Absorbent article with reusable belt and methods for manufacturing thereof
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsUwe Schneider, John Andrew Strasemeier, Sarah Marie Wade
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Abstract
A method for forming a wearable absorbent article may comprise forming, by a system, an absorbent chassis comprising an absorbent core, a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and a length in a longitudinal direction extending between the first lateral end and the second lateral end. The method may further comprise forming, by the system, a reusable belt, and attaching, by the system, the belt to the absorbent chassis via at least one temporary fastener component formed on at least one of the absorbent chassis or the belt, resulting in formation of a wearable absorbent article unit.
Claims14
A method comprising:
- forming an absorbent chassis comprising an absorbent core, a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and a length in a longitudinal direction extending between the first lateral end and the second lateral end;
- forming, a reusable belt;
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- attaching the reusable belt to the absorbent chassis via at least one temporary fastener component formed on at least one of the absorbent chassis or the reusable belt, resulting in formation of a wearable absorbent article, wherein the reusable belt comprises a front portion, a back portion, and side portions, wherein each of the front portion and the back portion have a central portion with a smaller longitudinal length relative to a longitudinal length of the side portions;
- wherein at least one of the front portion and the back portion is divided into an upper part and a lower part physically split apart from one another, and wherein the upper part forms a continuous ring and the lower part comprises two opposing straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.