Absorbent article
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsLindsay Borkovetz, Matthew R. Van Hout
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Abstract
An absorbent article, such as, a garment-like absorbent article, can have a front region, a back region, and a crotch region extending between and interconnecting the front region and the back region. Each of the front region and the back region can have an elastic material. The absorbent article can have an absorbent core wherein a portion of the absorbent core can be located in the crotch region, a portion of the absorbent core can be located in a portion of the front region, and a portion of the absorbent core can be located in a portion of the back region. Within each of the front region and the back region, an overlapping region can exist where the absorbent core is in an overlapping configuration with the elastic material within the front region and the back region.
Claims15
An absorbent article comprising:
- a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction;
- a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis;
- a front region comprising a front waist edge, a first longitudinal direction side edge, a second longitudinal direction side edge transversely opposed to the first longitudinal direction side edge, a front region elastomeric panel comprising a first elastic material positioned between a first nonwoven material and a second nonwoven material;
- a back region comprising a back waist edge, a third longitudinal direction side edge, a fourth longitudinal direction side edge transversely opposed to the third longitudinal direction side edge, a back region elastomeric panel comprising a second elastic material positioned between a third nonwoven material and a fourth nonwoven material;
- a first side seam formed by bonding the first longitudinal direction side edge of the front region to the third longitudinal direction side edge of the back region and a second side seam formed by bonding the second longitudinal direction side edge of the front region to the fourth longitudinal direction side edge of the back region;
- a crotch region located between the front region and the back region and interconnecting the front region and the back region;
- an article length measured from the front waist edge to the back waist edge;
- an absorbent core wherein a first portion of the absorbent core is located in the crotch region, a second portion of the absorbent core is located in a portion of the front region wherein the second portion of the absorbent core is in an overlapping configuration with a portion of the first elastic material and defining a front overlap region wherein the first elastic material located in the front overlap region is elastomeric in the transverse direction, and a third portion of the absorbent core is located in a portion of the back region wherein the third portion of the absorbent core is in an overlapping configuration with a portion of the second elastic material and defining a back overlap region wherein a first portion of the second elastic material located in the back overlap region is non-elastomeric in the transverse direction and defines a non-elastomeric region of the back overlap region and a second portion of the second elastic material located in the back overlap region is elastomeric in the transverse direction and defines an elastomeric region of the back overlap region;
- wherein the elastomeric region of the back overlap region extends from a first side of edge of the absorbent core to a second side edge of the absorbent core;
- and
- wherein a length of the non-elastomeric region in the longitudinal direction is 50% or less than a length in the longitudinal direction of the back overlap region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.