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Granted Patent B2
US 9,056,031 · App. 12/204,858 · Granted Jun 16, 2015

Disposable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring subsystems

Inventors: Andrew James Sauer (Cincinnati, OH); Michael Dale Trennepohl (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
A61F13/4902A61F13/49015
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Patent No.
US 9,056,031
App. No.
12/204,858
Granted
Jun 16, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article comprising an absorbent core area, a side, and an anchoring subsystem. The anchoring subsystem includes exactly one side anchoring member. The side anchoring member has a pathway with a front end and a back end. The front end, the back end, or both ends are disposed outside of the absorbent core area. The front end is disposed at a front end longitudinally outboard distance. The back end is disposed at a back end longitudinally outboard distance. The front end longitudinally outboard distance is about equal to the back end longitudinally outboard distance.

Claims (65)

1. A pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article comprising:

an absorbent core area;

a side; and

an anchoring subsystem contained within a particular, defined area of the disposable wearable absorbent article, said defined area being the side; where said anchoring subsystem includes exactly one side anchoring member, wherein the entire side anchoring member is embedded in the side, and wherein the side anchoring member includes:

a pathway;

a front end of the pathway disposed at a front end location at a front end longitudinally outboard distance;

a back end of the pathway disposed at a back end location at a back end longitudinally outboard distance; and

wherein:

at least one of the front end location and the back end location is outside of the absorbent core area; and

the front end longitudinally outboard distance is about equal to the back end longitudinally outboard distance.

2. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the anchoring system includes a middle disposed along the pathway between the front end and the back end, including a middle location disposed at a middle longitudinally outboard distance; and

the middle longitudinally outboard distance is about equal to one of the front end longitudinally outboard distance and the back end longitudinally outboard distance.

3. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the article includes a front;

the side is a side panel, with a front portion in the front, wherein the front portion includes a laterally inboard edge; and

the front end location is proximate to the laterally inboard edge.

4. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the article includes a back;

the side is a side panel, with a back portion in the back, wherein the back portion includes a laterally inboard edge; and

the back end location is proximate to the laterally inboard edge.

5. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

substantially all of the first portion is configured to have a higher directional modulus of elasticity; and

substantially all of the second portion is configured to have one or more lower directional modulii of elasticity.

6. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

substantially all of the first portion is incrementally stretched to a lesser degree; and

substantially all of the second portion is incrementally stretched to one or more greater degrees.

7. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

one or more unstretched areas are distributed throughout substantially all of the first portion; and

substantially all of the second portion is incrementally stretched.

8. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion; and

one or more over-bonded areas are distributed throughout substantially all of the first portion.

9. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

substantially all of the first portion is configured to have a higher force per unit width at a particular strain; and

substantially all of the second portion is configured to have one or more lower force per unit width at the particular strain.

10. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

substantially all of the first portion includes a higher caliper elastomer; and

substantially all of the second portion includes one or more lower caliper elastomers.

11. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

the first portion is incrementally stretched with a first particular number of teeth per a unit of distance; and

the second portion is incrementally stretched with a second particular number of teeth per the unit of distance, wherein the first particular number of teeth is less than the second particular number of teeth.

12. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side includes a first portion and a second portion, outside of the first portion;

substantially all of the side anchoring member is disposed within the first portion;

substantially all of the first portion includes a higher performance elastomer; and

substantially all of the second portion includes one or more lower performance elastomers.

13. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein:

the side anchoring member has an overall length; and

the side anchoring member has a substantially uniform width over the entire overall length.

14. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein an overall shape of the pathway is substantially straight.

15. The pant-type disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the side anchoring member is configured as a geodesic.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2008
From: SAUER, ANDREW JAMES; TRENNEPOHL, MICHAEL DALE
To: PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, THE
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Continuity (2)
Continuation In Part 11899812 · Sep 7, 2007
Related Publication 20090069774A1 · Mar 12, 2009