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US 12,245,927 B2Granted
Hip-to-waist 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 three or more different sizes of disposable absorbent articles. The Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a first absorbent article. And the Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a third absorbent article may be equal to or less than a Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of a second absorbent article. And, an Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of first and second packages of the array may be from about 1.1 to about 0.9.
Claims11
An array of packages comprising three or more different sizes of absorbent articles, the array comprising:
- a first package comprising a first absorbent article having a first Relaxed Product Waist Width and a first Relaxed Product Hip Width;
- a second package comprising a second absorbent article having a second Relaxed Product Waist Width and a second Relaxed Product Hip Width;
- a third package comprising a third absorbent article having a third Relaxed Product Waist Width and a third Relaxed Product Hip Width;
- wherein the second absorbent article has one or more of:
- (a) different Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article;
- and
- (b) different Relaxed Product Hip Width than the first absorbent article, wherein the third absorbent article has one or more of:
- (c) a different Relaxed Product Waist Width than at least one of the first and second absorbent articles;
- and
- (d) a different Relaxed Product Hip Width than at least one of the first and second absorbent articles;
- wherein an Array Average Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette of the first, second, and third packages is from 1.1 to 0.8;
- wherein the second absorbent article has a smaller Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette than the first absorbent article;
- wherein the third absorbent article has a smaller Product Hip-to-Waist Silhouette than the first and second absorbent articles;
- 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;
- the front belt comprising a first elastic strands;
- the back belt comprising a second elastic strands;
- wherein at least one of the front and back belts comprise a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
- wherein at least one of the front and back belts is shaped;
- 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;
- the front belt comprising a first elastic strands;
- the back belt comprising a second elastic strands;
- wherein at least one of the front and back belts comprise a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
- wherein at least one of the front and back belts is shaped;
- wherein the third 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;
- the front belt comprising a first elastic strands;
- the back belt comprising a second elastic strands;
- wherein at least one of the front and back belts comprise a plurality of elastic strands disposed along a portion of the leg openings;
- wherein at least one of the front and back belts is shaped;
- wherein the second absorbent article has a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first absorbent article;
- wherein the third absorbent article has a larger Relaxed Product Waist Width than the first and second absorbent articles;
- and
- wherein the first, second, and third packages comprise the same sub-brand name wherein each of the absorbent articles further comprises an absorbent chassis that forms a portion of the leg openings.
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