a Volume Absorption Capacity of at least 0.50 ml/cm3, up to 1.2 ml/cm3;
wherein the crotch portion has a central Caliper at the intersection of the lateral and longitudinal axes; and
wherein the crotch gusset is joined to the front waist portion at a first seam and the rear waist portion at a second seam, wherein the first and second seams comprising one or more of stitching, adhesive bonding or thermal bonding.