Granted Patent B2

US 12,364,628 · App. 17/242,376 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Inventors: Sally Lin Kilbacak (Cincinnati, OH); Donald Carroll Roe (West Chester, OH); Jeromy Thomas Raycheck (Cincinnati, OH); Uwe Schneider (Cincinnati, OH); Michael Devin Long (Harrison Township, OH); Michael Brian Quade (Blue Ash, OH); Jason Edward Naylor (Loveland, OH); Jeffry Rosiak (Loveland, OH); Stephen Joseph Lange (Cincinnati, OH)

Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

A61F13/49012A61F13/15593A61F13/49413A61F2013/15869A61F2013/15878A61F2013/1591A61F2013/49098A61F2013/4944

Abstract

Claims (20)

1. An absorbent article comprising:

a first waist region, a second waist region, and a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;

a first waist edge, a second waist edge, a first longitudinal side edge; and a second longitudinal edge;

a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet;

leg gasketing elements extending from the first waist region to the second waist region;

a first waist panel comprising an inboard lateral edge, an outboard lateral edge, and two longitudinal edges, the first waist panel comprising a first elastic film comprising a first end region separated from a second end region by a central region, wherein the central region of the first elastic film is bonded with a first nonwoven in a stretched state and wherein the first and second end regions are bonded with the first nonwoven in unstretched states, and wherein the first waist panel is connected with the chassis and positioned in the first waist region;

a second waist panel comprising an inboard lateral edge, an outboard lateral edge, and two longitudinal edges, the second waist panel comprising a second elastic film bonded to a second nonwoven in a stretched state, and wherein the second waist panel is connected with the chassis and positioned in the second waist region; and

wherein the first waist panel is bonded with the chassis with a first region of first pressure bonds, the first region of first pressure bonds extending longitudinally inboard from the outboard lateral edge of the first waist panel by a first distance D 1 ;

wherein the second waist panel is bonded with the chassis with a second region of second pressure bonds, the second region of second pressure bonds extending longitudinally inboard from the outboard lateral edge of the second waist panel by a second distance D 2 , wherein D 1 is greater than D 2 ; and

wherein the first pressure bonds and the second pressure bonds impart different stretch characteristics to the first and second waist panels, respectively.

2. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein regions of the first waist panel adjacent the outboard lateral edge and the longitudinal edges are bonded to the chassis and at least a portion of the inboard lateral edge of the first waist panel is unattached to the chassis.

3. The absorbent article of claim 2 , wherein regions of the second waist panel adjacent the outboard lateral edge and the longitudinal edges are bonded to the chassis and a least a portion of the inboard lateral edge of the second waist panel is unattached to the chassis.

4. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a region adjacent the outboard lateral edge of the second waist panel is adhesively bonded to the chassis and regions adjacent the longitudinal edges of the second waist panel are pressure bonded to the leg gasketing elements.

5. The absorbent article of claim 4 , wherein the leg gasketing elements comprise inner cuffs and outer cuffs.

6. The absorbent article of claim 5 , wherein the regions adjacent the longitudinal edges of the second waist panel are pressure bonded to the inner cuffs of the leg gasketing elements.

7. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a region adjacent the outboard lateral edge of the first waist panel is mechanically bonded to the chassis.

8. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the outboard lateral edge of the second waist panel is coterminous with the second waist edge, and wherein the outboard lateral edge of the first waist panel is coterminous with the first waist edge.

9. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the outboard lateral edge of the second waist panel is positioned longitudinally inboard of the second waist edge.

10. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein a region of the second waist panel that is unattached to the chassis comprises an area of about 400 mm 2 to about 10000 mm 2 .

11. The absorbent article of claim 1 , wherein the first waist region comprises a front waist region and the second waist region comprises a back waist region.

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