Granted Patent B2

US 12,653,725 · App. 18/096,079 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Inventors: James William Busch (Maineville, OH); Michael Dale Trennepohl (Cincinnati, OH); Steven Joseph Waas (Mason, OH)

Assignee: THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY

A61F13/15699A61F13/15585A61F13/15617A61F13/15756A61F13/15764B32B38/0004Y10T156/1062Y10T156/1075

Abstract

Claims (17)

1 . A method of making an absorbent article comprising the steps of:

obtaining a carrier web and transporting the carrier web in a machine direction;

obtaining a first absorbent core web and a second absorbent core web;

serially cutting the first absorbent core web thereby forming a plurality of discrete first absorbent cores each having a first core first cut edge and a first core second cut edge;

serially cutting the second absorbent core web thereby forming a plurality of discrete second absorbent cores each having a second core first cut edge and a second core second cut edge;

arranging a discrete first absorbent core and a discrete second absorbent core in a longitudinally offset configuration, wherein the first core first cut edge extends longitudinally outboard of one of the second core first cut edge and second core second cut edge, and the other of the second core first cut edge and second core second cut edge extends longitudinally outboard of the first core second cut edge;

applying a first deposit of adhesive between the discrete first absorbent core and the discrete second absorbent core, whereby at least a portion of the first deposit of adhesive will contact the carrier web between the carrier web and the discrete second absorbent core longitudinally outboard of the discrete first absorbent core and wherein the first deposit of adhesive does not extend longitudinally beyond the second core first cut edge or second core second cut edge;

joining the first absorbent core to the second absorbent core and to the carrier web in the offset configuration, thereby forming a laminate structure web;

joining a backsheet web to the laminate structure web thereby forming an absorbent article web; and

cutting the absorbent article web into a plurality of discrete absorbent articles.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the respective first and second cut edges of either or both the first discrete absorbent cores and the second discrete absorbent cores have non-linear cut profiles.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein the non-linear cut profiles are matching and nested.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the carrier web comprises a topsheet web or a combination of a topsheet and secondary topsheet.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the carrier web comprises a secondary topsheet web.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the discrete first absorbent cores have a first width and the discrete second absorbent cores have a second width, and wherein the first width is less than the second width.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising the steps of obtaining an absorbent core web and slitting the absorbent core web to form the first absorbent core web and the second absorbent core web.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of cutting the first absorbent core web provides the discrete first absorbent cores with a first leading edge and a first trailing edge and the step of cutting the second absorbent core web provides the discrete second absorbent cores with a second leading edge and a second trailing edge, wherein at least one of the first leading edge or first trailing edge is convex and the other is concave, and wherein at least one of the second leading edge or the second trailing edge is convex and the other is concave.

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