Granted Patent B2

US 12,329,618 · App. 16/751,228 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Inventors: Ronald Joseph Zink (Blue Ash, OH); Farihah Ibrahim (Cincinnati, OH); Sarah Marie Wade (Springfield, OH); Gary Dean LaVON (Liberty, OH); Tina Marie Glahn (West Chester, OH); Kaoru Ishihara (West Chester, OH); Diana Woehnl Juratovac (Columbus, OH)

Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

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Abstract

Claims (29)

1. An absorbent article comprising:

a chassis comprising:

a topsheet;

a backsheet; and

a core disposed at least partially intermediate the topsheet and the backsheet; and

a belt portion extending from the chassis, wherein the belt portion comprises:

a first substrate, wherein the first substrate comprises a nonwoven material;

a second substrate nested with the first substrate and comprising a nonwoven material;

a plurality of elongate elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate comprises cut-outs so that only portions of the elastic elements are disposed intermediate the first and second substrates;

a first texture zone having a first texture ratio and comprising a first densified region;

a second texture zone having a second texture ratio, wherein the first texture ratio has a first value, wherein the second texture ratio has a second value, wherein the first value is at least 3 different than the second value, and wherein a number of substrate layers in the first texture zone differs from a number of substrate layers in the second texture zone;

a first adhesive pattern in the first texture zone; and

a second adhesive pattern in the second texture zone, wherein the first and second adhesive patterns differ.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the first texture zone has a first frequency and a first amplitude, and wherein the second texture zone has a second frequency and a second amplitude.

3. The absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein the first frequency is different than the second frequency.

4. The absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein the first amplitude is different than the second amplitude.

5. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the first texture ratio is greater than 5 and less than 25.

6. The absorbent article of claim 5 , wherein the second texture ratio is greater than 5 and less than 25.

7. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a distance intermediate each of the elongate elastic elements in the first texture zone is at least 3 mm and less than 15 mm.

8. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a distance intermediate each of the elongate elastic elements in the first texture zone is at least 0.5 mm and less than 3 mm.

9. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a distance intermediate each of the elongate elastic elements in the second texture zone is at least 3 mm and less than 15 mm.

10. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elongate elastic elements are substantially uniformly spaced relative to each other within the first texture zone.

11. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elongate elastic elements are substantially uniformly spaced relative to each other within the second texture zone.

12. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the elongate elastic elements are adhesively joined to a portion of the first substrate or to a portion of the second substrate.

13. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the second texture zone has a second densified region that is different than the first densified region.

14. The absorbent article of claim 1 , comprising:

a third texture zone having a third texture ratio and a third adhesive pattern, wherein the first, second, and third adhesive patterns differ.

15. The absorbent article of claim 14 , wherein the third texture ratio is different than the first and second texture ratios.

16. The absorbent article of claim 14 , wherein the third texture zone has a third frequency and a third amplitude, wherein the third frequency differs from the second frequency, and wherein the third amplitude differs from the second amplitude.

Continuity (6)

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