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US 12,496,235 · App. 17/240,242 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Disposable absorbent pants with advantageous stretch and manufacturability features, and methods for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Sarah Marie Wade (Springfield Township, OH); Gary Dean LaVon (Liberty Township, OH); Miguel Alvaro Robles (Wyoming, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
A61F13/49011A61F13/49017A61F13/49019A61F13/4902A61F2013/49025A61F2013/49092
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Patent No.
US 12,496,235
App. No.
17/240,242
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disposable absorbent pant that includes a central chassis and a belt structure is disclosed herein.

Claims (13)

1 . A disposable absorbent pant having a front waist region, a rear waist region, and a crotch region, and comprising:

a central chassis occupying the crotch region and comprising left and right longitudinal edges; a liquid permeable topsheet; a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet;

a belt structure disposed about the central chassis, the belt structure comprising an elasticized multilayer web overlaying a garment-facing surface of the backsheet in the front and rear waist regions, the belt structure extending laterally outward from the chassis and from each of the left and right longitudinal edges in each of the front and rear waist regions, the belt structure having a front portion having a front waist edge, front left and right leg opening edges, and front left and right side edges, and the belt structure having a rear portion having a rear waist edge, rear left and right leg opening edges, and rear left and right side edges, the respective front and rear left side edges and the respective front and rear right side edges being joined at side seams, the belt structure forming a waist opening and left and right leg openings, wherein each of the front and rear portions of the belt structure further comprises:

an inner layer formed of an inner nonwoven web;

an outer layer formed of an outer nonwoven web;

an intermediate layer formed of an intermediate nonwoven web, and disposed between the inner layer and the outer layer;

a waist elastic member disposed between the inner layer and the intermediate layer, extending continuously in a lateral direction across the portion, and having terminal ends proximate the side edges, wherein the waist elastic member of each of the front and rear portions of the belt structure is disposed along and proximate the respective front or rear waist edge; and

left and right leg elastic members each disposed between the outer layer and the intermediate layer, each extending continuously along a curvilinear path along and proximate at least a portion of the respective left or right leg opening edge and each having a terminal end proximate the respective left or right longitudinal edge of the chassis, and proximate the respective left or right side edge;

additional elastic members included longitudinally between the waist elastic member and the leg elastic members, the additional elastic members entirely disposed between differing pairs of layers than those layers of the waist elastic member and the leg elastic members; and

a plurality of shirrs in at least one of the inner layer, intermediate layer or outer layer, lying about and oriented transversely to paths occupied by the waist and leg elastic members;

wherein at least one of the inner, intermediate and outer layers is a wrapping layer that lies over a garment-facing surface of the central chassis, through the crotch region.

2 . The pant of claim 1 , wherein the waist elastic member and the leg elastic members in either or both the front portion and the rear portion of the belt structure differ from each other in a respect selected from the group consisting of number of elastic strands or bands, cross-sectional size of elastic strands or bands, cross-sectional shape of elastic strands or bands, chemical composition of material from which elastic strands or bands are formed, amount of pre-strain imparted during manufacture, and combinations thereof.

3 . The pant of claim 1 , wherein the left and right leg elastic members of each of the front and rear portions of the belt structure are strands of circular cross-section.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 15041472 · Feb 11, 2016
Continuation 13893604 · May 14, 2013
Provisional Application 61646923 · May 15, 2012
Related Publication 20210244577A1 · Aug 12, 2021
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