Absorbent article with waistband
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worlwide, Inc.
InventorsKyungSik Jang, Alexey Markin, JaeYoung Yoo, Marta Embid
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Abstract
Absorbent articles comprising elastic waist members and methods of manufactured are disclosed. In an embodiment, an absorbent article may comprise a chassis including an absorbent body and a body facing surface. The article may further comprise a first adhesive disposed on the body facing surface of the chassis and an elasticated waist member coupled to the body facing surface of the chassis by the first adhesive. The article may still further comprise a second adhesive disposed on the elasticated waist member and a waist region covering material coupled to the elasticated waist member by the second adhesive.
Claims10
An absorbent article including a front waist region including a front waist edge, a rear waist region including a rear waist edge, a crotch region disposed between the front waist region and the rear waist region, a longitudinal axis extending in a longitudinal direction and a lateral axis extending in a lateral direction, the absorbent article comprising:
- a chassis including an absorbent body, the chassis including a body facing surface;
- a first adhesive disposed on the body facing surface of the chassis;
- an elasticated waist member coupled to the body facing surface of the chassis by the first adhesive, the elasticated waist member comprising a plurality of elastic strands spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, the plurality of elastic strands enclosed by a first non-woven material;
- a second adhesive disposed on the elasticated waist member;
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- a waist region covering material coupled to the elasticated waist member by the second adhesive, the waist region covering material comprising a second non-woven material, different from the first non-woven material and having a loft that is greater than 1.0 mm,
- wherein the first adhesive extends beyond a boundary of the elasticated waist containment member, and
- wherein a portion of the waist region covering material also extends beyond the boundary of the elasticated waist member, the portion of the waist region covering material extending beyond the boundary of the elasticated waist member being coupled to the body facing surface of the chassis by the first adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.