US 12,458,546 B2
Absorbent article with waist guard
Abhishek Prakash Surushe, Kelkheim (DE)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,908.
Claims priority of application No. 21212846 (EP), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0172767 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 13/496 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/494 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 13/49466 (2013.01) [A61F 13/49011 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An absorbent article having a longitudinal centerline and a longitudinal direction along and in parallel to the longitudinal centerline; a transverse centerline and a transverse direction along and in parallel to the transverse centerline, a front waist region with a front waist edge, a back waist region with a back waist edge and a crotch region extending longitudinally between the front and back waist region,
the absorbent article comprising an absorbent main body, the absorbent main body comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core sandwiched there between;
wherein a waist guard is disposed in and attached to the back waist region such that at least a first pocket is formed, the first pocket extending along the longitudinal direction from a first closed base line at or adjacent to the back waist edge towards a first open edge, wherein the complete area of the first pocket superposes the backsheet;
the waist guard being formed of at least a first waist guard sheet and a second waist guard sheet, each of the first and second waist guard sheet forming a portion of the first pocket;
wherein the first pocket comprises at least a first elastic portion, the first elastic portion being provided along and/or adjacent to the first open edge;
the first waist guard sheet being different from the second waist guard sheet, the difference being selected from the group consisting of basis weight, air permeability, caliper, Low Surface Tension Fluid Strikethrough Time, Opacity, and combinations thereof.