IP Library Granted Patent US 9,339,421
Granted Patent B2
US 9,339,421 · App. 13/893,643 · Granted May 17, 2016

Absorbent article having multiple graphic zones

Inventors: Tina Marie Glahn (Cincinnati, OH); Rachael Eden Walther (Union, KY); Gary Dean Lavon (Liberty Township, OH); Amanda Margaret Bicking (Cincinnati, OH); Diana Woehnl Juratovac (Columbus, OH); Sara Jon Shipley (Columbus, OH); Vanessa Melendez (Cincinnati, OH); Fred Naval Desai (Fairfield, OH); Margaret Henderson Hasse (Wyoming, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
A61F13/51A61F13/51496A61F2013/8497
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Patent No.
US 9,339,421
App. No.
13/893,643
Granted
May 17, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An absorbent article includes a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed and the absorbent article has two leg openings and a waist opening. At least one of the first waist region or the second waist region include a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article.

Claims (14)

1. An absorbent article comprising at least one elastomeric belt, a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed such that the absorbent article comprises two leg openings and a waist opening, wherein at least one of the first waist region and the second waist region comprise: at least a portion of a main body graphic zone, a first graphic zone, a second graphic zone, and a third graphic zone, wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are disposed at a side seam of the absorbent article, and wherein the first graphic zone, the second graphic zone, and the third graphic zone are all disposed on the at least one elastomeric belt, and wherein the main body graphic zone is disposed on a main body of the absorbent article underneath the at least one elastomeric belt, and wherein the crotch region comprises a crotch region graphic zone such that the second graphic zone and the crotch region graphic zone are aligned to create a uniform graphical element, and the crotch region graphic zone is not underlying the at least one elastomeric belt.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the first graphic zone is disposed at a waist edge and extends circumferentially about the first waist region and the second waist region of the absorbent article.

3. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the third graphic zone is disposed between the first graphic zone and the second graphic zone and extends circumferentially about at least portions of the first waist region and the second waist region of the absorbent article.

4. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal axis of the absorbent article extends through the first graphic zone and the third graphic zone but not the second graphic zone.

5. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the main body graphic zone is disposed on the main body of the absorbent article underneath a portion of the third graphic zone.

6. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the transition between the second graphic zone and the crotch region graphic zone extends from the side seam to the leg opening forming a uniform graphical element around the leg opening.

7. An absorbent article comprising at least one elastomeric belt, a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region, wherein the first waist region and second waist region are joined with each other such that a pair of side seams are formed such that the absorbent article comprises two leg openings and a waist opening, wherein at least one of the first waist region and the second waist region comprise: a first graphic zone disposed adjacent the waist edge, a second graphic zone is disposed at a leg opening and extends circumferentially about at least a portion of the leg opening, and a main body graphic zone disposed on the center of the first waist region or the second waist region, wherein the first graphic zone and the main body graphic zone are disposed at the side seams of the absorbent article, wherein the main body graphic zone is disposed on a main body of the absorbent article underneath the at least one elastomeric belt, and wherein the crotch region comprises a crotch region graphic zone such that the second graphic zone and the crotch region graphic zone are aligned to create a uniform graphical element, and the crotch region graphic zone is not underlying the at least one elastomeric belt.

8. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein the first waist region is a first elastomeric belt, and the second waist region is a second elastomeric belt, and the first graphic zone is disposed on at least one of the first or second elastomeric belt.

9. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein the first graphic zone is disposed adjacent the waist opening and extends circumferentially about the first and second waist region.

10. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein the first graphic zone comprises an indicia, wherein the indicia of the first graphic zone comprises indication of the front and/or back side of the article.

11. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein the first graphic zone and the main body graphic zone are coordinated to create a uniform graphical element.

12. The absorbent article of claim 7 , further comprising a crotch region graphic zone disposed at a leg opening and extending circumferentially about at least a portion of the leg opening, wherein the first graphic zone and the crotch region graphic zone are coordinated to create a uniform graphical element.

13. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein the first graphic zone is disposed at the side seam, a waist edge, and at least a portion of the leg opening.

14. The absorbent article of claim 7 , wherein the entirety of the side seam and the entirety of the waist edge are disposed in the first graphic zone.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2014
From: JURATOVAC, DIANA WOEHNL; SHIPLEY, SARA JON
To: DESIGN CENTRAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 032028/0386 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2014
From: DESIGN CENTRAL, INC.
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 032028/0573 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2014
From: GLAHN, TINA MARIE; LAVON, GARY DEAN; WALTHER, RACHAEL EDEN; BICKING, AMANDA MARGARET; MELENDEZ, VANESSA MARIE; DESAI, FRED NAVAL; HASSE, MARGARET HENDERSON
To: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY
Reel/Frame 032122/0777 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61646953 · May 15, 2012
Related Publication 20130310798A1 · Nov 21, 2013