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US 10,736,793 B2Granted
Absorbent article with elastically elongatable panel
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsHerbert Bader, Horst Kurrer, Marcel Grossmann, Olga Fezert
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Abstract
Closure elements that include elastic and non-elastic regions are disclosed as well as absorbent articles that include closure elements.
Claims15
A closure element with elastic and non-elastic regions comprising:
- an elastically extensible film strip;
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- a strip of a fastening material, wherein the fastening material comprises a plurality of hook projections extending from a base and at least one region that is free of any hook projections, wherein the film strip overlaps with the region that is free of any hook projections;
- and
- a nonwoven material disposed on the film strip;
- wherein the strip of fastening material comprises a single-layer construction.
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An absorbent article comprising:
- a liquid pervious layer;
- a liquid impervious layer;
- a core disposed between the liquid pervious and the liquid impervious layers;
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- a closure element wherein the closure element comprises:
- a prelaminate comprising an elastically extensible film and a nonwoven material;
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- a strip of a fastening material, wherein the fastening material comprises a plurality of hook projections extending from a base and at least one region that is free of any hook projections and wherein the fastening material is joined to the prelaminate in the region of the fastening material that is free of any hook projections;
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- a nonwoven web wherein the strip of fastening material is joined to the nonwoven web by one of the group consisting of adhesive bonding, mechanical bonding, ultrasonic bonding, thermobonding and combinations thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.