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Granted Patent B2
US 8,790,325 · App. 11/899,812 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Disposable wearable absorbent articles with anchoring subsystems

Inventors: Andrew James Sauer (Cincinnati, OH); Michael Dale Trennepohl (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
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Patent No.
US 8,790,325
App. No.
11/899,812
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure includes an embodiment wherein a disposable wearable absorbent article comprises a side and an anchoring subsystem. The anchoring subsystem includes a first side anchoring member with a first middle, disposed along a first pathway, and a second side anchoring member with a second middle, disposed along a second pathway. At least a portion of the first middle is coextensive with at least a portion of the second middle, and at least a portion of the first pathway is distinct from at least a portion of the second pathway.

Claims (30)

1. A disposable wearable absorbent article comprising:

a side with an area, wherein the area includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion being disposed outside of the first portion;

a chassis;

an anchoring subsystem, including a first side anchoring member with a first middle, disposed along a first pathway within the first portion, and a second side anchoring member with a second middle, disposed along a second pathway within the first portion;

wherein at least some of the first middle is coextensive with at least some of the second middle, and the first pathway is distinct from the second pathway; and

wherein the coextensive area of the first middle and the second middle does not touch or overlap the chassis; and

wherein the article further comprises a back waist edge and a front waist edge, and wherein the entirety of both the first side anchoring member and the second side anchoring member are longitudinally inboard of the back waist edge and the front waist edge.

2. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 1 , further comprising a longitudinal centerline, a first end edge and a second end edge opposed to the first end edge;

a first half disposed between the lateral centerline and the first end edge;

a second half disposed between the lateral centerline and the second end edge;

an absorbent core area; and

wherein the first side anchoring member includes a first end disposed in the first half, outside of the absorbent core area, and a second end disposed in the second half, and the second side anchoring member includes a third end disposed in the first half, and a fourth end disposed in the second half.

3. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein:

the first end is disposed in the first portion at a first location; and

the third end is disposed in the first portion at a third location that is longitudinally inboard to the first location.

4. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein:

the first end is disposed in the first portion at a first location; and

the third end is disposed in the first portion at a third location that at least partially overlaps the first location.

5. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein:

the second end is disposed in the second portion at a second location; and

the fourth end is disposed in the second portion at a fourth location that is longitudinally outboard from the second location.

6. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein:

the second end is disposed in the second portion at a second location; and

the fourth end is disposed in the second portion at a fourth location that at least partially overlaps the second location.

7. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein the side includes the anchoring subsystem, which is a side anchoring subsystem.

8. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the side anchoring members is configured as a geodesic.

9. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of at least one of the side anchoring members is discrete from the side.

10. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of at least one of the side anchoring members is attached to the side.

11. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of at least one of the side anchoring members is embedded in the side.

12. The disposable wearable absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein at least a portion of at least one of the side anchoring members is integral with the side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2007
From: SAUER, ANDREW JAMES; TRENNEPOHL, MICHAEL DALE
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 020179/0020 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090069779A1 · Mar 12, 2009