Hip-to-side silhouettes of adult disposable absorbent articles and arrays
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsBret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Jill Trygier, Vanessa Melendez
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an array of packages may comprise two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or greater than a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 2.2 to about 6.0.
Claims22
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 the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
- wherein the article has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from 2.3 to about 6.0, wherein the Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette is a Relaxed Product Hip Width (measured when the absorbent article is relaxed) divided by a Relaxed Product Side Length (measured when the absorbent article is relaxed) of the absorbent article.
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;
- a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the 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 the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein at least one of the first and second absorbent articles has a Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette from about 2.3 to about 6, wherein the Product Hip-to-Side Silhouette is a Relaxed Product Hip Width (measured when the at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is relaxed) divided by a Relaxed Product Side Length (measured when the at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is relaxed) of the at least one of the first and second absorbent articles.
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;
- a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the 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 the front and back belts are joined at seams to form a waist opening and leg openings;
- wherein an Array Average Hip-to-Side Silhouette of at least the first and second absorbent articles of the array is from about 2.2 and to about 4, wherein the Array Average Hip-to-Side Silhouette is a Relaxed Product Hip Width (measured when the at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is relaxed) divided by a Relaxed Product Side Length (measured when the at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is relaxed) of the at least one of the first and second absorbent articles.
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