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US 11,432,972 B2Granted
Length-to-side silhouettes for bikini/low rise brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGary Dean LaVon, Bret Darren Seitz
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Abstract
An absorbent article may have a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 1.8 to about 6.
Claims12
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 Relaxed Product Side Length less than about 25% of a Relaxed Product Length;
- and
- wherein the article has a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette value of from about 2.4 to about 5;
- and
- wherein the article has a Relaxed Product Length of 243 mm or less.
8 more elements
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;
- and
- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.4 to about 5;
- and
- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Relaxed Product Side Length less than about 25% of a Relaxed Product Length;
- and
- wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Relaxed Product Length of 243 mm or less.
19 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.