US 12,076,222 B2
Absorbent article with extensible ears
Andrew James Sauer, Cincinnati, OH (US); He Su, Beijing (CN); Erica Lynne Locke, Cincinnati, OH (US); Koichi Morimoto, Beijing (CN); and Urmish Dalal, Milford, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/083,820.
Application 18/083,820 is a continuation of application No. 16/163,662, filed on Oct. 18, 2018, granted, now 11,596,562.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2017/108476 (WO), filed on Oct. 31, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124031 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/5622 (2013.01) [A61F 13/15203 (2013.01); A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/49015 (2013.01); A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/513 (2013.01); A61F 13/51456 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15292 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1556 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49023 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49074 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49076 (2013.01)] 20 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 topsheet and backsheet;
a first and a second opposing longitudinal side edge, a front waist region and a back waist region;
a first back ear extending outwardly from the first longitudinal side edge in the back waist region;
a second back ear extending outwardly from the second longitudinal side edge in the back waist region;
a fastening member disposed on each of the first back ear and the second back ear;
wherein each of the first and second back ears comprise a laminate comprising an elastomeric film sandwiched between a first nonwoven layer and a second nonwoven layer;
wherein each of the first and second back ears has an engineering strain greater than about 8% at about or below 2N of force when measured according to the Back Ear Extension Test described herein.