US 12,409,078 B2
Waist-to-side silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays
Bret Darren Seitz, Loveland, OH (US); Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH (US); Jill Trygier, West Chester, OH (US); and Vanessa Melendez, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,076.
Application 17/968,076 is a continuation of application No. 16/059,313, filed on Aug. 9, 2018, granted, now 11,504,281.
Application 16/059,313 is a continuation of application No. 14/805,673, filed on Jul. 22, 2015, granted, now 10,143,600, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Application 14/805,673 is a continuation of application No. 14/699,123, filed on Apr. 29, 2015, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/990,358, filed on May 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049444 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/491 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49 (2013.01) [A61F 13/49011 (2013.01); A61F 13/49017 (2013.01); A61F 13/49058 (2013.01); A61F 13/496 (2013.01); A61F 13/4963 (2013.01); A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 13/55105 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15365 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49025 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49041 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49098 (2013.01); A61F 13/491 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530343 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disposable absorbent article having a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from 1.7 to about 5.0, wherein the disposable absorbent article is in closed form; and
wherein the disposable absorbent article comprises a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, a front belt, and a back belt, wherein the front belt and the back belt are joined at a pair of side seams to form a waist opening; and
wherein each of the belts of the disposable absorbent article comprises a folded edge that extends longitudinally outboard of the absorbent core, wherein the folded edges of the front and back belts of the disposable absorbent article continuously form the waist opening of the disposable absorbent article.