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Granted Patent B2
US 9,510,979 · App. 13/101,597 · Granted Dec 6, 2016

Method of constructing absorbent articles comprising graphics

Inventors: Michael Dale Trennepohl (Cincinnati, OH); Andrew James Sauer (Cincinnati, OH); Donald Carroll Roe (West Chester, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 9,510,979
App. No.
13/101,597
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An absorbent article may comprise a first zone comprising graphics and a second zone comprising graphics, wherein the first and second zones have different elastic properties. Further, the absorbent article may comprise a first absorbent article component and a second absorbent article component having substantially different elastic properties, wherein the first absorbent article component comprises an elastomer. Additionally, the absorbent article may comprise a third absorbent article component overlapping the first and second absorbent article components, wherein the third absorbent article component comprises graphics on at least the portions which overlap the first and second absorbent article components.

Claims (37)

1. A method of constructing a pull-on disposable absorbent article having a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed therebetween, the method comprising:

printing a first plurality of graphic objects on a first web;

printing a second plurality of graphic objects on a second web;

attaching a third web to the second web;

cutting a portion of the first web to form a first side panel;

cutting a portion of the first web to form a second side panel;

cutting a portion of the first web to form a third side panel;

cutting a portion of the first web to form a fourth side panel;

attaching the first side panel to the second web such that a first seam is formed;

attaching the second side panel to the second web such that a second seam is formed;

attaching the third side panel to the second web such that a third seam is formed;

attaching the fourth side panel to the second web such that a fourth seam is formed;

attaching the first side panel to the third side panel such that a fifth seam is formed and a first leg opening is formed; and

attaching the second side panel to the fourth side panel such that a sixth seam is formed and a second leg opening and a waist opening is formed and such that the disposable absorbent article is in a pull-on configuration;

attaching a first waistband to the first waist region, such that the first waistband extends from the first side panel to the second side panel;

attaching a second waistband to the second waist region, such that the second waistband extends from the third side panel to the fourth side panel;

wherein the third web makes up an outer layer of the disposable absorbent article; and

wherein at least a portion of the second plurality of graphic objects are viewable through the third web.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of graphic objects is printed on a backsheet film.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the third web is a nonwoven, and wherein the second plurality of graphic objects are viewable through the third web. third seam has a Seam Noticeability Rating of less than about 6.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fifth and sixth seams comprise refastenable fasteners.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first and second side panels comprise a plane elastomeric material.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plane elastomeric material is an apertured film.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a position of at least one graphic object of the first plurality of graphic objects is controlled via a controlling process.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein a position of at least one graphic object of the second plurality of graphic objects is controlled via a controlling process.

9. The method of claim 4 , wherein the controlling process involves the use of a machine vision system.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a registering step.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the registering step is performed using a beam radiation system.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the registering step is performed using a photographic image system.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the registering is performed by at least two vision capture devices.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein a light emitting device is placed adjacent at least one of the at least two vision capture devices.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the at least two vision capture devices are placed opposite each other.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first seam has a Seam Noticeability Rating of less than about 6.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second seam has a Seam Noticeability Rating of less than about 4.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the first waistband overlaps at least a portion of the first and second side panels.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein each of the side panels have similar elastic properties.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein at least a portion of the second waistband overlaps at least a portion of the third and fourth side panels.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 13006913 · Jan 14, 2011
Continuation 11999229 · Dec 4, 2007
Provisional Application 60872697 · Dec 4, 2006
Provisional Application 60899985 · Feb 6, 2007
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