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US 10,206,825 B2Granted
Absorbent article with leg gasketing cuff
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJeromy Thomas Raycheck, Lisa Jane Goodlander, Lisa Maria Grinkemeyer, Jessica Lee Mosman, Jason Edward Naylor, LeAnn Nichole Phillips
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Abstract
A disposable absorbent article may include a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge.
Claims23
A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising:
- 1.) a topsheet;
- 2.) a backsheet comprising a polymeric film and a nonwoven outer cover;
- 3.) an absorbent core;
- and
- 4.) a leg gasketing system formed from one web of material and having a garment facing side and a body facing side;
- wherein the leg gasketing system comprises an inner cuff and an outer cuff, each comprising one or more elastic members;
- wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge;
- wherein the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge, wherein the outer cuff material edge has been folded over the garment facing side and then laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge, and the inner cuff material edge has been folded over the garment facing side and then laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge, wherein the leg gasketing system is joined to the topsheet and/or backsheet between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff folded edge in the crotch region;
- wherein a portion of the topsheet is located:
- a.) laterally outboard of the outer cuff material edge, and
- b.) between i.) the portion of the web of material between the outer cuff folded edge and the outer cuff material edge and ii.) the portion of the web of material between the outer cuff folded edge and the inner cuff folded edge;
- and wherein the polymeric film width is at least 20 mm narrower than the chassis width.
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A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising:
- 1.) a topsheet;
- 2.) a backsheet comprising a polymeric film and a nonwoven outer cover;
- 3.) an absorbent core;
- and
- 4.) a leg gasketing system formed from one web of material and having a garment facing side and a body facing side;
- wherein the leg gasketing system comprises an inner cuff and an outer cuff, each comprising one or more elastic members;
- wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge;
- wherein the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge, wherein the outer cuff material edge has been folded over the garment facing side and then laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge, and the inner cuff material edge has been folded over the garment facing side and then laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge, wherein the leg gasketing system is joined to the topsheet and/or backsheet between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff folded edge in the crotch region;
- wherein a portion of the topsheet is positioned within the outer cuff of the leg gasketing system;
- and
- wherein the polymeric film width is at least 20 mm narrower than the chassis width.
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A disposable absorbent article for wearing about the lower torso of a wearer, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- a first waist region, a second waist region, a crotch region disposed between the first and second waist regions;
- a first waist edge and a second waist edge;
- and a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge, the disposable absorbent article comprising:
- 1.) a topsheet;
- 2.) a backsheet;
- 3.) an absorbent core;
- and
- 4.) a leg gasketing system having a garment facing side and a body facing side,
- wherein the leg gasketing system comprises an inner cuff and an outer cuff, each comprising one or more elastic members;
- wherein the inner cuff comprises an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge, and the outer cuff comprises an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge, wherein the outer cuff material edge has been folded over the garment facing side and then laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge, and the inner cuff material edge has been folded over the garment facing side and then laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge;
- wherein the leg gasketing system is joined to the topsheet and/or backsheet between the inner cuff folded edge and the outer cuff folded edge in the crotch region, and the inner cuff has an air permeability of less than about 50 m3/m2/min and the outer cuff has an air permeability of greater than about 5 m3/m2/min;
- and
- wherein a portion of the topsheet is located:
- a.) laterally outboard of the outer cuff material edge, and
- b.) between i.) the portion of the web of material between the outer cuff folded edge and the outer cuff material edge and ii.) the portion of the web of material between the outer cuff folded edge and the inner cuff folded edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.