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US 10,206,823 B2Granted
Disposable diaper with convenient lay-open features
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsAstrid Annette Sheehan, Nelson Edward Greening, II
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Abstract
A disposable diaper having features that improve its ability to lay open in a flat configuration is disclosed. The diaper may include fastening members having a minimum basis weight, and a minimum width and a minimum surface area relative the chassis dimensions, along with other features that tend to cause the diaper to lay open in a flat configuration, for the convenience of the caregiver during application of the diaper to a baby.
Claims20
A disposable diaper, comprising:
- a chassis having a front waist region, a crotch region and a rear waist region, and comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and an absorbent core structure disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the chassis having a chassis width and the chassis having a chassis surface area;
- and
- left and right, laterally extending fastening members extending from the rear waist region, the fastening members each having a basis weight of at least 90 gsm, each fastening member having a fastening member width of at least 60 percent of the chassis width and a fastening member surface area of at least 10 percent of the chassis surface area;
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- left and right, laterally extending discrete grasping members extending from the front waist region, the grasping members each having a basis weight of at least 70 gsm, each grasping member having a grasping member width of at least 37 percent of the chassis width, and each grasping member having a grasping member surface area of at least 6 percent of the chassis surface area;
- wherein the grasping members are non-elastic;
- and
- wherein the grasping members are smaller than the fastening members in one or more of width, length, or surface area.
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A disposable diaper, comprising:
- a chassis having a front waist region, a crotch region and a rear waist region, and comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet comprising a laminate of a liquid impermeable film and a nonwoven outer cover layer, and an absorbent core structure disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the chassis having a chassis width and the chassis having a chassis surface area;
- and
- left and right, laterally extending fastening members extending from the rear waist region, the fastening members each having a first basis weight of at least 90 gsm, each fastening member having a fastening member width of at least 60 percent of the chassis width, and a fastening member surface area of at least 10 percent of the chassis surface area, each fastening member being attached to one or more web components of the chassis by one or more longitudinally-oriented mechanical bonds extending along one or more longitudinal line segments for at least 75 percent of the length of the fastening member;
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- left and right, laterally extending discrete grasping members extending from the front waist region, the grasping members each having a basis weight of at least 70 gsm, each grasping member having a grasping member width of at least 37 percent of the chassis width, and each grasping member having a grasping member surface area of at least 6 percent of the chassis surface area;
- wherein the grasping members are non-elastic;
- and
- wherein the grasping members are smaller than the fastening members in surface area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.