# US 11,432,972 B2 · Length-to-side silhouettes for bikini/low rise brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays

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- Number: US 11,432,972 B2
- Document ID: US11432972B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/023,569
- Filed: 2018-06-29
- Published: 2019-01-03
- Granted: 2022-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 2017-06-30
- Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Inventors: Gary Dean LaVon; Bret Darren Seitz
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432972B2

## CPC

- A61F 13/49011: {the elastic means is located at the waist region}
- A61F 13/49061: {the diaper having one or two waist members forming the diaper waist region and an independent absorbent structure attached to the one or two waist members forming the crotch region}
- A61F 13/496: in the form of pants or briefs
- A61F 13/4963: {characterized by the seam}
- A61F 13/511: Topsheet, i.e. the permeable cover or layer facing the skin
- A61F 13/514: Backsheet, i.e. the impermeable cover or layer furthest from the skin {(A61F13/15211, A61F13/15252 take precedence)}
- A61F 2013/49068: {characterized by the shape of the outline}
- A61F 2013/49088: {characterized by the leg opening}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the article has a Product Length-to-Side Silhouette value of from about 2.7 to about 4.5.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is greater than about 10% of the Relaxed Product Length.

### Claim 4

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.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The array of packages of claim 4, wherein the first and second packages comprise the same brand name.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The array of packages of claim 4, wherein the front and back belts of at least one of the first and second articles comprise first and second films.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The array of packages of claim 4, wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a side seam length that is greater than about 10% of a Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article and wherein the side seam length is less than about 60% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The array of packages of claim 4, wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a side seam length that is greater than about 20% of a Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article and wherein the side seam length is less than about 50% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The array of packages of claim 4, wherein the first and second sizes are different.

### Claim 10 (depends on 4)

The array of packages of claim 4, wherein the first and second sizes are substantially the same.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The array of packages of claim 9, wherein the first and second packages comprise the same brand name.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The array of packages of claim 9, wherein the first and second absorbent articles comprise chassis having identical cross-sectional dispositions.