Granted Patent B2

US 12,721,760 · App. 18/588,103 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon (Liberty Township, OH); Bret Darren Seitz (Cincinnati, OH); Uwe Schneider (Cincinnati, OH); Sarah Marie Wade (Springfield Township, OH); Joseph Allen Eckstein (Sunman, IN)

Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company

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Abstract

Claims (91)

1 . A package comprising absorbent articles, comprising:

a package material containing a plurality of absorbent articles;

each absorbent article of the plurality absorbent articles, comprising an Average Targeted Weight and:

a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the chassis comprises a front end edge and a back end edge;

a back belt disposed in a back waist region overlapping and extending outboard of a back waist region of the chassis;

a front belt disposed in a front waist region overlapping and extending outboard of a front waist region of the chassis;

a longitudinal axis;

a lateral axis;

wherein the back belt comprises a first plurality of elastics comprising greater than about 40 elastic strands, and wherein the front belt comprises a second plurality of elastics comprising greater than about 40 elastic strands;

wherein one or both of the first plurality of elastics and the second plurality of elastics has an Average-Dtex from about 10 to about 600; and

wherein the absorbent article has a Donning-Ratio between about 1.0 and 1.5, wherein

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2 . The package of claim 1 , wherein the front and back belts are discrete and joined to a garment-facing surface of the chassis.

3 . The package of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the sections of the back belt has a Section-Modulus of from about 2 gf/mm to about 15 gf/mm, and wherein one or more of the sections of the front belt has a Section-Modulus of from about 2 gf/mm to about 15 gf/mm.

4 . The package of claim 1 , wherein the Donning-Ratio is between about 1.1 and about 1.4.

5 . The package of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the first plurality of elastics and the second plurality of elastics has an Pressure-Under-Strand of from about 0.1 to about 1 psi.

6 . The package of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the first plurality of elastics and the second plurality of elastics has an Average-Strand-Spacing of from about 0.5 mm to about 3 mm, an Average-Dtex from about 20 to about 500, and a Pressure-Under-Strand from about 0.2 to about 0.8 psi.

7 . The package of claim 1 , wherein the Relaxed Product Waist Width is from about 80 mm to about 270 mm and wherein the Average Targeted Weight is from about 6 kg to about 50 kg.

8 . The package of claim 1 , wherein the Relaxed Product Waist Width is from about 230 mm to about 400 mm and wherein the Average Targeted Weight is from about 60 kg to about 135 kg.

Continuity (8)

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