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US 12,053,359 B2Granted
Disposable absorbent article silhouettes and silhouette arrays
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsBret Darren Seitz, Gary Dean LaVon, Kaoru Ishihara
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Abstract
Absorbent articles of the present disclosure may have Relaxed Product Waist Widths, Relaxed Product Hip Widths, and Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes as disclosed herein. And, arrays of the present disclosure may have Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouettes and Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist-to-Weight Ratio as disclosed herein.
Claims17
An array of packages comprising two or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles, the array comprising:
- a first package comprising a first disposable absorbent article, the first absorbent article comprising a first topsheet, a first backsheet, a first absorbent core and a first pair of side seams, the first absorbent article being a first size and in a closed form;
- a second package comprising a second disposable absorbent article, the second absorbent article comprising a second topsheet, a second backsheet, a second absorbent core and a second pair of side seams, the second absorbent article being a second size and in a closed form;
- wherein the second size is larger than the first size, such that the second absorbent article has one or more of:
- (a) a larger Relaxed Product Length than the first absorbent article;
- (b) a larger Relaxed Product Hip Width than the first absorbent article;
- and
- (c) a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article;
- wherein the first absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Length of less than 250 mm and a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of from 0.9 to 1.4;
- wherein the second absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Length of less than 250 mm and a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette greater than the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of the first absorbent article;
- wherein the first and second packages are in the same array;
- and
- wherein the Product Length-to-Center Chassis Length Ratio of at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is greater than 1.
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An array of packages consisting of two sizes of disposable absorbent articles, the array comprising:
- a first package comprising a first disposable absorbent article, the first absorbent article comprising a first topsheet, a first backsheet, a first absorbent core and a first pair of side seams, the first absorbent article being a first size and in a closed form;
- a second package comprising a second disposable absorbent article, the second absorbent article comprising a second topsheet, a second backsheet, a second absorbent core and a second pair of side seams, the second absorbent article being a second size and in a closed form;
- wherein the second size is larger than the first size, such that the second absorbent article has one or more of:
- (a) a larger Relaxed Product Length than the first absorbent article;
- (b) a larger Relaxed Product Hip Width than the first absorbent article;
- and
- (c) a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article;
- wherein the first absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Length of less than 250 mm and a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of from 0.9 to 1.4;
- wherein the second absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Length of less than 250 mm and a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette greater than the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of the first absorbent article;
- wherein the first and second packages are in the same array;
- and
- wherein the Product Length-to-Center Chassis Length Ratio of at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is greater than 1.
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An array of packages consisting of two sizes of disposable absorbent articles, the array comprising:
- a first package comprising a first disposable absorbent article, the first absorbent article comprising a first topsheet, a first backsheet, a first absorbent core and a first pair of side seams, the first absorbent article being a first size and in a closed form;
- a second package comprising a second disposable absorbent article, the second absorbent article comprising a second topsheet, a second backsheet, a second absorbent core and a second pair of side seams, the second absorbent article being a second size and in a closed form;
- wherein the second size is larger than the first size, such that the second absorbent article has one or more of:
- (a) a larger Relaxed Product Length than the first absorbent article;
- (b) a larger Relaxed Product Hip Width than the first absorbent article;
- and
- (c) a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article;
- wherein the first absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Length of less than 250 mm and a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of from 0.9 to 1.4;
- wherein the second absorbent article has a Relaxed Product Length of less than 250 mm and a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette less than the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of the first absorbent article;
- wherein the first and second packages are in the same array;
- and
- wherein the Product Length-to-Center Chassis Length Ratio of at least one of the first and second absorbent articles is greater than 1.
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