# US 11,432,973 B2 · Hip-to-side silhouettes for boxer brief type disposable absorbent articles and arrays > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,973 B2 - Document ID: US11432973B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/023,809 - 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; Masaharu Nishikawa; Sarah M. Wade; Franz-Josef Hermes - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432973B2 ## 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 Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 0.5 to about 1.8 and a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length. An array of absorbent articles may have an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8. ## 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 Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8; and wherein the article has a Relaxed Product Side Length that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length and wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is less than 150% of the Relaxed Product Length; and wherein the article has a side seam length that is greater than about 70% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article and wherein the side seam length is less than about 100% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the article has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.3. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the article has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 1 to about 1.5. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is greater than about 75% of the Relaxed Product Length. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The absorbent article of claim 1, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is less than about 150% of the Relaxed Product Length. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The absorbent article of claim 2, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is less than about 135% of the Relaxed Product Length. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The absorbent article of claim 3, wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is less than about 100% of the Relaxed Product Length. ### Claim 8 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 the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings; wherein each of the front and back belts comprise at least one elastic element; 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 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 from about 0.5 to about 1.8; and wherein each one of the first and second absorbent articles has a Relaxed Product Length of less than or equal to 320 mm and greater than about 200 mm; and wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a side seam length that is greater than about 70% and less than about 100% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The array of packages of claim 8, wherein the first and second packages comprise the same brand name. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The array of packages of claim 8, wherein the front and back belts of at least one of the first and second articles comprise first and second films. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The array of packages of claim 8, wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 0.5 to about 1.8. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The array of packages of claim 11, wherein each of the first and second absorbent articles has a Relaxed Product Length of less than about 320 mm and greater than about 200 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The array of packages of claim 8, wherein the first and second sizes are different. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The array of packages of claim 8, wherein the first and second sizes are substantially the same. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The array of packages of claim 13, wherein the first and second packages comprise the same brand name. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The array of packages of claim 13, wherein the first and second absorbent articles comprise chassis having identical cross-sectional dispositions. ### Claim 17 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 belt and back belt comprise a first belt layer and a second belt layer and an elastic layer between the first belt layer and the second belt layer; wherein each of the first belt layer and the second belt layer of each of the front belt and back belt have a distal edge disposed in the waist region and a proximal edge disposed in the crotch region; wherein the front and back belt are discrete and separate from each other; 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 that is greater than about 65% of the Relaxed Product Length and wherein the Relaxed Product Side Length is less than 150% of the Relaxed Product Length; and wherein the article has a side seam length that is greater than about 70% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article and wherein the side seam length is less than about 100% of the Relaxed Product Length of the absorbent article.