US 12,453,661 B2
Absorbent article with closure mechanism
Christine Elisabeth Schober, Lauda-Königshofen (DE); Melek Yildirim, Rheinland Pfalz (DE); Ekaterina Ponomarenko, Mechernich (DE); Andrea Lieselotte Benner, Schwalbach (DE); and Natalia Nikolaewna Gaiko, Kronberg (DE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,907.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/159,490, filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287893 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61F 13/551 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/60 (2006.01); A61F 13/62 (2006.01); A61F 13/514 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/622 (2013.01) [A61F 13/49001 (2013.01); A61F 13/49009 (2013.01); A61F 13/4963 (2013.01); A61F 13/5512 (2013.01); A61F 13/60 (2013.01); A61F 2013/49088 (2013.01); A61F 2013/51452 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent pant comprising:
a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet;
longitudinally opposing first and second waist regions, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;
opposing first and second waist panels longitudinally disposed in the first and second waist regions, wherein the first and second waist panels connect the first waist region with the second waist region to form a waist opening and a pair of leg apertures; and
a fastening zone area on at least one surface of the absorbent pant;
a release tape, at least a portion of the release tape disposed in an overlapping relationship with the fastening zone area in a taped configuration and configured to be separated from the fastening zone area in a released configuration to be released from the overlapping relationship; wherein in a wrapped configuration, at least one of the waist panels is configured to be laterally folded inward to engage the fastening zone area when the portion of the release tape is separated from the fastening zone area in the released configuration such that at least one of the leg apertures is at least partially sealed; and
wherein the fastening zone area comprises a plurality of hooks integrally formed from a first nonwoven material, and wherein the first nonwoven material comprises the backsheet.