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US 12,661,274 B2Granted
Method of applying fastener elements for disposable absorbent garment
AssigneeAttends Healthcare Products, Inc.
InventorsWilliam W. Gaston, Mark Hoff
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Abstract
Methods of making disposable absorbent articles and disposable absorbent articles that comprise: a first, second, and third fastener elements to a web such that: the first fastener element is spaced from the second fastener element by a first distance along a length of the web; the second fastener element is spaced from the third fastener element by a second distance along the length of the web; and the second fastener element is disposed between the first and third fastener elements.
Claims19
A disposable absorbent article, comprising:
- an absorbent article chassis is having opposing front and rear waist portions, and a central absorbent portion extending in a longitudinal direction between the front and rear waist portions,
- a first fastener panel having a first edge coupled to a first side of the rear waist portion, and a second edge configured to overlap a first side of the front waist portion to define a first leg opening on a first side of the central absorbent portion;
- a second fastener panel having a first edge coupled to a second side of the rear waist portion, and a second edge configured to overlap a second side of the front waist portion to define a second leg opening on a second side of the central absorbent portion;
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- wherein the first and second fastener panels each comprise:
- a first fastener element coupled to and overlapping the fastener panel at a first end of the fastener panel;
- a second fastener element coupled to and overlapping the fastener panel at a second end of the fastener panel;
- a third fastener element coupled to the fastener panel such that the third fastener element is in line and spaced apart from each of the first and second fastener elements along a length of the fastener panel;
- and
- wherein:
- each of the first, second, and third fastener elements are disposed along the second edge of each of the first and second fastener panels;
- a length of the second fastener element is substantially equal to the sum of the lengths of a first and third fastener elements;
- an edge of the first fastener element is coterminous with a third edge of the first fastener panel at the first end of the first fastener panel;
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- an edge of the second fastener element is coterminous with a fourth edge of the first fastener panel at the second end of the first fastener panel.
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A disposable absorbent article, comprising:
- an absorbent article chassis having a first end and an opposing second end, a first side and an opposing second side each extending between the first and second ends, and a longitudinally-extending centerline;
- a first fastener panel coupled to the first side of the chassis and extending in a first direction away from the centerline, wherein the first fastener panel is disposed closer to the first end than the second end of the chassis;
- a second fastener panel coupled to the second side of the chassis and extending in a second direction away from the centerline, wherein the second fastener panel is disposed closer to the first end than the second end of the chassis;
- wherein each of the first and second fastener panels comprise:
- a first fastener element disposed on a first edge of the fastener panel;
- a second fastener element disposed on a second edge of the fastener panel;
- a third fastener element disposed between the first and second fastener elements such that the third fastener element is spaced apart from each of the first and second fastener elements along a direction that is parallel to the centerline;
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- wherein a length of the third fastener element is substantially equal to the sum of the lengths of a first and second fastener elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.