Hip-to-side and waist-to-side silhouettes for bikini/low rise brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz, Franz-Josef Hermes
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Abstract
An absorbent article may have a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, and a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, and an Array Average Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6.
Claims14
An absorbent article having a central chassis, the central chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, the absorbent article comprising:
- a front waist region and a front waist edge;
- a back waist region and a back waist edge;
- a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
- a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
- wherein each of the front and back belts comprise at least one elastic element;
- wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein the article has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette greater than about 3.0 to about 6;
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- wherein the article has a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6;
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- wherein the article comprises a relaxed product waist width of 365 mm or less;
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- a Relaxed Product Length that is less than or equal to about 307 mm;
- wherein the article has a Relaxed Product Side Length greater than 22% and less than about 45% of the Relaxed Product Length.
An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising:
- a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first size;
- a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second size;
- wherein the first absorbent article comprises:
- a front waist region and a front waist edge;
- a back waist region and a back waist edge;
- a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
- a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
- wherein each of the front and back belts comprise at least one elastic element;
- wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein the second absorbent article comprises:
- a front waist region and a front waist edge;
- a back waist region and a back waist edge;
- a front belt disposed in the front waist region;
- a back belt disposed in the back waist region;
- wherein each of the front and back belts comprise at least one elastic element;
- wherein the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette greater than about 3.0 to about 6;
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- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Product Waist-to-Side Silhouette from 2.1 to 6;
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- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles comprises a relaxed product waist width of 365 mm or less;
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- each of the first and second absorbent articles comprises a Relaxed Product Length that is less than or equal to about 307 mm;
- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Relaxed Product Side Length greater than 22% and less than about 45% of the Relaxed Product Length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.