US 12,064,327 B2
Shaped fastening members and absorbent articles having the same
He Su, Beijing (CN); and Koichi Morimoto, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/538,865.
Claims priority of application No. CN2018/100423 (WO), filed on Aug. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0054505 A1, Feb. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/62 (2006.01); A61F 13/58 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/5622 (2013.01) [A61F 13/5633 (2013.01); A61F 13/622 (2013.01); A61F 2013/587 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article comprising
a chassis comprising a liquid pervious topsheet, a liquid impervious backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the liquid pervious topsheet and the liquid impervious backsheet;
a first and a second opposing longitudinal side edges;
a front waist region having a front waist edge and a back waist region having a back waist edge;
a fastening member extending in a longitudinal direction and in a lateral direction in the back waist region, the fastening member comprising:
a base panel,
a closure member extending laterally from the base panel, the closure member comprising a closure member upper edge and a closure member lower edge, and
a fastening element disposed on the closure member,
wherein the closure member upper edge comprises a concave portion,
wherein the closure member lower edge comprises a convex portion, and
wherein the closure member extends upwardly laterally,
wherein the fastening member is disposed in such a way that the closure member lower edge is located below the closure member upper edge with respect to the back waist edge, and
wherein the closure member upper edge comprises a concave portion along the entire fastening element upper edge, and the closure member lower edge comprises a convex portion along the entire fastening element lower edge.