US 12,109,094 B2
Hip-to-waist and waist-to-crotch silhouette(s) of absorbent article(s) comprising beamed elastics
Gary Dean LaVon, Liberty Township, OH (US); Bret Darren Seitz, Cincinnati, OH (US); Uwe Schneider, West Chester, OH (US); Sarah Marie Wade, Springfield Township, OH (US); and Joseph Allen Eckstein, Sunman, IN (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/219,975.
Application 17/219,975 is a continuation of application No. 15/846,433, filed on Dec. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,993,851.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/581,278, filed on Nov. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,149, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,538, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/553,171, filed on Sep. 1, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/483,965, filed on Apr. 11, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/436,589, filed on Dec. 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0259893 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/513 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/56 (2006.01); A61F 13/64 (2006.01); A61F 13/84 (2006.01); B05C 1/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/74 (2006.01); B29K 701/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01); B32B 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B32B 37/22 (2006.01); B65H 39/16 (2006.01); B65H 51/30 (2006.01); D01D 5/08 (2006.01); D01F 6/04 (2006.01); D04H 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/15593 (2013.01) [A61F 13/4902 (2013.01); A61F 13/49061 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15292 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15373 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15406 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15447 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1552 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15552 (2013.01); A61F 13/15601 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15739 (2013.01); A61F 13/15764 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15869 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1591 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15918 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15959 (2013.01); A61F 13/49012 (2013.01); A61F 13/49015 (2013.01); A61F 13/49017 (2013.01); A61F 13/49019 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49022 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49025 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49026 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49074 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49092 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49093 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51322 (2013.01); A61F 13/53 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530343 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53043 (2013.01); A61F 13/5622 (2013.01); A61F 13/64 (2013.01); A61F 2013/8497 (2013.01); B05C 1/0808 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 65/086 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/74 (2013.01); B29C 66/01 (2013.01); B29C 66/344 (2013.01); B29C 66/8141 (2013.01); B29C 66/83411 (2013.01); B29K 2701/12 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0046 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4878 (2013.01); B32B 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/0053 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/144 (2013.01); B32B 37/22 (2013.01); B32B 2305/20 (2013.01); B32B 2307/51 (2013.01); B32B 2307/726 (2013.01); B32B 2555/02 (2013.01); B65H 39/16 (2013.01); B65H 51/30 (2013.01); C08J 2300/26 (2013.01); D01D 5/08 (2013.01); D01F 6/04 (2013.01); D04H 3/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article, comprising:
a front waist region, a back waist region, and a crotch region therebetween;
a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the chassis comprises a front end edge, a back end edge, and a pair of laterally opposing side edges;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region overlapping and extending outboard of the back end edge of the chassis to form a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region overlapping and extending outboard of the front end edge of the chassis to form a front waist edge;
wherein the front belt is joined to the back belt at or adjacent the laterally opposing belt side edges to form leg openings and a waist opening to form a closed-form pant;
a longitudinal axis extending from the midpoint of the front waist edge to the midpoint of the back waist edge;
a lateral axis extending perpendicular to the longitudinal axis through the midpoint of the longitudinal axis;
wherein the back belt comprises a first plurality of elastics comprising greater than about 40 elastic strands, and wherein the front belt comprises a second plurality of elastics comprising greater than about 40 elastic strands;
wherein the Pressure-Under-Strand of the first plurality of elastics is from about 0.1 to about 1 psi, and wherein the Pressure-Under-Strand of the second plurality of elastics is from about 0.1 to about 1 psi;
wherein the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette is from about 0.8 to about 1.1;
wherein the Product Waist-to-Crotch Silhouette is from about 0.8 to about 2.0; and
wherein the absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Waist Width from about 80 mm to about 270 mm and a Relaxed Product Hip Width from about 80 mm to about 300 mm.