Length-to-waist silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays
In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.3. In another embodiment, a disposable absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from 1.0 to about 0.3.
1. An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising:
a front waist region and a front waist edge;
a back waist region and a back waist edge;
a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
wherein an end edge of the front belt extends longitudinally beyond a front end edge of the central chassis in the front waist region, and wherein an end edge of the back belt extends longitudinally beyond a back end edge of the central chassis in the back waist region, and wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
the front belt comprising a first film;
the back belt comprising a second film;
a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
wherein the article has a Product Length-to-Waist Silhouette from 1.0 to about 0.3; and
wherein the central chassis comprises longitudinally extending, laterally opposed elastic gathering members, and wherein the elastic gathering members contract the crotch region longitudinally.
2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second films are elastomeric.
3. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent core comprises cellulosic fibers.
4. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent core comprises absorbent gelling material.
5. The absorbent article of claim 1 , further comprising a graphic.
6. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the seams are refastenable.
7. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of elastics are disposed between a film layer of the backsheet and a nonwoven layer of the backsheet.
8. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article has a relaxed product length greater than about 220 mm and less than about 460 mm.